Talk:Arcane archer
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The PF2E APG retconned "arcane archers" to be one of the four traditions of eldritch archers. May I move this article accordingly? -edit summary of revision 539968 by Descriptivist on 04:06, 22 November 2024
- I see no suggestion in Advanced Player's Guide of a retroactive change relevant to canon. The archetype shares key abilities, but the default assumption is that no conflict exists. I cannot find an official clarification suggesting this change is retroactive.
- No NPCs or creatures are eldritch archers. Additionally, Heroes of the Streets 11 has a magus archetype named "eldritch archer", and no NPCs or creatures are that type of eldritch archer either. The canon relevance of such a change is at best none and at worst confusing.
- If consensus suggests that moving this article is appropriate, affected arcane archers I can find include:
- Jeshura, The Slave Trenches of Hakotep 47–48
- Parvona, leader of the Carrion Brides, Assault on Longshadow 69–70
- Balanbas, Treasure of Chimera Cove 17
- The Category:Arcane archers categories would either need renaming or reconciliation with the change.
- Additionally, I removed this unnecessary footnote:
- According to the OGL rulebooks Advanced Player's Guide (Second Edition) and Core Rulebook (First Edition), elves first developed eldritch archery (arcane archery1E) as a martial art. The Pathfinder Remaster rulebook Player Core 2, published under the ORC License, does not mention an elven tradition of eldritch archery.
- This is irrelevant barring an official clarification that the Remaster retroactively changed the canon status of that sidebar.
- Maybe make a separate eldritch archer page now; redo this page as pure arcane archer; add {{See also}} to mutually associate each page; leave the talk page as it is here, but reference it at the new eldritch archer talk page; then, wait and see if we get any official ruling? Until then, everything is nicely connected with no assumptions made. --Fleanetha (talk) 06:36, 12 December 2024 (UTC)