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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dozen" data-source="post: 6131471" data-attributes="member: 6698275">Okay, can we seriously post Homebrew here again? I seem to have missed something.On topic! There are a few supposed "necessities" I always disliked in Archer builds. Such as the fact you need Point-Blank Shot for everything From Far Shot through Ranged Pin and Woodland Archer to washing your hair, for no apparent reason. Obvious issues disregarded, casters tend to be superior also because they are not bound by feat chains to achieve the desired style and/or purpose. You shouldn't encourage that by circumventing even houserules that say PBS is not a necessity for all the ranged weapon-related feats. And as the enlightenment of all archers is your goal, the Sneak Attack/Sudden Strike requirement is just mean - Fighters, Rangers, Scouts, Hexblades, Chaotic Incarnates and so on should by all means have access to a ranged PrC without dips into a backstabber class. Think you can drop Ol' PBS from the prereqs and switch the latter to a more sluggish advancement of an applicable main class feature, like the Scout's Skirmish, Fighter feats, Essentia and Hexblade's Curse? Or scratch the whole idea and give the class a Sneak Attack progression instead?Lastly, I'd add Search to the skill list, with Int being a main stat and small enemies being things you might need to skewer, it's only reasonable. Plus, the poor Rogue could wipe his arse with his best utility Class Feature after taking levels in Battlefield Archer, if he has one left after the DC 30+ Magic Traps tore into him.</blockquote>

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