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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 2295968" data-attributes="member: 3146">There is no "best" build.If you want to deal damage, straight-up, from round 1 without stopping, play a fighter. You could start with two levels of ranger if you want a few skills, but then you'd want to go to fighter 12 for greater weapon specialization.If you want to deal a moderate amount of damage and have a lot of flexibility, a multiclass ranger with four levels of fighter or three levels of pious templar is the way to go. Darkwood Stalker is a pretty good choice for a prestige class with full BAB and good skills and sneak attack that you'll be able to use once in a blue moon.If you want a caster with a lot of flexibility, cleric is the way to go. If you play a wood elf, you can have the essential point blank and precise shot feats by level 3 and rapid shot at level 6--a human cleric of Phaulkon will be able to get rapid shot by level three and could take Zen Archery and ignore dex if he didn't mind being pathetic outside of 30'. Either build will want quicken spell for a quickened divine favor.A fighter/wizard is not a really good way to do an archer since most of the best fighter/wizard abilities (wraithstrike spell, Arcane Strike feat, Channel Spell spellsword ability,whirling blade spell, etc) are melee only. However, with Greater Magic Weapon, Heroism, Flame Arrow, Sonic Weapon, Arrow Mind, etc, you could probably make a decent run of it. The only trouble is that you're probably better off just casting scorching rays, enervations and empowered scorching rays if you've got a lot of caster levels and the archery buffs won't be too good if you don't.</blockquote>

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