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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Veep" data-source="post: 6707501" data-attributes="member: 6793297">To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and Not to Yield: The Seeker's Handbook <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0RR_l80Gmgw/TmukStkbqRI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/1DHmo9ZYwwQ/s512/SeekerWoods.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> "It's just one of those things. We can control many aspects of life, but we cannot control nature." Selling Points: Why You Would Want to Play a SeekerSeekers are not good. The designers didn't eat their Wheaties the morning they wrote the Seeker, and the result is a Controller who specializes in perfectly ignorable soft control. Still, if you're reading this you likely want to play one, and if you do you probably fall into one of these two groups (or both, like me):You like to be challenged when you play D&D and you like to optimize, but your friend wants to play a Goliath Pacifist Runepriest. If you play a Seeker you can optimize to your heart's content without overshadowing your CharOp-phobic friends.You are in love with the Seeker conceptually. All those melee STR builds with big weapons start to blend together, but the Seeker looks and plays radically different from even the most similar builds (Ranged Weapon Bard, Hunter, Thrown Weapon Ranger). It's a Primal iteration of the Arcane Archer archetype, and that makes it cool.Fear not; with proper care, the Seeker can ascend to the lofty heights of mediocrity, and actually approach competency instead of burdening the party by increasing xp budgets without contributing significantly.This Handbook will use the following system for ratings:Gold: You should pick this. PeriodSky Blue: Brilliant. You should be putting this into your build.Blue: Good. This pick is a solid choice.Black: Average. You could do worse, you could do better.Purple: Bad. Can work sometimes but should be generally avoided.Red: Terrible. Look elsewhere.This Handbook covers the following sources:AP - Arcane PowerAV - Adventurer's VaultAV 2 - Adventurer's Vault 2DXXX - Dragon Magazine, issue XXXDMA 2009 - Dragon Magazine Annual 2009DP - Divine PowerDSCS - Dark Sun Campaign SettingFRPG - Forgotten Realms Player's GuideHoS - Heroes of ShadowHotFK - Heroes of the Forgotten KingdomsHotFL - Heroes of the Fallen LandsMM - Monster ManualMM 2 - Monster Manual 2MOTP - Manual of the PlanesMP - Martial PowerMP 2 - Martial Power 2PHB - Player's HandbookPHB 2 - Player's Handbook 2PHB 3 - Player's Handbook 3PHH 1 - Player's Handbook Heroes: Series 1PHH 2 - Player's Handbook Heroes: Series 2PHR: DB - Player's Handbook Races: DragonbornPHR: TF - Player's Handbook Races: TieflingsPrP - Primal PowerPsP - Psionic PowerGlossaryAP - Action point.BBEG - Big bad evil guy.Burst/Nova/Spike Damage - Generally understood to mean the highest amount of damage a character can inflict in the space of a single round. Usually, calculations for this allow 1 round of setup before the actual damage.CA - Combat advantage.DPR - Damage per round, which is generally meant to mean the character's expected damage value using At-Will powers against a standard enemy of the same level (eloquently described by Adslahnit as the Official CharOp Inanimate Block of Tofu™).ED - Epic destiny.HP - Hit points.LX - Level X.MAD - Multiple attribute dependency, which is defined as needing 3 or more ability scores for a given build.MBA - Melee basic attack.MC - Multiclass or multiclassing.NAD - Non-AC defense.OA - Opportunity attack.PP - Paragon path.RBA - Ranged basic attack.THP - Temporary hit points.Props:To everyone posting first of all: I'm relying on you to give me perspective.To the terrible, worthless layabouts at ##4eCO who poked and prodded me along while I worked on this, and endured my endless blathering.To LDB in particular; the format/layout is 97% copypasta. </blockquote>

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