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Background:
I am currently in a Shattered Star campaign and retired my Grey Maiden character at the Lady's Light. I have come in as a Slayer who is focused on damage as a sort of support for our tank. While I do not plan on dying or retiring, this character was dreamt up as my backup for my first character and I am now in need of another.

Our party is made up of a Paladin, Cleric, Arcanist, Sorcerer/Fighter, and my Slayer. We are rather lacking in terms of ranged combat and dungeon exploration. For a campaign supposedly focused on dungeon diving, there have been a surprising low amount of traps so far. We are currently 5th level.

I went through a couple ideas trying to put together a sort of Indiana Jones type of treasure hunter then I was inspired by the the Crank Crossbow. I have compiled some notes for a character that could use his crossbow effectively while having the ability to help lead some dungeon diving.

Build:
Half-Elf
Bolt Ace Gunslinger 5 / Double Scion Vigilante 2+
My thinking here is that this deep dip into Bolt Ace will grant me the ability to focus my other choices on more out of combat options. I am not married to Double Scion but I selected it to give me the wiggle room ranged combatants sometimes need. I also think Avenger Vigilante is a fine option to retain full BAB and a decent amount of skills. This is also to grab the Always Prepared social talent.

Feats are tricky and I am pretty sure they will have to be ranged combat ones but I am particularly interested in seeing what options you all can come up with. Focused Shot seems like a sure fit.

The only thing set in stone is that I want this character to use a crank crossbow. I would greatly appreciate any ideas the community can come up with.


Absolutely love where your head is at... using the crank crossbow for dungeon diving. Nice.

Quick side note, I gave an NPC in my Kingmaker campaign some levels of Bolt Ace and a crank crossbow "just in case"... so I am picking up what you are laying down.

Can't help you with the Vigilante business... that's not my jam. But you can probably get away with just picking up Disable Device with a trait (Vagabond Child?)... I would go into something like Arsenal Chaplain Warpriest or Sohei Monk. Just pick up a wand of Summon Stupid Monster to set off traps that you cannot disable.


VoodistMonk wrote:

Absolutely love where your head is at... using the crank crossbow for dungeon diving. Nice.

Quick side note, I gave an NPC in my Kingmaker campaign some levels of Bolt Ace and a crank crossbow "just in case"... so I am picking up what you are laying down.

Can't help you with the Vigilante business... that's not my jam. But you can probably get away with just picking up Disable Device with a trait (Vagabond Child?)... I would go into something like Arsenal Chaplain Warpriest or Sohei Monk. Just pick up a wand of Summon Stupid Monster to set off traps that you cannot disable.

I would have never thought of a wand of summon stupid. Its brilliant. I am bit confused on what to make of the Arsenal Chaplin or Sohei. Is it just for weapon training or is there some synergy that eludes me?


Bolt Ace Gunslinger comes equipped with Wisdom-based Grit...

Sohei offers the obvious Weapon Training, and also a Wisdom-based Ki Pool, as well as all good saves. Can Flurry with anything you have Weapon Training with, and you can select Crossbows for your Sohei Weapon Training... allows you to retrain Rapid Shot if you took it.

Arsenal Chaplain offers Weapon Training, and Sacred Weapon enhancements, Wisdom-based spellcasting, as well as two good saves (the two that matter most).

But yeah, mainly Weapon Training and good Will saves...

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