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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4914793" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>I don't know what level your PC is supposed to be, so I won't post any extrapolated builds, just suggestions. In addition, I'm utterly unconcerned about optimization, and all about PC development, so take my suggestions as you will.</p><p></p><p>1) I love Soulknives as assassins. They get d10 HD, can wear some armor, and cannot be disarmed. PsyWars get my 2nd place vote on this, followed by Rogues and Battle Sorcerers. Druids, to me, rarely have the ethical makeup to be assassins except in the case of particular, nature-oriented causes.</p><p></p><p>That immunity to being disarmed in the Soulknife class can be found in the Kineticist PrCl and the Warlock base class, as can be a Sorcerer or Wizard with the right Heritage or Reserve feats.</p><p></p><p>If you do go with any Soulknife build, try to use the Shape Mindblade Feats found in Dragon #341- they're designed similarly to but better drafted and broader- esp. from the PC design flexibility standpoint- than the ones in CompPsi. They are <strong>not</strong> more powerful, so I don't think there is any balance issue.</p><p></p><p>2) Consider the Shou Disciple PrCl from OA. Its a 5 level monk PrCl that doesn't require any monk levels, just meeting its BAB and Feat prereqs. Its claim to fame is that you get to use FoB with any weapon while wearing armor.</p><p></p><p>Another PrCl from the same book is the Shiba Protector, which adds your PC's Wis bonus to Att & damage rolls. If you're playing any kind of monk build, that means his Wis is doing multiple duty.</p><p></p><p>Again, if you use anything from OA, it may be worth your while to check out Dragon #317, which contains the 3.5 update.</p><p></p><p>3) Take Spellfire.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4914793, member: 19675"] I don't know what level your PC is supposed to be, so I won't post any extrapolated builds, just suggestions. In addition, I'm utterly unconcerned about optimization, and all about PC development, so take my suggestions as you will. 1) I love Soulknives as assassins. They get d10 HD, can wear some armor, and cannot be disarmed. PsyWars get my 2nd place vote on this, followed by Rogues and Battle Sorcerers. Druids, to me, rarely have the ethical makeup to be assassins except in the case of particular, nature-oriented causes. That immunity to being disarmed in the Soulknife class can be found in the Kineticist PrCl and the Warlock base class, as can be a Sorcerer or Wizard with the right Heritage or Reserve feats. If you do go with any Soulknife build, try to use the Shape Mindblade Feats found in Dragon #341- they're designed similarly to but better drafted and broader- esp. from the PC design flexibility standpoint- than the ones in CompPsi. They are [B]not[/B] more powerful, so I don't think there is any balance issue. 2) Consider the Shou Disciple PrCl from OA. Its a 5 level monk PrCl that doesn't require any monk levels, just meeting its BAB and Feat prereqs. Its claim to fame is that you get to use FoB with any weapon while wearing armor. Another PrCl from the same book is the Shiba Protector, which adds your PC's Wis bonus to Att & damage rolls. If you're playing any kind of monk build, that means his Wis is doing multiple duty. Again, if you use anything from OA, it may be worth your while to check out Dragon #317, which contains the 3.5 update. 3) Take Spellfire.;) [/QUOTE]
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