pf legolas style archer

[elonin]

Is there anything to the way that Legolas was portrayed other than a high acrobatics score and some archery feats rapid shot and many shot?

[The Glyphstone]

Skill Focus (Shield Skateboarding).

Favored Enemy (Oliaphaunt).

[elonin]

Fair enough. I had figured that was an application of high dc acrobatics.

[Raimun]

Don't forget to pick Perception, so your elf eyes will spot important details such as orcs taking the hobbits to Isengard.

... And Perform (Sing) so you can report your findings. :smallcool:

[Uhtred]

Don't forget to spend the extra few gold pieces to make your bow Elvencraft, so he can melee with it, and if PF has the equivalent of Close Quarters Shooting so you can fire it at an adjacent enemy without provoking AoO from positively everyone, that works. Don't forget Craft (Perfect Hairstyle), enough ranks that he can just opt to take 10.

[Cofniben]

Don't forget your Efficient Quiver, or see if there is an Elven racial feature that gives you a gland on your back that produces an infinite amount of arrows.

[grarrrg]

Skill Focus (Shield Skateboarding).

Favored Enemy (Oliaphaunt).

Three words for the perfect Legolas style archer:
Cha.
Ris.
Ma.

[Bakkan]

On a slightly more serious note, if you're talking about Legolas from the movies, Rapid Shot is the big one, though Far Shot and Two-Weapon Fighting would make sense as well.

Honestly, his big "thing" was simply hitting every single time he loosed an arrow, which corresponds to a massive attack bonus, likely through high BAB, high Dex, and bonuses from other miscellaneous sources such as weapon focus and an enchanted bow. If you want to replicate this inerrancy, you should pick up some reroll feats or items so that natural 1's don't ruin your awesome look.

[Red Bear]

if PF has the equivalent of Close Quarters Shooting so you can fire it at an adjacent enemy without provoking AoO from positively everyone, that works.

It's called point blank master (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/point-blank-master-combat), it has some prerequisite or you can take it as a 6th lvl ranger.


If you want to replicate this inerrancy, you should pick up some reroll feats or items so that natural 1's don't ruin your awesome look.
The second chance (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/magic-weapons/magic-weapon-special-abilities/second-chance) special weapon quality does this and it's very powerful but it's a +4 enhancement.
The second chance (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/second-chance-combat) feat(s) (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/improved-second-chance-combat) do something similar but are less powerful.

Stabbing Shot (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/stabbing-shot-combat) is an elf specific feat that allow you to make a melee attack with an arrow and then make a full attack. it's very cool and very legolas-like but it's completely useless after you take the aforementioned point blank master

[grarrrg]

The second chance (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/second-chance-combat) feat(s) (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/improved-second-chance-combat) do something similar but are less powerful.

That feat is...very odd.
It would seem to work best when you are only making 2 attacks on a Full Attack.
Any less and you can't even take/use the feat, any more and you have to choose between a good chance of 1 attack landing, or a lesser chance of 2+ attacks landing.

Interesting...

[Ailowynn]

A Monk with the Zen Archer archetype would probably work pretty well. Shoot five thousand times a round and Acrobatics as a class skill.

On a slightly unrelated note: we know Aragorn would be a fifth level Ranger, and Gandalf, a fifth level Wizard...what would Legolas be? How high level does one need to be to one-shot a Mûmakil? (...mumâkil?)

[Slipperychicken]

Get acrobatics, Ride, Climb, and Dexterity to replicate his ludicrous tricks. Maybe skill focus (acrobatics) too if you somehow have feats left over. Also stealth and survival too.

I'd probably build him like any old archer, maybe as an Elf Fighter or Ranger. Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Deadly Aim, Manyshot, you know the drill. Dex>Strength>Con, composite longbow.

In addition, I'd give him the "fleet footed" and "silent hunter" alternate racial features.



On a slightly unrelated note: we know Aragorn would be a fifth level Ranger, and Gandalf, a fifth level Wizard...what would Legolas be? How high level does one need to be to one-shot a Mûmakil? (...mumâkil?)

The mumakil already took a bunch of arrows to its legs and belly before Legolas finished it off, so he definitely didn't one-shot it. Also, we don't have stats for Mumakil.

[Melcar]

Level 4 fighter, with WF and WS in Comp shortbow, and the level 4 rougue. Ohh yeah remember Improved initiative.

[Psyren]

That feat is...very odd.
It would seem to work best when you are only making 2 attacks on a Full Attack.
Any less and you can't even take/use the feat, any more and you have to choose between a good chance of 1 attack landing, or a lesser chance of 2+ attacks landing.

Interesting...

It can be useful if you know only your primary iterative has a chance at hitting. Which admittedly probably won't be the case for most characters since they will have multiple attacks at their highest iterative already (Haste/BoF, Rapid Shot, TWF, Multiattack etc.) and so you might as well just go through all of those + the lower ones.

[Ceaon]

Level 4 fighter, with WF and WS in Comp shortbow, and the level 4 rougue. Ohh yeah remember Improved initiative.

I was going to correct this, but Legolas being the pretty boy that he is, he probably IS wearing level 4 rouge.

[Melcar]

ha ha... funny!