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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kugar" data-source="post: 731629" data-attributes="member: 442">The boildown on this is really that the following factors:A) Feats: Rapid Shot,B) Stacking Bow/Arrow Enhancements,C) Spell: Greater Magic Weapon, and D) The full attack action rules.mean that the archer gets more attacks at a higher hit bounus than the melee fighter.If you take any of the above and modify it you can remove the advantage of the archer.  A) If the Archer does not take Rapid shot, he is loosing an attack per round and suffers from poor arrow damage.B) If the enchancements don't stack he is on par with the TWF as far as # of attacks and attack bounus.C) If there is no GMW, then the archer is on par with the TWF, and suject to damage reduction hosing or loss of wealth to arrows.D) If a Full attack was a partial action, then the number of attacks would probalbly favor a Great Cleaving, GITWF, twink.All said and done there is some acher love in the way the rules work out.  Not enough to drastically alter the balace of PCs but enough to notice some balance flaws in the system and exploit CRs more than normal.Kugar</blockquote>