Gathlain Warpriest of Seramaydiel with a blowgun...


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This is what I have so far. Looking for suggestions to fill in the rest.

20pt buy starting stats with racials:
10,17,13,8,15,13

Symbiotic Imbalance alternative racial feature for 20' land speed, 40' fly speed with average maneuverability.

Whimsical Outlook alternative racial feature for 1/day roll Will save twice and take the highest result.

Traits:
(Regional) Storm Pilot
(Combat) Roving Range

Domains:
Air & Good

Feats:
1. Fey Foundling
1B. Weapon Focus Blowgun
3. Point Blank Shot
3B. Precise Shot
4. Con +1 -> 14
5. Flyby Attack
6B. Rapid Shot
7. Hover
8. Dex +1 -> 18
9.
9B.
11.
12. Wis +1 -> 16
12B. Improved Critical
13.
15.
15B.
16. Cha +1 -> 14
17.
18B.
19.

Continue the Weapon Focus and Weapon Specialization path?

Vital Strike feats can be used with Flyby Attack, to my understanding. Maybe invest in that?


I don't think you need the hover feat, your fly skill at that point should be 7 ranks + 3 class + 2 (small, average mnvr.) + 3-4 dex which makes a DC 15 check every time. Maybe get rapid shot at L7 and get weapon spec with the L6 bonus? If you're out of skill points the cunning feat for more would be better than hover IMO.

If caught in a grapple you have problems. Still spell to get out of that might be worth a feat at some point. There are other metamagics which can boost buff spells, encouraging spell or blissful spell maybe.

Deadly aim and eventually improved precise shot are other archery feats to consider.

You'll want quicken blessing.

Flyby attack when you're using a ranged weapon rather than melee isn't great. It can probably wait.

Vital strike on a weapon doing a d2 damage is an interesting idea. Are you quite sure about that?


Does this look a little better?

Feats:
1. Fey Foundling
1B. Weapon Focus Blowgun
3. Cunning
3B. Point Blank Shot
4. Con +1 -> 14
5. Precise Shot
6B. Weapon Specialization
7. Rapid Shot
8. Dex +1 -> 18
9. Quicken Blessing
9B. Greater Weapon Focus
11. Still Spell
12. Wis +1 -> 16
12B. Greater Weapon Specialization
13. Deadly Aim
15. Encouraging Spell
15B. Improved Precise Shot
16. Cha +1 -> 14
17. Blissful Spell
18B. Improved Critical
19.

Sacred Weapon damage (small size):
1-4, 1D4
5-9, 1D6
10-14, 1D8
15-19, 1D10
20, 2D6


Does Vital Strike stack with Sacred Weapon? If so then it makes sense.

Deadly Aim can't wait until level 13. It's literally your only way of adding more than +2 from Weapon Specialization to damage. Since you're not adding a point to Wisdom until level 12, at which point you'll probably already have a +4 wisdom headband, drop wisdom to 14, raise INT to 10, and you've now obviated the need for Cunning. Bring your combat feats forward by one so that you've got Precise Shot at level 3. Rapid Shot makes it in at 5 and Deadly Aim is at 7.


20pt buy starting stats with racials:
10,17,13,10,14,13

Feats:
1. Fey Foundling
1B. Weapon Focus Blowgun
3. Point Blank Shot
3B. Precise Shot
4. Dex +1 -> 18
5. Rapid Shot
6B. Weapon Specialization
7. Deadly Aim
8. Wis +1 -> 15
9. Quicken Blessing
9B. Greater Weapon Focus
11. Still Spell
12. Wis +1 -> 16
12B. Greater Weapon Specialization
13. Blissful Spell
15. Encouraging Spell
15B. Improved Precise Shot
16. Con +1 -> 14
17. Toughness
18B. Improved Critical
19. Iron Will
20. Cha +1 -> 14

With the Roving Range trait a +1 Distance Blowgun has a range increment of 50', max of 500'. Obviously this was never meant to be a damage champion when the base weapon (small blowgun) has a base damage of 1... flat. Not 1D2, just one damage. But I am satisfied with this blowgun build.

Thanks everyone for the assistance.


Can someone please Herolab this @12/@20 for me, and post it here? It would be greatly appreciated...

If we figure a +2 Belt of Physical Perfection and a +2 Headband of Mental Superiority into the build.
Bringing her final stats to a modest, but respectable: 12,20,16,12,18,16

And a +3 (Distance & Speed) small Blowgun, probably higher, but at least this.

And small +3 Celestial Full Plate.

I know this isn't nearly her WBL, but it's a really simple baseline to get the idea.

With Rapid Shot and Greater Weapon Focus, it's a draw for the attack penalty/bonuses.

Thanks in advance to anyone who has Herolab, and is bored.

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