Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Jaime_Wolf 06-29-06, 01:28 AM	Is there any reasonable way to make use of the ridiculous range you can get with a dragonbone composite greatbow enchanted with distance, far shot, and cragtop archer? Sure you can shoot well over a mile, but I can't seem to find any way to get reasonable damage at that distance. Neither ranged sneak attack nor precise shot, nor skirmish are particularly helpful because the furthest distance any will function that I can find is 60 ft (by virtue of OotBI). So, can anyone help me find a way to deal reasonable damage at that distance (preferably without resorting to ten prestige classes, feats from seven different settings, or questionable game mechanics i.e. drowning yourself to increase your hitpoints).
Surreal 06-29-06, 01:51 AM	Weapon Enhancements would be the simplest way to go. Flaming, shocking, etc. are pretty standard. If you're hunting specific enemies, the appropriate XXbane is excellent, as is the magebane (CA) enhancement.
PhoenixInferno 06-29-06, 02:52 AM	Also, if you're a Ranger, the Hunting enhancement (Masters of the Wild) doubles your Favored Enemy bonus damage.
Reis 06-29-06, 05:16 AM	wounding is also not a bad option at that range because you can often do significant bleeding damage to your opponent before they are able to get near you
Khazra Reborn 06-29-06, 08:13 AM	marrow crushing enhancement does 1 con damage without a save, thats just nasty. Theres a spell in magic of faereun called hunters mercy. It ment you auto hit and threatend criticals on favoured enemies. People used to make their bows have it permeantly on them. Combined with a build that was something like: ranger4/fighter1/stalker of kharash3/ranger5/deepwoodsniper3/foehunter7 Make the blow blessed & hunting aswell. Take improved FE evil feat. Then you basicly boost your strength as high as possible for a composite bow(34 for a human). Shoot your bow, damage= [1D8+12(str)+18(FE bonus)]*4(crit)*5(attacks)=490 damage. Deit> that was before the splitting enhancement came along, now you can basicly double it.
Sita Ram 06-29-06, 08:25 AM	Where is marrow crushing enhancement from??? I think you made that up. JK :D
Thannin 06-29-06, 12:18 PM	Is there any reasonable way to make use of the ridiculous range you can get with a dragonbone composite greatbow enchanted with distance, far shot, and cragtop archer? Sure you can shoot well over a mile, but I can't seem to find any way to get reasonable damage at that distance. Neither ranged sneak attack nor precise shot, nor skirmish are particularly helpful because the furthest distance any will function that I can find is 60 ft (by virtue of OotBI). So, can anyone help me find a way to deal reasonable damage at that distance (preferably without resorting to ten prestige classes, feats from seven different settings, or questionable game mechanics i.e. drowning yourself to increase your hitpoints). Arcane archer? He'd be the most annoying bad guy ever to fight. elven wizard 5/fighter2/craigtop archer 4/eldritch knight 7/arcane archer 2(for the place spell thingy? or is it one)
Crust 06-29-06, 12:22 PM	This has come up time and time again... Use poison. An arrow sailing hundreds of feet is going to lose power and momentum. Damage should be scant at great range. Use poison.
Khazra Reborn 06-29-06, 01:54 PM	Its in BoVD. Theres another good 1 in there which does 1 negative level when it hits, 2 on a crit. I cant remember what its called now.
GWLlosa 06-29-06, 02:27 PM	Use the spell 'sniper shot' which gives you unlimited 'sneakable' range. You should be able to consistently sneak with that sucker at distance, as I can't imagine you're easily 'spottable' (there's a distance penalty on spot, right) at that distance, so the hide check at -20 should be cake...