I recently converted my 51 monk into a ranged build to utilize the gnomish crossbow I picked up but didn't really have a character to use it on. His DS is so high I just stay kneeled in a room of 3 or fewer critters and just knock out eyes. It's so effective it's almost boring. I use qstrick -1 to reduce cock to 1 second for only 12 stamina. I can use it almost the entire hunt which gives me 4 second kills. Once I get more stamina/recovery I'll probably swap to qstr -2 on the shot so I'm doing 3 second shots.
His DS is over 300 in offensive while kneeling self-spelled and I can barely be touched by things 4+ levels higher than me. He's also a halfling so his ranged AS is like... 338 or something? Ranged is dumb.
Although, now that I mention it, I should probably stop using 102 and stop kneeling. The net result is similar but I should have a larger DS and no penalty to evasion. Derp.
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Yuuuuge (at level 51), your base skill bonuses, ranks and goals are:
Skill Name | Actual Actual
| Bonus Ranks Goals In-Game Time to Goal
Combat Maneuvers...................| 154 54 54
Ranged Weapons.....................| 204 104 104
Ambush.............................| 152 52 52
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 50 10 10
Physical Fitness...................| 256 156 156
Dodging............................| 256 156 156
Harness Power......................| 150 50 50
Survival...........................| 102 24 24
Perception.........................| 204 104 104
Climbing...........................| 108 26 26
Swimming...........................| 108 26 26
Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 7 7
Spell Lists
Minor Mental.......................| 20 20
Skill name Mnemonic Ranks
Surge of Strength surge 3
Burst of Swiftness burst 3
Perfect Self perfectself 5
Edit Kill clip added (no qstrike)
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You remove a single heavy crossbow bolt from a bundle of heavy crossbow bolts.
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You flip open the stock of your mechanical crossbow and load a heavy crossbow bolt into it. As you do, several gears spin and whirl, drawing the bolt into the interior of your crossbow. You then quickly snap the stock shut.
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You take a deep breath and focus inward, raising a hand and quietly murmuring the words of the Force Projection spell...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a snow madrinol.
A translucent force moves outward from you and toward a snow madrinol.
A snow madrinol is buffeted by the force and is knocked to the ground.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
(Forcing stance down to guarded)
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You draw back on the bowstring of your mechanical crossbow causing its alum gears to whirl, lifting a heavy crossbow bolt from the interior and snapping it into place. Forcing stance to offensive.
You cock your mechanical crossbow.
Roundtime: 2 sec.
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You kneel down.
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You aim down the blue crystal sights and squeeze the trigger of your mechanical crossbow, the alum gears snapping into action!
You fire a heavy crossbow bolt at a snow madrinol!
AS: +334 vs DS: +156 with AvD: +38 + d100 roll: +58 = +274
... and hit for 75 points of damage!
Incredible shot to the eye penetrates deep into skull!
The snow madrinol rolls over onto its back, kicks several times and dies.
The heavy crossbow bolt sticks in a snow madrinol's left eye!
Roundtime: 3 sec.