What's the best PrC for getting a scout some sneak attack dice?

[Shin Okada]

Shin - He is already a >3 level Scout. Which means the second he takes a Rogue class, he is XP smacked. He CANNOT get to 1:1 ratio with sacrificing 20% of his XP all the way there.

I see. But it will depend on exactly what level he is now. He may suffer xp penalty until he even outs classes. So he may (or may not) go a level behind others for some period. But current XP awarding rule give more xp to a character with lower level. So usually, it is not that much difficult to catch up with others.

But if he definitely want to avoid xp penalty, there are a lot of prestige classes which gives sneak attack dice and yet the requirements can be met by non-rogues.

I still recommend Darkwood Stalker (in Complete Warrior). It is a strong class (full BAB, good fort/ref saves, sneak attacks, darkvision) and a class for elves. Requirements can be met by a 7th-level elven scout.

Darkhunter (also in CW) is a nice class, too. But it has only 5 levels and give him only 1d6 sneak attack.

If you like to make him a assassin type without being evil, Nightsong Enforcer (in Complete Adventurer) could be an option, too. It is a kind of sneak attack combat expert. Requirements for this class can be met by a 7th-level scout.

And if the character's background is appropriate, he can even be a Dread Pirate (in CA). He can choose to get sneak attacks as a class ability.

 

[Caeleddin]

Shin - THAT was what he was looking for.

 

[Felon]

Shin - THAT was what he was looking for.

Yep, that's more like it, thanks both of you.

Shin, I've often found that less is more when it comes to these threads. People get sidetracked and focus on the tangential details. I just thought we would have folks who've done this sort of build before and can tell me how to get sneak attack dice from a PrC that's accessible by a CG elven scout. I have room to adjust skills and adjust feats, but I am categorically opposed to taking the XP penalty even for a single level.

 

[Goolpsy]

Taking a prestige class, isn't that still multiClassing?

 

[Hosweay]

Taking a level in a prestige class doesn't give you the XP penalty the way normal multi-classing does.