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1. NO abbreviations please! Not everybody knows that a HL is a Holy Liberator, etc... I don't even know all the abbreviations and I've been on this board for years.
2. Please state what book the prestige classes you use are from to make indexing easier. (Note: this applies if you are the first to post a build using said class)
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4. Feel free to post as many builds in one post as you like.
5. Please try to post recommended feats, spells and equipment for your builds. This wasn't done on my other 3.5 threads and now that they are relatively dead (come on, we need more Paladin builds!), it doesn't look like it's ever going to happen.
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Archers
Ranger 1/ Fighter 4/ Order of the Bow Initiate 8/ Deepwood Sniper 7
Ranger 5/ Templar 1/Deepwood Sniper 7/ Order of the Bow Initiate 4/ Peerless Archer 3
Ranger 11/Nantyar Hunter 5/Wizard 1/ Arcane Archer 3

Two Weapon Fighters
Ranger 7/ Ninja 5/Templar 1/ Watch Detective 3/ Guild Thief 4

Hunters (favored enemy focused)
Ranger 6/ Templar 1/ Shadow Scout 1/ Holy Liberator 5/ Contemplative 2/ Sacred Exorcist 5

Skill Users/Scouts/Trackers (aka the Silent Type)
Ranger 10/ Shadow Scout 10
Ranger 10/ King of the Wild 10
Ranger 6/ Rogue 3/ Nentyar Hunter 5/ Templar 6
Ranger 6/ Rogue 3/ Nentyar Hunter 5/ Templar 1/ Knight of the Middle Circle 1/ Guild Thief 4
Ranger 6/ Assassin 8/ Telflammar Shadowlord 6
Ranger 6/ Assassin 7/ Telflammar Shadowlord 6
Ranger 6/ Ninja 5/ Bloodhound 5/ Guild Thief 3/ Shadow Scout 1
Ranger 6/ Paladin 3/ Rogue 3/ Guild Thief 4/ Singh Rager 4
Ranger 6/ Bloodhound 4/ Shadow Scout 2/ Justiciar of Taiia 8
Ranger 6/ Ninja 5/ Bloodhound 4/ Nentyar Hunter 5
Ranger 6 /Rogue 3 /Horizon Walker 6 /Telflammar Shadowlord 5

Raging Rangers
Ranger 15/ Singh Rager 4/ Frenzied Berserker 1
Ranger 9/ Barbarian 1/ Bear Warrior 8/ Frenzied Berserker 2
Ranger 10/ Singh Rager 10

Spell Rangers
Ranger 4/ Sacred Fist 3/ Wizard 3/ Geomancer 4/ Hexer 6
Ranger 8/ Wizard 3/ Geomancer 4/ Hexer 5

Mostly Ranger
Ranger 15/ Barbarian 2/ Rogue 3
Ranger 16/ Dwarven Defender 2/ Templar 2
Ranger 15/ Barbarian 1/ Fighter 2/ Shadow Scout 1 / Templar 1
Ranger 16/ Fighter 2/ Barbarian 1/ Templar 1
Ranger 15/ Nentyar Hunter 5
Ranger 17/ Hordebreaker 3
Ranger 15/ Barbarian 5
Ranger 13/ Contemplative 2/ Dark Mask 5

Everything Else
Ranger 20 ...
Ranger 10/ Cat or Bear Lord 10
Ranger 6/ Ninja 1/ Sorcerer 1/ Templar 2/ Nentyar Hunter 5/ Dragon Disciple 5
Ranger 10/ Hordebreaker 5/ Templar 5
Ranger 10/ Hordebreaker 5/ Holy Liberator 5
Ranger 10/ Hordebreaker 5/ Hospitaler 5
Ranger 3/ Paladin 2/Templar 1/ Blade Dancer 10/ Singh Rager 4
Ranger 3/ Monk 7/ Shou Disciple 5/ Templar 1/ Singh Rager 4
Ranger 4/ Sacred Fist 8/ Verdant Lord 8
Ranger 6/ Paladin 4/ Master of the Yuirwood 10
Ranger 4/ Paladin 4/ Deepwood Sniper 7/ Nentyar Hunter5
Ranger 8/ Shadow Scout 4/ Dark Hunter 8
Ranger 6/ Rogue 3/ Barbarian 2/ Horizon Walker 9
Ranger 2/ Sorcerer 6/ Master of the Yuirwood 10/ Divine Oracle 2
Ranger 11/ Contemplative 2/ Nar Demonbinder 1/ Verdant Lord 6
Ranger 6/ Nentyar Hunter 4/ Templar 4/ Contemplative 6

Prestige Class Locations
Masters of the Wild
Animal Lord (Cat, Bear, etc...)
Bloodhound
Deepwood Sniper
Foe Hunter
Frenzied Berserker
Geomancer
Hexer
King/Queen of the Wild
Verdant Lord

Oriental Adventures
Shadow Scout
Shou Disciple
Singh Rager

Defenders of the Faith
Holy Liberator
Hospitaler
Knight of the Middle Circle
Sacred Fist
Templar

Dungeon Masters Guide (3.5)
Assassin
Dwarven Defender
Horizon Walker

Sword and First
Order of the Bow Initiate

Silver Marches
Hordebreaker
Peerless Archer

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Guild Thief

Races of Faerun
Battlerager

Unnaproachable East
Master of the Yuirwood
Nar Demonbinder
Nentyar Hunter
Telflammar Shadowlord

Song and Silence
Order of the Crimson Road

Tome and Blood
Dragon Disciple

Deities and Demigods
Justiciar of Taiia

Lords of Darkness
Dark Mask

???
Blade Dancer -> I've seen this somewhere before, but I just can't seem to find it anymore
Dark Hunter

Core Classes
Rokugan
Ninja

Nice. But I think your first archer build is broken - Rgr3/Monk2 doesn't qualify you for Templar (it needs a +5 BAB).

I am still not convinced that a Rgr2-3/ClassX/Templar1 build is better than the classic Rgr1/Ftr4. In Rgr1/Ftr4 the ranger level is to get the BAB and the proper class skills for Deepwood Sniper at the same time, not for the feats. Even though Rgr2 gets you an archery feat, Rgr1/Ftr4 will be ahead of a Rgr5 in terms of archery. If Rgr5 delays entry into archery PrCs for templar (for weapon spec) he falls that much farther behind Rgr1/Ftr4, who has already taken his first level of DWS or OotBI. Plus in epic levels you are that much closer to Greater WS if you have fighter levels already.

In my opinion, with a dedicated archer character, you should cram as many levels of archer PrCs in as possible. Any build using Templar gets you at most 14 levels - while the oldschool Rgr1/Ftr4 gets you 15. IMO, OotBI8/DWS7 or OotBI10/DWS2/PA3 are both better than Templar1/OotBI7/DWS7 or any other combination.

All this for a pure archer, of course.

In 3.5, the acquisition of both the rogue's uncanny dodge ability and the paladin's turn undead (for the divine feats) has been delayed until level 4. You may wish to revise the builds that incorporate rog / pal 3 (probably by dropping a level or two of ranger or another prestige class).

Ranger 8 / Monk 12 is what my new character will be shooting for.

BAB - +17
Saves - +14/+14/+10

TWF & ITWF**
2 Favored Enemies
Track
Endurance
Wild Empathy
Animal Companion (although much less powerful than Rng 20)
Spells (only 1st and 2nd, but can still use scrolls/wands of any spells on the list, quite handy i.e. wand of cure serious wounds)
Woodland Stride (move through overgrowth quickly)
Swift Tracker
3 Monk Bonus Feats (Improved Grapple or Stun Fist, Deflect Arrows or combat Reflexes, Improved Trip or Disarm)
Still Mind (+2 vs enchantment)
Purity of Body - Immune to disease
Wholeness of Body - Heal own HP
Evasion/Improved Evasion
Diamond Body - Immune to Disease
Abundant Step - Dim. Door 1/day
Slow Fall 60ft.
2d6 unarmed damage, +2 ac bonus, +40 ft speed
Greater Flurry**

Take Greater TWF as one of your feats along the way

That list of abilities is nice, but what i actually like is the nice number of attacks.

Normal - +17/+12/+7/+2
With Greater Flurry - +17/+17/+17/+12/+7/+2
With Greater Flurry & TWF (which does indeed stack)

+15/+15/+15/+15/+15/+15/+12/+7/+2 (Nine attacks)

One thing i'm not sure of, i dont know if i should be applying the extra 3 twf attacks to the flurry attacks or not, should it be this instead?

+15/+15/+15/+15/+12/+12/+7/+7/+2? I hope not, but it may be the case.

Anyways, its not the most effective TWF build, but i like it, and the essential Ranger and MOnk stats are pretty much the same (Dex, Wis, STR & Con to a less extent). Let me know what you think.

Two Weapon Fighters and Hunters are in need of a few more builds.

I'll work on something for the Hunters tomorrow.