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<blockquote data-quote="Gargoyle273" data-source="post: 249781" data-attributes="member: 5568"><p><strong>Better Thief</strong></p><p></p><p>Well, if you are going to go for the Ambi/Two-Weap technique, id say just pick up a level of Ranger as you are getting your Rogue levels. Nothing wrong with multiclassing, then you get the feats for free. you are going to be in light armor anyway and Hide and MS are still class skills. plus your BAB progression is good.</p><p></p><p>If you are really looking for a nasty combo, i was in a game where a guy made a human Thief. At 1st level, he picked up Exotic weap: Spiked Chain and Combat reflexes. With a high dex, you can take an AOO against any creature who moves into your threatened space, and with a spiked chain, you threaten out to 10 feet! At 1st level, he was AOO king. If anyone tries to close with you, you smack them first. Max out your Tumble so you can get behind people easily and set up for your sneak attacks. Then as soon as you can, pick up Dodge and Mobility (you might want a level of Ftr at 3rd level so you can get that extra feat). That way you can run all through combat taking AOOs and sneak attacks everywhere you go as a 3rd level character.</p><p></p><p>With one level of sorcerer, you can get some nice spells early like shield, true strike, or Expeditious retreat (double movement) which will really help you run through combat. </p><p></p><p>Another useful feat would be Improved Initiative to keep your foes flatfooted as you attack. For skills, Bluff is always useful for the sneak attack when you dont have a friend next to the bad guy, and Use magic device at later levels so you can buy scrolls and use them (like Ex Retreat, Haste, and Invisibility) </p><p></p><p>as soon as you can, get some boots of striding and springing to gvie you even more movement. you Might even want to take a single level of Barbarian to get that Fast movement ability early (as well as the BAB and rage) but that might make your character concept a little off kilter. It sounds like you arent looking for character development though.</p><p></p><p>hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>-Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gargoyle273, post: 249781, member: 5568"] [b]Better Thief[/b] Well, if you are going to go for the Ambi/Two-Weap technique, id say just pick up a level of Ranger as you are getting your Rogue levels. Nothing wrong with multiclassing, then you get the feats for free. you are going to be in light armor anyway and Hide and MS are still class skills. plus your BAB progression is good. If you are really looking for a nasty combo, i was in a game where a guy made a human Thief. At 1st level, he picked up Exotic weap: Spiked Chain and Combat reflexes. With a high dex, you can take an AOO against any creature who moves into your threatened space, and with a spiked chain, you threaten out to 10 feet! At 1st level, he was AOO king. If anyone tries to close with you, you smack them first. Max out your Tumble so you can get behind people easily and set up for your sneak attacks. Then as soon as you can, pick up Dodge and Mobility (you might want a level of Ftr at 3rd level so you can get that extra feat). That way you can run all through combat taking AOOs and sneak attacks everywhere you go as a 3rd level character. With one level of sorcerer, you can get some nice spells early like shield, true strike, or Expeditious retreat (double movement) which will really help you run through combat. Another useful feat would be Improved Initiative to keep your foes flatfooted as you attack. For skills, Bluff is always useful for the sneak attack when you dont have a friend next to the bad guy, and Use magic device at later levels so you can buy scrolls and use them (like Ex Retreat, Haste, and Invisibility) as soon as you can, get some boots of striding and springing to gvie you even more movement. you Might even want to take a single level of Barbarian to get that Fast movement ability early (as well as the BAB and rage) but that might make your character concept a little off kilter. It sounds like you arent looking for character development though. hope this helps. -Steve [/QUOTE]
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