Talk:Braid of a Hundred Masters/@comment-174.53.82.93-20150524191425

For a long time, this was considered a pretty useless item because all monks take the Amulet of Mighty Fists for their neck slot. However, with the release of the Advanced Class Guide and the Familiar Folio, this just became awesome for monk archers. How, you ask? Allow me to explain.

Race: Half Orc. Take your first level in Bloodrager (for hit die more than anything). Second level in Monk with the Zen Archer archetype. Third level in Skald. Remaining levels in Monk. At first level, use your Familiar Folio to trade your bloodline ability for a familiar (alternatively, you can take the Aberrant Tumor feat). Your familiar must have the Valet Familiar archetype. At third level, take the Amplified Rage feat. As soon as possible, get a composite longbow with the Adaptive property.

When you use your raging song, your familiar counts as raging. Keep it in a Familiar Satchel and it will always count as being adjacent to you. Because of Amplified Rage, your strength bonuses increase to +8. Then you activate the Braid as a swift action, and the damage bonus from strength to your bow attacks increases to AT LEAST a +12. At level 3.

Alternatively, if you're willing to wait,  you can take the Sohei Monk archetype. You can't flurry with a bow until level 8 (Bloodrager 1/Skald 1/Monk 6) this way, but when you do you can also apply Rapid Shot and Manyshot to said flurry for an absurd number of high-damage arrows per round.