Charisma Archer?

[RedDragons]

Is much possible with a CHA spell caster archer or to self limiting?

[Golden Ladybug]

Easily possible; the feat Charming the Arrow (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fey/20030815a) allows you to make Attack Rolls using your charisma if you can manage to get the Fey type (possible to acquire for LA+0 with Dragon Magazine Compendium's Unseelie Fey template), which solves the major problem for being a Charisma based Archer. Acquiring proficiency and a good attack bonus isn't impossible for a Spellcaster, and shouldn't slow you down much.

If Charming the Arrow isn't open to you, it is possible to make a Charisma based caster Pseudo-DEX based by being an Illumian, which will let you scale your Bonus spells per day and (IIRC) maximum spell level cast off of DEX with the right sigils.

[Socratov]

Well, archery depends on either a ****load of feats, or bonus damage. Luckily a bard (a cha caster as you put it) is proficient with bows and can get bonus damage easily as a silverbrow human. Besides, most of the feats boosting bardness can be gotten through trading songs.

for instance:

Silverbrow CG Human Bard 8
Bardic knack


Feats

Human: DFI
1st: PBS
3rd: Lingering Song
ACF: healing Hymn instead of fascinate
6th: Words of Creation
ACF: Song of the heart instead of suggestion

spell: HarmonyInspriational Boost (SpC): +1 to IC

Equipment: MW warhorn (+1 to to hit bonus on IC, Lose save bonus against Fear)
Composite bow (str. mod adjusted to ab. scores [X]): 1d6+X

Total damage after DFI:

DFI: 2d6
Horn: +1d6
Spell: +1d6
SotH: +1d6
WoC: x2
bow: 1d6+X
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tot. 10d6 fire + 1d6+X piercing (/magical depending on bow enchantment) at 6/1 bab, and bard 8 is an excellent point to branch off into other directions (preferably something advancing IC, else get Chaos Music from dragon mag which allows you to count +4 up to max HD as a bard concerning bardic music). Also get a vest of legends which adds to your IC.

Next feats are archery feats like Precise shot and the like.

[Lonely Tylenol]

Absolutely. Charisma is the biggest beneficiary of the "X Stat to Y Bonus (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125732)" phenomenon in D&D. In addition to Charming the Arrow, a Bard can wield the Bow of Songs (Magic Item Compendium, p. 48) and expend a use of Bardic Music in order to add their CHA to the to-hit and subsequent damage rolls on a per-attack basis; the Gauntlets of Heartfelt Blows (Dragon Magazine Compendium, p. 136) add your CHA modifier as fire damage to all attacks; and Slippers of Battledancing add your CHA modifier to your to-hit and damage rolls every round you move at least 10 feet before attacking, as long as you have 5 ranks in Perform (dance), which would have compelling synergy with a Scout character, as well. If you're willing to dip Ranger, three levels in Eldeen Ranger (Greensinger) gives you CHA to saves, although a two-level dip in Paladin does very much the same thing anyway (just dip Paladin of Freedom for consistent alignment). Really, though, a CHA-based Archer would be more than suitable as a single-classed Bard (for the reasons listed in previous posts as well as general CHA and item synergies).

[Gwendol]

Minor correction: Harmony is now known as Inspirational Boost (swift action casting).

[ahenobarbi]

Bow of Songs (MiC) lets you spend bardic music as swift action to get CHA as bonus to next attack & damge rolls.

[Socratov]

Minor correction: Harmony is now known as Inspirational Boost (swift action casting).

Thanks, I'll edit it. I am afb so I need to guess at it...

So soon we'll see a finished build of an optimized charisma caster archer?