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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5059999" data-attributes="member: 15538">I would not go straight swashbuckler because they don't get anything particularly great at high levels. At 3rd level, they get Insightful Strike, which means our drow will eventually get Int to both AC and damage. A swashbuckler 6/duelist 3 is a 9th level character (ECL 11 as a drow), which means they are actually a step ahead of the game in the AC department. Using bracers means they are not faced with maximum Dex to AC, and with a drow swashbuckler, I am confident Dex can get high enough to make that worthwhile. Likewise, Int to AC means an essentially uncapped second source of defense (up to +10 AC if you could get Int to 30 somehow). Stack that up against a ghost touch mithral breastplate and tell me what you think.There is also nothing stopping this character, at very high levels, from grabbing TWF as one feat and taking -2/-2 on their attacks using a light second weapon. At duelist 7th, they could be attacking defensively at +7 AC on top of +3 AC, at -6 to hit, with haste, for a total of +7/+7/+7/+2/-1, plus Dex bonuses, feats, enchancement bonuses, etc. Even going for a natural 20s, that could be a hit every other round. In fact, there is nothing stopping you from investing in Power Attack, fighting defensively, and going all power attack all the time... you would only hit on a natural 20, but you could roll five dice a round, and when you hit, it would be 1d6+Int bonus + Str bonus + enhancement bonus + extra damage +13 (from PA), and you could forgo TWF to add precise strike.</blockquote>

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