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== About ==

When I make optimized builds, I don't plan on playing them (or to have them played for that matter). I take a set of constraints and try to make the best possible character I can with them. Here are the constraints I used to construct this character:

* The character makes good use of the swift hunter feat (it should have at least 5d6 skirmish damage from scout/ranger stacking).
* The character is melee based
* The character does not use other optimized builds to achieve its ends (ie. pun-pun)

Specifically, the goal with this build was to create a swift hunter build that synergized nicely with the ranger wild shape variant.

In retrospect, however, this build would make a pretty fun character to play, so long as you start at level 10 (it really is sub-par before then). If you can convince your DM to ignore multiclass XP penalties, only take one [[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Overwhelming Attack|Overwhelming Attack]] level and instead take an extra Scout level. You'll still have the same number of feats, but you'll get that last +1 AC from skirmish progression.
Article Balance	Moderate +
Author	Aarnott +
Final Class Progression	Monk of the Passive Way 2 / Scout 3 / Ranger Variant 15 +
Identifier	3.5e Optimized Character Build +
Race	Human +
Rating	Unrated +
Summary	RAWR I'M A DINOSAUR!!! +
Title	DINOTASTIC +