Point-Blank Master

Point-Blank Master
Details
Prerequisites	Weapon Specialization, Fighter level 4
Effect(s)	Benefit: Choose one type of ranged weapon. You do not provoke attacks of opportunity when firing the selected weapon while threatened. Normal: Using a ranged weapon while you are threatened provokes attacks of opportunity.

Point-Blank Master is a feat in Owlcat Pathfinder Games.

Effects

Benefit: Choose one type of ranged weapon. You do not provoke attacks of opportunity when firing the selected weapon while threatened.

Normal: Using a ranged weapon while you are threatened provokes attacks of opportunity.

Hints & Tips

Getting the feat

Although this feat has Fighter requirement, it is available for other classes through different means.

Class	Earliest level	Method
Fighter	5	Must have Weapon Specialization that requires Fighter 4 [level 1-3] take Weapon Focus using normal or combat feat. [level 4] choose Weapon Specialization from combat feat [level 5] choose Point-Blank Master from normal feat
Zen Archer	3	Class ability [level 3] Receives it for free
Nomad	5	Class ability [level 5] Receives it for free
Ranger except Nomad	6	Available through Archery combat Style ability [level 2] Choose Combat Style → Archery [level 6] Choose Point-Blank Master from list
Slayer except Bloodseeker	6	Available through slayer talent ability [level 2, 4, 6] Choose Talent → Combat Style → Archery [level 6] Choose Point-Blank Master from list
Sanctified Slayer	8	Available through talented slayer ability [level 8] Choose Talented Slayer → Combat Style → Archery [level 8] Choose Point-Blank Master from list
Magus except Sword Saint	11	Requires Fighter Training ability [level 10] receives Fighter Training [level 11] choose Weapon Specialization from normal feat [level 11] choose Point-Blank Master from Bonus feat
Warpriest	??	tbc
Eldritch Knight	7	Earliest level to take this Prestige class is 6. [level 6] multiclass to Eldritch Knight 1 and gain Diverse Training [level 6] choose Weapon Specialization from bonus feat [level 7] choose Point-Blank Master from normal feat
Loremaster	6	Earliest level to take this Prestige class is 6. [level 6] multiclass to Loremaster 1 [level 6] choose Secret → Fighter → Fighter Bonus Feat → Point-Blank Master

Notes

• Can Sanctified Slayer take it at level 8
• Do Warpriest levels count as Fighter levels?

You can only choose weapon you took Weapon Specialization for. That feat is only available to Fighters and Magi, and Magi can only count their level as Fighter level (Fighter Training) since level 10. This makes character level 11 the earliest you can take Point-Blank Master for Magus. Also you'd need to take Weapon Focus before that (a prerequisite for Weapon Specialization). Much more viable alternative is to take this feat as a Ranger/Slayer Combat Style feat when you don't need to meet prerequisites (but still not earlier than level 6).

Applicable weapons

You can choose the following weapons:

• Wrath of the Righteous
• Kingmaker

• Bomb
• Heavy Crossbow
• Light Crossbow
• Longbow
• Ranged Touch
• Shortbow
• Spike
• Throwing Axe

note: game text does not include the following weapon. tbc

• Dart
• Javelin
• Ray
• Sling Staff

• Bomb
• Dart
• Hand Crossbow (not in game)
• Heavy Crossbow
• Heavy Repeating Crossbow (Beneath the Stolen Lands Endless Dungeon)
• Javelin
• Light Crossbow
• Light Repeating Crossbow (Beneath the Stolen Lands Endless Dungeon)
• Longbow
• Ray
• Shortbow
• Shuriken (not in game)
• Sling (not in game)
• Sling Staff
• Throwing Axe

Strategy

Point-Blank Master is a must for solo ranged character, but taking this feat for a typical party with dedicated frontline and backline (archers and casters being backline by definition) hardly worth it. You can take it for ranged Fighters, Rangers, Slayers or Eldritch Archers who supposedly can tank an enemy occasionally, but retreat is almost always a better option. Most of the time you acquire this feat 'just in case', when you have no more useful feats to take.