Arcane "Run 'N Gun" Archer
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Race:
Elf

Classes:
Monk 10
Wizard 1
Arcane Archer 29

Starting Stats:
STR 14
DEX 17
CON 12
INT 16
WIS 8
CHA 8

Level Progression:
1. Monk - Point Blank Shot
2. Monk
3. Monk - Rapid Shot
4. Monk - (DEX +1)
5. Monk
6. Monk - Toughness
7. Monk
8. Monk - (DEX +1)
9. Wizard - Weapon Focus(Longbow) [Remember to put 12 points into Spellcraft at this point]
10. Arcane Archer
11. Arcane Archer
12. Arcane Archer - Blind Fight, (DEX +1)
13. Arcane Archer
14. Arcane Archer
15. Arcane Archer - Improved Critical(Longbow)
16. Arcane Archer - (DEX +1)
17. Arcane Archer
18. Arcane Archer - [Free Feat, choose what you like]
19. Arcane Archer
20. Monk - (DEX +1) [Remember to put 23 points into Discipline and Tumble at this point]
21. Arcane Archer - Epic Weapon Focus(Longbow)
22. Arcane Archer
23. Arcane Archer
24. Arcane Archer - Great Dexterity I, Great Dexterity II, (DEX +1)
25. Arcane Archer
26. Arcane Archer
27. Arcane Archer - Great Dexterity III
28. Arcane Archer - Great Dexterity IV, (DEX +1)
29. Arcane Archer
30. Arcane Archer - Great Dexterity V
31. Arcane Archer
32. Monk - (DEX +1) [Remember to put 12 points into Discipline and Tumble at this point]
33. Arcane Archer - Great Dexterity VI, Self Concealment I
34. Arcane Archer
35. Arcane Archer
36. Arcane Archer - Self Concealment II, (DEX +1) [Remember to put 8 points into Spellcraft at this point]
38. Arcane Archer - Great Dexterity VII
39. Arcane Archer - Self Concealment III
40. Arcane Archer [Remember to put MAX points into Hide, Listen, Move Silently and Spot at this point]


Spells:

True Strike
Protection From Alignment
(feel free to choose the rest, only these two are "must have")

Ending Stats:
STR 14
DEX 34 (+10 from levels, + 7 from feats)
CON 12
INT 16
WIS 8
CHA 8

Total Skills:
Concentration 4
Disciline 35
Hide 43
Listen 43
Move Silently 43
Spot 43
Spellcraft 20
Tumble 35

Left over skill points to spend 23

Saving Throws:
Fortitude 24
Reflex 35
Will 20

Armor Class: 31

Attack Bonus:
Base 26
Longbow +56/+51/+46/+41
Unarmed +28/+25/+22/+19/+16/+13

Damage:
1-8 +15 (Critical 19-20 / x3)

Health Points:
Around 320-400 depending how many times you reroll your hit points during level up.

Strength:
1. Your attack bonus is so high you should hit anything you encounter, if not, use true strike. (with True Strike that's 76/71/66/61 for 3 rounds, two times per rest)

2. You can sneak as good as any Rogue ever could, you have the high DEX and Hide/MS maxed, you're pretty much invisible.

3. Those 10 monk levels gives you enough speed to out run melees, mages, rogues, barbarians, everyone except other monks. This speed you use whenever you need to retreat from combat.

4. Taking 30% concealment from epic feats gives good protection against melee and other archers.

Weakness:
1. Your AC is not that high, if you're caught in melee you will probably take severe punch, even though you have concealment. Try to avoid melee(that's what the monk levels are for).

2. Your damage is not that good so fights against opponents with huge hit points will take long time. Also piercing/physical damage resistance is quite impossible for you to handle if larger than 15.

Play style:
Always remain hidden, when you see opponent shoot him couple times, then run to nearest corner and hide again, shoot the opponent, run to corner, repeat.
If there's no corner around just run away, you'll gain some distance because you're faster than others(except monks), then take few shots at the opponent, repeat.
If there's arrows with elemental damage attributes available always use those, so you still do some damage to even those with physical damage resistance.
This character reaches it's peak in power at 24, after that playing should be quite easy against opponents of your level or a bit higher. At level 32, after last monk level, you're pretty much achieved everything, the last few levels are just minor adjustment.

Visualization:
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~tuomosy/nwn/archer1.jpg
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~tuomosy/nwn/archer2.jpg
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~tuomosy/nwn/archer3.jpg

Edited By Bromium on 10/12/07 20:20