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<blockquote data-quote="Kwyn" data-source="post: 26340" data-attributes="member: 2362"><p>Greetings,</p><p>My wannabe fighter->weaponmaster bit the dust for the third time so I'm starting over. I'll be 5th level coming in and thought of trying something a bit different, different for our campaign at least.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here are my stats</p><p></p><p>S: 16</p><p>D: 14</p><p>C: 16</p><p>I: 13</p><p>W: 10</p><p>CH: 8</p><p></p><p>My plan is to stop Fighter at 4 and advance rogue the rest of the way. Normally, I would sink all my bonus stat points into Dex as I usually go TWF/Finess with my rogues, but with the spiked chain's nifty trip ability, which is strength dependent, I thought I would put all my points into Strength and go that route. Is that a viable path? You don't see many strength rogues out there. I also can't live without darkvision and darkvision goggles will *not* be easy to get in our campaign. Otherise, I'd most certainly go human in a heartbeat. </p><p></p><p>Here were the feats I had in mind</p><p></p><p>1 - Rogue 1 - Base feat - Spiked Chain</p><p>2 - Fighter 1 - Bonus feat - Weapon Focus Sp.Chain</p><p>3 - Rogue 2 - Base feat for lv 3 - Combat Reflexes</p><p>4 - Fighter 2 - Bonus Feat - Dodge - +1 Strength</p><p>5 - Rogue 3 - No feat</p><p>6 - Fighter 3 - Base Feat - Mobility</p><p>7 - Rogue 4 - No feat</p><p>8 - Fighter 4 - Bonus Feat - Spec.Spiked Chain - +1 Strength</p><p>9 - Rogue 5 - Base Feat - Spring Attack</p><p>10 - Rogue 6 - No feat</p><p>11 - Rogue 7 - No feat</p><p>12 - Rogue 8 - Base Feat - Expertise</p><p></p><p>Any thoeries on how this might end up? Is it viable? Should I just go with the tried and true TWF/Finessed Short Sword Fighter4/Rogue16?</p><p></p><p>I will not mix in 1 level of barb/monk/ranger/sorceror, etc. so please offer suggestions with that in mind.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kwyn, post: 26340, member: 2362"] Greetings, My wannabe fighter->weaponmaster bit the dust for the third time so I'm starting over. I'll be 5th level coming in and thought of trying something a bit different, different for our campaign at least. Here are my stats S: 16 D: 14 C: 16 I: 13 W: 10 CH: 8 My plan is to stop Fighter at 4 and advance rogue the rest of the way. Normally, I would sink all my bonus stat points into Dex as I usually go TWF/Finess with my rogues, but with the spiked chain's nifty trip ability, which is strength dependent, I thought I would put all my points into Strength and go that route. Is that a viable path? You don't see many strength rogues out there. I also can't live without darkvision and darkvision goggles will *not* be easy to get in our campaign. Otherise, I'd most certainly go human in a heartbeat. Here were the feats I had in mind 1 - Rogue 1 - Base feat - Spiked Chain 2 - Fighter 1 - Bonus feat - Weapon Focus Sp.Chain 3 - Rogue 2 - Base feat for lv 3 - Combat Reflexes 4 - Fighter 2 - Bonus Feat - Dodge - +1 Strength 5 - Rogue 3 - No feat 6 - Fighter 3 - Base Feat - Mobility 7 - Rogue 4 - No feat 8 - Fighter 4 - Bonus Feat - Spec.Spiked Chain - +1 Strength 9 - Rogue 5 - Base Feat - Spring Attack 10 - Rogue 6 - No feat 11 - Rogue 7 - No feat 12 - Rogue 8 - Base Feat - Expertise Any thoeries on how this might end up? Is it viable? Should I just go with the tried and true TWF/Finessed Short Sword Fighter4/Rogue16? I will not mix in 1 level of barb/monk/ranger/sorceror, etc. so please offer suggestions with that in mind. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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