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<blockquote data-quote="Dheran" data-source="post: 3397721" data-attributes="member: 49779">I agree with Nifft, and I'd like to add another reason: Uncanny Dodge.&nbsp; Your 2nd level of Barbarian gives you this, which combined with the 4th level Rogue ability automatically promotes you to Improved Uncanny Dodge.&nbsp; Or, you have the option to instead use the Disruptive Attack alternate class feature (Players Handbook II, page 57), which will let you hit opponents' AC with a -5 penalty instead of applying sneak attack damage -- and this works on sneak-immune creatures like undead, too!&nbsp; With Barbarian 2 instead of Fighter 2 and your Rogue levels you can still have Uncanny Dodge and be able to hurt enemies that your sneak attack doesn't affect.Regardless of your class choices, I suggest you pick up a wand of Longstrider for a cost of 750 gp for each 50 hours of +10' speed enhancement.&nbsp; (If your Use Magic Device skill is low you'll want to buy this wand at a higher caster level so you can get your uses/day down to 1 or 2, because the worst case if you fail your UMD check is that you can't use the wand again for 24 hours.)&nbsp; A long-lasting +10' speed boost is great, and if you also go the Barbarian route (+20' total) you'll be able to Tumble half speed and nearly match others' base movement.&nbsp; (Of course you want to get your Tumble ranks up to the point where you can make accelerated tumbling a normal practice.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dheran, post: 3397721, member: 49779"] I agree with Nifft, and I'd like to add another reason: [I]Uncanny Dodge[/I]. Your 2nd level of Barbarian gives you this, which combined with the 4th level Rogue ability automatically promotes you to [I]Improved Uncanny Dodge[/I]. Or, you have the option to instead use the [B]Disruptive Attack[/B] alternate class feature ([I]Players Handbook II[/I], page 57), which will let you hit opponents' AC with a -5 penalty instead of applying sneak attack damage -- and this works on sneak-immune creatures like undead, too! With Barbarian 2 instead of Fighter 2 and your Rogue levels you can still have [I]Uncanny Dodge[/I] and be able to hurt enemies that your sneak attack doesn't affect. Regardless of your class choices, I suggest you pick up a wand of [I]Longstrider[/I] for a cost of 750 gp for each 50 hours of +10' speed enhancement. (If your [I]Use Magic Device[/I] skill is low you'll want to buy this wand at a higher caster level so you can get your uses/day down to 1 or 2, because the worst case if you fail your [I]UMD[/I] check is that you can't use the wand again for 24 hours.) A long-lasting +10' speed boost is great, and if you also go the Barbarian route (+20' total) you'll be able to [I]Tumble[/I] half speed and nearly match others' base movement. (Of course you want to get your [I]Tumble[/I] ranks up to the point where you can make [I]accelerated tumbling[/I] a normal practice.) [/QUOTE]

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