Rolling Prestige classes

[Trailjava]

I am about to start a game & wanted to know if you roll Prestige PC say an Arcane archer do I multiclass a ranger till I get a bab of 4 the. Splash 4 levels of wizard to meet the requirements? Never did prestige before so thanks for answering.

[asthyril]

you would need 4 (or more) levels of a class that got +1 BAB every level, like ranger or fighter, then levels in a class that is capable of casting 1st level arcane spells, which unfortunately none of those get +1 BAB at 1st level, so this means you will need to be minimum of level 7 before you can go into arcane archer (as the 8th level of your character). typical build would include 4 of ranger for 4 of the BAB requirement(or fighter for the extra feats and ability to specialize) and 3 levels of wizard for the extra 2 BAB needed plus the ability to cast 1st level spells9and get 2nd level spells as a bonus). along the way you would need to spend your feat slots on the 3 feats required for the prestige class.

[Drejk]

Arcane Archer requires BAB +6. This requirement has to be met before you take 1st level of AA. Which means that before taking 1st level of AA you would need:

a) 4 levels of a Ranger (BAB +4) and 4 levels of a Sorcerer/Wizard/Witch (BAB +2), becoming Arcane Archer at 9th character level.
b) 5 levels of a Ranger (BAB +5) and 2 levels of a Sorcerer/Wizard/Witch (BAB +1), becoming Arcane Archer at 8th character level.
c) 6 levels of a Ranger (BAB +6) and 1 level of a Sorcerer/Wizard/Witch (BAB +0) becoming Arcane Archer at 8th character level.

Other combinations are possible as well, but would require higher character level.

[Kimera757]

Using the term "roll" prestige class is confusing.

All you need to do is meet the requirements: +6 BAB and 1 caster level. This is a higher requirement than for nearly any other prestige class. You need to be minimum 7th-level before you can take it (you usually need to be 5th-level to take a prestige class).

You could go with a ranger 6/sorcerer 1, or a ranger 4/wizard 3. You could probably take 9 or so bard levels, if you don't mind waiting longer to meet the requirements.

[Drejk]

Ranger 4/Wizard 3 does not meet the BAB requirement, as he has total BAB of +5 only.

[asthyril]

Drejk wrote:

Ranger 4/Wizard 3 does not meet the BAB requirement, as he has total BAB of +5 only.

you are correct, i still had rogue bab in my head from discussing another character. thanks :)

[Trailjava]

Hey thanks for the clarification everyone!!

[Happler]

a level 8 bard qualifies with no other classes.

BaB of +6/+1
Can cast up to level 3 arcane spells. Just need the feats.

Also fun to note that a bard is the only arcane caster that get silence. (for those arrows of silence).

[Benly]

Happler wrote:

Also fun to note that a bard is the only arcane caster that get silence. (for those arrows of silence).

A witch with the Time patron also receives silence as an arcane spell.