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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3961661" data-attributes="member: 19675">If you have more than 5 levels to play with...(To explain, the OA and CW Samurai, the Paladin, and the Crusader can all qualify for the Kensai by level 5- other classes take a bit more time.)Goliath or Half-Giant Samurai (use the OA version) or Ftr or Paladin or (my personal fave) PsyWar/Kensai with a Greatspear.  Use a Dex build.  With a Half-Giant, PsyWar is their favored class.Feats needed: XWP Greatspear, Combat Expertise (PrCl prereq), Combat Reflexes (boosts # of AoOs).Optional feats: Power Attack feat tree (make those AoOs hurt), Deft Opportunist (+4 to hit with your AoOs), Heavy Weapon (Magic of Faerun, magically tempered Platinum or Gold boosts base damage similarly to size increase).Greatspear for such a Goliath or Half-Giant PC would start at 3d6 x3 P, RI 10', Reach 10' (due to Powerful Build).If he's a PsyWar, he can take Expansion to boost his size, and thus his base weapon damage (to 4d6) & Reach, and unlike Enlarge Person, can boost the PC an additional size increment (base 5d6, more if its Heavy).Why Kensai?  Depending upon level:1) An inherent class-based increase to your PC's weapon of choice.  If, for instance, your PC was 9th level (with 3 levels of Kensai) and bought a +3 equivalent weapon, the 3 levels of Kensai effectively add another +3 in enhancements and/or enchantments- that's +6 equivalent, buddy!  If you wanted, for instance, that could be a +3 Greatspear with Frost, Fire and Shock.  (Doing the math with all of the options listed above, that's a weapon that does something like 6d6 x3P +1d6 Frost +1d6 Fire + 1d6 Shock.)2) The class' +8 to strength for short periods of time is stackable with increases from Psionics (the above mentioned Expansion) or arcane or divine spells, potions & scrolls (like Bull's Strength or Righteous Might).</blockquote>

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