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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 8557027" data-attributes="member: 53176"><h4>Archer (VGtM)</h4>A short entry this time, but that's ok, because tonight is my Game Night and I have dice to roll~This stat block represents the best NPC sharpshooter you would find in town, or alternatively a member of an elite longbow unit. Use this if you need a mundane T1 sniper. It’s a simple stat block that gets the job done.To add some flavor to this rather generic offering, the book gives you a table to roll on for a random style of fletching. This list is strangely exotic for my tastes, some of the “feathers” that they use have incredible implications. Like the Vrock feathers. Not only did a cr3 humanoid manage to survive an encounter with a cr 6 demon, but also the humanoid somehow plucked that bad buzzard bald to use the demon’s feathers as part of a weapon, and said weapon isn’t even magical? How do you even preserve a demon feather, don’t their body parts turn into icor when they die? Does that mean the Vrok is still alive and being farmed for feathers? What’s going on here? Anyway, as shown here, the table for fletching can be used for flavor or plot hooks.Combat for the Archer is relatively simple. They pick a target and shoot it, from extreme range if possible. When pressed into melee they stab with their shortsword. They should use the Archer’s Eye Power every round, as they probably won’t live longer than three rounds anyway. For the record: Adding damage to a normal hit is an average of 5 extra damage. Turning a miss into a hit adds an additional average of 8 damage. And adding damage to a crit adds an additional average of 11 damage.  Making the order of rolls to apply their extra die to  Crit>Miss>Hit.The archer’s multi-attack was changed to work with their shortsword, giving them a bit of extra damage when cornered in melee. The wording on their Archer’s Eye power was cleaned up so that you can trigger it after you roll instead of before the roll, and use it for any ranged weapon, making the power much more deadly.</blockquote>

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