Nwn2 arcane archer help pcmaclinux society gamespot. Best neverwinter nights character builds classes prestige classes. The version number of the games current patch is displayed in the upperleft corner of the startup screen. Ranger 16 action points elf 24 action points halfelf 24 action points requires one of. I chose to give traps a priority over called shot since the latter is more of a way to slow down a single creature, while traps can have effect on groups. Additionally, arcane archer feats can go towards taking great dexterity, but cant go. Multiclassing them with a rogue might work decently since. Prestige class master of the elven warbands, the arcane archer is. When i originally posted this build in 2012, it was the thing. Also fixes elemental damage bug and soul stealer arrow instakills. I have an old retired level 34 archer i went the arcane route with, including seeing if you can get devastating critical on a bow you can.
Beyond the woods, arcane archers gain renown throughout entire kingdoms for their supernatural accuracy with a. Nwn2, pvp, 2, sorcerer 25 levelme vs assasin 25 level, and me vs arcane archer30 level duration. Bard energy of music i, elven arcanum i, sorcerer energy of the dragonblooded i, wizard energy of the scholar i, mental toughness, past life. This is my own build made for pw arkhalia and its intented to be the better version of the 10129 combination. Unofficial creation club updates arcane archer pack at. Haven song and several bard spells work well in keeping enemies away from you, too. During the reign of 4th edition, the infamous class was largely missing from the repertoire of many warriormage builds with an emphasis on archery. Dex will be the main stat, because im just about to become an arcane archer, but cha started off high enough to cast any spells ill have i get to start my arcane archer levels at 9, so not many.
Exploit fix for imbue arrow, now arcane archer never cast fireball with 1. Neverwinter nights arcane archer faq pc by g admiral thrawn. This version has a paladin 8 wizard 2 arcane archer 30 level split. An arcane archer is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, light armor, medium armor, and shields enhance arrow su. Your almost a full caster and still can shot a bow pretty well. The elemental archer is able to use this shield more often once they achieve 5th level every 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Master of the elven warbands, the arcane archer is a warrior skilled in using magic to supplement her combat prowess. Upon reaching pale master levels 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, the character gains new spells per day as if he had also gained a level in his highest caster class bard, sorcerer or wizard. Mainly i want to be an archer, relying on bows for most of my damage, the spells will mostly be for buffs, debuffs, charms, summons. Arcane archer 112 eldritch knight 18 arcane archer 1920. Im building an arcane archer out of a zen archer and an empyreal sorcerer, which may not be the most optimal, but it sounds like fun. It takes 1 day to make a slaying arrow, and the arrow only functions for the arcane.
At 10th level, an arcane archer can create a special type of slaying arrow that forces the target, if damaged by the arrows attack, to make a fortitude save or be slain immediately. Bards can do good melee damage while also buffing the rest of the group and providing lots of utility. The marksman wields her bow of choice, the bound bow, with unmatched skill, able to bury foes under a hail of conjured arrows with deadly force and precision. The main distinction that this build has with other archers is that the divine sniper uses epic divine might to greatly enhance damage from his bow. Thugs might want to look into this class, but on the whole, fighters are better multiclassing. If you want an arcane archer very fun, id base it off of rogue plus one one. Arcane archer 15 str 12 dex 18 34 con 12 wis 8 int 16 cha 8 level progression it looks strange, but i get to max out tumble and spellcraft.
Best neverwinter nights character builds classes prestige. Arcane archer many who seek to perfect the use of the bow sometimes pursue the path of the arcane archer. As long as were bringing up kaedrins prc pack, ive been experimenting with swiftblades recently. Though it actually sucks less in nwn than it does in pnp granted it had nowhere to go but up due to how poorly they handle magical bows and arrows the free enchanted arrows are actually useful in pnp you can enchant your bow and all arrows fired from it use the bows enhancement value, so unless you are too dirt poor to afford a proper bow. After some testing i am set for 41 points into the elven arcane archer tree and wis as a main stat for cc dcs and to hit. Contentsshow introduction favored soul 18, bard 2, cleric 1, arcane archer 9. I dont generally like twink builds and would promote roleplaying this to the best of ones abilities as well.
Bloodriots arcane archer at neverwinter 2 nexus mods. Neverwinter nights long distance sniper arcane archer build. Therefore any ranger can take levels in the arcane archer class without taking any levels in the wizard, bard or sorcerer classes. I want a stealthy ranged character that can throw a few spells. One thing youll need to be is a level 1 spell caster. Wizardroguearchane archer or bardroguearcane archer gives sneak attacks for the first couple of arrows.
A patch to the neverwinter nights 2 game fixes bugs and sometimes add content and capabilities. Roguewizardarcane archer gemstone neverwinter nights. Bard 7, red dragon disciple10, arcane archer 23, elf a more standup orientated archer with access to devastating critical. Bard9, shadowdancer2, arcane archer29, elf same as above, just with no epic dodge.
Neverwinter nights arcane archer faq pc by g admiral. You could take a few levels of assassin death attack and decent skill choices or blackguard turn undead instead. The epic arcane archer gains a bonus feat every four levels. The arcane marksman is a skilled fighter, with a wide array of options in combat. High dps arcane archer fighter 8 bard 3 arcane archer. Ranger does not have to fulfill the nwn requirement of arcane spellcasting when multiclassing to arcane archer. From wind 79, gamefaqs message boards one good arcane archer build that gets ignored in favor of warriorarcanist builds is the bard. Patches to the neverwinter nights game fix bugs and sometimes add content and capabilities. Ranger 9bard 1arcane archer 1 has to be one of my favorites. Updated the description of bard song to correctly reflect the required perform. High dps arcane archer fighter 8 bard 3 arcane archer 29 thu, 20140731 10.
You could argue that on a build such as the above that epic dodge comes at too great a cost 10 sd levels, so this is a variant. Unless, perhaps, you take it first when creating the character. The epic arcane archer is the living extension of her bow. Nwn 1 arcane sniper v2 bardshadowdancerarcane archer. Imbue arrow sp at 2nd level, an arcane archer gains the ability to place an area spell upon an arrow. Hello, my goal is to find the ideal build that has full healing capacity and can crowedcontrol legendary elite mobs reliably. Im just wondering if what im doing is going to be feasible.
Bard one of the better multiclassing options, the bard class adds bard song, arcane casting, and inspirations, without giving up your bab. Use rope and ride are class skills that arcane archer does not have in nwn2. Ranger builds, rogue builds, sorcerer builds, wizard builds nwn in a box. Nwn2 character builds games quarter to three forums. The version number of the games current patch is displayed in the upperleft corner of the game launcher as well as in the lower. In general, my go to arcane archers were 109 monk, 12 wizard, 29 arcane archer, elf. At a pinch it could even melee to a moderate degree. A bit off topic, but i think that the best arcane archer build in neverwinter nights would be sorcererpaladinarcane archer. If you do get this game, make sure to turn on gore early as to give the harvest fair festivities a darker tint. Use any item skill is really great for the arcane archer monk only items are a real boon.
Bard fixed songs and inspirations used by bards, so that deafened creatures dont get affected by. Take power attack, divine might, zen archery, and pump cha. Bard 9, shadowdancer2, arcane archer 29, elf same as above, just with no epic dodge. Contentsshow introduction favored soul 18, bard 2, cleric 1, arcane archer 9 the divine sniper is a master of the bow, using divine spells and abilities to enhance accuracy and greatly improve damage output. Patches had been released at irregular intervals since the games release, but barring unforseen and extraordinary circumstances, the final patch is version 1. Elemental storm beginning at 5th level, an elemental archer can tap the raw fury of their native plane and direct it against a group of foes. He must still fulfill all other requirements for the class. Bard will also help you meet arcane archer and red dragon. I dont think it matters if you pick wizard, bard, or sorcerer. Level 28 swiftbladearcane archer soloing cazicthule on lost dungeons of adventure persistent world. The archer i prefer becomes decent at level 12 bard 17, sd 89, aa 1011, bd 12, but you dont really need to take sd in sf2, providing you take a certain course of action.
I dont have a build and dont want one, im just going to pick things as i go, but i do have a basic concept. However, how times have changed for caster archers. Patches had been released at irregular intervals since the games release, with the final patch being version 1. Nothing is more frustrating than building an arcane archer character but neglecting to. Arcane archers are masters of ranged combat, as they possess the ability to strike at targets with unerring accuracy and can imbue their arrows with powerful spells.
Archer, backup healer, skill monkey, buffer, debuffer, escape artist, face, backup melee fighter, scout, trapfinder and trap disabler. Im looking for recommendations on the spell selection, mainly 1st 3rd level sorcwiz spells that are usable with imbue arrow, or just good for archers. Another build is one based on the rogue wizard arcane archer, only rather than maxing your levels in arcane archer, run your character to level 9, add 9 arcane archer levels, then and a level of shadowdancer, for hide in plain sight, then add the last wizard level. When the arrow is fired, the spells area is centered on where the arrow lands, even if the spell could normally be centered only on the caster. Even taking a few more bard levels, since one level of bard makes no sense from a fluff point of view. He does not learn any new spells through this ability, but for wizards it can allow higherlevel spells to be learned through other means i. Favourite nwn2 character builds excluding soz and motb.
This nets it more ab, more ac and more damage through enchant arrow at the cost of losing improved evasion and epic dodge. An old favorite revamped the arcane archer returns. Bard7, red dragon disciple10, arcane archer23, elf a more standup orientated archer with access to devastating critical. Lesser beings can only gape in awe at the wonders she can achieve. Nwn2 arcane archer help this topic is locked from further discussion. And it will only really be in hordes of the underdarkhotu where an arcane archer build will come into its own from plentiful aa levels and where you get a good enough bow. The bard im using is getting all the buffspells possible, and using longbows. I guess this update to this arcane archer build is long overdue. Bowhealer a divine arcane archer with legendary cc. A small patch that prevents the creation clubs arcane archer pack quests stealer of souls and swift as an arrow from starting automatically when installed, instead triggering the quests one after the via notes from the courier.
Longbow, rapid shot, combat casting, expertise, imp. In preparation for the upcoming expansion, i am getting hyped up about nwn2 again and working on an arcane archer. The first thing to note that archery is relatively weak in nwn. The high strength score also helps it immensely with mighty bows more damage. Rogue 18 wizard 910 arcane archer 1120 w 2126 r 27 w 2829 a 3036 r 37 w 38 a 3940 feat progression preepic. Try out this optibuilds bard archer pdf that will guide you from levels 1 for building 10 different optimized bard archers. I would typically use 10129 for ease of leveling up. In todays neverwinter nights builds, i am going to build up on the arcane archer. Arcane archer fixed enchant arrow ability, to not wrongly add magical damage bonus to the arrows when using other arcane archer special abilities should be physical. May 14, 2009 not all the best archer builds use arcane archer, although it is a. All of the following are class features of the arcane archer prestige class. Fix imbue arrow arcane archer the neverwinter vault. You need two levels of sorc to get into aa, and more for bard i think, this might be total crap and sorc or bard might trump wiz any day because of their higher bab and such. Best case scenario would even be a safety buffer for future mobs with higher saves.