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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cavalier973" data-source="post: 5836327" data-attributes="member: 91595">OK, I was scanning through my "Heroes of the Fallen Lands" book, and have decided that the Slayer is pretty much what the author of the original article was describing. The stances "Battle Wrath" and "Poised Assault" apply regardless whether the slayer is making a melee basic attack or a ranged basic attack. So the slayer can start out with a bow (his build gives a bonus to damage equal to his DEX regardless whether the attack is melee or ranged, as long as it is a "weapon attack"), and fire a few shots; drop the bow as a free action when the enemy is in range and pull out his big honkin' sword with a minor action. When he reaches level 4, the slayer can stow the bow as a free action rather than dropping it, and pull out the BHS. In fact, the slayer can be built as a pretty effective ranged fighter: Slayer1 Human, Female, Level 1 (Using the "Red Box Array")STR 12CON 14DEX 18INT 10WIS 11CHA 13 FEATSBow ExpertiseWeapon Focus: Bow Using a Longbow So, the fighter will have a +8 to hit, for 1d10+9 damage (+4 for DEX, another +4 for DEX as slayer, +1 for Bow Focus) If the target is alone, then it is 1d10+10 dmg. When the slayer uses her "Poised Assault", the attack modifier goes up to +9 at level 1. With "Battle Wrath", the damage goes to 1d10+11 (+12 for enemies who are alone). Or, for a more mobile archer, the slayer could take the "Mobile Blade" stance, in which case she can move up to 4 squares as a free action anytime she hits an enemy. One disadvantage of an "archer build" is that the "Weapon Specialization" and "Greater Weapon Specialization" only apply to the greatsword or the greataxe, so the "Slayer-Archer" would not benefit from those features of her class.</blockquote>

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