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<blockquote data-quote="Ramaster" data-source="post: 6163585" data-attributes="member: 6687585">1 - Yes, but there are a couple of things to consider. If you use a two-handed weapon (which you should, if you want to deal &quot;competitive&quot; damage), then the Elven Curve Blade is quite good at that. 1d10, 18x2, finessable. Try to go for at least a DEX score of 18 and a STR score of 14. Power attack will take care of the DMG output later on.&nbsp;2 - Well... you don't have to take an animal companion with your druid necessarily, you can switch it for a domain, cleric style, and there are a ton of good options (like travel), but you do get stuck with wildshape. Bard is an ok class, some of the archetypes a sweet, like Archaeologist and Dervish Dancer.&nbsp;3 - Two-handed combat is one of the best styles available, even if you are basing it on DEX mainly. You need only one or two feats to make it work (Power attack and Furious focus, plus Weapon Finesse in your case) and it nets a ton of reliable damage. Full casters will outpace you, as usual, but martial types will not be that far off and with some choice buffs you can be on par with them. Bard has a lot of useful class features and skills.&nbsp;4 - The Magus class (Ultimate Magic) is a strong gish, if built properly. If it interests you, I suggest reading a guide for it, since a poorly built one will be severely underpowered. Another option is starting off as a fighter (the Loremaster archetype is quite good, check it out), then multiclassing to Wizard and finally taking Eldritch Knight levels. Starting and final PC level on the campaign will be important in deciding if this is viable, since it will take off later (your earliest possible start is after you get 5 Wizard levels and 1 Fighter level).&nbsp;Stat allocation depends heavily on class choice and point-but/Stat rolls, but the base for a two-handed DEX build is STR 14, DEX 18 IMO. Race choice is tied to this too.&nbsp;Hope this helps!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ramaster, post: 6163585, member: 6687585"] 1 - Yes, but there are a couple of things to consider. If you use a two-handed weapon (which you should, if you want to deal "competitive" damage), then the Elven Curve Blade is quite good at that. 1d10, 18x2, finessable. Try to go for at least a DEX score of 18 and a STR score of 14. Power attack will take care of the DMG output later on. 2 - Well... you don't have to take an animal companion with your druid necessarily, you can switch it for a domain, cleric style, and there are a ton of good options (like travel), but you do get stuck with wildshape. Bard is an ok class, some of the archetypes a sweet, like Archaeologist and Dervish Dancer. 3 - Two-handed combat is one of the best styles available, even if you are basing it on DEX mainly. You need only one or two feats to make it work (Power attack and Furious focus, plus Weapon Finesse in your case) and it nets a ton of reliable damage. Full casters will outpace you, as usual, but martial types will not be that far off and with some choice buffs you can be on par with them. Bard has a lot of useful class features and skills. 4 - The Magus class (Ultimate Magic) is a strong gish, if built properly. If it interests you, I suggest reading a guide for it, since a poorly built one will be severely underpowered. Another option is starting off as a fighter (the Loremaster archetype is quite good, check it out), then multiclassing to Wizard and finally taking Eldritch Knight levels. Starting and final PC level on the campaign will be important in deciding if this is viable, since it will take off later (your earliest possible start is after you get 5 Wizard levels and 1 Fighter level). Stat allocation depends heavily on class choice and point-but/Stat rolls, but the base for a two-handed DEX build is STR 14, DEX 18 IMO. Race choice is tied to this too. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]

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