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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4881319" data-attributes="member: 19675">1) Tripping well can get feat intensive, and that is of course the Fighter's strength, and not the Rogue's.  With a high Dex, going the Combat Reflexes/Deft Opportunist/Hold the Line/Stand Still route would (potentially) let you fire off a lot of trips if you're operating in a "target rich environment."  But that's 4 feats and you haven't even taken Improved Trip to set it up.  This means that Martial Rogue or a dip into Fighter is almost a must.2) Correct me if I'm wrong (and I may well be- I don't have my books handy), but doesn't the Bolo do trip attacks?  If so, the right build for a Master Thrower- or any Dex based PC focusing on Trips- would include that exotic weapon.3) Expanding on the Master Thrower concept...consider a couple of Battle Sorcerer levels.  Why?  Whirling Blade is a spell (found in the Spell Compendium) that lets you fling a bladed weapon and (as I recall) do any attack you could normally do with it in the area of the spell...and the weapon returns to your hand automatically.  And, by jiminy, the Halberd is a bladed weapon.  Use the spell, *fling* and the thing comes back, hopefully leaving a trail of prone foes behind it.  Since you're tripping at range, there is ZERO chance of being tripped yourself, and by the spell's wording, ZERO chance of being disarmed.</blockquote>