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<blockquote data-quote="Petrosian" data-source="post: 416946" data-attributes="member: 1149">I would not get all hung up on all these &quot;gipped on magic items&quot; nonsense. The main &quot;gp value&quot; dif between the two characters is the magical studded leather.His armor bonus is +5. Yours is better with normal banded. I don't recall your dex but if you took the studded would your Ac improve? if not, then you did not LOSE anything by him getting the armor.I think there are three elements at work...First, TWf is fairly weak in DND3e, not really giving you much for the multiple feats spent. While it is not a BAD choice for a fighter, its not a good one.Second, archery is very efficient in DND 3e. With cheap rapid fire feat and stacking of things like focus/spec and point blank as well as the bow+arrow enhancements stack (exception dr) which makes later on GMW VERY VERY VERY overpowered (12th level means +4 arrows AND +4 bow daily) etc, etc the archer gets really much more potent than the meleer. Sure, bows can be sundered but so can axes. The 5' step makes archery easy vs one meleer.Third, I believe the last time i looked at the monte haul ranger it was more than a wee bit overpowered for a PrC, much less a core class, IMO.Adding in other uber-archery feats will only make it worse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Petrosian, post: 416946, member: 1149"] I would not get all hung up on all these "gipped on magic items" nonsense. The main "gp value" dif between the two characters is the magical studded leather. His armor bonus is +5. Yours is better with normal banded. I don't recall your dex but if you took the studded would your Ac improve? if not, then you did not LOSE anything by him getting the armor. I think there are three elements at work... First, TWf is fairly weak in DND3e, not really giving you much for the multiple feats spent. While it is not a BAD choice for a fighter, its not a good one. Second, archery is very efficient in DND 3e. With cheap rapid fire feat and stacking of things like focus/spec and point blank as well as the bow+arrow enhancements stack (exception dr) which makes later on GMW VERY VERY VERY overpowered (12th level means +4 arrows AND +4 bow daily) etc, etc the archer gets really much more potent than the meleer. Sure, bows can be sundered but so can axes. The 5' step makes archery easy vs one meleer. Third, I believe the last time i looked at the monte haul ranger it was more than a wee bit overpowered for a PrC, much less a core class, IMO. Adding in other uber-archery feats will only make it worse. [/QUOTE]

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