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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monboesen" data-source="post: 2961107" data-attributes="member: 4647">The archer needs some way of getting Improved invisibility or Blink (both will make most of his shots sneak attacks). This could be by wand, item, friendly spellcaster etc.He needs a bow with one or more kinds of energy damage enchantment (fire, acid etc.)He needs a friendly spellcaster, wand, cache of scrolls etc. to cast greater magic weapon at caster level 8,12 or higher.He needs as high strength as he can afford to get by magic and a composite longbow to match it. He needs rapid shot and in the longer term improved critical.He can try to take advantage of the hide skill to do sniping. He can shoot when hidden and make a Hide check with a -20 modifier to stay hidden (and keep sniping).He could take 4 levels of fighter to get weapon specialisation to up the damage (and later Ranged weapon mastery from PH II to increase it by another 2). He could take the feat Deadeye shot from PH II to get 1 sneak attack shot per round.He needs to realise that he will not, and should not, match the other characters damage output as a Thief is skilled at many things beside combat, fighters are not.</blockquote>