Monk – Zen Archer – D&D 3.5

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Zen Archer

Zen Archer

The young monk sat, watching the elven woman practice with her bow. Her shots were perfect, her stance practiced, attentive to her task, yet quiet in her posture and motion. He was impressed by her shooting. Less by her accuracy and more by the fact that her shots were all made while the woman hung upside-down from a balancing rope as it swung. As she fired her last arrow, she let herself down and came to the young man, a warm smile gracing her elegant features.

-“Do you understand now?” She asked with a crystalline voice.

-“Hardly.” The young man replied, scratching his chin. “It was great shooting for sure, but I don’t understand how this relates to my fists?”

The elven woman shook her head slowly, then got on her knees and took the young monk’s hands, and looked at his bruised, barely healed fists, caressing the palms with care. With a sad, yet understanding voice she simply commented.

-“The lesson, young man, is that all fists aren’t made of flesh and bones.”

Race

Elf

Class

Monk 8/Sorcerer 1/Exotic Weapon Master 1/Arcane Archer 10

Ability Scores

Str 10/Dex 18/Con 14/Int 10/Wis 13/Cha 11

Skills

Craft(Weaponsmithing) 3

Equipment

Longbow at first, switch to a Greatbow as soon as you have proficiency. Try for a belt of giant’s strength for you will need more static damage than this.

Goal

Archer Monk. Run around, pull your Greatbow and proceed to unilaterally kill everything within sight with your one man volley. You can shoot so many arrows in a round you make Legolas look like he just picked a bow for the first time.

LevelClassHDFeatSpecial
1Monk10Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Improved Unarmed Strike, Stunning StrikeAC Bonus(Wis), Unarmed 1d6
2Monk1d8+2Deflect ArrowsEvasion
3Monk1d8+2Weapon Focus(Longbow)+10 Speed, Still Mind
4Monk1d8+2Ki Strike(Magic), Slow Fall 20ft., Unarmed 1d8, Dex +1
5Monk1d8+2Purity of Body, AC +1
6Monk1d8+2Exotic Weapon Proficiency(Greatbow), Improved Disarm+10 Speed, Slow Fall 30ft.
7Monk1d8+2Wholeness of Body
8Monk1d8+2Slow Fall 30ft, Unarmed 1d10, +1 Dex
9Sorcerer1d4+2Weapon Focus(Greatbow)Find Familiar
10Exotic Weapon Master1d10+2Close-Quarter Ranged Combat
11Arcane Archer1d8+2Enhance Arrow +1
12Arcane Archer1d8+2Rapid ShotImbue Arrow, +1 Dex
13Arcane Archer1d8+2Enhance Arrow +2
14Arcane Archer1d8+2Seeker Arrow
15Arcane Archer1d8+2ManyshotEnhance Arrow +3
16Arcane Archer1d8+2Phase Arrow, +1 Dex
17Arcane Archer1d8+2Enhance Arrow +4
18Arcane Archer1d8+2Greater ManyshotHail of Arrows
19Arcane Archer1d8+2Enhance Arrow +5
20Arcane Archer1d8+2Death Arrow, +1 Wis
Synonyms:
Zen Archer
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