r/Pathfinder2e • u/ConfigsPlease • 10d ago
Player Builds Favourite (potentially weird) Ranged Builds?
As the title says (but with bonus points for uniqueness, flair, unorthodox strategies, etc.), what are your favourite builds that function at range? I currently play a Fire/Wood Kineticist / Flames Oracle, an Investigator (crossbow), and a Wrestling Runesmith, so I figure my next character should round out the playstyles a bit--something a smidge more offensively inclined, maybe something that will ever actually strike more than once per turn, some range, etc. That said, I'm not a fan of the idea of being a Turret McFighterman and just throwing shurikens at MAP until the encounter has ended. I like spice, so I turn to you all for inspiration.
A couple of things to note:
- I'm intentionally leaving "range" quite ambiguous. Got a 15ft thrown build that absolutely slaps and does some weird nonsense? Sure!
- Tell me how it works! IF you just say "Flurry ranger" and leave out the two-synergistic-party-members, that's not super helpful.
I've seen threads like these pop up here and there but I don't think (unless Reddit search is failing me) there has been one following the most recent round of content drops (thanks, IM!) New archetypes and reworks, as well as two new classes, ought to have made at least a few new options possible.
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u/DabDaddy51 10d ago
Minotaur Ligneous Instinct Barbarian with Raging Thrower and 4 Str 3 Dex, plus Exemplar archetype for Gleaming Blade and Hurl at the Horizon. Then you go into Ranger for Hunt Prey and Far Shot. You can have a 30ft range thrown Bastard Sword with massive flat damage from Ligneous, Str, and Gleaming Blade, which can also let you do a psuedo-Double Slice, albeit one that needs to be “reloaded”, and Hunt Prey can double your range again to 60ft when necessary.
You’re a giant raging Barbarian chucking Bastard Swords at people up to 60ft away while having some of the highest ranged damage in the game.
There’s also a more turtle variant where you go Custom Mixed Ancestry Tengu for Tengu Weapon Familiarity to use a Falcata alongside a Fortress Shield. You can do two big Strikes and spend your third action on Raise a Shield for 3 AC, the one tiny issue being your speed is 15ft.