Lann the Mongrelman from the undercity is one of the neutral-aligned companions players can find early on. He doesn’t have the best of stats to start with, however, he can become a powerful archer as long as he can keep the distance. Let’s go over how he starts, and then how to build him up.
Lann’s Starting Stats
Lann starts as a Lawful Neutral Mongrelman Monk with a Hunter background. His archetype within the Monk class is the Zen Archer, making him focus on distance shots with his bow and escaping the enemy’s grasp. Here are all of his starting abilities.
Lann’s Starting Abilities
With such a high wisdom score and his dream of becoming a Crusader, he is the perfect character to multiclass into Cleric. He has some incredible starting stats in general, but in particular for a Cleric, Monk, or even a Fighter.
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Multiclassing Lann into a Crusader
With how powerful and distance-based Lann is, making him a support class with this Cleric archetype can make him an incredible companion. As a Crusader, Lann will gain several new abilities and spells. Here is what is available to reach his build-up to the max level available in-game. To get to the 20th level, he can gain up to 14 levels in the Crusader archetype.
Cleric (Crusader) Abilities
Cleric Spell Options
With this Cleric archetype, players can build Lann up as both a support and dangerous archer. Focus on getting healing and buffing spells so that he can properly support the party. Outside of this, he has gained another three feats that should be used on Critical Focus, Blinding Critical, and Dragon Style.
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Lann’s Progression in His Base Class
For Lann’s base class, players don’t need to split the build half and half. Instead, to gain the most out of his base class, players should invest in it for the first six levels. This will grant him access to three Zen Archer bonus feats and Ki Arrows.
Monk and Zen Archer Abilities by Level
For the three bonus feats, players should consider taking Precise Shot, Dodge, Clustered Shots, and/or Combat Mobility. Precise Shot is an absolute must, which removes the penalty for shooting targets in melee range. Dodge will grant players a +1 to their dodge AC and unlock the Combat Mobility feat. Clustered Shot is unlocked via the Precise Shot feat and causes multiple shots against the same target to take the total damage of all the shots without taking away their damage reduction. Lastly, Combat Mobility increases Lann’s dodge AC by another four points. This feat, in particular, will remove the Dexterity bonus on his AC.
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