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In the following, SAF refers to the sneak attack fighter from Unearthed Arcana (loses bonus feats, gains Sneak Attack as rogue) How 'bout this: Strongheart Halfling, level 4: SAF 3 / Rogue 1, assume 21 Dex (18 base +2 racial +1 level up) and Dex>Con>Str>Wis>Int>Cha Feats breakdown Start: TWF...

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It is. Trip works on nearly any corporeal being except oozes. Disarm works only on armed opponents, meaning dragons, magical beasts, plants, animals, elementals, vermins, constructs, a good amount of aberrations, undead and outsiders, decent casters/manifesters, and monks, are not affected...

Suer. But the point is not being able to afford something. It is being able to afford it at a given level. Sure, you can grab a +5 twilight mithril chain, you can also get a robe of the archmagi if you got that kind of money. But what about level 2 wizards? They have to live with that wand of...

Quickblade Rapier (Complete Adventurer) has Rapier stats and grants +2 on Feint and Disarm. Spiked Chain or Drow Scorpion Chain (less damage, better crit) is always an awesome choice. Elven blades have no special quality but a high Crit potential, take with Keen enhancements and Telling Blow.

I deals only an average 2 points of damage less than a Greatsword, and has awesome options. Get your caster to Enlarge you, then Disarm/AoO everyone in sight within 15'. Anyway, who cares about base damage when you've got a two-handed weapon and Power Attack? I'm just thinking... Goliath...

People... you don't need Light Armor Proficiency with a Wizard. What happens if you are not proficient with the armor you're wearing? You suffer its ACP on all attack rolls and skill checks involving movement. Meaning, if you use an armor with 0 ACP, you suffer absolutely no penalty. Now...

Yeah, or you could net 1 level of Exotic Weapon Master (not particularly hard to get in...) and take the special ability increasing your Power Attacks with your normal bastard sword or dwarven waraxe.

A few other dips with synergies you'll want to think about... Wilder 2 - grants CHA to touch AC, opens the way to Cerebremancer (yeah, there are better PrCs, but then again, ANY PrC is better than Sorcerer) Hexblade 2 - grants CHA to saves vs. spells and SLAs, stacks with the Paladin's Divine...

There's a class ability from a Prestige Class somewhere, I believe in Complete Champion, that adds 1 to the threat range of a weapon you have Weapon Focus with, in addition to Keen or Improved Critical, but I don't remember the details. Gotta check later tonight...

From an optimization point of view, Oversized TWF is a trap. Take it only for the flavor. Why? Because a bastard sword deals an average 2 points of damage more than a shortsword, and 2 points of damage don't justify a feat, IMHO. Place this feat on the same level than Weapon Specialization, with...

As long as the spell has no somatic components I'd say why not, but it would definitely count as a distracting condition and call for a Concentration check with a DC fixed by the DM. If the spell has somatic components, I'd say automatic spell failure.

Yeah, on the other hand, according to RAW, you are Epic when you reach 21 Hit Dice, not 21 ECL. Which is completely stupid. I know, it doesn't bring much to the discussion, sorry...

Yeah, the difficult part here being ROUTINELY successful. A Trip check is based on Strength, which usually isn't the Rogue's highest stat. You can have a high-level Rogue with 14 Str or less, while a high-level fighter will most probably have at least 24. That's +6 to your Trip checks (counting...

While you're at it, Lesser Vigor is more effective. But we're not only talking math here, aren't we? First off, the base question for ANY cleric: who's your deity? What will be your cleric's alignment? From what you describe, Chaotic Good would be an option, thus restricting your choice of...

Yeah, but you are the DM, and you decide if the PCs can rest or not. A PC waking up at 8 AM and spending all his PPs until noon will not be tired, and will not want to lay down for the rest of the day if, say, he has to be out of the dungeon in 48 hours. Maybe you shouldn't allow your players...

From the SRD: ... and Practised Spellcaster increases your CL for a specific class you have levels in, so it doesn't work. Mind you, you could take it to improve your Duskblade's CL.

Not that I knew. Planar Ally, Summon xx and Gate all have alignment restrictions.

I find psionics quite balanced on the whole. Psionic powers are somewhat more flexible than spells, but then again, power points get depleted faster than you can say "four encounters per day". Nearly all powers allow a saving throw and are subject to power/spell resistance, which gives psionics...