Assasin's Preperation
Falcon's Eye (Other)
Level: 4
Prerequisite: One Falcon's Eye maneuver
Initiation Action: 3 full-round actions
Range: 60 ft
Target: One creature
You spend 18 seconds carefully studying a target, searching for the most vulnerable point. At the end of this time, make a search check. Add the result of this check to your next ranged attack roll against the target, and twice the result to the damage roll for that attack.
Blindside
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 2
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Weapon range
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
As part of this maneuver, you make a single attack against one opponent. If you strike that opponent, they become flat-footed until their next turn.
Blindstrike
Falcon's Eye (Strike) [None]
Level: 5
Prerequisite: One Falcon's Eye maneuver
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Weapon range
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial
As part of this maneuver, you make a singe ranged attack against one opponent. If you strike that opponent, they take an additional 5d6 points of damage and must make a Fortitude save (DC = 5 + Search ranks + Wisdom modifier) or be rendered permanently blind.
Diamond-edged Cascade
Falcon's Eye (Boost)
Level: 8
Prerequisite: Three Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: End of Turn
A bodyguard leaps in front of your target to shield him from the arrows you have loosed on him, and takes the hits, but he takes them in vain: they pierce through his body and continue on past him into his charge.
During the duration of this boost, all ranged attacks you make inflict 2d6 bonus damage, plus one point of additional bonus damage per initiator level. Additionally, whenever one hits a creature, it continues onward to hit the next creature in the same line, using the same attack roll as the original target. Each previous target grants a stacking +4 cover bonus to AC to the creature being hit. Objects stop these projectiles.
Disarming Shot
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 2
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Ranged Attack
Target: One Creature
You send an arrow into an enemy's weapon, knocking it clear from his hand
Make a disarm attempt with a ranged attack. Treat your weapon as one handed. You do not risk being disarmed in return, nor do you provoke attacks of opportunity that using a ranged weapon would not normally provoke.
Doom Arrow
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 9
Prerequisite: Four Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: 1 range increment
Target: 1 creature
You let your entire will flow into a single shot; focus your entire existence into a single arrow. Nothing exists in the universe except you, your arrow, and your target, and time itself waits for you to aim.
Make a search check against your target's armor class, then make a single ranged attack. If the search check succeeds and the ranged attack hits, add 4 times the check result to your damage. If the check failed, your attack is at a -2 penalty.
Eagle's Eye
Falcon's Eye (Boost)
Level: 7
Prerequisite: Three Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Ranged attack
Target: One creature
Duration: End of turn
With a glance, you discern several telling weaknesses in your enemy's defenses
When you initiate this boost, make a Search check with a DC equal to the armor class of the creature targeted by it. On a success, all attacks you make against it are made as touch attacks and deal 2d6 bonus damage, plus an amount of additional bonus damage equal to your initiator level.
Golden Sparrow Shot
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 8
Prerequisite: Three Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Ranged attack
Target: One creature
Drawing on amazing reserves of focus and training, you sight a perfect shot in mere seconds, letting fly a perfect, fatal arrow.
As part of this maneuver, make a Search check with a DC equal to the target's AC. If you succeed, make an attack roll; if it hits, you deal quadruple normal ranged damage. If the attack is a critical hit, stack the multipliers as normal. You cannot take the shot on a failed search check.
Hawk's Eyes
Falcon's Eye (Stance)
Level: 1
Prerequisite: None
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
You gain superior range and accuracy for as long as you remain in this stance. The amount of increase is determined by your ranks in Search.
Search Ranks Effect
4-8 +1 to ranged attack rolls; maximum range x1.5
9-13 +2 to ranged attack rolls; maximum range x2
14-18 +3 to ranged attack rolls; +1d4 to ranged damage; maximum range x2.5
19+ +5 to ranged attack rolls; +2d4 to ranged damage; maximum range x3
Hobbling Shot
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 1
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Ranged Attack
Target: One Creature
You unleash a carefully-aimed shot into your target's legs, slowing him.
When you initate this strike, make a ranged attack. If it hits, your target must make a Fortitude save (DC 11+your Dexterity modifier) or have his land speed halved until he recieves healing exceeding the damage caused by the shot from one source, or a Heal skill check (DC 15) as a full-round action. He may attempt this skill check on himself.
Horizon Seeker
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 5
Prerequisite: Two Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: Ranged attack
Target: One creature
Closing one eye, you focus on your target, sighting down an arrow. You raise your bow, letting your instincts guide it to exactly the right height, and let your arrow fly.
As part of this maneuver, make a single ranged attack. Range penalties do not affect this attack roll. If you hit, you deal 4d6 bonus damage.
Interception
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 5
Prerequisite: Three Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: One range increment
Target: One incoming attack
You shoot down one incoming ranged attack before it can reach its target. Because ranged attacks generally do not remain in flight for multiple actions, this maneuver is usually used as a readied action. While the interception must occur within one range increment, the initiator of the shot-down attack can be anywhere. Make an opposed attack roll. If yours is higher, the attack is stopped.
You may intercept any projectile less than 10 times the weight of your own ammunition. Attempts to intercept heavier projectiles fail. You may also intercept magical effects, so long as they are visible and require or sometimes require an attack roll. For example, eldritch blast always requires a roll, and fireball sometimes does, so they can be blocked, but chain lightening does not, and cannot be. For magical effects, you take a -5 penalty to your attack roll. If you succeed, the spell effects the arrow instead of the intended target. Usually this just destroys the arrow, but some spells have other effects (for example, fireball detonates with normal strength centered on the arrow). You choose where along the spell's path the interception occurs (within one range increment of you).
Weight of projectiles in pounds for creatures of various sizes:
|
small |
medium |
large |
huge |
|---|
| arrow |
0.075 |
0.15 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
| crossbow bolt |
0.05 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
| sling bullet (lead) |
0.25 |
0.5 |
1 |
2 |
| sling pebble (stone) |
0.125 |
0.25 |
0.5 |
1 |
| Dart |
0.25 |
0.5 |
1 |
2 |
| Javelin |
1 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
| Knife |
0.5 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| Shurukin |
0.25 |
0.5 |
1 |
2 |
| Thrown Rock |
1.25 |
5 |
20 |
80 |
| Balista Bolt |
40 |
80 |
160 |
320 |
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 1
Initiation Action: 1 Full-round Action
Range: Ranged Attack
Target: One Creature
You sight down your arrow at a target, letting the rest of the world fall away. The next few seconds seem an eternity, but you loose only when you know you have the perfect shot.
When you initiate this maneuver, make a single ranged attack. This attack is made with all range penalties reduced by 2, and inflicts an additional 1d6 damage, should it hit.
Mithral-Eyed Accuracy
Falcon's Eye (Boost)
Level: 5
Prerequisite: Two Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: End of turn
Your eyes gleam, then narrowly focus on your target and ignore anything that stands in your way.
A Falcon's Eye adept is unimpeded by magical defenses against his arrows, nor by concealment. As long as you target the right square, all ranged attacks you make in a round where you initiate this boost are not subject to concealment or magical protections that provide a miss chance or prevent them from hitting entirely, such as Wind Wall.
Perfect Sniper
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 7
Prerequisite: Three Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: Ranged attack
Target: One creature
You sight on a target that looks to be barely an inch high, focusing your view into seeing that target's weakpoints, then carefully adjust for every concern, from the mundane range and wind to the more unpredictable magical defenses before letting fly.
As part of this maneuver, make a Search check against a DC equal to your opponent's armor class. Unlike with other Search checks in this discipline, a range penalty applies: -2 per range increment. If you succeed, you may make a single ranged attack against the same target, also as part of this maneuver; ignore all magical barriers and the range penalty to hit. If this attack hits, and the target is flat-footed, it inflicts 15d6 bonus damage.
Silver Sparrow Shot
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 4
Prerequisite: One Falcon's Eye maneuver
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Ranged Attack
Target: One Creature
You close one eye and sight carefully at your target, instantly noting the weakest point in your foe's armor, adjusting for the wind, timing for your target's dodging.
The Silver Sparrow Shot is a common Falcon's Eye technique, favored for the speed with which it can be brought to bear compared to other, less advanced techniques. As part of this maneuver, make a Search check with a DC equal to your target's AC. You then make a single ranged attack, also as part of the maneuver; if you failed the Search check, this is at a -2 penalty, but, if you succeeded and your attack hits, it inflicts double damage. If the attack is a critical hit, stack the multipliers as per the normal rule.
k hits, it inflicts double damage. If the attack is a critical hit, stack the multipliers as per the normal rule.
Skirmisher's Stance
Falcon's Eye (Stance)
Level: 3
Prerequisite: One Falcon's Eye maneuver
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
You aim your shots carefully, loosing your arrows from positions to do the most damage
As long as you have moved at least 10 feet before making an attack, you inflict 1d6 extra damage and gain +1 to hit. This is precision-based damage, so it does not apply against targets further than 30 feet from you, or that are immune to critical hits.
Sniper's Stance
Falcon's Eye (Stance)
Level: 4
Prerequisite: One Falcon's Eye maneuver
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
You suffer only a -5 penalty to hide checks after shooting (normally this is -20).
Stance of Accuracy
Falcon's Eye (Stance)
Level: 1
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
You adopt a focused stance, allowing you to concentrate on a single target
While in this stance, you gain a +1 bonus to ranged damage against a target for each attack you have made against it previously. This bonus resets to zero if you go a round without attacking that target, leave this stance, or move more than five feet in a single round, or if the target gains total concealment or cover. This bonus does not apply or accumulate against targets with concealment, although you retain it.
Starlight Hail
Falcon's Eye (Boost)
Level: 6
Prerequisite: Two Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: End of turn
The arrows from your bow need merely touch an enemy to kill, such is your accuracy and skill at placing them through weakpoints.
During a round in which you initiate this boost, your ranged attacks are made as touch attacks with double their normal critical threat range, not stacking with any other effects to increase critical threat range. If you have another effect that equals or exceeds this, you instead do +2d6 damage on a critical hit.
Sublime Marksmanship
Falcon's Eye (Stance)
Level: 6
Prerequisite: Two Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
The outside world fades from your view, as do all barriers between you and your target. Your instincts lead you into perfect shots with every loosed projectile.
While in this stance, you ignore all concealment and all cover less than total when making ranged attacks. You must still target the correct square.
Supreme Focus
Falcon's Eye (Stance)
Level: 8
Prerequisite: Three Falcon's Eye maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stane
You achieve a state of near-oneness with your bow, letting you pour your focus into it in ways impossible before.
While in this stance, you may initiate one Falcon's Eye boost per round without using a swift action.
Sure Shot
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 3
Prerequisite: One Falcon's Eye maneuver
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Weapon range
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
With a moment of focus, you pinpoint with deadly accuracy the best location to hit your opponent. As part of this maneuver, you make a single ranged attack. This attack is made at your highest attack bonus, and you receive a +20 insight bonus to hit with this attack. If this attack hits, you deal an additional 4d6 points of damage.
Take Aim
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 3
Prerequisite: One Falcon's Eye maneuver
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: Weapon range
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
With a moment of focus, you find a chink in your opponent's armor that is large enough for you to get a series of arrows through. As part of this maneuver, you make a full-attack with a ranged weapon. These attacks are resolved as touch attacks and deal an additional 2d6 points of damage per arrow.
Unerring Shot
Falcon's Eye (Strike)
Level: 3
Initiation Action: One Standard Action
Range: Ranged Attack
Target: One Creature
You fire one arrow in a perfect shot at your target
When you initiate this maneuver, make a ranged attack. This attack ignores less-than total cover, concealment (you must still target the correct square), inclement weather (such as wind or rain), and even magical effects similar to those (such as a Gust of Wind or Wind Wall). If it hits, it inflicts an extra 2d6 damage.
