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<blockquote data-quote="Meeki" data-source="post: 3591895" data-attributes="member: 17257"><p>I changed the loss to level 1. Also, you can only store spells up to 1/2 your class level, so if you dip your arrows are going to store low level spells and on top of that stopping at level 5 gives you 2 arrows, you need to take more to use this ability to its fullest not sure if you caught that.</p><p></p><p>Enhancement bonus lets the archer use a +1 bow with another ability instead of taking more +enhancements that arrows need so much to get around DR. +1 speed bow with +5 enhancement arrow. I mainly kept this in so the archer can use any arrow and because the ability is not all that great so it won't unbalance the class. Also GMW can be dispelled.</p><p></p><p>wiz12/AA8 = 14 BA, kinda sad. CL 18 excellent but the extra abilities from the class won't be that helpful. Level 4 imbued arrows which you can put level 4 spells in, neat but at lvl 20 how useful are they going to be with BA 14.</p><p></p><p>wiz15/AA5= 12 BA (even worse). CL20(19 since i moved the loss of caster level) much better but why would you take AA, if you want BA just go EK.</p><p></p><p>ran2/wiz8/aa10= 16 ba, just about max you can get with this class. CL 16. What exactly is the problem here? 16 BA gives you one more iterative and you have 1 more BA than a 3/4 BA character. Your CL, however, is 4 lower than a cleric/druid and you lack lvl 9 spells. </p><p></p><p>The spellsword route does breed a nasty combo but again you lack fighter feats (weapon spec particularly) and again 16 ba, higher than 3/4 and CL17 affords lvl 9 spells, powerful. The AA will give this char an option besides spell casting, but spell casting will be the primary function of this particular char, not archery. </p><p></p><p>I don't quite grasp your fear of this CL advancement, going through spellsword is a sneaky way in but again why not just take spellsword in the first place to get the reduction in ASP.</p><p></p><p>I don't want to reduce the casting so maybe reducing the BA would be more balanced. I'm going to show this class to a few of my friends too see what they think about balance.</p><p></p><p>I'll reformat my list too, thanks for the code option im going to mess around with that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Meeki, post: 3591895, member: 17257"] I changed the loss to level 1. Also, you can only store spells up to 1/2 your class level, so if you dip your arrows are going to store low level spells and on top of that stopping at level 5 gives you 2 arrows, you need to take more to use this ability to its fullest not sure if you caught that. Enhancement bonus lets the archer use a +1 bow with another ability instead of taking more +enhancements that arrows need so much to get around DR. +1 speed bow with +5 enhancement arrow. I mainly kept this in so the archer can use any arrow and because the ability is not all that great so it won't unbalance the class. Also GMW can be dispelled. wiz12/AA8 = 14 BA, kinda sad. CL 18 excellent but the extra abilities from the class won't be that helpful. Level 4 imbued arrows which you can put level 4 spells in, neat but at lvl 20 how useful are they going to be with BA 14. wiz15/AA5= 12 BA (even worse). CL20(19 since i moved the loss of caster level) much better but why would you take AA, if you want BA just go EK. ran2/wiz8/aa10= 16 ba, just about max you can get with this class. CL 16. What exactly is the problem here? 16 BA gives you one more iterative and you have 1 more BA than a 3/4 BA character. Your CL, however, is 4 lower than a cleric/druid and you lack lvl 9 spells. The spellsword route does breed a nasty combo but again you lack fighter feats (weapon spec particularly) and again 16 ba, higher than 3/4 and CL17 affords lvl 9 spells, powerful. The AA will give this char an option besides spell casting, but spell casting will be the primary function of this particular char, not archery. I don't quite grasp your fear of this CL advancement, going through spellsword is a sneaky way in but again why not just take spellsword in the first place to get the reduction in ASP. I don't want to reduce the casting so maybe reducing the BA would be more balanced. I'm going to show this class to a few of my friends too see what they think about balance. I'll reformat my list too, thanks for the code option im going to mess around with that. [/QUOTE]
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