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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zad" data-source="post: 254118" data-attributes="member: 90">Hrm.Well first off, it will depend on your DM. Personally I would never allow you to take twelve different prestige classes just to get a couple of the benefits from each. Neither would my DM. It also depends on how you balance your character concept verses your rules hacking. I have an arcane archer. Would a couple of the abilities from OOBI or Sniper be useful? You bet. Am I taking them? No. I'm an arcane archer. But that's just me.Back to feats:Obviously you need whatever you need for DwS.Weapon focus: no brainerWeapon specialization: nice to have that extra +2 damage but you have to be a fighter to get it. Of course fighters get bonus feats.Far shot: Frankly I feel far shot is a waste. Composite longbows have a range increment of 110 feet. That's bigger than the map we usually use. It gets hard to run combats at long range, and even then a -2 or -4 won't bug you muchRapid shot: VERY key. From a statistical point of view, you're better off usually with two shots each at -2 than you are with one shot, unless the AC is VERY high.Improved Rapid shot: this feat was listed in a Dragon magazine article that dealt with custom designed feats. It was used as an example of a feat that was considered "good" and "balanced". All it does is take off the -2 penalty for using rapid shot, like a lot of the two-weapon feats. This one saves me math so I like it.Point blank shot: must havePrecise shot: also must haveMost of the feats from the expansion books I didn't find to be very useful.Also, don't load up on entirely offensive feats - balance is good, defense is good, and a dead archer does no damage.</blockquote>

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