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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kristivas" data-source="post: 2921953" data-attributes="member: 34179">Starting at level 5?  Rogue 3/Fighter 2.  I've played such a build very successfully in the past.  Are you going Human?If so, I'd take 2-weapon fighting, weapon finess, weapon focus: short sword.  Next, grab 2 more feats that add to your roguishness or whatever you like.  Improved Initiative can be fun, but with a high Dex, you may be able to skip that if you have other feats in mind.How far along do you think the character will go in levels?  If you're going high enough, taking 2 more levels in Fighter (further down the line, of course) can do two great things for you.  One, it can add a burst of HP most other rogues will lack.  Secondly, Weapon Specialization for your Short Swords can do nothing but make your foes cry.  After that, Improved Critical is a no-brainer.  Even if you don't take a PrC and make it to level 20, a rogue 16/fighter 4 would serve you quite well for dishing out some harsh justice, though I would suggest trying to find a good PrC by then.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Skipping out on Spring Attack should work out fine, should you have another capable melee partner that knows how to team with a rogue.  The first time you land 2-3 crit sneak attacks in one round will be quite a sight.</blockquote>

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