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<blockquote data-quote="Legildur" data-source="post: 3175207" data-attributes="member: 1258">Two reasons - you can reach your enemy, and you usually don't get caught in melee if the party is doing it's job.Just played a one-shot the other night and I generated a Ftr4 archer for a friend to use who is used to playing a high-strength glaive wielding half-orc Barbarian 12.&nbsp; He really enjoyed the archer - dished out heaps of damage and didn't take a single hit over the course of an entire level.&nbsp; With Dex 18 and Str 16, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Sharp Shooting (CW), Weapon Focus/Specialisation (longbow), and using a +1 mighty composite longbow (+3), he was firing 2 arrows per round at +9/+9 for 1d8+7 (within 30ft).&nbsp; Them's pretty reasonable numbers at that level (we had two high AC fighters up front to pin the enemy in position).&nbsp; Mind you, pretty boring and repetitive (bit like a Warlock or a Sorceror with only magic missile in his arsenal), and he wasn't subjected to any Will saves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Legildur, post: 3175207, member: 1258"] Two reasons - you can reach your enemy, and you usually don't get caught in melee if the party is doing it's job. Just played a one-shot the other night and I generated a Ftr4 archer for a friend to use who is used to playing a high-strength glaive wielding half-orc Barbarian 12. He really enjoyed the archer - dished out heaps of damage and didn't take a single hit over the course of an entire level. With Dex 18 and Str 16, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Sharp Shooting (CW), Weapon Focus/Specialisation (longbow), and using a +1 mighty composite longbow (+3), he was firing 2 arrows per round at +9/+9 for 1d8+7 (within 30ft). Them's pretty reasonable numbers at that level (we had two high AC fighters up front to pin the enemy in position). Mind you, pretty boring and repetitive (bit like a Warlock or a Sorceror with only magic missile in his arsenal), and he wasn't subjected to any Will saves. [/QUOTE]

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