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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 2403037" data-attributes="member: 29252">Because an archer can (true strike makes it quite practical, even at lower levels) manage 10 range increments with his bow - a longbow has a range increment of 100 feet; a Clr-3 can cast it on an arrow in the hands of a Wiz-3 with True Strike (Of course, the wiz needs to Silent Spell that True Strike...), casting Silence on the arrow, can get that arrow to go 1,000 feet (and land in the target square quite reliably), while that same caster could only cast Silence directly at a range of 520 feet (1,040 with Enlarge... but that requires at least Clr-5).  A Composite Longbow brings that up to 1,100 feet; a Distance +1 Composite Longbow can manage 2,200 feet (while the 10th level wizard can only manage 800 feet; 1,600 with Enlarge); a Distance +1 Composite Longbow in the hands of a 10th level full BAB class character with the Far Shot feat can get that arrow 2,750 feet (I think).  A clr-20, on the other hand, can only Enlarge that Silence to a range of 2,400 feet.  Granted, such extreme range won't often be useful....</blockquote>