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OK, this is a character that I am running in Living Forgotten Realms.  I started her at level 8 as a Ranger|Wizard and went with the War Wizard of Cormyr paragon path, to change Nightmare Eruption into a basic attack.  She uses a short bow for her implement attacks as well as for any weapon attacks.

Right now, Nightmare Eruption is at +18 vs Will.  Since she uses it through Rapid Shot, this is actually +16 vs. Will.  I am trying to find a way to get that value higher, so she can hit more often. 

Also, other suggestions would be welcome (power retrains, feats, etc.)

I think my feats and powers are good, but if there is something out there that I don't know about, it would be good to know. 

Greenda's whole purpose is to annoy the enemies with lots of splash damage.  If she has to target an ally with a power, she is at -5 to the attack, she halves the damage and she can take that damage onto herself and resist 10 of it.  So, she will rarely do more than 1 point of damage to herself and maybe 6 points of damage to an ally.  She started out with Rapid Shot Magic Missile, which is fun for clearing out large groups of minions, but it was lacking a bit (and other players got annoyed that I could just spam MM whenever and do lots of damage with it without lifting a d20.)

So, I retrained my Ranger at-will, Twin Strike, for Nightmare Eruption.  Nightmare Eruption is fun to use with Rapid Shot, because if I hit something, any enemies adjacent take INT-modifier psychic damage also.  And that means that if I can hit each enemy in a burst 1, I am dealing out a nice chunk of splash damage as well.  (Yes.  I made Nightmare Eruption into a basic attack by taking the War Wizard of Cormyr paragon path.)

I have two Ranger powers which I can still use Hunter's Quarry with.  I made the decision to abandon Twin Strike in favor of Nightmare Eruption so I would have to make attack rolls, to appease the other guys with whom I play LFR.  I like having Magic Missile in case I need a quick power which I can just throw out there.

tl;dr = How can I make +18 vs Will (+16 vs Will using Rapid Shot) at level 12 into something higher?

Jan 23, 2013 -- 11:25AM, Ambisinister wrote:

Headband of Intellect, Circlet of Mental Onslaught, or Eagle Eye Goggles are all options (though they are all head slot, so you'd have to pick one)

EDIT: After re-reading your character sheet again, I see you've already got the Paragon Eagle Eye Goggles, so never mind! 

Hah!  That's what I was missing.... the builder isn't including that +2 on Nightmare Eruption since it doesn't see it as a "ranged basic attack" but as a "basic attack".  So, that's the other +2 I was missing.

So, Nightmare Eruption is actually +18 vs Will (+16 vs Will through Rapid Shot.) 

That looks a little bit better now.

Thanks for spotting that.

You're missing out on a Superior Implement bonus, putting you 1 behind.

Sadly, the Purple Dragon theme is for melee

Combat Advantage is a semi-easy +2.  Hidden Sniper would be good for CA, if you had a reliable way to get concealment/partial concealment.  Flare at U2 would give you 2 turns worth of partial concealment every encounter to feed CA via Hidden Sniper.  And it would probably fit thematically, just present it as firing a specialty arrow into the air.

Sorry to hijack a little here, but would this hybrid work better with ranger|sorc if I wanted to do more strikery things? Cha, Dex works and I could take something like dragonfrost or acid orb as an RBA so dont need the Cormyr PP.

Yeah.  The reason it is RangerlWizard is because I originally uses it to spam Magic Missile with no attack rolls.