Once again, I come to you all, the gaming gurus. A friend of mine has a game going on Saturday night, that I am joining. I'm making an 8th lvl character, and because his world is so full of spellcasters (the main Empire is ruled by them, on a floating continent!) I've been thinking of making something that is a sort of 'mage slayer'.
They're a group of elves (Elves live in this empire, but oddly don't rule it) and are a by-product of the original pact between elves and the humans who first made the Empire (and later some humans evolved into a new magical races themselves, which now rules in the humans' stead)... basically, this group of elves polices and watches out for rogue/dangerous mages and eliminates them if need be.
So, I'm thinking three levels of Swashbuckler, three levels of Rogue, and then going into Assassin. (He's Lawful Evil.) At 8th lvl, his stats would be Str 14, Dex 18, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 10, using a 32 Point Buy and two stat adjustments (4th and 8th lvl). For his feats, he's got Dodge, Mobility, Weapon Finesse (from Swashbuckler) and Improved Initiative.
I'm thinking about putting him into Duelist after a few levels in Assassin... but does anyone have any better ideas for the build as a whole? Or suggestions on items to load him up with? A Magebane sword (from Complete Arcane) is very thematically tempting... as is Occult Slayer down the line.
I like Mage Slayer as a feat, but don't want to have to take Practiced Spellcaster just to kill the nerf to my magic...
So, what do you guys think?
They're a group of elves (Elves live in this empire, but oddly don't rule it) and are a by-product of the original pact between elves and the humans who first made the Empire (and later some humans evolved into a new magical races themselves, which now rules in the humans' stead)... basically, this group of elves polices and watches out for rogue/dangerous mages and eliminates them if need be.
So, I'm thinking three levels of Swashbuckler, three levels of Rogue, and then going into Assassin. (He's Lawful Evil.) At 8th lvl, his stats would be Str 14, Dex 18, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 10, using a 32 Point Buy and two stat adjustments (4th and 8th lvl). For his feats, he's got Dodge, Mobility, Weapon Finesse (from Swashbuckler) and Improved Initiative.
I'm thinking about putting him into Duelist after a few levels in Assassin... but does anyone have any better ideas for the build as a whole? Or suggestions on items to load him up with? A Magebane sword (from Complete Arcane) is very thematically tempting... as is Occult Slayer down the line.
I like Mage Slayer as a feat, but don't want to have to take Practiced Spellcaster just to kill the nerf to my magic...
So, what do you guys think?