I've tried almost everything but it seems to always come out worse than last time
And most of all it HAS to be a Paladin Arcane Archer
Well, you're going to need at least one level of SOR or WIZ in there to qualify for AA. Did you want to be able to use all your Pally spells? If so, you need 14 WIS and at least 15 Pally levels.
For melee, did you want to go with a finessable weapon and high DEX? Or perhaps go with STR and let the AA bonus take care of your ranged AB? _________________ Where I'm playing now: World of Greyhawk.
I was thinking maybe bard
and the pally spells are optional
And yes High dex is a factor, i thought maybe a pair of rapiers and the finesse feat, or something else I don't know i've tried everything
And at least 20 ending charisma so the divine shield and divine might last for a decent number of rounds
This isnt anything like you requested, but you get what you payed for. And you didnt pay much *shakes fist angrily*
Elf Bard 21/Paladin 4/Arcane Archer 15
Stats STR 14 DEX 15 (+9 ability points) CON 12 WIS 8 INT 12 CHA 15 (+1 ability)
Skills: Disc Ranks: 43 Hide Ranks: 20 Move Silently Ranks: 20 Listen Ranks: 43 Perform Ranks: 41 Tumble Ranks: 40 _________________ They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had led up to this point. I released my finger from the trigger. And then it was all over. The storm seemed to lose its frenzy. The ragged clouds gave way to the stars above.
I would probably make simple Paladin 9 / Bard 2 / Arcane Archer 29, it's just a simple 9 Paladin, then Bard, all the way Arcane Archer, and the last level Bard for skilldupms, you can use Bard's song for +1 Ab and damage.... Divine Favor ends with +3, in case you want to use it, you would only need 11 WIS for that one, you can get Aid too, but you would need 14 WIS to be able to get a level 2 slot.
20 ending CHA is somewhat high though... alright, I'll make the build right here and see how it goes.
Elf
STR 12 DEX 17 (26) CON 10 WIS 11 INT 12 CHA 14 (24)
10 Bard1 11 Arcane Archer1 12 Arcane Archer2 - Rapid Shot 15 Arcane Archer5 - Improved Critical longbow 18 Arcane Archer8 - Called Shot 21 Arcane Archer11 - Epic Weapon Focus longbow 24 Arcane Archer14 - Epic Prowess, Great DEX I (18)* 27 Arcane Archer17 - Great DEX II (20) 28 Arcane Archer18 - Great DEX III (19)* 30 Arcane Archer20 - Great DEX IV (21) 32 Arcane Archer22 - Great DEX V (22)* 33 Arcane Archer23 - Great DEX VI (23) 36 Arcane Archer26 - Great DEX VII (24), Great DEX VIII (25)* 39 Arcane Archer29 - Great DEX IX (26) 40 Bard2
* Bonus Feats
Status.... eh.... I'm not really sure since I made it all quick... BAB is 29 though, Enchant Arrow XV, AB should be 56 with a normal longbow if I'm correct.
Paladin spells: 1 level 1 slot, 0 level 2 slots, increase WIS for it.
For skills, I'd take Listen, discipline, Tumble and UMD.... not sure how much points to spare though. (Perform too... but just enough for level 2 Bardsong)
Edited By Thaxll'ssyllia on 04/30/06 18:40
Darn, my edit time is over... I made a mistak in the feats, never took Power Attack and mixed Great DXEes:
STR 12 DEX 17 (24) CON 10 WIS 11 INT 12 CHA 14 (24)
1 Paladin1 - Point blank shot 3 Paladin3 - Weapon Focus Longbow 6 Paladin6 - Power Attack 7 Bard1 8 Arcane Archer1 9 Paladin7 - Divine Might 10 Paladin8 11 Arcane Archer2 12 Paladin9 - Divine Shield 13 Arcane Archer3 15 Arcane Archer5 - Rapid Shot 18 Arcane Archer8 - Called Shot 21 Arcane Archer11 - Epic Weapon Focus longbow 24 Arcane Archer14 - Epic Prowess, Great DEX I (18)* 27 Arcane Archer17 - Improved Critical longbow 28 Arcane Archer18 - Great DEX II (19)* 30 Arcane Archer20 - Blind-Fight 32 Arcane Archer22 - Great DEX III (20)* 33 Arcane Archer23 - Great DEX IV (21) 36 Arcane Archer26 - Great DEX V (22), Great DEX VI (23)* 39 Arcane Archer29 - Great DEX VII (24) 40 Bard2
AB: +55
Thats great but where would you put weapon finesse
It has to have a decent meele ab too
Oh hell, Divine Might/Shield needs 13 STR... well, that shouldn't be so hard to change.... fit it yourself if you want, I don't really think you'll use my build exactly anyway.
Of course, Weapon Finesse, I forgot you wanted decent melee.... and Divine Might should cover well the damage part so it's ok. I don't have space pre-epic, I even had to leave IC into epics, but you could as well take Weapon Finesse in epic levels or move around stuff since pre-epic, (I would leave the prerequisite-AA feats and Divine feats as they are) -1 Great DEX anyway, and having an odd DEX score is wrong so probably Armor Skin to fix stuffs.
You wouldn't be wanting also WF and EWF in a melee right? I think leaving DEX high is better if you're counting to use it both ways, you could even drop EWF, but since WF in a bow is a requirement for Arcane Archer, I'd say EWF is worth it. Or take WF in melee instead of Armor Skin and EWF in melee instead of EWF in ranged, since ranged will have a high AB anyway you could concentrate in improving your melee AB.
wf is expandable yes
I just wanted the finesse so i could use a rapier and shield or something like that...
