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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2158163" data-attributes="member: 13966">Try questing for or purchasing a morningstar of Disruption or a rapier of Undead Bane, it's the only thing a rogue can really do to be more effective against such things; trust in your Sneak Attacks to take down normal foes, but focus your gear selection on taking out those annoying !#&!&&!%$@# that you can't SA.  Get the weapon upgraded to Holy or something later on (unless your PC is evil), but Undead Bane is the cheapest enhancement for this sort of thing.  If you're strapped for cash or your PC can't find rumors or legends about an undead-slaying weapon of some sort that he could pursue, then try buying a few arrows, bolts, or sling bullets of Undead Bane, they're much cheaper than a permanent weapon of the sort.  If you're of sufficient level to afford it, perhaps buy a few Arrows of Slaying Undead.As for your idiotic party members and that dilemma.....  If your rogue is evil, then yeah, coup de grace each of them in their sleep (you even get your Sneak Attack damage with a coup de grace!).  Then find a seedy bar and hire some competent compatriots.  The other players will get the idea.  If your rogue isn't evil, then have him start teaching the other PCs how fight better as a team and stop endangering themselves through poor tactics.  Maybe, over the next level or two, if the cleric doesn't wise up (and if you're of moderate or high level), invest all your skill points in Use Magid Device to get a +15 or so on it (preferably +20 or so total.....) and buy a half-depleted Wand of Cure Serious Wounds, or just a handful of Scrolls of Cure Critical Wounds.  Then show that dumbass cleric how it's done and let the moron continue his half-assed attempts at being a combat machine.  Even better, you can use those scrolls or wands of curing to harm undead when the need arises.If you're around 6th-level or so, perhaps see about getting the Leadership feat and with it a cleric cohort, so you can control at least one competent source of healing and undead-blasting.  And he can help you flank against enemies you can SA.Only PrCs I can think of are Deepwood Sniper (masters of the wild) and Lasher (sword and fist).</blockquote>

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