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Extra Anchovies
2014-10-24, 01:23 PM
By "Core", I mean CRB, Advanced, and Ultimate. No 3rd-party/DSP. What can we do for a throwing build? The main things we need beyond the basic archery feats are ways to get a full attack with a single thrown weapon, a la Bloodstorm Blade. Preferably non-casting.

Arutema
2014-10-24, 01:42 PM
Start with the Quick Draw feat (core) and the Blinkback Belt (Ultimate Equipment). Your thrown dagger now teleports back to the belt and you can free-action draw it to continue your attack routine.

Then play the Flying Blade archetype for the Swashbuckler class (Advanced class Guide). It gets bonuses to range increment of thrown daggers and can add its class level as precision damage to a thrown daggers starting at 3rd level.

That's really the best way I can find, even with the option to use other PF material, that item and archetype are just that good together.

StreamOfTheSky
2014-10-24, 02:31 PM
There's also two-handed thrower or raging throw (they have overlap, I'd only take the former) feats. And Close-Quarters Thrower to not provoke, though in those situations...just make melee attacks.

All of those feats are from Ult. Combat. Blinkback Belt is nearly essential at higher levels, though if your DM plays by RAW, you're going to be horribly gimped, since belt is also the only slot for Str, Dex, and Con. Unlike most you need both of the first 2 for offense, and the 3rd everyone wants. The combo belts have the +50% cost built right in but also require you to keep the bonuses the same (ie, str and dex must both be +2 or +4) which is extremely limiting.

Ask if the DM will allow the 3E version of Far Shot. It was already a mediocre feat, but PF gimped it inexplicably, especially for throwers...the only people who ever felt the need to take it.

Going Ranger 6 can get you Improved Precise Shot 5 levels early, if you want. Since PF has no goggles of foefinding, those soft cover penalties can get really annoying.

emeraldstreak
2014-10-24, 03:09 PM
Throwing goes well with feats like Splintering Weapon and Disposable Weapon.

The Random NPC
2014-10-24, 04:18 PM
There's also the Belt of Mighty Hurling (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/wondrous-items/wondrous-items/a-b/belt-of-mighty-hurling), which allows you to use Str on thrown attack rolls, and increases the range increment by 10.