Wizard 1 (don't be a specialist -- enchantment has good buffs with our pack; and you'll want true strike) - Point Blank Shot Wizard 3 - Prof: Martial Wizard 4 *Raise INT Wizard 5 - Extend Spell Eldritch Knight 1 - Weapon Focus: Longbow, Rapid Shot Eldritch Knight 3 *Raise INT Eldritch Knight 4 - Called Shot (reccomended) or Weapon Finesse Arcane Archer 3 - Improved Critical: Longbow *Raise DEX Eldritch Knight 7 - Empower Spell Eldritch Knight 8 *Raise DEX Eldritch Knight 10 - Practised Spellcaster (Wizard) Arcane Archer 5 *Raise INT
Stats: 20 DEX, 19 INT. ---- Eldritch Knight 11 - Epic Weapon Focus: Longbow Eldritch Knight 13 *- Epic Prowess Eldritch Knight 14 - Epic Skill Focus: Spellcraft *Raise DEX Eldritch Knight 15 / Arcane Archer 6 - Great Dexterity I Arcane Archer 8 *Raise DEX Arcane Archer 9 - Great Dexterity II Arcane Archer 12 - Great Dexterity III *Raise DEX Arcane Archer 14 *- Great Dexterity IV Arcane Archer 15 - Great Dexterity V Arcane Archer 16 *Raise DEX Arcane Archer 18 - Great Dexterity VI, Great Dexterity VII Arcane Archer 19 / Eldritch Knight 16 *- Armor Skin *Raise DEX (woo! Epic spells finally!)
END STATS: STR 14 DEX 32 CON 10 INT 19 WIS 08 CHA 08 --- BAB: 27 (28 if you include epic prowess as "BAB") Get +10 to atk and dmg while using a bow. +3 more atk from focii.
Alternatively, you can be a MUCH faster progression and do this lvling scheme instead; Wiz 6 / Eldritch Knight 16 / Arcane Archer 18; but you lose 1 ab/dmg. But you get epic spells at lvl 26 instead of lvl 40. So... the lvling would look like: Leveling: 1-5 Wizard, 6-9 Eldritch Knight, 10-12 Arcane Archer, 13-18 Eldritch Knight, 19-20 Arcane Archer, 21-26 Eldritch Knight, 27-39 Arcane Archer, 40 Wizard.
Anyways; pros and cons of the build.
Pros ---- Cast as a lvl 24 wiz or as a lvl 25 wiz (depending if did fast progression or slow progression) and this makes your archery ferocious especially when combined with epic spells (which, with epic skill focus, you can cast most of them; +10 int mod with int buffs from spells; 43 base, and +10 again from esf. That's 63. Pretty good, enough to make most of the checks) Pretty high AB Pretty high AC
Cons ---- low hp slow progression low DC on offensive spells
This is the only build I have that isn't totally changed by 2.2. I will post more builds when 2.2 comes out.
~ Lock. _________________ "Life builds you up just to tear you down." - 3rd Strike
Edited By Lockindal on 08/12/04 04:33
This build can be easily improved greatly by taking either the Fey'ri subrace, or the Avariel subrace.
~ Lock. _________________ "Life builds you up just to tear you down." - 3rd Strike