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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5574755" data-attributes="member: 59082">As I said in another thread, I made an 11th level elf ranger for an ongoing campaign and am still fiddling about with him. After four sessions he is now 12th level and I have yet to use a melee weapon - he's a dominant archer (greatbow, of course) but I like the idea of him losing his temper and flinging aside his bow and diving into melee with a big sword or two. The current DM, my co-DM for the campaign, is OK with me fiddling about a bit more, or at least until I actually use melee weapons. So I'm trying to figure out what I'd prefer: two bastard swords or one fullblade (re-fluffed as extra greatsword training). "Fluff-wise" I could go either way.Here's the challenge: Optimize a 12th level ranger with greatbow as primary and either bastard sword or fullblade as secondary. We have an optional rule that we can combine magic items through paying extra based on the power's level above the base for the enhancement bonus (1/6/11/16/21/26), so that I could take a paired bastard sword (n+2)  and add, say, vicious (n+1) to it to make it a bit more interesting. The character, a follower of Sehanine, already has a Moonbow +3 and I'm working on a sword up to 15th level - probably a hybrid of Melegaunt's Darkblade (n+1), Vicious (n+1), and maybe Paired (n+2) if I go the Bastard Sword direction; with Paired it would be a 15th level weapon; without it, it would be 13th.If I go with the Bastard Sword then I'd take Two-Weapon Style and add Quickdraw as a feat; if I go with the Fullblade I'd take Hunter Style and add Toughness as feat, so the end result is similar.Here are my current ability scores (although it doesn't matter), basic stats, feats, powers, and magic items; feel free to swap them out:Alternately you could just ad two 15th level items, one 13th, two 6-10th; and a bunch of 5th or lower...or some similar combination. Oh yeah, I chose the Sharpshooter paragon path but am open to anything.Here are the criteria I'd like you to follow:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two-Weapon Style or Hunter Style</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bow as primary, some kind of sword as secondary - but I'm open to any swords. Maybe a 70/30 ranged/melee split.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Feel free to recommend feats, powers, and magic items.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focus on optimizing at-will powers and basic attacks - the encounter and daily powers are a bit easier to pick.</li> </ul>Thanks!</blockquote>

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