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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Diirk" data-source="post: 4668243" data-attributes="member: 14476">Ability distribution is the main reason. Archery rangers will be going for dex/wis whereas melee rangers will be either str/dex -> stormwarden or str/wis and pick up some heavy armour feats.Str/dex rangers won't be bad at archery, but they'll never come close to a dedicated archer, due to a lack of wis.But really, whats the point? Just because you're an archery ranger, doesn't mean you need to stay back and never get hit. You'll have one of the best armour classes in the party, which means you can afford to take a few risks to get the prime shot bonus... which while it isn't impressive by itself, you can take some feats to bump it quite a lot.Things like disruptive strike become a lot more impressive in the hands on an archer than a melee ranger, too.</blockquote>