Monk 3 / Druid 1 (passable lvl 4 druid archer?)


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Hello, longtime reader, first time poster.

I was making a character for a 4th level game coming up and I wanted to make a druid archer. That proved problematic due to feat hunger, so I looked into multi-class with Monk (Zen Archer) which seems to have most of the archery feats pretty well front-loaded.

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Race: Human (Focused Study alternate trait)
Class: Monk (Zen Archer) 2/Druid (Menhir Savant) 1/Monk (Zen Archer) 1
Base Stats (25 point): Str 12, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 17, Cha 10
Character Traits: Magic Knack (Druid), Reactionary
Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Feats:
1st Human (Focused Study) - Skill Focus (Perception)
1st Character - Deadly Aim
1st Monk (Zen Archer) 1 - Point Blank Shot
1st Monk (Zen Archer) 1 - Perfect Strike (any bow)
2nd Monk (Zen Archer) 2 - Precise Shot
2nd Monk (Zen Archer) 2 - Weapon Focus (Composite Longbow)
3rd Character - Boon Companion
4th Monk (Zen Archer) 3 - Point Blank Master

so...

orison/1st level druid spells, CL3
detect a bunch of different things at will (love that ability)
4th level animal companion (roc maybe?)
+7/+7 (1d8+5) archery within 30 ft. / +6/+6 (1d8+4) outside (assuming +1 bow)
+3 (1d6+1) unarmed strike (at least it still threatens, I guess)
40 foot landspeed
Can use Cure wands

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Does this seem passable for 4th level (given the 25 points creation suggests challenging encounters)? Any suggestions, spotted errors or sagely warnings?


Did you include your 4th level ability bump?

"detect a bunch of different things at will (love that ability) " do you mean a high perception score?

You have covered the gaps from multi-classing in your animal companion and spell casting, well.


Yeah, the bump went into Wisdom. Wisdom started at 17, +2 from human bonus, +1 bump at fourth to get to 20.

Detect stuff is Spirit Sense from Menhir Savant - it works like the "detect undead" spell but detects undead, fey, outsiders, and astral, ethereal, or incorporeal creatures. But I suppose high perception also detects a lot of stuff too. :D


The three things I'm heavily debating are:

Race - I'm not sure the Focused Study is worth it. So the race is a question.

Companion - Not sure which companion to go with, a bird/roc seems thematically good, but a companion with scent could allow utilizing those pheromone arrows.

Melee - I figure the options for melee-back-up weapon are basically either carry a club (to use with shileleigh) or enhance unarmed strike with produce flame or frostbite. Is this correct?

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