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Mr. Dog 05-16-06, 01:56 PM	Human for Bonus feat 1 Ranger 1) Fav En., Wild Empathy, Track, Zen Archery, Point Blank Shot 2 Cleric 1) Turn Undead, Two Domains: Time (Imp. Init.), War (WF: Lbow) 3 Ranger 2) Ranged Style: Rapid Shot, Precise Shot 4 Ranger 3) Endurance 5 Ranger 4) Animal Companion 6 Ranger 5) 2nd Fav. En., Quicken Spell 7 Ranger 6) Improved Ranged Style: Manyshot 8 Deepwood Sniper 1) Keen Arrows, Range bonus +10 ft/level 9 Deepwood Sniper 2) Concealment Reduction 10%, Magic Weapon, Crit Mult +1, Divine Metamagic: Quicken 10 Occult Slayer 1) Magical Defense +1, Weapon Bond 11 Occult Slayer 2) Vicious Strike, mind over magic 1/day 12 Occult Slayer 3) Auravision, magical defense +2, Open Feat 13 Occult Slayer 4) mind over magic 2/day, nondetection cloak 14 Occult Slayer 5) blank thoughts, magical defense +3 Anyway, the idea just kind of came to me last night. Divine Metamagic works on divine spells. Rangers cast divine spells. Hunter's Mercy helps you crit people you shoot at with a bow. Hunter's Mercy is a ranger spell. So a ranger that could crit someone using quickened Hunter's Mercy would possibly do a fair amount of damage. Then I thought about Occult Slayer's Vicious Strike, which lets you deal double damage when you ready an action to disrupt a spellcaster. So you ready an action to disrupt spellcasting, and before you shoot the caster, cast (using Divine Metamagic: Quicken) a quickened Hunter's Mercy. You fire, crit (a x5 crit in this case), and additionally deal double damage. Not sure if this would be dmgx2 or just a x6 crit in this case. But regardless, this seems like it could be fun. Additionally, you're not a one-trick pony, having the ability to heal using wands, cast some low-level cleric buffs, and of course, track and survival like a normal ranger. You can attack all day long with the bow normally, you just happen to shine when harrassing a spellcaster. BAB is 13, base saves are 9/10/8 (All at 14th).
Pinky's brain 05-16-06, 02:18 PM	Hunter's mercy works during the next round, not the current round ... and at that level you can simple use a lesser metamagic rod of quickening to quicken hunter's mercy. No divine metamagic required. I think it's a nice trick, but ideally you would have to find a way to combine it with synchronicity so it doesn't cost you your turn :)