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<blockquote data-quote="Christian" data-source="post: 2598151" data-attributes="member: 381">I'll concur with almost all of Magesmiley's suggestions ... My only suggestion would be to swap Dex and Con, and take Combat Reflexes instead of Great Cleave, as the latter is a highly over-rated feat (especially with a mediocre-damage weapon like the spiked chain). This also opens up the Dodge feat tree &amp; the possiblity of picking up Whirlwind Attack somewhere down the line. BUT-definitely don't start down that road early, as the Combat Expertise-Improved Trip and Power Attack-Cleave pairs are considerably more useful. But with a decent Dex &amp; Combat Reflexes, along with your Improved Trip feat (crucial!), you'll control the battlefield like you wouldn't believe. Especially if you can get a friendly caster to slap an Enlarge Person on you.I know this still doesn't sound like the skill instead of raw power build you had in mind. Truth is, the high-Dex/low-Strength chain wielder isn't as dangerous as he looks on paper. Take advantage of the increased damage bonus from Strength and Power Attack with a two-handed weapon if you want to be really effective ... Anyway, you still get to bust people's stereotypes by being an Intelligent fighter, which is pretty cool.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Christian, post: 2598151, member: 381"] I'll concur with almost all of Magesmiley's suggestions ... My only suggestion would be to swap Dex and Con, and take Combat Reflexes instead of Great Cleave, as the latter is a highly over-rated feat (especially with a mediocre-damage weapon like the spiked chain). This also opens up the Dodge feat tree & the possiblity of picking up Whirlwind Attack somewhere down the line. BUT-definitely don't start down that road early, as the Combat Expertise-Improved Trip and Power Attack-Cleave pairs are considerably more useful. But with a decent Dex & Combat Reflexes, along with your Improved Trip feat (crucial!), you'll control the battlefield like you wouldn't believe. Especially if you can get a friendly caster to slap an Enlarge Person on you. I know this still doesn't sound like the skill instead of raw power build you had in mind. Truth is, the high-Dex/low-Strength chain wielder isn't as dangerous as he looks on paper. Take advantage of the increased damage bonus from Strength and Power Attack with a two-handed weapon if you want to be really effective ... Anyway, you still get to bust people's stereotypes by being an Intelligent fighter, which is pretty cool. :cool: [/QUOTE]

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