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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FalcWP" data-source="post: 2914514" data-attributes="member: 16858">Well, you aren't worried about being the biggest badass around, so... why not a crossbow?  As a fighter, you'll have feats to spare, which makes Rapid Reload much less of a hassle.  A light crossbow with rapid reload ends up being similar to a longbow.  Constantly look for gadgets to improve your crossbow, such as scopes, new materials, etc.  Take Exotic Weapon Proficiency to use a repeating crossbow.  There's a feat in the PHB II (Crossbow Sniper) that lets you add half your dexterity bonus to your damage with a crossbow, and lets you increase your maximum range for sneak attacks with a crossbow (obviously, that bit would require multiclassing with a class that had sneak attack), while the Arms and Equipment Guide had a Gnome Crossbow Sight.Throwing Hammers might be an interesting alternative for a ranged gnome fighter.You get the Hooked Hammer proficiency for free, so Two Weapon Fighting could be an option - possibly as your backup strategy when you need to enter melee.  You should already have a good Dexterity score, so the Two Weapon Fighting chain should be simple enough.  If you don't go with two weapon fighting, weapon finesse is your friend for melee, unless you're blessed with an unusually high strength.Obviously, you would want the Point Blank Shot chain.  Iron Will and, to a lesser extent, Lightning Reflexes can be good feats for you.  You'll want the five feats for your favorite weapon (Weapon Focus through Greater Weapon Specialization, and Improved Critical), and possibly for your backup weapon as well.  Quickdraw is another good one for a ranged fighter, although if you go with a throwing weapon (say a throwing axe) it isn't as important.</blockquote>

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