![]() Now, attaching spells to arrows is cool AF, and Warpriests can't do that. Your average Warpriest can add elemental and alignment damage, and can even change which element pretty much on the fly. you should try to beat a Warpriest built for archery, as your baseline.Ĭan my Arcane Archer outclass a vanilla Warpriest? We aren't even talking about an Arsenal Chaplain with a HornBow. ![]() Not that my opinion of the Arcane Archer prestige class has literally any relevance to Garah's guide, but me-thinks that regardless of how you choose to build your Arcane Archer. ****- the Enhance Weapons weapon song can be more versatile than the magus using arcane pool and can enhance the weapons of the rest of the party at the same time to boot the bard spell list is somewhat limited for area effect spells, however ***- Enhance Arrows (Elemental) is compatible with using arcane pool points to enhance the bow, as long as you don't try to double up on the same elemental damage type without Use Magic Device checks are more desired *- depending on if getting a head-start on Mounted Archery from cavalier (emissary), the extra feat from fighter, or Favored Enemy (or Ranger's Focus with the guide archetype) and the ability to use wands of cure light wounds, barkskin, etc. IMO, the "best" progressions for arcane archer are:ġ) Bard (arrowsong minstrel) 8/arcane archer 2/bard +10 (to retain multiple target Arrowsong Strike at bard 18)Ģ) * 1/wizard 6/eldritch knight 2/arcane archer 3/eldritch knight +8 for +17 BAB and 9th level spells without needing to take Prestigious Spellcaster on top of the arcane archer prerequisites take the Magical Knack trait at 1st level, the Arcane Armor Training feat at 3rd level, and retrain Arcane Armor Training to Quicken Spell at 12th-13th character level (on gaining 5th level spells)ģ) Magus (eldritch archer) 9**/arcane archer 3***/magus +8Ĥ) Skald (spell warrior)**** 8/arcane archer 3/skald +9 Almost all of them require their own standard action, which means they can't be used with Imbue Arrow, and/or are limited times per day. IMO, most of the arcane archer class abilities after Imbue Arrow aren't that great. ![]() I noticed that according to Archives of Nethys, Hinterlander was not PFS-approved - I wonder if I unwittingly got it banned by posting that build back in the later heydey of Pathfinder 1st Edition? You get the Imbue Arrow with Anti-Magic Shell cheese online at level 12, 2 levels before a Caster-Centric Arcane Archer, and at level 20, you will have just 1 fewer Archery Combat Style Feats than a single-class Ranger, BAB of 18 (and thanks to Erastil's Blessing you will be a pretty good shot despite having totally mediocre Dexterity), and the ability to cast 9th level Cleric spells (gained at 19th level instead of 17th level, just 2 levels behind a single-class Cleric and with no impairment of your caster level except at level 6). Here's my Limburger (weapons-grade) cheese: Human Ranger 2/Cleric (Foundation of Faith, Separatist) of Erastil 3/Hinterlander x (except replace the 9th level floating feat with Clustered Shots, and all level-up ability score increases go to Wisdom). It is written as if expecting you to go in single-class from Ranger, but you can just dip ranger and then go Cleric and have it advance your Cleric spellcasting, and then it's turbocharged. You don't want to lose 6/9 casting class features while progressing 6/9 casting with the prestige class.Īrcane Class Entry: Bard (Arcane Duelist) - see Magus above, apart from different choice of archetype.Īs for divine archers: Hinterlander is for you. Martial Class Entry: Magus - just stick with Eldritch Archer Magus (or Myrmidarch if you want a switch-hitter), or take a dip of no more than 2 levels of Arcane Archer to get Imbue Arrow for the area of effect attacks (including the Imbue Arrow Antimagic Field cheese). Races: Half-Elf - deserves a higher rating, because of ONE SPELL: Paragon Surge: Temporarily snag any feat you qualify for.
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