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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 4973462" data-attributes="member: 51942">Looks good!Minor details: - I think Pass Forward is thoroughly overrated... particularly at low levels and especially for your character (which has reach). - You don't actually need two whips if I'm not mistaken; you could stand to gain 1AC by wielding a mage's parrying dagger in the off-hand, or, you could use javelins to provide a ranged option (would that be a permitted secondary attack for dual strike?)- do you really need such a high dex?  I'd at least go for 19Str/16Dex preferably, and consider 20Str.- a tip on strategy: a dazed opponent really can't attack when he's out of reach and prone.  Most others can; they can choose to simply crawl 1/2 their speed as a move action and just not stand up at all; this costs them -2 to attack but no OA, since no-one's adjacent anyhow...  Or, they can stand up and charge someone that's not 1 square away.  For many monsters, which have great basic attacks but not much else, this is a pretty decent option anyhow.  Since you're allowed to charge in a zig-zag fashion it's often almost impossible to prevent a monster from being able to do this; at worst he'll provoke an OA from some weak party member (say, your rogue that has a low str) who will probably miss or deal almost no damage.  So, despite the coolness of being able to slide the opponent 1 square away, if your DM is playing the monsters non-suicidally, you'll still often be best off staying adjacent, where your combat challenge actually can work.  If your DM isn't so much into tactics+rules, you might mention these options to him to keep the game balanced.  Your tripper looks good, but it should rarely result in a monster completely wasting a turn.</blockquote>

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