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2017-09-18, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Poll: Is a ranged gish a thing?
The title pretty much says it: in your mind, does the term gish apply to ranged characters? I see it as "a character built around using magic to enhance their martial skill" which would apply to melee or ranged attacks, but I can see someone also saying the concept applies only to melee-based characters. What does the playground think?
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2017-09-18, 06:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Poll: Is a ranged gish a thing?
I wouldn't normally use it for such. I don't really have much to support that, it's just what my gut says.
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2017-09-18, 08:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Poll: Is a ranged gish a thing?
I played a pretty competent ranged gish, if you count divine casting as gish. Archivists dipping into other classes for rebuking and turning make for really strong DMM Persist abusers, and the Ranger spell list is full of awesome arrow-oriented spells.
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2017-09-18, 08:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Poll: Is a ranged gish a thing?
A "gish" is a Githyanki Fighter/Mage (demihuman multiclassing rules from AD&D). F4/M4 if I recall. Unless my memory is faulty (which it may well be), there was nothing in the demihuman multiclassing rules that prevented a multiclassed Fighter/Mage from using darts for that sweet, sweet, OP dart rate-of-fire.
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Re: Poll: Is a ranged gish a thing?
Wasn't there a prestige class called arcane archer? Does that not fit? Also, any fighter/magic user can use a bow. So the answer is yes? Fighter/magic users can focus on archery/ranged weapons if they want to.
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2017-09-19, 01:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah I've done archer gishes a couple times now. Same sort of base function as a blaster or arcane archer, just more things that they can do on the side.
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2017-09-19, 02:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Poll: Is a ranged gish a thing?
The Magus is already a popular gish-in-a-can in PF and the Eldritch Archer archetype regularly pops up in discussions. So, yes, they´re "a thing".
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2017-09-20, 11:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Poll: Is a ranged gish a thing?
So it sounds like the playground is open to ranged characters being called gishes. Thanks!
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2017-09-20, 12:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Poll: Is a ranged gish a thing?
My instinct would be no; someone who uses magic to enhance their ranged combat is more likely to be called an Arcane Archer or Ranger.
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2017-09-20, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Poll: Is a ranged gish a thing?
I've never actually seen the term used for this, but I also don't see any reason not to use it. This is particularly true if the arcane archer archetype (which involves specifically using magic arrows) doesn't apply. If you instead cast an aim buff, give yourself enhanced size and strength, then make your bow huge to act like a one person ballista the "gish" label fits better (although in that specific case I quite like "siege archer").
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