Thunder Bolt (3.5e Martial Discipline)/All Maneuvers

Bowslinging

Thunder Bolt (Stance)
Level:	1
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	Stance

You hold a crossbow in each hand, proficiently firing and reloading despite the apparent difficulties.

You reduce the penalties for shooting a crossbow one-handed by -2. Additionally, you may reload a crossbow even if you don’t have a free hand, though the time it takes is increased a single step (free action to move action to standard action to full-round action); if it would already take a full-round action, you cannot reload without having a hand free. This does not increase the reload time specified by any maneuver (such as Fell the Ettin) or the Instant Reload feat.

Called Shot

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	2
Prerequisite:	One Thunder Bolt Maneuver
Initiation Action:	1 standard action
Range:	One range increment
Target:	One creature
Duration:	Instantaneous

You pause amidst the chaos to carefully aim your shot, looking to cause as much pain as possible.

As a part of this maneuver, you make a single ranged attack. If you hit, you deal extra damage equal to your ranks in the Concentration skill.

Careful Shooting

Thunder Bolt (Boost)
Level:	1
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	One round

Taking your shots carefully, you manage to keep yourself protected while shooting.

You don’t provoke attacks of opportunity for firing a ranged weapon in melee, or for reloading a ranged weapon.

Cleaving Shots

Thunder Bolt (Stance)
Level:	3
Prerequisite:	One Thunder Bolt maneuver
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	Stance

Your bolts fly true even after slaying an opponent.

While in this stance, whenever you drop an opponent with a ranged attack, you may make an additional attack at the same bonus against an opponent in a straight, 5-foot wide line behind the opponent you dropped. Range penalties are calculated from your location, rather than the opponent’s location. This attack is made with the same piece of ammunition as the original attack; you don’t lose another bolt or need to reload.

This stance can never allow you to attack the same creature twice with the same bolt (such as with the Penetrating Shot feat).

Darting Hare

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	7
Initiation Action:	1 full-round action
Range:	First range increment
Targets:	One or more creatures
Duration:	Instantaneous

You quickly and ably dart around and between your opponents, leaving them open to your attacks.

As a part of this maneuver, take a double move action. You provoke no attacks of opportunity for any movement taken from this maneuver. You also make a full attack, with each attack coming at any point of the double move; you need not use all attacks from the same location. Any opponent whose space you move through before attacking them is considered flat-footed for these attacks, and your attacks deal +2d10 damage to them.

Note that while this maneuver does allow you to avoid attacks of opportunity, it doesn’t give you any special manner of moving through your opponent’s spaces. They must either be two sizes larger or smaller than you, or you must make Tumble checks, as normal.

Fell the Ettin

Thunder Bolt (Stance)
Level:	6
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	Stance

With techniques originally studied to slay the two-headed ettins, you quickly fire two shots for every one a lesser bowman could fire.

Whenever you make a ranged attack within the first range increment of your weapon, you may instead make two attacks against the same creature, each at a -4. If you use this ability with a martial maneuver, only the first attack has the effects of the martial maneuver; the second is just a standard ranged attack. You reload as a free action in between the two attacks.

Find the Gap

Thunder Bolt (Boost)
Level:	3
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	One Round

Your firm concentration and keen eye allows you to spot the best places to fit an arrow through your opponent’s armor.

You gain a bonus to attacks against armored opponents equal to the opponent’s armor check penalty.

Forceful Shot

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	1
Initiation Action:	1 standard action
Range:	30 ft.
Target:	One creature
Duration:	Instantaneous
Saving Throw:	Fortitude partial

You shoot a target squarely in his center of gravity, bowling him over.

You make a single ranged attack as a part of this maneuver. If it hits, the target must immediately make a Fortitude save (DC 11 + your Wisdom modifier) or be knocked prone.

Giant's Reach

Thunder Bolt (Counter)
Level:	5
Initiation Action:	1 immediate action
Range:	20 ft.
Target:	One creature
Duration:	Instantaneous

While a normal archer would be unable to take advantage of your foes lapse in guard, you are no normal archer.

You make a single ranged attack against an opponent who performs an action that would provoke an attack of opportunity if you threatened them in melee. You must expend an attack of opportunity to use this maneuver.

Giantslayer

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	8
Initiation Action:	1 full-round action
Range:	Ranged attack
Target:	One creature
Duration:	Instantaneous
Saving Throw:	Fortitude partial

You shoot a bolt capable of felling a giant in a single shot.

As a part of this maneuver, you make a Concentration check, with a DC equal to the target’s AC. If you succeed, you may make a single ranged attack. If you hit, the attack deals +12d8 damage, and the target must make a Fortitude save (DC 18 + your Wisdom modifier) or be stunned until the beginning of your next turn.

If you fail the Concentration check, you lose the action spent on this attack.

Hands and Feet

Thunder Bolt (Boost)
Level:	1
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	Instantaneous

You adeptly reload your weapon while positioning yourself to better shoot it.

You move up to your base land speed as a standard move action, and reload your crossbow as a part of the same action, even if would normally take longer.

I Can Smell Your Fear

Thunder Bolt (Stance)
Level:	8
Prerequisite:	Two Thunder Bolt maneuvers
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	Stance

Your hunter’s instincts are so finely honed, you can shoot an opponent you can’t even see. Nobody is safe from you anymore.

You ignore all miss chances, supernatural or otherwise, against any target whose square you can pinpoint (you still must have line of effect, however). All range penalties are halved, and you may fire twice as many range increments as usual (20 for a standard ranged weapon, 10 for a thrown one). For every ranged attack you make, you roll 2d20 and take the higher result.

Lightning Shooter

Thunder Bolt (Boost) [Electricity, Sonic]
Level:	9
Prerequisite:	Four Thunder Bolt maneuvers
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	One crossbow
Duration:	End of turn
Saving Throw:	Fortitude partial

Zeus, Thor, Perun - I don't really care what you call me. All you need to know is that I can and will zap the bejeezus out of you.

Until the end of your turn, all crossbow bolts you fire are treated as magical rays, which do 1d6 electricity and sonic damage per two initiator levels upon scoring a hit. All of the damage is treated as both electricity and sonic, so a creature needs to be able to resist both forms of energy to reduce the damage taken from this attack. Any creature damaged by your attack must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 19 + your Wisdom modifier) or be deafened for 4 rounds; any creature that succeeds on its saving throw cannot be deafened by this usage of this maneuver, even if you hit them again in the same round.

This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Ogre's Reach

Thunder Bolt (Counter)
Level:	2
Initiation Action:	Immediate
Range:	10 ft.
Target:	One opponent who provokes an attack of opportunity

Though they may have thought themselves safe, you manage take advantage of an opponent’s momentary lapse in guard.

You make a single ranged attack against an opponent who performs an action that would provoke an attack of opportunity if you threatened them in melee. You must expend an attack of opportunity to use this maneuver.

Ogreslayer

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	4
Initiation Action:	1 full-round action
Range:	Ranged attack
Target:	One creature
Duration:	Instantaneous
Saving Throw:	Fortitude partial

You shoot a bolt capable of felling an ogre in a single shot.

As a part of this maneuver, you make a Concentration check with a DC equal to the target’s AC. If you succeed, you may make a single ranged attack. If you hit, the attack deals +4d8 damage, and the target must make a Fortitude save (DC 14 + your Wisdom modifier) or be stunned until the beginning of your next turn.

If you fail the Concentration check, you lose the action spent on this attack.

Pierce the Gap

Thunder Bolt (Boost)
Level:	6
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	1 Round

Your trained eye can see the vulnerable locations in your opponent’s armor, completely ignoring it.

Your ranged attacks are resolved as touch attacks.

Searing Brass

Black Rain, Mystical Rain, Thunder Bolt, Sovereign Storm (Boost) [X-Discipline]
Level:	9
Prerequisite:	Five Black Rain, Mystical Rain, Thunder Bolt, or Sovereign Storm maneuvers
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	1 round

Maybe in your next life, you won't move quite so predictably.

You gain the benefits of the Combat Reflexes, Improved Combat Reflexes, Punishment Combat Reflexes, and Super Snipe feats for 1 round. This means that you can use ranged attacks to make attacks of opportunity; see Super Snipe for details. In addition, the number of attacks of opportunity you can make during this round is increased by 1 per 4 initiator levels.

Shatter The Stone

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	2
Initiation Action:	1 standard action
Range:	One range increment
Target:	One creature or object
Duration:	Instantaneous

Your bolt flies to the weakest point of your opponent, piercing through an otherwise impenetrable defense.

As a part of this maneuver, you make a single ranged attack. If you hit, you deal standard damage for a ranged attack, ignoring any DR other than DR/epic, or hardness the target has.

Shatter the Bolder

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	5
Initiation Action:	1 standard action
Range:	One range increment
Target:	One creature or object
Duration:	Instantaneous
Saving Throw:	Fortitude partial

Your bolt penetrates the weakest point of your opponent, piercing through their defenses and wounding them deeply.

As a part of this maneuver, you make a single ranged attack. If you hit, you deal standard damage for a ranged attack, ignoring any DR other than DR/epic, or hardness the target has. Additionally, if the target is a living creature, it must make a Fortitude save (DC 15 + your Wisdom modifier) or take 4 Constitution damage. If the target is a construct, undead, object, or otherwise lacks a Constitution score, it takes an extra 1d6 points of damage per initiator level.

Shatter the Mountain

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	9
Prerequisite:	Three Thunder Bolt maneuvers
Initiation Action:	1 standard action
Range:	One range increment
Target:	One creature or object up to 50 ft cube
Duration:	Instantaneous
Saving Throw:	Fortitude partial (object)

Your carefully placed shot ignores every defense your target has, and is capable of completely destroying anything in its path.

As a part of this maneuver, you automatically hit a single opponent with a ranged attack that ignores all DR and hardness. The target of your attack must make a Fortitude save (DC 19 + your Wisdom modifier) or take 20d6 damage in addition to the normal damage from the attack.

If the target is a construct, undead, object, or otherwise lacks a Constitution score, and it fails the Fortitude save, it is instead utterly destroyed, as though reduced to 0 hit points by a disintegrate spell. Even if it makes the save, it still takes 10d6 extra damage.

Spark Shot

Thunder Bolt, Sovereign Storm (Strike) [Electricity, X-Discipline]
Level:	3
Prerequisite:	One Thunder Bolt or Sovereign Storm maneuver
Initiation Action:	1 standard action
Range:	Ranged attack
Target:	One creature
Duration:	Instantaneous

Your metal is no defense against me!

Make a single ranged attack. This attack does 3d6 additional electric damage, ignores armor bonuses from metal armor (including the natural armor of creatures with the Metal subtype), and has a +1 bonus to hit creatures wearing metal armor or with the Metal subtype.

Split the Arrow

Thunder Bolt (Counter)
Level:	2
Initiation Action:	1 immediate action
Range:	30 ft.
Target:	One Projectile
Duration:	Instantaneous

As the enemy archer’s arrow hurtles through the air, you deftly pick it off with a shot of your own before it can hit its target.

When you or an ally within range is targeted by a ranged attack, you may oppose the attack with an attack of your own. If your attack roll is higher than your or your ally’s AC, the enemy’s arrow must overcome your attack roll instead of its target’s AC. This maneuver cannot stop anything that Deflect Arrows couldn’t deflect.

Split the Bolder

Thunder Bolt (Counter)
Level:	5
Initiation Action:	1 immediate action
Range:
Target:	One projectile
Duration:	Instantaneous

As the enemy giant confidently throws a boulder at you, you calmly take aim and shoot the boulder, splitting it in half and laughing as it lands harmlessly on either side of you.

When you or an ally within range is targeted by a massive ranged attack, you may oppose the attack with an attack of your own. If your attack roll is higher than your or your ally’s AC, the enemy’s projectile must overcome your attack roll instead of its target’s AC.

Alternatively, this maneuver may be used to automatically counter a ranged attack made by a small projectile (anything Deflect Arrows could defend against).

The Bigger They Are

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	3
Initiation Action:	1 standard action
Range:	Ranged attack
Target:	One Creature
Duration:	Instantaneous

Your keen eyes are able to spot weak points in larger enemies easier

Thread the Needle

Thunder Bolt (Strike)
Level:	4
Initiation Action:	1 standard action
Range:	Ranged attack
Target:	One creature
Duration:	Instantaneous

Your focus is such that you can accurately shot a bolt across a battlefield, or even through walls.

As a part of this maneuver, you make a single ranged attack. This attack is made with complete disregard for any physical concealment (incorporeal miss chance or something similar still applies), cover, or any martial maneuver of 3rd level or lower that would prevent your attack from hitting. You also take no penalty for firing into melee.

Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt (Strike) [Electricity, Sonic]
Level:	6
Prerequisite:	Two Thunder Bolt maneuvers
Initiation Action:	1 standard action
Range:	Ranged attack
Target:	One creature
Duration:	Instantaneous

Thunder ATTACK!

Make a single ranged attack. This attack does 6d6 additional electric damage and 3d6 additional sonic damage, and is resolved as a touch attack. Furthermore, it has a +3 bonus to hit creatures wearing metal armor or with the Metal subtype.

Thunder Hammer Style

Thunder Bolt (Stance)
Level:	1
Initiation Action:	Swift
Range:	Personal
Target:	Self

The rogue though he was clever, closing distance to melee. That's when you broke his nose with the butt of your crossbow.

While in this stance you may use your ranged weapons as melee weapons of appropriate size. They deal the same damage and critical threat range and multiplier as they do as ranged weapons (though they usually deal bludgeoning damage instead), including any applicable enhancements and abilities. Hand crossbows and similar weapons are light weapons, light crossbows and similar weapons are one-handed weapons, and heavy crossbows and similar weapons are two-handed weapons.

Titan's Reach

Thunder Bolt (Counter)
Level:	7
Prerequisite:	One Thunder Bolt maneuver
Initiation Action:	1 immediate action
Range:	Ranged attack
Target:	One creature
Duration:	Instantaneous

Your foes aren’t even safe across the battlefield.

You make a single ranged attack against an opponent who performs an action that would provoke an attack of opportunity if you threatened them in melee. You must expend an attack of opportunity to use this maneuver.

Trollbane Shots

Thunder Bolt (Stance)
Level:	4
Prerequisite:	Two Thunder Bolt maneuvers
Initiation Action:	1 swift action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	Stance

You carefully aim your shots to remain embedded in your opponent’s flesh, hindering the wounds from being healed.

Any physical damage from your ranged attacks cannot be healed by fast healing or regeneration (though regeneration still turns the damage to nonlethal). This stance has no effect if you’re attacking an opponent without a discernible anatomy.