Powerful Archer Builds

[Bryan898]

Wow, you guys actually play games where you have characters doing 300-600 points of damage from their attacks? That is totally insane. What are youre encounters like? DM " ok 5 great red wyrms, 7 Iron golems and HEY! a duke of hell attack you while you sleep" That is so far beyond the scope of the game that it isnt even funny. Interesting that you can actually do that, but where is the fun in it. 99% of the monsters ever created can be killed by one guy in one round. Oh look its a terrasque, hey mr. wizard prep your wish spell and Ill knock an arrow and kill it.

I don't think people actually play with characters that maxed out. When you build something thats so centered on damage, you leave lots of openings in your defense. Say for example, the guy that could charge for 15,000-20,000 damage. If you got him with a high Will save spell or something like Forcecage, game over he loses.

I have had a cavalier that does like 200 damage per round at 25th level. But once again, his mount is incredibly easy for a bad guy at that level to kill. And yes... they did fight a duke of hell as the climax to the campaign, we always thought it would be fun to try just once. (it was ) The battle with Mephistopheles ACTUALLY ended in a TPK for both sides...

By the way Bryan898, you forgot to mention that close only counts in horseshoes, hand-grenades and Thermonuclear weapons!

No... if you miss with a thermonuclear weapon you should be kicked in the head... a lot.