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Thread: Help with creating a Nemesis

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    RedWizardGuy

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    Default Re: Help with creating a Nemesis

    Well, the actual assassin prestige class gets Sniper's Shot (Complete Adventurer) as a 1st level spell, which allows full sneak attack damage at whatever range you can still hit the target at. Add a poisoned repeating heavy crossbow, maybe with some magical gimmicks or something, and you've got a character that can be a reasonable threat to a low-op party. Remember to enforce distance penalties for Spot checks; at 200 feet, the penalty to Hide for sniping gets outweighed by the sheer distance to the sniper.
    Such a sniper would be methodical, calculated. He would take care to examine the whole party to see what targets are best for the initial strike, and would probably do research on their more well-known abilities before even attempting to strike at them. The party should get (difficult) Spot checks to see him tailing them in-game days or weeks before the encounter actually begins.
    Actually, what level is the party?
    Last edited by VoxRationis; 2014-04-12 at 04:47 PM.