Ranged Rider (WotC) (3.5e Optimized Character Build)

Introduction

Wanting to make the ultimate ranger character riding a mount with WotC rules Wanting to make the same build as Ranged Rider but with WotC rules. Of course it will be missing the flavour of the custom PrC Easy Rider, but in some games you are not allowed to use 3rd party rules. One more point to make is that since we will be using Beast Heart Adept, and we don't want to mess up with many Animal Companions, I did not start with Ranger but preferred to use fighter for the abundant of feats.

References

• Player HandBook (dah!)
• Dragon Compendium
• Complete Adventurer
• Draconomicon
• Spell Compendium

Game Rule Components

Spells, Powers, Soulmelds, Stances, etc...

Opposite to Ranged Rider, this build does not have access to spells at all. so try to have a source for Arrow Mind so as not to provoke attacks of opportunity when fighting with you beast (or get of it since it won't be that important as with Easy Rider PrC)

Items

Use whatever suits you most

Progression

Starting Ability Scores (Before Racial Adjustments): Max dex and str.

Race (Templates): You can use any race, human is very good also since it will give you an extra feat

ECL	Class/HD/LA	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Feats	Class Features	Animal Class/HD/LA	Animal Base Attack Bonus	Animal Saving Throws			Animal Selected Feats	Animal Granted Feats	Animal Level	Animal Level minus Adjustment
			Fort	Ref	Will					Fort	Ref	Will
1st	Fighter 1	1	2	0	0	Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
2nd	Fighter 2	2	3	0	0	Rapid Shot	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
3rd	Fighter 3	3	3	1	1	Animal Affinity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
4th	Fighter 4	4	4	1	1	Weapon Focus Longbow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
5th	Fighter 5	5	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
6th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 1	6	6	1	3	Dead Eye (Dragon Compendium) ,Mounted Combat	Monstrous companion, monster empathy, monster handler	Krenshar 4d10	4	4	4	1	Armor Proficiency (Light)	Link, Alertness, Track	1	1
7th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 2	7	7	1	4	-	Monster lore	Krenshar 4d10	4	4	4	1	-	-	2	2
8th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 3	8	7	2	4	-	Alternative monstrous companion	Winter Wolf 6d10	6	5	5	2	-	Improved Initiative	3	1
9th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 4	9	8	2	5	Improved Critical Ranged	Monstrous flank	Winter Wolf 6d10	6	5	5	2	-	-	4	2
10th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 5	10	8	2	5	-	Extra monstrous companion	Winter Wolf 8d10	8	6	6	2	Improved Natural Attack	Evasion	5	3
11th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 6	11	9	3	6	-	-	Winter Wolf 8d10	8	6	6	2	-	-	6	4
12th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 7	12	9	3	6	Improved Precise Shot	Monstrous tactics	Winter Wolf 10d10	10	7	7	3	Power Attack	Devotion	7	5
13th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 8	13	10	3	7	-	-	Winter Wolf 10d10	10	7	7	3	-	-	8	6
14th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 9	14	10	4	7	-	Extra monstrous companion	Winter Wolf 12d10	12	8	8	4	Improved Critical Bite	-	9	7
15th	Fighter 5 / Beast Heart Adept 10	15	11	4	8	Weapon Specialization Longbow	Monstrous team-up	Winter Wolf 12d10	12	8	8	4	-	-	10	8
16th	Fighter 6 / Beast Heart Adept 10	16	12	5	9	Woodland Archer	-	Winter Wolf 12d10	12	8	8	4	-	-	10	8
17th	Fighter 6 / Beast Heart Adept 10 / Uncanny Trickster 1	16	12	7	9	-	Bonus trick, favorite trick	Winter Wolf 12d10	12	8	8	4	-	-	10	8
18th	Fighter 6 / Beast Heart Adept 10 / Uncanny Trickster 2	17	12	8	9	Ready Shot	Bonus trick, favorite trick	Winter Wolf 14d10	14	9	9	4	-	Improved evasion	11	9
19th	Fighter 7 / Beast Heart Adept 10 / Uncanny Trickster 2	18	12	8	9	-	-	Winter Wolf 14d10	14	9	9	4	-	-	11	9
20th	Fighter 8 / Beast Heart Adept 10 / Uncanny Trickster 2	19	13	8	9	Ranged Weapon Mastery	-	Winter Wolf 14d10	14	9	9	4	-	-	11	9

At level 20: Fighter 8 / Beast Heart Adept 10 / Uncanny Trickster 2

Highlights

Trip is your friend.

DM Counters

Enemies that cannot be tripped will create a problem.

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