Make a character who has the Sniper special ability or boosts characters with the Sniper ability. Any faction, any uniqueness, new mechanics or existing abilities etc as long as the character is significantly focused towards sniping.

Have fun!

The fine print...
1. You may update any existing versions you already have and/or create a new one. You may update/create several versions of the character but you must ultimately select 1 you wish to run with. (this must be done by the schedule below)

2. Place a hyperlink in this forum to make it easier to find your character. You can just post the stats or image here but if changes are needed it would be easier (and save space) if you just used a Hyperlink (If you don't know how to post Hyperlinks in a forum setting please ask and we will help you. It's not hard )

3. Voting works as follows, pick your three favorite customs based on accuracy to the character, design, balance or whatever you decide makes the best incarnation of the challenge character. First place receives 3 points, 2nd place receives 2 points, and 3rd place receives 1 point.

4. You do not have to enter the contest in order to vote. But unless you enter you must have at lest 10 forum posts.

5. To make things fair you must vote in order to win the contest. You must choose three characters entered in the contest and you may not rate or vote for your own character.

6. The winner will be decided by how many points they receive. Ties will be broken by most 1st place votes, then if still tied, 2nd place votes and then 3rd place votes. If still tied, then the outcome is a tie.

7. You may not change or update the entered character AFTER the deadline.


You will have until Sat, November 11th, 2017 @8pm EST to get your submissions in. Anything submitted after this point will not be included in the voting.


Voting will start at 8pm on Saturday evening and end at 10pm EST on Monday, November 13th ,2017.
At the conclusion of the voting the scores will be tallied and the winner will start a new topic with their choice of theme.

Lol! I should have known!

Going with something basic this time
Army Of Light Archer

Hahaha you really should have hahaha.

http://www.bloomilk.com/Custom/28429/reconnaissance-patrol-scout

Need help costing this piece. Hard to cost imo.

Well, yes, Overwhelming Power is worded the same, but I said I got this out of the archives and I always thought OP was more of a melee attack effect and I wanted to differentiate a ranged effect from a melee effect, even if its the same thing. As to the 8 SA's, yes, that's about 3-4 more than I normally give, but this is "THE" ultimate sniper type in a large galaxy so he Should thematically do all this ...... overkill but he actually did come out to that cost .....

I'll support you on the double tap Surf. Depends on the type of sniping. Actually single shot is more accurate for assassination missions, but double tap is absolutely appropriate for closer range (SWM ranges) style tactical sniping which is often done with semi-automatics. Also look at my Canadian brothers in arms and their world record sniper kill, it took many shots to actually finally connect with the enemy. Almost want an ability if you miss you may immediately make another attack haha.

Agree, great topic.
I will have to put some thought into this to differentiate from the many solid entries already posted.

I second this suggestion for Kill Shot, as it seems spot on.

As to Double Tap, I'm seeing it essentially as a Twin that triggers on a crit, but it isn't worded quite that way. If it works that way, then if the target makes its Avoid Defeat saves after taking a Kill Shot (doesn't stop AD) he just gets popped again. Awesome.

AD can be used multiple times in a turn, but only once per attack. AD does not happen until after damage is applied, so it's not redirecting or preventing damage. It is its own effect, happening just before the character is removed from the board. My reference to AD was in it's (potential) interaction with both Kill Shot and Double Tap.

Double Tap implies you are shooting the same character twice, but your wording seems more like Flurry which allows choosing a different legal target if available. I might word it like Deadly+Twin:

Double Tap (Scores a critical hit on an attack roll of natural 19 or 20, then makes 1 extra attack against the same target)

As far as Kill Shot, I think I'm on the same page with Saber (if not, he'll correct me). It's basically Overwhelming as worded. More interesting if it kicks in when it would kill the enemy:

Kill Shot (If this character's attack would defeat the target, it's attack cannot be prevented or redirected)

That still doesn't get around Avoid Defeat, Leia Hoth CE etc. If you want it to stick, you'll need to use wording like Amphistaff (and then some, as it doesn't cover other character's abilities/FPs/CEs).

*edit: actually, the wording might be simpler than I think (I'm pondering)

The last (amusing and very situational) wrinkle that popped into my head earlier was...if you kill the piece with a crit on your normal attack and it AD's successfully, it's still there and you Double Tap it, lol. (it can try again if you hit again)

How do you want it to work?