So, I've taken some interest in the horimyo wizard archetype, and was wondering what I could potentially do to work out an archer variant?
Firstly, yes, I realize this guy's gonna have crap BAB. I'm fine with that, since I could cast true strike to help beef up my attack rolls with my weapon. I plan the school to be transmutation (enhancement), with necromancy and either enchantment or illusion as my opposition schools, which means I'll be able to buff my Dex with the physical enhancement ability, which should stack with the stat buff from bonded tattoo (since that, as worded, actually raises the stat the same way as one gains stats per level, rather than providing a bonus to it). Obviously I'll need to start with a decent amount of Int, though, so I can access later-level magic and have enough spell slots to cast it...
Anyway, there's a few angles I'm thinking I could go with this.
- 6 levels of magus - eldritch archer. This allows me to take a bow as a bonded weapon and use my magus arcana to get broad study so I can use ranged spellstrike with my wizard spells. One spell I'm curious about in this regard is arrow eruption, as it'd seem like I could essentially use it to fire double-damage arrows so long as I've killed an enemy with an arrow on my last turn.
- 4-6 levels of ranger - divine marksman. This would give me bullseye shot far earlier than my BAB would normally allow, provide me with some bonus feats that could prove useful, and provide me with a favored enemy bonus that applies partially to all my attack and damage rolls.
- 5 levels of gunslinger - techslinger. Since my Dex mod is going to be rather high, that'll add a decent amount of damage to my attacks with high-tech firearms. Also, since firearms are based on touch AC, I can focus my casting on beefing up damage moreso than attack rolls. However, this means I'd lose any use from spells like arrow eruption or gravity bow, and since most of the tech firearms deal typed energy damage there's always the risk of encountering enemies immune to or highly resistant against said damage. Not to mention the cost.
I don't want to start working on a build just yet, I want to see some opinions on what I can do to put the horimyo to good use with a weapon.