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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6293439" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Hold on a mo...</p><p></p><p>The speed line should be "20 ft. (4 squares, base speed 30 ft.)"</p><p></p><p>The attack lines are missing the effects of Weapon Focus (longsword) and Improved Critical (longsword), plus the shortsword gets full strength bonus to damage when used as a standard attack.</p><p></p><p>Hold on a second. A ranger can only use Combat Style when in light armor or less, it won't be able to use its TWF bonus feat when in plate armor! That gives him a -4/-8 weapon penalty, so we'd better rethink...</p><p></p><p>It'd seem easiest to just make him a sword & board fighter who uses a shield and longsword or a two-handed weapon user, since that would require the least messing around with the stats, e.g:</p><p></p><p><em>Sword & Board Option:</em></p><p><strong>Speed:</strong> 20 ft. (4 squares, base speed 30 ft.)</p><p><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 21 (+1 Dex, +8 full plate, +2 darkwood heavy shield), touch 11, flat-footed 20</p><p><strong>Attack:</strong> longsword +19 melee (1d8+5/17-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14 ranged (1d8+5/×3)</p><p><strong>Full Attack:</strong> longsword +19/+14/+9 melee (1d8+5/17-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14/+9/+4 ranged (1d8+5/×3)</p><p></p><p><em>Two-Handed Weapon Option:</em></p><p><strong>Speed:</strong> 20 ft. (4 squares, base speed 30 ft.)</p><p><strong>Attack:</strong> greatsword +19 melee (2d6+7/17-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14 ranged (1d8+5/×3)</p><p><strong>Full Attack:</strong> longsword +19/+14/+9 melee (2d6+7/17-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14/+9/+4 ranged (1d8+5/×3)</p><p></p><p>Alternatively, we could give him elven chain instead of plate armor so he qualifies for the Ranger's TWF:</p><p></p><p><em>Ranger TWF Option:</em></p><p><strong>Speed:</strong> 30 ft. (6 squares)</p><p><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 16 (+1 Dex, +5 elven chain), touch 11, flat-footed 16</p><p><strong>Attack:</strong> longsword +19 melee (1d8+5/17-20) or short sword +18 melee (1d6+5/19-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14 ranged (1d8+5/×3)</p><p><strong>Full Attack:</strong> longsword +17/+12/+7 melee (1d8+5/17-20) and short sword +16 melee (1d6+2/19-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14/+9/+4 ranged (1d8+5/×3)</p><p></p><p>I'd prefer either of the first two options, since I don't fancy reducing his AC so much. I'll leave which one up to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6293439, member: 57383"] Hold on a mo... The speed line should be "20 ft. (4 squares, base speed 30 ft.)" The attack lines are missing the effects of Weapon Focus (longsword) and Improved Critical (longsword), plus the shortsword gets full strength bonus to damage when used as a standard attack. Hold on a second. A ranger can only use Combat Style when in light armor or less, it won't be able to use its TWF bonus feat when in plate armor! That gives him a -4/-8 weapon penalty, so we'd better rethink... It'd seem easiest to just make him a sword & board fighter who uses a shield and longsword or a two-handed weapon user, since that would require the least messing around with the stats, e.g: [I]Sword & Board Option:[/I] [B]Speed:[/B] 20 ft. (4 squares, base speed 30 ft.) [B]Armor Class:[/B] 21 (+1 Dex, +8 full plate, +2 darkwood heavy shield), touch 11, flat-footed 20 [B]Attack:[/B] longsword +19 melee (1d8+5/17-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14 ranged (1d8+5/×3) [B]Full Attack:[/B] longsword +19/+14/+9 melee (1d8+5/17-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14/+9/+4 ranged (1d8+5/×3) [I]Two-Handed Weapon Option:[/I] [B]Speed:[/B] 20 ft. (4 squares, base speed 30 ft.) [B]Attack:[/B] greatsword +19 melee (2d6+7/17-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14 ranged (1d8+5/×3) [B]Full Attack:[/B] longsword +19/+14/+9 melee (2d6+7/17-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14/+9/+4 ranged (1d8+5/×3) Alternatively, we could give him elven chain instead of plate armor so he qualifies for the Ranger's TWF: [I]Ranger TWF Option:[/I] [B]Speed:[/B] 30 ft. (6 squares) [B]Armor Class:[/B] 16 (+1 Dex, +5 elven chain), touch 11, flat-footed 16 [B]Attack:[/B] longsword +19 melee (1d8+5/17-20) or short sword +18 melee (1d6+5/19-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14 ranged (1d8+5/×3) [B]Full Attack:[/B] longsword +17/+12/+7 melee (1d8+5/17-20) and short sword +16 melee (1d6+2/19-20) or composite longbow (+5 Str) +14/+9/+4 ranged (1d8+5/×3) I'd prefer either of the first two options, since I don't fancy reducing his AC so much. I'll leave which one up to you. [/QUOTE]
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