INT Mod for Ranged Attacks

[karinrin55]

I currently play a Shaper Psion in a 3.5 campaign, meaning I have a HIGH INT score and mediocre WIS and DEX and laughable STR.

I was looking for ways to improved my ranged attack, thinking if Zen Archery exists then it's probable and logical that a feat that lets you add your INT to ranged attack (or perhaps only for ray or ranged touch attacks) also resides somewhere.

Alack and alas there are none, the only things I found were homebrew staff that are not typically allowed at our table if not concocted with at least two members of the group.

The question, is there a way to add my INT to ranged attacks without loosing manifester levels (like caster levels).

My character is human 13th level psion with 28 INT (+8).

Any help is appreciated :smallbiggrin:

[MaxiDuRaritry]

Get a psicrystal and take co-opt concentration or solicit psicrystal and control body. Use your psicrystal to concentrate on controlling your body while you fire off crystal shards or whatever. Enjoy adding your Int to attack and damage rolls. A more comprehensive description is here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=19788955&postcount=274).

There's also the Frickin' Laser Beams trick:


Use energy conversion, a psicrystal (with metamorphosis to remove immunity to mind-affecting effects), schism, Chain Power, Split Psionic Ray, Overchannel, Greater/Psionic Shot, and Aligned Attack/a chasuble of fell power, along with energy wall to charge it up, to deal up to (8x[ML+3]x3)+7d6 damage (and half damage to tons of secondary creatures) every single round, and all for the cost of one energy conversion and one energy wall (both manifested beforehand) and a schism (a psychoactive skin can take care of the metamorphosis bit).

[Psyren]

If Pathfinder is allowed, Kirin Strike explicitly works on ranged attacks.

[rrwoods]

I’ll just leave this here:

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?125732-3-x-X-stat-to-Y-bonus

[karinrin55]

Get a psicrystal and take co-opt concentration or solicit psicrystal and control body.


The problem is I'm a Shaper not a Kineticist, so control body is not an option, I wish it were cause I would have already used it.


I’ll just leave this here:

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?125732-3-x-X-stat-to-Y-bonus

This would be great if I hadn't already read it over before, all of these that are applicable make me loose manifester levels which is exactly what I don't want :smallfrown:

[MaxiDuRaritry]

The problem is I'm a Shaper not a Kineticist, so control body is not an option, I wish it were cause I would have already used it.Expanded Knowledge? Psychic chirurgery? Power research?

It does what you want. There are ways to get it. What's the problem?