What if we took the best combat style, and doubled the amount of shots you could take?
Jimmy the kasatha:
Jimmy
Kasatha fighter (weapon master) 9/ranger (bow nomad) 1 (Pathfinder Player Companion: People of the Stars, Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player's Guide 109, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 174)
NG Medium humanoid (kasatha)
Init +9; Senses Perception +17
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Defense
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AC 26, touch 19, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor, +1 deflection, +6 Dex, +2 dodge, +1 natural)
hp 93 (10d10+29)
Fort +13 (+4 vs. hot or cold environments and to resist damage from suffocation), Ref +15, Will +10; +2 bonus vs. effects targetting a Longbow held by you
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee mwk heavy pick +10/+5 (1d6+3/×4)
Ranged +1 adaptive composite longbow +17/+17/+12 (1d8+6/19-20/×3) or
+3 adaptive composite longbow +19/+19/+14 (1d8+8/19-20/×3)
Special Attacks favored enemy (humans +2), reliable strike, weapon training
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Statistics
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Str 16, Dex 24, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 7
Base Atk +10; CMB +9; CMD 33 (35 vs. disarm, 35 vs. sunder)
Feats Clustered Shots[UC], Greater Weapon Focus (longbow), Improved Two-weapon Fighting, Iron Will, Manyshot, Point-blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Two-weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus (longbow)
Traits indomitable faith, reactionary
Skills Acrobatics +14, Climb +7, Perception +17, Spellcraft +6, Stealth +11, Survival +5, Swim +7
Languages Common, Kasatha
SQ desert runner, desert stride, jumper, multi-armed, stalker, track +1, twin bows, weapon guard
Other Gear +1 mithral kikko armor, +1 adaptive composite longbow, +3 adaptive composite longbow, mwk heavy pick, amulet of natural armor +1, belt of physical perfection +2, bracers of falcon's aim, cloak of resistance +3, ring of protection +1, 862 gp
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Special Abilities
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Clustered Shots Total damage from full-round ranged attacks before applying DR
Desert Runner (Ex) +4 to Fort saves & Con checks to avoid fatigue/exhaust or other ill effects from exertion, deprivation, and temp.
Desert Stride (Ex) Not slowed by non-magic difficult terrain in desert environments.
Favored Enemy (Humans +2) (Ex) +2 to rolls vs. Favored Enemy (Humans) foes.
Jumper (Ex) Always has a running start when using Acrobatics to jump.
Manyshot You can shoot two arrows as the first attack of a full attack action.
Multi-Armed (Ex) Has one primary and 3 off hands.
Point-Blank Shot +1 to attack and damage rolls with ranged weapons at up to 30 feet.
Precise Shot You don't get -4 to hit when shooting or throwing into melee.
Rapid Shot You get an extra attack with ranged weapons. Each attack is at -2.
Reliable Strike: Longbow (1/day) (Ex) Reroll attack roll, critical confirmation, miss chance or damage roll for your chosen weapon
Track +1 Add the listed bonus to survival checks made to track.
Twin Bows (Ex) You can wiled two bows at once.
Weapon Guard +2: Longbow (Ex) +2 CMD vs. Disarm and Sunder or other effects targeting your chosen weapon.
Weapon Training +2: Longbow (Ex) +2 to hit and damage with your chosen weapon.
This is level 10 with average WBL and a 20 point buy
Full attack with main bow: 45.95 dpr
Full attack with offhand bow 28.98 dpr
Total dpr: 74.93.
If you ever get the chance to play an alien, this is the best archer around
I thought about just using one bow, and using one hand for a shield, and the other hand for a melee weapon. You dont need the snapshot feats to threaten, and you get a higher AC than most archers.
I thought about just using one bow, and using one hand for a shield, and the other hand for a melee weapon. You dont need the snapshot feats to threaten, and you get a higher AC than most archers.
Longbow in one hand, Greatsword in the other. Or maybe Longbow, Whip, Rapier? That way, you have long-range, mid-range, and short-range weapons all ready to go already.
How many attacks a round would you get?
Normally a Kasatha wielding normal weapons or unarmed gets 4 attacks at level 1, typically you would want to take Multiweapon fighting as one of the feats to offset the twf penalty.
So with Many shot at level 6, nd a +6/+1 BAB how many attacks a round do you get?
Typically you get three now at level 6 (many shots getting you the other), But you have 1 primary and 3 off hands. So do you get 4 attacks this round? Or 5? This is why the many armed thing gets confusing when using weapons like a bow.
Twin Bows (Ex): At 1st level, a bow nomad can simultaneously wield a combination of two of any of the following ranged weapons: shortbow, longbow, and their composite versions. When a bow nomad makes a full attack with two bows, twoweapon penalties apply and can be offset with Two- Weapon Fighting feats. Since bows aren’t light weapons, a bow nomad with Two-Weapon Fighting takes a –4 penalty on attacks with each of her bows. Extra attacks from other sources, such as those granted by Manyshot or Rapid Shot, can be applied to only one of the wielded bows per round. This ability replaces wild empathy.
So really all this does, is give you 2 extra shots, and make all your shots -4. On top of the -2 from multi shot.
I thought about just using one bow, and using one hand for a shield, and the other hand for a melee weapon. You dont need the snapshot feats to threaten, and you get a higher AC than most archers.
Longbow in one hand, Greatsword in the other. Or maybe Longbow, Whip, Rapier? That way, you have long-range, mid-range, and short-range weapons all ready to go already.
Thri-kreen Kathasa are interesting like that.
I played a thri-kreen in 2nd edition. I never could land that poison bite though, and that was over 8 months of playing.
