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#1 dragonamedrake Nov 05, 2009 22:31:14	Ok im working on a archer build based on the Updated Pathfinder Arcane Archer. You can find it listed here... www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/prestige-classe... Basicly they gain 7/10 casting and while casting isnt so much an issue it really makes the class nice. You add in the Imbue arrow and Enhanced Arrows and you have a pretty solid class. Now I want to break it in half! We are using all of the Pathfinder rules exept for spells. They are staying 3.5 Here is the build I have so far. Pathfinder Material Ranger/Wizard Arcane Archer/Race - Elf I plan on making the following Item... Persitant Polymorph 1/day = Command Word 1/day = (10 X 21 X 1800)/5 = 75,600 GP Otherworldly Elf  Ranger 4/Wizard 2/Deepwood Sniper 4/Arcane Archer 10 Class breakdown: (1) Ranger  1st Favored Enemy, Track, wild empathy (2) Ranger  Combat style feat = Far shot (3) Ranger  Endurance, 1st Favored Terrain (4) Ranger  Hunter's Bond (5) Wizard  Arcane bond, arcane school, cantrips, Scribe Scroll (6) Wizard  (7) DS         Keen Arrows, Range increment bonus +10ft/lvl (8) AA         Enhance arrows (magic) (9) AA         Imbue arrow (10) AA       Enhance arrows (elemental) (11) AA       Seeker arrow (12) AA       Enhance arrows (distance) (13) AA       Phase arrow (14) AA       Enhance arrows (elemental burst) (15) AA       Hail of arrows (16) AA       Enhance arrows (aligned) (17) AA       Arrow of death (18) DS       Concealment Red 10%, magic weapon, proj imp crit +1 (19) DS       Safe Poison use (20) DS       Take aim +2   Class Feats ( In Pathfinder you gain a feat every other lvl) (1) Ranger 1 Point Blank Shot, Otherworldly(flaw), Rapid Shot(flaw) (2) Ranger 2 Farshot(class), (3) Ranger 3 Weapon Focus (Longbow) (4) Ranger 4 Precise Shot (5) Wizard 1 Scribe Scroll(class) (6) Wizard 2 ? (7) DS 1 (8) AA 1         Manyshot (9) AA 2 (10) AA 3       Improved Rapid shot (11) AA 4 (12) AA 5       Improved Precise shot (13) AA 6 (14) AA 7       Woodland Archer (15) AA 8 (16) AA 9       ? (17) AA 10      (18) DS 2       ? (19) DS 3    (20) DS 4       ?   Ok so with that item I can use persistant polymorph to turn into a Arrow Demon. That gives me basicly 2 attacks for each one. With base attack 4 attacks + Rapid Shot + Haste = 6 attacks. While a Arrow Demon that makes 12 Attacks. If he is weilding 2 longbows with the splitting enchantment that gives us 24 attacks... all with lots of bonus dmg from the Arcane Archer Embue ability. If I can throw in Assassin Senses Im criting on a 17-20 for X5 dmg. My math might be off some, but how can I improve on this build. Is there a better class to go other then Deepwood sniper. Any help is apreciated. Thanks in advance.
#2 minstrelinthegallery Nov 06, 2009 20:35:53	You should include the feat deadly aim- it's power attack for archers- take it early as you can. Is far shot needed for the build-it's uses are questionable in value (although an arcane archer...) and the pathfinder version is nerfed. The pathfinder version of arcane stike (which doesn't replace the complete warrior's version, they're two different feats with the same name) is a nice feat for any arcane aracher or gish. also take a look at critical focus and the feats it leads to, there are some nice ones. Treantmonk's handbook for pathfinder rangers has some good info: docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcNyxDTKvAmqZ... That's what I got.
#3 Treantmonklvl20 Nov 07, 2009 14:52:41	Apparently you are allowed other 3rd edition material, are you allowed 3.0? If So, I think the Peerless Archer could be an interesting addition. Get Pathfinder Power Attack with arrows (2 for one damage for to hit trade), then get Deadly Aim to double the effect. Any Gish Archer absolutely should take Arcane Strike, which just gives free damage bonuses to archers who are arcane casters.
#4 bluerabit Apr 04, 2011 17:25:22	I had started a similar build to this one.  Up until now, it has not been an issue as I am only at ranger6/wizard1.  However, once I begin taking AA levels my animal companion will also stop gaining levels.  Is there any way to address this?      It makes sense to me that it would gain no abilities based on the ranger class level but I would think that it gaining HD, BAB, and saves as I level would be the only way to keep it even remotely useful.   Sorry to tack this on here, but you guys seem to be the only thread I can find that is talking a ranger/AA build.  I also struck out looking for solutions if someone took a druid/xxxx build and ran into the same issue. -BR