Zen Archery

[pawsplay]

I'm kind of struggling with how to convert the D&D 3.5 feat Zen Archery. It allows you to use your Wis instead of Dex to hit with a bow. Converting it as is-is, I see it looks pretty weak compared to Martial Arts or Lore of the Stars. One idea I had was that it might substitute your Resolve (Wis) for your attack bonus a number of times per scene equal to your Ranged Combat feats, but I can't think of any other feat that offers just a trick. As a complicating factor, Weapon Finesse became a weapon property, not a feat, although Martial Arts still substitutes Wis for Str/Str with unarmed attacks.

I'm also wondering whether alternative approaches might work better. Archer Philosopher as an expert class? Path of the Bow?

[Krensky]

Cunning (if memory serves) Shot in Practice Makes Perfect.

It's an advanced trick that let's you use Wisdom in place of Dexterity, as long as you have a Dex of 13.

[Sletchman]

Cunning shot is of course a trick, which has it's own problems compared to the DnD Zen Archery.  You could make a follow up feat to martial arts that lets you use the attribute chosen for weaponry you have a forte in.  That way you could zen archery machine gun enemies.