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<blockquote data-quote="Veldrane" data-source="post: 343062" data-attributes="member: 1987"><p><strong> Machine-gun Smackdown </strong></p><p></p><p><em>Close combat Archer Smackdown</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Note:</strong> <em>This is <u>not</u> a pure max damage smackdown, I didn't throw in energy weapons et similia in order to further increase the damage (you can do it as well as I do). This is more a build, and the damage reported below can be inflicted every round in every combat.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Material used:</strong> Phb, SaF, ELH, Silver Marches</p><p></p><p><strong>Race:</strong> Human</p><p>[CODE][COLOR=silver]</p><p>Level Class BAB Saving Throws Feats Class Abilities</p><p>1 Fighter (1) +1 +2/+0/+0 Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Weapon Focus Bonus Feat</p><p>2 Fighter (2) +2 +3/+0/+0 Rapid Shot Bonus Feat</p><p>3 Fighter (3) +3 +3/+1/+1 Far Shot </p><p>4 Fighter (4) +4 +4/+1/+1 Weapon Specialization Bonus Feat</p><p>5 Barbarian (1) +5 +6/+1/+1 Rage, Fast Movement</p><p>6 Order of the Bow (1) +6/+1 +6/+3/+3 Quick Draw Ranged Sneak Attack +1d6</p><p>7 Order of the Bow (2) +7/+2 +6/+4/+4 Close Combat Shot</p><p>8 Peerless Archer (1) +8/+3 +8/+4/+4 Expert Bowyer, Ranged Sneak Attack +2d6</p><p>9 Peerless Archer (2) +9/+4 +9/+4/+4 Manyshot Sharp Shooting 1, Fletching +1</p><p>10 Peerless Archer (3) +10/+5 +9/+5/+5 Power Shot</p><p>11 Peerless Archer (4) +11/+6/+1 +10/+5/+5 Ranged Sneak Attack +3d6, Fletching +2</p><p>12 Peerless Archer (5) +12/+7/+2 +10/+5/+5 Improved Critical Sharp Shooting 2</p><p>13 Peerless Archer (6) +13/+8/+3 +11/+6/+6 Fletching +3</p><p>14 Peerless Archer (7) +14/+9/+4 +11/+6/+6 Ranged Sneak Attack +4d6</p><p>15 Peerless Archer (8) +15/+10/+5 +12/+6/+6 ? Feat ? Threaten, Fletching +4</p><p>16 Order of the Bow (3) +16/+11/+6/+1 +13/+6/+6 Ranged Sneak Attack +5d6</p><p>17 Order of the Bow (4) +17/+12/+7/+2 +13/+7/+7 Superior Weapon Focus</p><p>18 Order of the Bow (5) +18/+13/+8/+3 +13/+7/+7 Zen Archery Ranged Sneak Attack +6d6</p><p>19 Order of the Bow (6) +19/+14/+9/+4 +14/+8/+8 Free Attack, Zen Archery</p><p>20 Order of the Bow (7) +20/+15/+10/+5 +14/+8/+8 Superior Weapon Specialization</p><p>[/COLOR][/CODE]</p><p></p><p>Obviously, we'll use the character @ lvl 16</p><p></p><p><strong>Items</strong></p><p>Mighty (+4) Composite Long Bow +5 (or GMW)</p><p>Arrows +5 (or GMW)</p><p>Bracers of Archery</p><p>Tome +5 Dexterity</p><p>Item +6 Dexterity</p><p>Boots of Speed</p><p></p><p>We end up with a Dexterity score of:</p><p>17 Base</p><p>+4 Level ups</p><p>+6 Item</p><p>+5 Tome</p><p>=</p><p>32 (+11 Bonus)</p><p></p><p><strong>Attack</strong></p><p></p><p>+16 BAB</p><p>+11 Dex</p><p>+2 Bracers</p><p>+1 Point Blank Shot</p><p>+5 Bow</p><p>+5 Arrows</p><p>+1 Weapon Focus</p><p>+2 Flanking (considering in the middle of the fight, or -2 AC to the enemy if flat footed)</p><p>=</p><p>+43</p><p><em>With Manyshot</em></p><p>+41/+41/+41/+41</p><p><em>With Haste and Manyshot</em></p><p>+41/+41/+41/+41/+41/+41/+41/+41</p><p><em>Ok, time for a little Powershot:</em></p><p>+25/+25/+25/+25/+25/+25/+25/+25</p><p></p><p><strong>Damage</strong></p><p>1d8 Base</p><p>+5 Bow</p><p>+5 Arrow</p><p>+4 Strenght</p><p>+1 Point Blank Shot</p><p>+1 Bracers</p><p>+2 Weapon Specialization</p><p>+16 Power Shot</p><p>+5d6 Sneak Attack</p><p></p><p>Well, with Manyshot, Sneak Attack applies only to one arrow per attack, so we have:</p><p></p><p>SA Arrows = 56 Dmg (x2)</p><p>Other Arrows = 38.5 Dmg (x6)</p><p>=</p><p><em>343 Damage</em></p><p></p><p>As I said before, this damage is not maxed out, but it's doable every time you use Manyshot (btw, w/out Sneak Attack it's still 308 Dmg/round), so you can do it every time and customize the weapon to add further damage.. ..I included the complete build, so that if you want, you can advance the character or reduce it, even use it, if you wish..</p><p></p><p>Enjoy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Veldrane, post: 343062, member: 1987"] [b] Machine-gun Smackdown [/b] [i]Close combat Archer Smackdown[/i] [b]Note:[/b] [i]This is [u]not[/u] a pure max damage smackdown, I didn't throw in energy weapons et similia in order to further increase the damage (you can do it as well as I do). This is more a build, and the damage reported below can be inflicted every round in every combat.[/i] [b]Material used:[/b] Phb, SaF, ELH, Silver Marches [b]Race:[/b] Human [CODE][COLOR=silver] Level Class BAB Saving Throws Feats Class Abilities 1 Fighter (1) +1 +2/+0/+0 Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Weapon Focus Bonus Feat 2 Fighter (2) +2 +3/+0/+0 Rapid Shot Bonus Feat 3 Fighter (3) +3 +3/+1/+1 Far Shot 4 Fighter (4) +4 +4/+1/+1 Weapon Specialization Bonus Feat 5 Barbarian (1) +5 +6/+1/+1 Rage, Fast Movement 6 Order of the Bow (1) +6/+1 +6/+3/+3 Quick Draw Ranged Sneak Attack +1d6 7 Order of the Bow (2) +7/+2 +6/+4/+4 Close Combat Shot 8 Peerless Archer (1) +8/+3 +8/+4/+4 Expert Bowyer, Ranged Sneak Attack +2d6 9 Peerless Archer (2) +9/+4 +9/+4/+4 Manyshot Sharp Shooting 1, Fletching +1 10 Peerless Archer (3) +10/+5 +9/+5/+5 Power Shot 11 Peerless Archer (4) +11/+6/+1 +10/+5/+5 Ranged Sneak Attack +3d6, Fletching +2 12 Peerless Archer (5) +12/+7/+2 +10/+5/+5 Improved Critical Sharp Shooting 2 13 Peerless Archer (6) +13/+8/+3 +11/+6/+6 Fletching +3 14 Peerless Archer (7) +14/+9/+4 +11/+6/+6 Ranged Sneak Attack +4d6 15 Peerless Archer (8) +15/+10/+5 +12/+6/+6 ? Feat ? Threaten, Fletching +4 16 Order of the Bow (3) +16/+11/+6/+1 +13/+6/+6 Ranged Sneak Attack +5d6 17 Order of the Bow (4) +17/+12/+7/+2 +13/+7/+7 Superior Weapon Focus 18 Order of the Bow (5) +18/+13/+8/+3 +13/+7/+7 Zen Archery Ranged Sneak Attack +6d6 19 Order of the Bow (6) +19/+14/+9/+4 +14/+8/+8 Free Attack, Zen Archery 20 Order of the Bow (7) +20/+15/+10/+5 +14/+8/+8 Superior Weapon Specialization [/COLOR][/CODE] Obviously, we'll use the character @ lvl 16 [b]Items[/b] Mighty (+4) Composite Long Bow +5 (or GMW) Arrows +5 (or GMW) Bracers of Archery Tome +5 Dexterity Item +6 Dexterity Boots of Speed We end up with a Dexterity score of: 17 Base +4 Level ups +6 Item +5 Tome = 32 (+11 Bonus) [b]Attack[/b] +16 BAB +11 Dex +2 Bracers +1 Point Blank Shot +5 Bow +5 Arrows +1 Weapon Focus +2 Flanking (considering in the middle of the fight, or -2 AC to the enemy if flat footed) = +43 [i]With Manyshot[/i] +41/+41/+41/+41 [i]With Haste and Manyshot[/i] +41/+41/+41/+41/+41/+41/+41/+41 [i]Ok, time for a little Powershot:[/i] +25/+25/+25/+25/+25/+25/+25/+25 [b]Damage[/b] 1d8 Base +5 Bow +5 Arrow +4 Strenght +1 Point Blank Shot +1 Bracers +2 Weapon Specialization +16 Power Shot +5d6 Sneak Attack Well, with Manyshot, Sneak Attack applies only to one arrow per attack, so we have: SA Arrows = 56 Dmg (x2) Other Arrows = 38.5 Dmg (x6) = [i]343 Damage[/i] As I said before, this damage is not maxed out, but it's doable every time you use Manyshot (btw, w/out Sneak Attack it's still 308 Dmg/round), so you can do it every time and customize the weapon to add further damage.. ..I included the complete build, so that if you want, you can advance the character or reduce it, even use it, if you wish.. Enjoy ;) [/QUOTE]
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