Arcane Archer
Arcane Archer is a warrior skilled in using magic to supplement their combat prowess. Fighters, ranger, paladins and barbarians become arcane archers to add a little magic to their combat abilities. Conversely, wizards and sorcerers may take this prestige class to add combat capabilities to their repertoire.
Requirements
Base Attack Bonus: +6
Feats: Weapon Focus (Longbow or Shortbow), Point Blank Shot
Spellcasting: Able to cast 1st level Arcane spells
Hit Die: d8
Proficiencies: Armor (Light, Medium), Shields, Weapons (Simple, Martial)
Skill Points: 4 + INT
Class Skills: Craft, Heal, Hide, Knowledge (all), Listen, Lore, Move Silently, Profession (all), Ride, Spot
Level progression
| Lvl | BAB | Saves | Feats | HP range | Arrow enchantment |
Imbued arrow explosion damage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort | Ref | Will | |||||||
| 1st | +1 | +2 | +2 | +0 | Enchant Arrow | 4-8 | +1 | - | |
| 2nd | +2 | +3 | +3 | +0 | Imbue Arrow | 8-16 | +1 | 10d8 | |
| 3rd | +3 | +3 | +3 | +1 | Enchant Arrow | 12-24 | +2 | 10d8 | |
| 4th | +4 | +4 | +4 | +1 | Seeker Arrow I | 16-32 | +2 | 10d8 | |
| 5th | +5 | +4 | +4 | +1 | Enchant Arrow | 20-40 | +3 | 10d8 | |
| 6th | +6 | +5 | +5 | +2 | Seeker Arrow II | 24-48 | +3 | 10d8 | |
| 7th | +7 | +5 | +5 | +2 | Enchant Arrow | 28-56 | +4 | 10d8 | |
| 8th | +8 | +6 | +6 | +2 | Hail of Arrows | 32-64 | +4 | 10d8 | |
| 9th | +9 | +6 | +6 | +3 | Enchant Arrow | 36-72 | +5 | 10d8 | |
| 10th | +10 | +7 | +7 | +3 | Arrow of Death | 40-80 | +5 | 10d8 | |
Imbue Arrow
This ability is different from vanilla by doing an 8d10 AoE fireball and 6d10 single target magic damage instead of scaling off Enchant Arrow. The DC is 10 + AA level + dex modifier.
Seeker Arrow
This ability is different from vanilla by doing 6d10 magic damage instead of scaling off Enchant Arrow. Seeker Arrow has a reflex save vs 1 round of knockdown and 4 rounds of 75% movement speed reduction. The DC is 10 + AA level + dex modifier.
Hail of Arrows
This ability is different from vanilla by doing 6d8 magic damage instead of scaling off Enchant Arrow. The maximum number of targets has been increased to 40 from 10.
Arrow of Death
This ability is different from vanilla by doing 12d12 magic damage instead of scaling off Enchant Arrow. The vs death DC is 15 + dex modifier.
Epic arcane archer
The epic arcane archer is the living extension of her bow. Lesser beings can only gape in awe at the wonders she can achieve.
Hit die: d8
Skill points: 4 + int modifier
Bonus feats: The epic arcane archer gains a bonus feat every four levels. In other words, at levels 14 and 18.
Available Epic bonus feats: blinding speed, devastating critical (longbow, shortbow), epic prowess, epic reflexes, epic toughness, epic weapon focus (longbow, shortbow), great dexterity, improved combat casting, overwhelming critical (longbow, shortbow)
Epic arcane archer level progression
| Lvl | Feats | HP range | Arrow enchantment |
Imbue arrow explosion damage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th | 44-88 | +6 | 10d6 | ||
| 12th | 48-96 | +6 | 11d6 | ||
| 13th | 52-104 | +7 | 11d6 | ||
| 14th | bonus feat | 56-112 | +7 | 12d6 | |
| 15th | 60-120 | +8 | 12d6 | ||
| 16th | 64-128 | +8 | 13d6 | ||
| 17th | 68-136 | +9 | 13d6 | ||
| 18th | bonus feat | 72-144 | +9 | 14d6 | |
| 19th | 76-152 | +10 | 14d6 | ||
| 20th | 80-160 | +10 | 15d6 | ||
Notes
- The requirement for elf or half-elf subrace has been removed from this class.