The Bounty Hunter: 29 Rn/9 Mo/2 BG

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Build: The Bounty Hunter: 29 Rn/9 Mo/2 BG
Race: Human
"Half-Celestial" (secret Beyond UltraRare subrace) - no race requirement (adds wings)
WIS +6, CHA +4, free feat: Spell Focus Evocation, free feat: Greater Spell Focus Evocation, free feat: Epic Skill Focus Heal, sr 10 + 1/lvl, able to walk on quicksand

Human [Half-Celestial]
Stats:
STR: 8
DEX: 18
CON: 14
WIS: 10 [16]
INT: 10
CHA: 12 [16]

Skills: Discipline, Tumble to 40 (on monk levels), Concentration, Animal Empathy

Level Progression
1 Monk, 5 Rn, 3 Monk, 2 BK, 11 Rn, 4 Monk, 13 Rn, 1 Monk, 1 Rn

PRE-EPIC STATS: All Dex

Pre-Epic Feats
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Luck of Heroes, Iron Will, Favored Enemy
Weapon Focus Rapier (or Kama)
Toughness
Weapon Finesse, Favored Enemy
Improved Critical Rapier (or Kama)
Favored Enemy
Blind Fight
SF Transmutation

Epic STATS: All Dex

Epic Feats
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Great Dex I-VI
Self-Conceal I (take at level 39 (Monk level))
Ranger Bonus Feats
Epic Weapon Focus Rapier (or Kama)
Epic Prowess
Bane of Enemies
Greater Spell Focus Transmutation
Favored Enemy x2

LL STATS: ALL Dex

Legendary Level Feats
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Self-Conceal II-V
Armor Skin
LL Luck of Heroes
LL Will

---@lvl40 Human [Half-Celestial]
STR: 8
DEX: 35
CON: 14
INT: 10
WIS: 16
CHA: 16

---@lvl60 Human [Half-Celestial]
STR: 8
DEX: 44
CON: 18
INT: 10
WIS: 16
CHA: 14

Saves @ 60
Fort 34 +5 (LL) +6 (Stat) +20 (Items) +6 (BK Cha bonus) +3 LL LoH = 74
Will 27 +5 (LL) +6 (Stat) +20 (Items) +6 (BK Cha bonus) +3 LL LoH +7 LL Will = 74
Reflex 34 +5 (LL) +6 (Stat) +20 (Items) +6 (BK Cha bonus) +3 LL LoH = 74

Pros
Stupidly high saves
Freedom of Movement gives maximum monk speed
Dual Wield ability
12-20 Critical chance with a keen rapier (note if you swap yo Kamas you will get an extra 2 or 3 attacks a rounds but your critical chace will drop to 16-20)
Nice damage bonus against favored enemies
Improved Evasion
Inate 70 sr and sandwalking
Self-Conceal
Bonus monk feats, including KD and improved KD
I managed to balance the saves

Cons
Slightly reduced dex vs. non-SC version
Less Ranger bonus feats than previous version

Notes
You can mess around when you take the class levels as long as you –
Take a monk level at 1 to prevent a forced starting Wis of 11
No more than four monk levels before 20 (or this will hurt your ab)
Take a monk level at 39 to get access to self-conceal

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Hi,

could someone please enlighten me, what are the actual merits of the Ranger class? The +5 to AB against favored enemies? What 5 favored enemies do you actually choose?

I'm asking because - I think - you're upping all your defenses with the splashing of other classes (9 monk for improved evasion->self conceal and WIS AC, BG for saves), leaving me to conclude that the Ranger class is abysmal on defenses.

To put it bluntly, how is ranger a better choice than fighter?

Thanks in advance
regards!

[Ommadawn]

Some of the ranger spells have been edited, most notably blade thirst and protection from elements. The blade thirst spell now does positive damage against favored enemies.

highergroundpoa.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=MODUpdate&action=display&n=1&thread=181

Favored enemy doesnt give an ab bonus, it gives a damage bonus, and a few other things. Bane of enemies feat gives +2 ab and +2d6 damage vs favored enemies.

www.nwnwiki.org/Favored_Enemy

Im in the process of making a ranger build myself to take advantage of these spell changes. The camoflage spell is also useful as it gives a conceal bonus.

Favored enemies I'd choose are dragons, outsiders, elves, aberrations, and reptillian humanoids. I'd say these might be the most useful but feel free to correct me on that.

Hopefully this helps you fragment.

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Nice spells (improved with the recent edits), decent Ranger secret items, damage and ab improvement against favored enemies. Yes you could do something similar with a fighter but I fancied doing it with Ranger.