Originally Posted by
bluntpencil
With a spellcaster, it's easy, with a fighter, I reckon it's possible, but would require more system mastery than I've got. Enough potions, particularly Invisibility, and maybe a horse is likely to help, though.
Scale and Splint armour is probably the way to go though for Champions- with magical enhancements and specialisation it gains resistance to piercing damage (it's easy to get Resistance 4 at level 8 - if Barkskin stacks, which is very debatable, you can get 6). An adamantine shield with Shield Block will soak up a lot of damage, too, negating one hit per round (Two if a Fighter or Champion with Quick Shield Block). You'll definitely make it into melee, and start hacking away, due to Invisibility potions, too. If you're not Hasted on top of this, you're doing it wrong.
Two Champions, with Quick Shield block, Retributive Strike, and magical Splint Armour will be very resistant to damage, and will be getting free attacks quite often, too. They'll also be turning up in the middle of the enemy, due to Potions of Invisibility. Such Potions also make retreating easy once HP starts to go low.
Of course, then you've got Rangers with Far Shot playing keepaway, etc. etc.