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BUILD 1:
Okay, that looks fun. There are a couple ways you can go about this. Be warned, however, than neither archery nor chameleons are things I have migh experience is, so this is mostly based on theory. From one angle, the text of Arcane Strike doesn't actually require you to use arcane spells or a melee weapon. Of course, even if your DM insisted it did, it could be worked around with an Elvencraft Bow and Southern Magician.

So, the build I'd go with, personally, looks something like 

Cloistered Cleric 1/Soulknife 2/Ranger 2/Soulbow 2/Chameleon 10/Whirling Frenzy Barbarian 1/Warblade 2.

The order here is pretty flexible. It's pretty much simply finishing what you started. It should get the job done. Warblade basically can give you a couple of auto-passes on saves, or you could go for WRT. Pretty nifty.

Or, my personal favorite
Cloistered Cleric 1(Trickery and Planning domains, Knowledge Devotion)/Battle Sorcerer 4/Chameleon 10/Mystic Theurge 5.
Magic bows are cool. Force bows are even cooler. Giving up Mind Arrows for access to Force Bows and things like splitting? A great deal, IMO. Now, the Sorcerer/Mystic Theurge part at the end might look a bit weird, I admit, but Arcane Strike is great, and you don't lose much from getting more slots. Human Paragon would work well, too, I admit, but I really do like Mystic Theurge. Shadow Weave Adept(or whatever it's called) Would work near the top, too. 

If you start at level 10 or higher, you can forget Battle Sorcerer, and just go with a normal sorcerer, given your access to Divine Power. For sorcerer spells, I simply suggest standard Sorcadin buffs. The biggest advantage of this build is the ability to break through DR at low levels, but, overall, I think this is the best.

Now, for your feats, I suggest, in order, something like 1)Southern Magician B)Extend B)Knowledge Devotion H)Able Learner 3)Persist 6)DMM Persist 9)Zen Archery 12)Arcane Strike 15)Ocular spell 18)DMM(Ocular).

Now, as I said, I am not an expert on archery builds, but this was the best I could come up with at the moment.

In the second build how do you qualify on the Divine spellcasting front of Mystic Theurge there CJ, am I missing a trick? 

Jan 4, 2013 -- 4:22PM, Cyclone_Joker wrote:

Jan 4, 2013 -- 2:26PM, draco1119 wrote:

You didn't answer my question. The question, you jerk!* *A quote from one of John McEnroe's rants. Included solely for humor, not an excuse to include the ORCs.

Oh, missed it.

Sure, I guess, if you want. It's supposed to be, you know, actually optimized though, so I REALLY don't want to see any garbage builds here. 

So I should just tell everyone to play a wizard?  
Also, not everyone has access to all the books, so you may want to specify the source of some of your more obscure options.

Jan 4, 2013 -- 5:36PM, StevenO wrote:

I'd call the use of Southern Magician into question.  Maybe it works if the DM allows it but it is what I'd call a munchkin move.

Once per day per two spellcaster levels, you can cast a divine spell as an arcane spell, or vice versa. This enables you to bypass arcane spell failure due to armor, or gain additional benefit from spell that functions differently for a divine caster instead of an arcane caster...

Munchkin? If the DM allows it? It's very clear, simple, and so blatantly obvious I really have trouble believing it wasn't intended. There is nothing that can possibly be "called into question."