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<blockquote data-quote="Summer-Knight925" data-source="post: 5991739" data-attributes="member: 80297"><p>My archer build was a tad crazy.</p><p></p><p>top 2 score should be dex (the highest) and strength, who needs health when you're in the back shooting?</p><p></p><p>base class fighter, DO NOT MULTICLASS THIS, the bonus feats are needed. </p><p>Go human.</p><p></p><p>Exotic Weapon Prof Great Bow (complete warrior), Point Blank shot, Precise shot.</p><p></p><p>Rapid shot is actually useless at 1st level, as you will most likely be missing both shots, precise allows you to give close overwatch.</p><p></p><p>This is assuming you're a human, if not wait till 2nd level for precise.</p><p></p><p>The next feats should include weapon focus Greatbow, rapid shot (eventually), weapon specialization and the great form of specialization and focus.</p><p></p><p>The other feats you get should boost saves, as the pesky archer is always targeted by spells since the lich's minions cant hold him off like the melee fighters.</p><p></p><p>When you can, go Kensai, this sounds weird but using the bow as your focused weapon, you can build it to be the most powerful weapon ever. </p><p>This is where a multiclass level works, using say Wizard, getting you concentration while getting you a familiar, again, use this to boost saves.</p><p></p><p>With Kensai, build your weapon a crit machine.</p><p>+1 (level 1)</p><p>+1 keen (level 2)</p><p>+1 keen thundering (level 3)</p><p>+1 keen thundering shocking burst (level 4/5 as shocking burst is a +2 bonus)</p><p>After this, you might want to just boost the +1 to a +5, leaving that last for something thats a +1 bonus, I went with flaming, but frost works too, corrosive (from MIC), something to do energy damage.</p><p></p><p>So when you finish all 10 levels of Kensai, you're doing 1d10+1d6+1d6+str(gotta get a mighty composite too)+5 crit 19-20/x3 dropping extra dice on the crit.</p><p></p><p>Using rapid shot and your multiple attacks, you will rain down arrows like a MG42 rained down death on American GI's during WWII, especially to critable things and things with energy vulnerabilities. </p><p></p><p></p><p>This was how I did my build, and he was able to, in one round, kill a fire giant at level 10, as an archer. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Also, stick to light armor, you should have a high dex so why not? Plus being able to move around helps you get better shots, plus you'll want to be using skills such as climb to get a higher vantage point to overlook the battlefield.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So again, this was my build, worked amazingly for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Summer-Knight925, post: 5991739, member: 80297"] My archer build was a tad crazy. top 2 score should be dex (the highest) and strength, who needs health when you're in the back shooting? base class fighter, DO NOT MULTICLASS THIS, the bonus feats are needed. Go human. Exotic Weapon Prof Great Bow (complete warrior), Point Blank shot, Precise shot. Rapid shot is actually useless at 1st level, as you will most likely be missing both shots, precise allows you to give close overwatch. This is assuming you're a human, if not wait till 2nd level for precise. The next feats should include weapon focus Greatbow, rapid shot (eventually), weapon specialization and the great form of specialization and focus. The other feats you get should boost saves, as the pesky archer is always targeted by spells since the lich's minions cant hold him off like the melee fighters. When you can, go Kensai, this sounds weird but using the bow as your focused weapon, you can build it to be the most powerful weapon ever. This is where a multiclass level works, using say Wizard, getting you concentration while getting you a familiar, again, use this to boost saves. With Kensai, build your weapon a crit machine. +1 (level 1) +1 keen (level 2) +1 keen thundering (level 3) +1 keen thundering shocking burst (level 4/5 as shocking burst is a +2 bonus) After this, you might want to just boost the +1 to a +5, leaving that last for something thats a +1 bonus, I went with flaming, but frost works too, corrosive (from MIC), something to do energy damage. So when you finish all 10 levels of Kensai, you're doing 1d10+1d6+1d6+str(gotta get a mighty composite too)+5 crit 19-20/x3 dropping extra dice on the crit. Using rapid shot and your multiple attacks, you will rain down arrows like a MG42 rained down death on American GI's during WWII, especially to critable things and things with energy vulnerabilities. This was how I did my build, and he was able to, in one round, kill a fire giant at level 10, as an archer. Also, stick to light armor, you should have a high dex so why not? Plus being able to move around helps you get better shots, plus you'll want to be using skills such as climb to get a higher vantage point to overlook the battlefield. So again, this was my build, worked amazingly for me. [/QUOTE]
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