Non-monk thrower - toss me (haha) ideas

[voodoogroves]

Buddy of mine (somewhat casual) has just TR'd for the first time (two characters). I'm committed to pairing one of my second string characters to each of his and level up with them. He's going caster for one, so I figure on that one I'm going to play something silly.

Teh_troll mentioned a CON based thrower, and while that is amusing as heck it's totally impractical as there are essentially no freaking items to support it. I may as well use a Great Crossbow.

But, thrower. Non-monk thrower.

I'm thinking some sort of arti mix, possibly w/ ranger/rogue in there too.


Shoot me (haha, again, I crack myself up) some ideas. I'm sure I'd carry other weapons for when the thrower is so horribly bad of a choice.

[Krelar]

Teh_troll mentioned a CON based thrower, and while that is amusing as heck it's totally impractical as there are essentially no freaking items to support it. I may as well use a Great Crossbow.

The dwarf enhancement "throw your wait around" applies to throwing axes (or hammers) so no special items needed.

[voodoogroves]

The dwarf enhancement "throw your wait around" applies to throwing axes (or hammers) so no special items needed.

Yes, I'm aware of that. What I'm saying is that while CON is funny, it's impractical to the point of silly. Dwarven Thrower or crafted items ... nothing really to support it.

I could make a normal thrower work though, and was asking for ideas down that route.

[unbongwah]

Has halfling Master Thrower been fixed yet? That seems like the only way to make a decent (non-monk shuriken) thrower build...well, "less bad," anyway. Thinking something focused on ranged SAs, possibly w/DWS mixed in for Sniper Shot etc.

We also kicked around some ideas in this thread. I posted a S&B dwarven thrower w/Dwarf Fortress for +7% dmg; however I haven't tested to see if that works with throwing axes.

[voodoogroves]

Has halfling Master Thrower been fixed yet? That seems like the only way to make a decent (non-monk shuriken) thrower build...well, "less bad," anyway. Thinking something focused on ranged SAs, possibly w/DWS mixed in for Sniper Shot etc.

We also kicked around some ideas in this thread. I posted a S&B dwarven thrower w/Dwarf Fortress for +7% dmg; however I haven't tested to see if that works with throwing axes.

No idea on halfling. That would be ideal, I think. Then you'd either brutal-throw or toss an alternate stat like INT on the damage (arti6, which would also give rune arm imbues).

It'd be nice if doublestrike on items also granted doublestrike to throwers.

[voodoogroves]

Ah just saw DEX to damage in the halfling tree. That's something at least. Mechanic has INT on thrown. Pretty sure I'd want some DWS for some of the single shots and probably heavy draw.

Hm. Maybe Rogue 12 (13 ideal) + some ranger and arti.

Sadly, you're still probably better off taking Shuriken Expertise and tossing those.

[falconwp]

Sadly, Master Thrower still seems to be broken - just put a point in to it to try it, and I was still only threatening crits on a natural 20 with my throwing axe. Very much hoping that it is fixed soon.

I've been playing a Halfling Ranger/Rogue focused on throwing weapons with two of my friends, currently at level 7. It's certainly not optimal, but I've enjoyed it quite a bit. And as long as I can sneak attack, I at least hit hard, just not as often as I would if I was using a repeating crossbow or TWF. For even more suboptimalness, I'm the healer in the group (running with a barbarian/fighter and a druid) - Mark of Healing and a number of Deepwood Sniper points for lots of Positive Energy spellpower. It may not be the smartest build, but it's been a blast for me.

[Xianio]

If you're not going shuriken your best bet (named item wise) are darts. You can get one that has a 18-20x3 crit range without keen. (Nightstar or something like that)