Rules Update: Master Marksman

Under perfect shot it states: <<When this skill is used, the marksman must drop the readied missile phys rep at her feet and may not pick it up for 5 seconds. Other periodic skills with the Attack (Launched) trait can be combined with this skill.>>

Given the swirl of combat and the fragile nature of arrows, could this be amended to allow the archer to place the arrow in her quiver?

If the archer is that close to combat, he/she should not be readying an arrow as that would require enemies to be within the Point Blank range and thus Point Blank rules apply where you must remove yourself from within 10ft of an aggressor before you can ready an arrow again. Safety first.

Glad to hear about safety first, but you completely missed the point of my post. Combat moves a lot, and the archer could have been more than ten feet from the battle when she is required to drop her arrow, and before she could pick it up, in confronted with the melee swirling about her.

Specifically, no, they can not put it back in their quiver. This is no different than firing an arrow into combat 50' away from you... it's just as likely to be stepped on over there as at the Marksman's feet, if not more so.

The act of dropping it at your feet also means that you cannot draw a new one at the same time - they are two separate actions. Also, at some point, you will need to pick them back up. If anything, it's a boon that you don't have to go recover them...

Can *other* people recover arrows used for a Perfect or Steady shot during those five seconds?

Since it is not an attack, but IS a periodic skill, can a Scout use Scout's Vantage while in Concealed Barrage?

If the answer is no, I suppose there's nothing stopping someone from activating Vantage first and THEN Barrage.