Curving Shot

Curving Shot is an Arcane Archer fighter passive feature/reaction that allows the fighter to redirect a missed ranged weapon attack towards another nearby enemy.

Description

When you miss with any magical ranged attack, use a  Bonus Action to attack the next closest target with the same attack.

Properties

Cost

 Bonus Action

Details

 Ranged weapon attack roll

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Targets: Closest enemy to initial target

 Recharge: Per turn

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 7: Arcane Archer

Notes

• Despite not stating such on any tooltip, Curving Shot is only usable once per turn due to it requiring and expending a hidden resource.
• It is not possible to choose the target of the redirected attack. It selects whichever enemy is closest to the original target.
• If there is not a clear path between the original and redirected targets, the projectile may collide with terrain and be wasted.
• This feature works with a hardcoded selection of special ranged weapon attacks, including Arcane Shots. The full list is as follows:
  • Normal ranged attacks, but not offhand attacks
  • All Arcane Shots
  • All magic arrows except  Arrow of Many Targets,  Arrow of Salving, and  Arrow of Transposition.
  • The basic ranged weapon actions  Hamstring Shot,  Piercing Shot, and  Mobile Shot
  • The College of Swords flourishes  Defensive Flourish (Ranged),  Mobile Flourish (Ranged),  Slashing Flourish (Ranged)
  • The ranger special attacks  Horde Breaker and  Dread Ambusher
  • The spells  Ensnaring Strike (when cast at levels 1, 2, or 3) and  Branding Smite (when cast at level 2 or through Zariel tiefling's racial ability)
  •  Sneak Attack (Ranged)
  • The special weapon actions  Bolt of Celestial Light and  Illuminating Shot
  • The inaccessible weapon actions  Headcrack and  Pin Down
• Any other attack action not listed does not work with Curving Shot. This includes offhand attacks, special weapon actions like  Blinding Shot, and any Battlemaster combat manoeuvres (which can be acquired as an Arcane Archer with the Martial Adept feat).
• If all nearby enemies are incapacitated and the primary target is missed, Curving Shot does not trigger. This is because, SG_Incapacitated is excluded from the HasEnemyWithinRange() function check. This is not a bug, but a deliberate check.
  • If at least one nearby enemy is not incapacitated and the primary target is missed, Curving Shot does trigger.