Arcane Strike for an archer PrC?

[Twowolves]

Hello all,

A couple of players and I are working on a PrC for our campaign that essentially blends spellcasting with archery. The Arcane Archer is very weighted toward characters with only one or two levels of spellcaster, whereas our class would have some advancement in both spellcasting and combat. So far we have kicked around a number of very good ideas, but now we are trying to pare them down into a balanced, 10 level prestiege class.

Now to the question: How unbalancing would it be if we were to change the Arcane Strike feat from Complete Warrior to work only for ranged weapons, provided it were a class ability, especially if that ability were only obtained at, say, 7th level or higher of a 10 level PrC? Also, we were thinking of allowing any spellcaster, not just arcane casters, to be able to take this class. Would that combine to make things too over powered?

Twowolves

 

[Thanee]

For divine casters I could see it being a bit much, but for arcane casters without a full spell progression but better fighting ability (kinda like the Spell Sword), it would probably be alright as a higher level ability.

There are some distinct advantages of the ranged version over the actual Arcane Strike (i.e. it's easier to get a full attack), but nothing that big.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Nifft]

Your wish is our command, ehffendi!

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=67172

(It's even been playtested!)

-- N

 

[Twowolves]

Nifft, your AA looks similar to what we've been working out, but nowhere near identical. When we hammer out the last of the details, I'll post it to see what other people think. Our version has cleric BAB, good Will and Ref saves, and a 2/3 spell progression, with a handfull of special abilities thrown in.

Twowolves