Arcane Archer build. Need critique

[Rhumor]

I'm planning on reincarnating my tempest ranger to an AA build so would like some input on the skills, feats and enhancements I've chosen. I don't think the level at which I chose feats and enchancments will be too important since I'm lvl 18 now. I went with Lawfull Good alignment but if another alignment offers some benefit over LG I don't mind changing that. Also, if anyone has suggestions for gear I'd like that also.

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Dhevan Blackthorne
Level 20 Lawful Good Human Male
(20 Ranger) 
Hit Points: 272
Spell Points: 400 
BAB: 20\20\25\30\30
Fortitude: 14
Reflex: 20
Will: 6

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             14                    14
Dexterity            18                    26
Constitution         14                    15
Intelligence          8                     8
Wisdom               10                    10
Charisma             10                    10

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               5                    13
Bluff                 0                     0
Concentration         2                     2
Diplomacy             2                    11
Disable Device       n/a                   n/a
Haggle                2                    11
Heal                  0                     0
Hide                  4                    22
Intimidate            0                     0
Jump                  6                    12
Listen                0                     0
Move Silently         4                    22
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform               n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                    -1
Search               -1                     1
Spot                  4                    20
Swim                  2                     2
Tumble                5                     9
Use Magic Device      2                    11

Level 1 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Undead
Feat: (Human Bonus) Toughness
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Ranged Weapons
Enhancement: Human Versatility I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage I


Level 2 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity I


Level 3 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Point Blank Shot
Enhancement: Ranger Swamp Lore I
Enhancement: Ranger Tundra Lore I
Enhancement: Ranger Desert Lore I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I


Level 4 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Human Versatility II
Enhancement: Ranger Extra Empathy I


Level 5 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Giant
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Dexterity I


Level 6 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Mental Toughness
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer I
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity II


Level 7 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Arrows
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II


Level 8 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery II
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Attack I


Level 9 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Ranged Weapons
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Conjure +2 Arrows


Level 10 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Construct
Enhancement: Human Versatility III
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage II
Enhancement: Ranger Energy of the Wild I
Enhancement: Ranger Energy of the Wild II


Level 11 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage III


Level 12 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Defense I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Defense II
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Conjure +3 Arrows


Level 13 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Human Greater Adaptability Constitution I


Level 14 (Ranger)


Level 15 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Evil Outsider
Feat: (Selected) Power Critical
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Attack II
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Conjure +4 Arrows


Level 16 (Ranger)


Level 17 (Ranger)


Level 18 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Precision
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Burst Arrows
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Imbue Terror Arrows
Enhancement: Racial Toughness III
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage IV
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Defense III
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Conjure +5 Arrows


Level 19 (Ranger)


Level 20 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Elemental
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Imbue Acid Arrows
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Imbue Explosive Arrows
Enhancement: Ranger Arcane Archer: Imbue Slaying Arrows
Enhancement: Ranger Master of Archery
Enhancement: Ranger Item Defense I
Enhancement: Ranger Item Defense II
Enhancement: Ranger Elemental Empathy

[Gnorbert]

At level 15 it lists "Power Critical" I have to assume that was supposed to be Power Attack.

Otherwise looks well enough to me.

Edit: you might consider Quick Draw at 18 instead of precision. Unless you are afraid that your attack bonus will not be sufficient to hit in epics but trading half your damage is a little steep for +4.

[Rhumor]

At level 15 it lists "Power Critical" I have to assume that was supposed to be Power Attack.

Otherwise looks well enough to me.

Edit: you might consider Quick Draw at 18 instead of precision. Unless you are afraid that your attack bonus will not be sufficient to hit in epics but trading half your damage is a little steep for +4.

Power critical gives +4 to confirm critical hits. It's Precision that reduces damage by half to give +4 to hit. Which I misread and will replace Precision with Power Attack.

Quick Draw I believe is only for throwing weapons or am I wrong?

[Gnorbert]

Power Critical is a waste of a feat. Your attack bonus should be high enough for you to never have a critical go unconfirmed.


Quick draw reduces the lag time when switching any weapons. Also reduces the lag time when activating a boost ability.

[Glenalth]

You are spending a lot of points on Dex going for 18 with a human. Dropping that one or two points will let you fill out more stats. I would suggest getting your Str up to 16 at the min and you can never go wrong with more Con/HP.

Your charisma at 10 instead of 8 is only going to give you a +1 to UMD. Your total UMD score is not going to be helpful unless you have the gear to make it work (Seven Fingered Gloves, +2 Luck item, Greater Heroism). You might be able to get it high enough to get a Flame Arrow wand to work a bit. I would suggest using those 2 Cha points somewhere else.



I think I see what you're going with here with all your level ups into Dex and purchasing Precision along with Power Critical.

Power Critical is worthless for most of the game and barely useful for a tiny portion of it. Look at nearly any other feat as an upgrade, possibly Skill Focus: UMD if you are still looking at getting that skill up.

Precision is an interesting feat in a few situations. If all you are trying to do is apply stat damage or debuffs it can work out quite well. Take it and try it out, but save that free feat exchange as it's expensive to swap out feats at that level.

[Rhumor]

thanks for the suggestions. I dropped power crit and precision and gave up on UMD

[unbongwah]

You might want to take PA & khopesh instead of Power Crit & Precision. You should be at about the point where you're crafting weapons, in which case you might as well go for the melee weapons which give you the most DPS.

I would go for base stats STR 16 DEX 16 CON 16 with 2 pts into INT or WIS. Do you have a +6 WIS item already? Or if you have or willing to buy a +2 WIS tome, I might go with WIS 12 then use the tome to hit 14 so you don't need a WIS item.