I have been playing as an archer since I started playing UO 9 mounth ago. So here is the template

110 Anatomny
115 archery
98 tactics (110 arms of tactical excel)
90 healing
90 chiv
90 healing
100 focus

But I was wondering about changing my current template around some and adding sword, parrying, bushido. My question is, should I add those.

115 Archery
115 Swords
115 Bushido
115 Parrying
110 Chiv
100 Tactics

Put the rest in tracking or med or focus

why,,, and what for?

That could work.

Why take Chiv to 110? For the title? At 105 you have 100% chance to cast Holy Light if that's why it was taken so high.

Ive never understood multiple skill melee temps. I mean, yeah i would be nice to have ranged attack ability but not at the sacrifice of 100-120 skill points that could be used elsewhere to complement either the ranged ability or the up close and personal ability...

Having played both Archer and Meleer, I've always thought about going the Archery/WeaponSkill route for 2 reasons:

1. PvM - There are some cases where being an Archer is better than Meleer and vice versa. Against the tougher monsters, use a bow to stay away, against large mobs of lesser monsters, use melee (with whirlwind attack + Mana Leech weapon).

2. PvP - Always been intrigued of starting a fight off with a bow and getting the inevitable Dis-Arm, then switching to a melee weapon to disarm them myself with a big "Suprise", then switch back to a bow when they're on the run with a few Moving Shots.

I had archer like that in two ways:

1. Archer, wrestler, and ninja

120 archer
120 ninja
120 wrestling
120 parry
120 bushido
120 resist

2. Archer, Macer, ninja, steath and necro

100 archer
120 mace
120 ninja
90 necro
110 speak
80 steath
100 hiding

definitly diffrint types of templates if it works for you great

I don't understand why you have wrestling/archery/parry, neither wrestling nor archery can be used with the parry ability unless you have a shield when wrestling. There's also no way to heal on it either, unless you switched to a shield and used confidence but the amount of bushido put in would make it harder to parry with one.

There's no tactics or anatomy either so the damage would be minimal. No med/focus either. Seems like a hard to work template to me. Even ogre lords would take about 20 minutes to put down, especially with no med/focus to back up your specials.

Different templates for sure but not ones I'd have the patience for

i used the first one on test a while back except without parry i had 120 tactics instead and 100di it was nice to be disarmed then disarm them and start shootin again and to heal i chugged/confidence it was fun but it was just for screwin around i wouldnt try to use it on a real shard...