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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 5038625" data-attributes="member: 6562">Archivists, like Clerics, have the best BAB in the game (once they can cast <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/divinePower.htm" target="_blank">4th level spells</a>).Your main class feature is your spells. It's either the best or the second best set of class features in the game, and it's certainly the most flexible.Don't trade that power and flexibility for ... well, for nothing in return, really. Instead, look at how you can use your spell list to get the class features you want.If you want to hang back and provide support from the rear line: take a [Reserve] feat which allows you to make ranged (Su) attacks at will.If you want to help out in the front lines: take buff spells that last for an encounter, or take a [Reserve] feat that allows you to make close-up (Su) attacks at will.If you want to be a skill monkey: take buff spells that allow you to act like a skill monkey. (E.g.: "Oh, you have ranks in Hide and Move Silently? That's nice, I'll just cast Invisibility and Silence. Yeah, I got Invisibility from the Trickery Domain. Pretty sweet, huh?")The best part is: if one day you need to be a utility-monkey, and the next day you need to be loaded for owlbear, you can do both just by switching around which spells you prepare. That flexibility is amazing, and it's something you shouldn't trade for an illusory advantage -- that is, for an ability you could replicate using one of your spells.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>

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