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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 540677" data-attributes="member: 5834">ReI think Greater Magic Weapon should only work on one or two arrows per level. That would allow it to work for a combat or two, without making it so easy for the archer to come by powerful magic arrows.Or they could just eliminate bow and arrow stacking. There are ways to screw up archers, but they do seem to have alot of lilttle ways to increase their base attack that melee do not.The archer in our group gets all the following bonuses:1. Weapon Focus2. Magic Bow3. Magic Arrows4. Point Blank Shot5. Bracers of Archery6. Dexterity (Which is modified by magic items.This wouldn't be so bad except that archery damage is just as bad:1. Weapon Specialization (Out to 45 feet with Far Shot)2. Magic Bow3. Magic Arrows4. Point Blank Shot (Out to 45 feet with Far Shot)5. Bracers of Archery 7. Strength (Up to +4 unless magical allows for a bigger strength)All in all, the archer does more damage than most of our melees considering that rapid shot gives an extra attack at minus two with no loss of strength damage.Archery is a little overpowered in the context of a regular campaign.On the other hand, there are few ways that an archer can be screwed up that a melee cannot:1. Windwall2. Cover3. Lowering the archers strength so that he can't draw his strengthened bow until he has reset the pull. (This is a rule that only those knowledgable about bows probably use.)I didn't include protection from arrows because it is nigh on useless against warriors designed as archers. Their base damage bonus often exceeds the 10 points of DR. Archery is definitely overpowered, IMO. They made just a few too many feats and magic items that allow archery bonuses to stack up higher than melee bonuses, yet they created prestige classes that completely remove the disadvantages of archery such as the Arcane Archer and Order of the Bow Initiate.</blockquote>

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