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 magic damage instead of scaling off Enchant Arrow. The DC is 15 + 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 15 + dex modifier.

Hail of Arrows
This ability is different from vanilla by doing 6d8 magic damage instead of scaling off Enchant Arrow. The maximum arrow number has been increased from 10 to 40.

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.