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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tessarael" data-source="post: 1733732" data-attributes="member: 12909">Comparing Sneak Attack and Power Attack, keep in mind that in most situations where you can use Sneak Attack you get a bonus to hit. e.g. +2 to attack when flanking, opponent denied DEX bonus, etc. You can use that extra attack bonus to do more damage with Power Attack.From the build you have, you're focusing on using the Katana two-handed. I think that makes sense for the sake of STR bonus to damage, bonus to disarm, and extra damage when using Power Attack.As Bluff is a class skill, your concept works much better. As you have Way of the Scorpion, I assume you'll have at least INT 14 - that will help somewhat with skill points. 4 levels in Samurai would be enough to get 20 ranks in Bluff by 20th level with those extra skill points from INT. I wouldn't rely on Bluff - it's something you can use vs. guys who don't have good Sense Motive, if they do, switch to a different tactic (e.g. disarm). Spending feats to make bluff better is probably not worth it until epic level. At 21st level you could pick up the epic feat that gives you +10 to a skill, or Epic Reputation for +4 Bluff as suggested by Green Slime.Regards going for less levels in Samurai, I think it weakens your Ancestral Daisho ability, so be careful about that. (I may be wrong, only read through it briefly.)What are your abilities and equipment going to look like? I'd be inclined to get the Wakizashi enchanted with Defending and/or Dancing to get benefit from it while focusing on using your Katana. Though if you are going to wield it, Two-Weapon Fighting makes some sense. (I really don't like Two-Weapon Fighting - most of the time it makes more sense to use a two-handed weapon and not burn the feats on Two-Weapon Fighting).More thoughts <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ...</blockquote>

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