Q168: Is there a way to Hide after shooting someone ('sniping') as a Swift action?
Or Hiding as a Swift action at all, for that matter?
There is the sniping section on the SRD, which seems to require no action at all... does limit you to one shot a round though.
There was a feat that either negated that penalty or reduced it considerably. I can only find Able Sniper at the moment which just decreases it to -16.
I seem to remember one that grants -10...
Q169: Aside from Hustle and Lesser Celerity, are there any other low level (say, around level 4-5) ways to get an extra move action.
Note: Move action, not movement, so Travel Devotion isn't an option.
Thanks again,
~Bowen
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lvl 10 Halfling rogue sub level from races of stone reduces hide penalty to -10 for sniping. There's one or two other things somewhere besides Able Sniper that help out with this too, but nothing very significant. Don't know anything that'll reduce the hiding action to swift. My preferred solution is to just make sure that they can't see you anyways. Rope trick is an AMAZING sniper nest.
Edit:
Concealed Ambush: Dragon Magazine 339 Page 87
Prereqs: Hide 10 ranks, Move Silently 10 ranks, Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot
Benefit: Reduces Hide penalty when Sniping form -20 to -10.
Forest Ambusher: Dragon Mazagine 315 Page 64 (Warning: Ancestor feat.)
Prereqs: Nation: Shou Lung, Jungle Lands
Benefit: +3 Hide in forests, -15 instead of -20 when sniping.