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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darklone" data-source="post: 4206687" data-attributes="member: 1372">Ranged bards.... with Xbows????? NAAAAAAAH!That might be ok if you play some pretty small race with huge Dex bonus and Crossbow Sniper.But the bard for real men... at least real men who want to do real archery... uses a composite longbow with Str at least at 16. Dex isn't that important, you'll hit better than any fighter with good Inspire Courage.Start with a level of Warblade, then take 7 levels of bard. Continue with one or more warblade levels later if you want more maneuvers, but the important things here are:- boots of speed (haste as free action for an additional arrow)- Inspire Courage Optimisation- Rapid Shot- Song of the White Raven (start singing as Swift Action)If you add these things together there's just one more thing to get: Bow of Songs. Add your Charisma bonus to hit AND damage?How many level 10 chars have you seen with 4 arrows every round at 1d8+15 (+4 or +5 for str bonus, +5 for charisma and another +whatever for Inspire Courage and bow enhancement bonus) damage?All this at a huge to hit bonus. All you need are many feats (Song of the Heart, Song of the White Raven, PBS, Rapid Shot, Extra Music as often as you can get it).</blockquote>