Archer Prestige Classes

[qstor]

I like the Deepwood sniper too. If you really want to be a power archer just take 2 levels of DWS and go Order of the bow all the way. Fighter would be the quickest way to get it.

mike

 

[HellHound]

"Stick to prestige classes from official WoTC material. 3rd party stuff, and stuff from fan-boy internet sites, are rarely balanced."

Thanks for the vote of confidence in my writing.


As the author of Three Arrows for the King, I of course recommend it heartily. And of course Librum Equitis (which I also wrote).

There is also the Poison Sniper in Khan's Press' Prestige Class Anthology.

 

[Carnifex]

Stick to prestige classes from official WoTC material. 3rd party stuff, and stuff from fan-boy internet sites, are rarely balanced.

Yeah... because of course, WotC stuff is always balanced ain't it?

It's true that you have to be careful with what 3rd party stuff you pick up, but there's *loads* of good 3rd party rules out there, and WotC have brought out along with their fair share of excellent rules, their fair share of horribly unbalanced ones.

 

[LGodamus]

hey hound .....Is that 3 arrows for the king in print or just pdf?

 

[johnsemlak]

hey hound .....Is that 3 arrows for the king in print or just pdf?

It's a PDF.

Though it may be available in POD (print on demand).

 

[TracerBullet42]

Well, I'll give you some props. I have the Three Arrows For the King, and I think you did a fabulous job with it.

The archer character that I'm playing now (who seems a little too effective, almost) is progressing through the deepwood sniper PrC. But I took 12 levels of fighter before I headed into it. Weapon Focus, Specialization, and the greater versions of both with a bow seemed like a fun idea.

Overlooking the OotBI, that one looks pretty nice too. And as someone above mentioned, I might head that route after a few levels of DS.

 

[The Sigil]

Stick to prestige classes from official WoTC material. 3rd party stuff, and stuff from fan-boy internet sites, are rarely balanced.

Oddly enough, I feel almost the opposite. Stuff right out of internet sites is rarely balanced, this is true... but I would venture to say that 8 times out of 10, Third Party Publishers do twice the job WotC does in terms of balance, creativity, and imaginative concepts. That's because they HAVE to... they can't rely on WotC's brand name to sell stuff.

Let's put it this way... I haven't seen a WotC product that I felt was really worth my money since... oh, about Magic of Faerun. I don't think I've bought ANY WotC products in about the last year and a half, now going on two years. I've looked at it in the store, but the third-party stuff just seems flat-out BETTER from a writing, imagination, and balance perspective (even if they're not in glossy full color; full color does not a good product make).

--The Sigil

 

[Nifft]

Stick to prestige classes from official WoTC material. 3rd party stuff, and stuff from fan-boy internet sites, are rarely balanced.

Yep, those Official WotC PrCs are sure better balanced than anything I could come up with.

Especially...

• the Forsaker,
• the Shiba Protector,
• the Ninja of the Crescent Moon,
• the Ur-Priest,
• the Hospitalier...

I could go on, but why bother?

The DM should use common sense (and crunch some numbers) before allowing any PrC, be it an "Official" one or not.

-- N

 

[dagger]

Also, a class being broken or unbalanced is a point of view. As an example we dont have a problem with the Forsaker or Hospitlar in my gaming group.

 

[HellHound]

hey hound .....Is that 3 arrows for the king in print or just pdf?

It is currently only available in PDF.

We had a print run done, but it has long ago sold out.