Spell-less Ranger confirmed by Mearls

[Darth Cyric]

Sounds really interesting. I'd really like to see your 3.75 ranger, and the archery related maneuvers and stances you created. If you find the time please post them, or e-mail them to me. Maybe I could convince my DM to let me play a build like that

I didn't create any new archery maneuvers and stances, though if I sat down for a while I probably could.

What I did was create a "mini-school" just generically called Archery by transforming the archery-related SC spells into maneuvers and stances so they'd fit into the ToB system. The levels of said maneuvers and stances do jump all over the place, and the only qualification I made for the higher-level stuff was to have the lower-level stuff.

- Hawkeye changed into a 1st-level stance.

- Arrow Mind is a 2nd-level stance.

- Guided Shot is a 2nd-level strike.

- Hunter's Mercy and Sniper's Shot are 3rd-level strikes. For Sniper's Shot, I allowed the Ranger to apply his Skirmish damage even if more than 30' away and not moving.

- Exacting Shot is a 4th-level strike.

- Find the Gap is a 6th-level stance, and to fit in the Archery school and not make it step on Diamond Mind's toes, I allowed the Ranger's Find the Gap to apply only to ranged weapons.

- Arrow Storm is a 6th-level strike.

If I were to ever flesh this out, I'd probably start with the Iron Heart school and modify some of those maneuvers for ranged weapon usage.