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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 766427" data-attributes="member: 149">If you can persuade your DM to let you use either an Archer Varient Ranger or Monte Cook's ranger. They work extremely well for filling the DWS req. Your party is rather melee oriented though and only has two casters. That is going to hurt at higher levels, especially if one gets taken out. I'm assuming that the Magekiller is some kind of fighter class though. At a minimum you are going to have to get the new guy to run a rogue. Any adventuring party HAS to have one.Personally, I would recomend adding at least 2 lvs of Order of the Bow Initiate (OoBI) at some point to get the Combat Shot (Does not draw an AoO when firing a bow in a threatened area). The class complements DWS very well. I'm not sure if you can get Imp Crit until 9th, one of the req is an 8+ BAB. Since you can't take a feat until AFTER the req are satisfied. IE. you don't have an 8 BAB until after you've leveled meaning that when you are selecting an 8th lvl feat you've really  only got a BAB of 7. That is an odd level to get a feat at (Lvl 4 fighter feat perhaps?) though. So that would make 9th the, if I understand things correctly. Your DM may also interpret things differently.RE: Magic items. Hewlet's Handy Haversack is easily one of the best magic items for a character period. It essentially eliminates problems with encumberance since it can hold a total of 120 lb of stuff while only weighing 5lb. Also it enables you to stick a ton of full quivers in there, since the limits are by weight not space. So you don't have to worry about running out of arrows.Bracers of Archery are another absolute necessity. Giving +2 to hit, also +1 to damage if within 30'. A steal at 5,100 gp.I don't know if your DM counts these as magic items, but a Mythril Chain shirt is almost certainly your best option for armor. I think those go for about 2,000 gold.A Quiver of Elhona is very nice at 1,800 gp and certainly minimized problems if you have a large number of different types of arrows. Since it automatically suplies you with the desired arrow. If you go with the HHH, then it is not as important, but you will want at least one later on.Hat of Disguise, Horn of Fog (for breaking contact and running away) or Glove of storing (to keep your melee weapon in for when you get forced into Melee) as well as boots or cloak of elvenkind can be useful depending on how you want your character to work. They all run about 2k gold (2,200 for the glove of storing).This thread has a lot of useful suggestions on running an archer as well<a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43136" target="_blank">http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43136</a></blockquote>

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