Dwarven Rogue

[Rystil Arden]

That sounds fearsome indeed, although with a Spiked Chain and a Permanencied Enlarge Person, you could be even scarier. Imagine tripping them from 15 feet away ^^

I had a PC Iajutsu Master in my campaign once who would let himself get surrounded, sheathe his weapon and stand bare-handed and provoke an attack of opportunity from each of them and then get his own AoOs (he had Combat Reflexes and enough Dex) with an ability similar to Karmic Strike, then pull out the sword with Quick Draw for his shiny AoOs and do the Exotic Weapon Master trip on all of them, followed up by the Improved Trip bonus attack...now since he had just unsheathed the sword, it was an Iajutsu Strike on all of them for 6d6+42 extra damage...

 

[Jdvn1]

That sounds fearsome indeed, although with a Spiked Chain and a Permanencied Enlarge Person, you could be even scarier. Imagine tripping them from 15 feet away ^^

I had a PC Iajutsu Master in my campaign once who would let himself get surrounded, sheathe his weapon and stand bare-handed and provoke an attack of opportunity from each of them and then get his own AoOs (he had Combat Reflexes and enough Dex) with an ability similar to Karmic Strike, then pull out the sword with Quick Draw for his shiny AoOs and do the Exotic Weapon Master trip on all of them, followed up by the Improved Trip bonus attack...now since he had just unsheathed the sword, it was an Iajutsu Strike on all of them for 6d6+42 extra damage...

Eh, the spiked chain just doesn't sit right with me.

That's a cool idea, though. What's an Iajutsu Master?

 

[Rystil Arden]

Eh, the spiked chain just doesn't sit right with me.

That's a cool idea, though. What's an Iajutsu Master?

Its an Oriental Adventures prestige class. If you know any kendo (and even if you don't ^^), Iajutsu is an older form, but it still emphasises a quick draw followed by a distracting cut, which is clinched by a powerful follow-up. The master can eventually do the two-cuts-as-one thing at higher levels, but up-til-then, the ability's main power lies in being able to focus (with the Iajutsu Focus skill) to do extra d6s of damage, but only on the round you draw your weapon and against flat-footed opponents (it is clearly meant for use in initiative duels and surprise rounds moreso than how my creative player used it). But any samurai can do that; the Iajutsu Master gets to add charisma damage to each of the d6s (and to his Initiative too, so Kain wound up with an impressive +20 Initiative before long).