

Throw, and most creatures have absolutely terrible Charisma saves, so Throws and use them on foes which are bad at the chosen saving throw.Ĭreature out of combat for one round. Try to pick options which work against a variety of saving Score, which likely won’t be stellar, so your save DC may not be high enough The saving throws are based on your Intelligence Plan to reserve your Arcane Shot uses until doing so isĮxceptionally beneficial. You get additional Arcane Shot options, not Arcane Shot A lot of people mis-read the feature’s text: Practical Guide to Prestidigitation and Similar Cantrips.Ībility, but you get just 2 uses between short rests until you getĮver-Ready Shot at 15th level. Choose Prestidigitation and then go read my Arcane Archer Lore: A skill proficiencyĪnd a cantrip.Tying things to Proficiency Bonus also frequently encourages multiclassing abuse. The progression feels very satisfying, but this is a linear buff to the Arcane Archer be careful that you don’t buff the subclass too much by accident. Shots equal to Proficiency Bonus: Automatically scales with level, so as the Fighter gets more attacks and learns more shots they also get to use them more frequently.It also adds some additional benefit to raising the character’s Intelligence, which in turns makes it more appealing to selecting Arcane Shot options which allow a saving throw. Players will likely sit at around 14 Intelligence, which keeps them at the same number of uses as the published version, but if the player is willing to spend resources on Intelligence instead of feats or something else, they can get additional shots in exchange for the opportunity cost of an ASI which could be spent on a feat instead.

Shots equal to Intelligence Modifier: This adds a bit of MAD to the subclass, which serves as a built-in balancing mechanism.Improve the number of Arcane Shot uses:.

If you want to make the Arcane Archer more playable, here are some suggested Simply don’t compensate for the massive amount of time you’ll spend wishing Arcane Archer gets a couple of excellent abilities, but they Rely on your signature ability often enough for it to be a meaningful part of Subclass, and with just two shots per Short or Loing Rest you can’t afford to Fighter Subclasses Arcane Archer XGtEĪ really cool concept largely squandered. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. RPGBOT is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Keep in mind that the state of the meta periodically changes as new source materials are released, and the article will be updated accordingly as time allows. The advice offered below is based on the current State of the Character Optimization Meta as of when the article was last updated. We also won’t cover Unearthed Arcana content because it’s not finalized, and we can’t guarantee that it will be available to you in your games. We will not include 3rd-party content, including content from DMs Guild, in handbooks for official content because we can’t assume that your game will allow 3rd-party content or homebrew. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.

