multiclassing problem

[redwing]

Currently I'm a level 6 Ninja (Rogukan Core Class). I am going to take the shadowdancer prestige class when I reach 7th. I was looking down the road a little and noticed that the shadowdancer gets Uncanny Dodge as a class ability. But I already have that as the Ninja. Seeing how they do the same thing (can't be caught flat footed or flanked) they can't stack (or can they?). Do I just skip right over that ability when I reach that level as a shadowdancer? Is there anything I can get as a replacement becuase missing a whole ability is not good when you could have had something else (especially a great ability like uncanny dodge). Are there any rules for situations like these?

 

[Crothian]

You will combine your ninja and Shadowdancer levels together to determine the ability of uncanny dodge. So, they do stack in that way.

 

[Darklone]

Rules for this are at the end of the classes chapter under Multiclassing. The PHB gives the example of barbarian rogues.

 

[Christian]

Speaking more generally, overlapping abilities is one of the risks of multiclassing. The Monk/Rogue is a pretty good multiclass combination-but you don't get anything to replace the overlap of the Evasion ability between the classes.