Zen Archer PFS Build

[Deliox Creed]

hey all im still rather new to pfs and i've been dieing to create a Zen Archer monk, and after reading the forums this is what i got

Niro La: Zen Archer Lv1
Human +2 to dex
Stg:10
Dex:18
Con:14
Int:10
Wis:14
Cha:10

Feats:
Point-Blank Shot
Percise Shot
Weapon Finnese
Improved Unarmed strike
Perfect Stike

Traits:
Dragons Blood: Gives him Low Light Vision
Reactionary: +2 to initative

has a short bow and 40 arrows

now i see a lot of folks on here just up and leave Dex Behind Wisdom, becuase of the thrid lv thing, my thing is it says "MAY USE WIS instead of Dex" so i decided just to go for the Dex instead, im not sure yet on the con since the guys Archer then again i dont play ranged much and been wanting to give it a try. i was orginally tinking of the kitsune when i found the Zen Archer lol simply cuase i wanted to make a nine-tailed kitsune, but needed a class tht aint feat starved lol but i changed the idea up for PFS

any useful advice would be great :)

[Prometeus]

Take a look at The Porpentine’s Guide to Zen Archery

Its very well written and with lot of examples

[7heprofessor]

Definitely check out the link Prometeus provided.

I would highly suggest upping Str to 14. Mighty bows up your DPS significantly, especially with the number of attacks you'll be getting eventually.

[EvilPaladin]

Yeah, I'd go with a higher strength as well. You could perhaps lower Dex to a 16[after racial bonus], to raise it.

[Deliox Creed]

ooo ok lol that sounds great ^^ im thinking of his new stats being

Stg:14
Dex:18 +2 racial
Con: 12
Int: 10
Wis: 14
Cha: 8

now i had a couple quick questions if someone could help that would be great lol,

1st: i see talk of ghost-bane blanchs and wondered which book they are in?

2nd: also was wondering is there any other special like arrows and stuff and what they do

3rd: are traits avalible in pfs? if so how many? my guess is 2

4th: what kind of enchantments should i eventually get mor my Composite longbow?

Edit: oo also can one get two-weapon fighting to fight with two unarmed stikes as a Zen Archer?
lol thanks for all the great advice :3

[Krodjin]

Reverse your DEX and WIS.

don't do TWF. You will use your bow in melee.

[EpicFail]

Deliox Creed wrote:

now i had a couple quick questions if someone could help that would be great lol,

1st: i see talk of ghost-bane blanchs and wondered which book they are in?

...

see THIS HERE LINK for a description of weapon blanches. Not sure what book they're from. Note that "Each dose of blanching can coat one weapon or up to 10 pieces of ammunition" which is handy for an archer.

[Krodjin]

I think it's the PFS Field Guide.

But to the OP: Seriously. WIS is your primary stat. Forget DEX. WIS fires your Archery, Will saves, Perception, Sense Motive, and Ki Pool. That's some of the BEST perks about the class, why waste it?

If you want a screaming DEX and a mediocre WIS play a Ranger Archer.

[Deliox Creed]

well i see what your saying Krodjin, yet what i was planing on doing was in the end just use my Dex to attack since its a "May use" thing, my saves are already going to be good for being a monk, perceptio doesnt need to be be supper maxed , and with the ki pool, i was going to take Extra Ki at fifth lv for 2 more ki, and by then purchase a headband of wisdom, my faveorite part about the class is that its hard to mess it up seeing how you gain sooooo many bounus feats for Archery it lets you cusomize it to your taste :) my originl idea before pfs was useing it to make a Nine-tailed Kitsune taking the Extra Tail feat at every odd lv and still be a wicked cool archer lol

[Krodjin]

Well, you've changed your original idea so just consider changing it a little more. Before you commit one way or another build you monk both ways; high DEX & high WIS.

The DEX build will be very good. The WIS build will be even better.

The WIS build will save you feats and money. With the WIS build the only two magic items you need are your bow and the headband. That's it. Sure, all the usual stuff (cloak, belt, ring, haversack, boots etc.) are nice to have, but just focus on improving your headband and your bow and you will absolutely decimate foes.

I'm playing a 9th level Zen at the moment and every full-attack I make I burn a Ki point and against non-mooks I use Perfect Strike and I've never run out of either in a "Day".

If you focus on WIS you become a SAD class - which is very nice for a combat character.

[Deliox Creed]

Hmm ok I think I got a idea lol I think I'm going to go aasmir the garuda blood heritage sort of keep wis and dex equal lol

[Krodjin]

You could also do the human alt. racial feature that gives you +2 to two stats. A ZAM can afford to give up the human bonus feat.

[Deliox Creed]

true though that also gives up the extra skill rank per lv from human, and with the Garuda-Aasimar i gain those stats and darkvision, see invisitbilty and bonus to acrobatics and fly and later lvs i can get wings to fly lol

[Deliox Creed]

hmm how does these stats sound?

Garuda-blooded Aasimar +2 wis, +2 dex

Stg:14
Dex:18
Con:13
Int:9
Wis:17
Cha:7

the con 13 is more for just qualifiny for the Angelic blood feat then the Aasimar wing feat, though not sure quite yet, it would be fun lol, but thats two feats so i could just have Int up to 10 and con to 12 lol

[Deliox Creed]

hmm never mind about the wings, since pfs is only to lv 12 and can only get the wings at lv 11 lol so im going to put con back down to 12 and put int back to 10 lol