Character Creation Help (MY DM(s) STAY(s) OUT!!!!)

[Rigaal]

Heya, everybody! I've started this new group and we have all decided to try something new. My idea was to have a PC with basically no background although his main focus was the bow. Of course he's a Grey Elf since they are so drawn to perfection.

The question ensues... What would be the best route to take? The restrictions are pretty low as we are following the Gestalt variant rules from UA. I was thinking Fighter/Ranger 5 until I reached prerequisites for Deepwood/Fighter 2; then Peerless Archer/(Alternating Fighter and Ranger) 8+ and then ???. I would like him to have his own style of archery and not be a Legolas clone, but there doesn't seem to be any other choice. I haven't seen anything specifically geared to the archer class so I don't know if I'm missing a store of knowledge somewhere.

When I take my turn DMing I'm definitely going to include Dragons as a large part in the adventures because I've never used them before either. So the Draconamicon will be picked through a lot. I even considered taking a Dragonnel as a mount and maybe the Dragon Rider PrC. The detraction from my art was a little too much though.

With this CL config. the ability to Threaten a 10 ft. area with Manyshot and +4 Arrows would be great at 15th level. A group of Monsters wouldn't be any worse than just one. Not to mention the loooong list of feats that would accompany that many levels in fighter.

Comments??

 

[The Souljourner]

I like fighter/ranger, and personally, I'd go straight fighter/ranger until 12th, then the rest ranger/PrC. Fighter gives you the feats you need to be really awesome in combat, and ranger gives you the skills and special abilities to make your character non-boring.

With those two together, I don't think you really need a PrC until fighter wears out (after Greater Specialization at 12th).

But that's just me.

Oh, and what's up with "My DM keep out"? If he's your DM, he should be advising you about character creation. You can't hide abilities from him anyway, so why not let him see this? Don't get it.

-The Souljourner

 

[CyberSpyder]

Well, gestalting a ranger and fighter is practically pointless - you gain the most from gestalt classes when there is a minimum of overlap, and a ranger is practically a pre-configured fighter already with a dash of spellcasting thrown in.

Offhand, I might suggest a fighter/cleric. Clerics come with a host of spells to enhance their personal combat ability, and when those are applied on top of the healthy abilities given by full progression in the fighter class as well, you can end up as an unstoppable machine in virtually any kind of combat, ranged included.

 

[CyberSpyder]

Beg pardon. Forums became terribly slow for a moment.

 

[Korak]

Ftr/Clr has a lot going for it. If you want to be more purely combat though, It's hard to argue with Ftr/Rog, better skill points and skill list than Ftr/Rng and much better class abilities.