Ranged Expertise

Abilities

Intuition
Agility
Self Discipline

Ranged Expertise represents a character’s proficiency with distance-based weapons like bows, firearms, and thrown objects. It includes aim, timing, recoil control, and environmental awareness. Characters use Ranged Expertise to strike targets from afar, suppress enemies, or cover allies. It’s essential for snipers, archers, and anyone who fights best at a distance.

Skills

Close-Quarters Fire
Agility
Empathy
Boldness

Brace yourself and maintain accuracy while using ranged weapons in melee combat - offsetting the usual vulnerability by keeping threats at bay with discipline and nerve.

Deadly Aim
Intuition
Agility
Self Discipline

Channel absolute focus into a single ranged attack, maximizing the chance for devastating critical hits through sheer precision and composure.

Fire From Hip
Quickness
Agility
Intuition

Shoot faster than thought—strike in the first moments of combat without aiming, sacrificing precision for initiative.

Fire into Melee
Agility
Self Discipline
Boldness

Shoot into a melee engagement without accidentally hitting your allies, compensating for erratic movement and shifting positions.

Hold Shot
Self Discipline
Intuition
Agility

Prepare and hold a ranged attack to be released the moment a specific trigger occurs—executing the shot as a reaction with enhanced precision.

Point Blank Shot
Agility
Quickness

Fire accurately at extremely close range by mastering instinctive aiming and suppressing the body’s natural flinch response.

Quick Draw, Ranged
Agility
Quickness
Presence

Unleash a fast, unexpected ranged strike before opponents can react - drawing and firing in one smooth motion before they realize the threat.

Ranged Attack of Opportunity
Intuition
Agility
Quickness

Use ranged attacks as immediate responses when enemies expose themselves during specific actions that makes them an easy target - such as moving into your field of vision, stepping out of cover to attack, run straight at you- by seizing the moment to strike with precise shooting.

Ranged Disarm
Agility
Intuition

Disarm a foe from a distance by firing at their weapon, wrist, or other vulnerable grip point - without inflicting injury. A difficult but spectacular skill.

Rapid Fire
Quickness
Agility
Intuition

Execute multiple ranged attacks in rapid succession, reducing the accuracy penalty normally applied to follow-up shots.

Seeking Shot
Agility
Intuition

Fire a well-placed shot that bends timing, angle, and awareness to partially bypass cover—creating an opening where there shouldn’t be one.

Shoot on the Run
Agility
Self Discipline
Quickness

Fire ranged weapons accurately while moving, allowing repositioning without sacrificing offensive capability.

Staggering Shot
Strength
Agility
Intuition

Interrupt a target's movement by striking with precise force or timing, reducing how far they can advance during their next turn.

Suppressive Fire
Agility
Intuition
Self Discipline

Lay down sustained ranged fire to control the battlefield—forcing enemies to hesitate, duck, and falter under pressure.

Trick Shots
Creativity
Agility
Presence

Perform precise and unconventional shots to achieve non-damaging but impressive or useful results—like cutting a rope, hitting a trigger, or splitting an arrow.