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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 638866" data-attributes="member: 259">KaeYoss, I dunno if you've ever had a strong roleplay character that can't contribute to action scenes at all.  If Cion is playing in a game with even one fight per session on average, he's really going to want a character that can contribute effectively to fights.  From experience, I can tell you that playing a combat-sucky character in such a campaign is no fun -- and if there's a standard amount of combat in the campaign, it'd be positively miserable.  Part of the challenge of 3E is trying to find a way to have both an original and an effective PC.  I'm working on just this issue now with my druid, whom I want to turn into an earth-based caster.  Using the core books, he can cast......hmm......Stone Shape!  Soften earth and stone!  Spike stones!  ooh, scary! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Anyway, I think Cion is being totally appropriate trying to find ways to make his PC more effective.Your BAB isn't going to be as terrible as I first thought it'd be:  at eleventh level, it'll be +7, compared to a straight rogue or bard's BAB of +8.  Nevertheless, you'll probably want to focus on dex-based attacks.  As a halfling, don't forget your bonus with thrown weapons.Consider, then, the following feats:Imp InitPoint Blank ShotRapid ShotPrecise ShotGet a HHH as soon as possible, and keep a lot of flasks of acid and alchemist's fire in there.  Pulling them from the haversack is a free action, so by ninth level, you can throw three of them per round; if you get initiative and catch the enemy flatfooted within 30', you'll be rolling +6 (BAB) +1(size) +1(point-blank) +1(halfling thrown weapon) +4 (dex) -2 (rapid shot) = +11/+11/+6, touch attacks, against flatfooted opponents, doing 1d6 +2d6 (sneak attack) +1 (Point blank shot) fire damage per successful attack.  That's a reasonable potential of 9d6+3, or an average of 34 points, of damage in the first round of combat.  Not too shabby.You could also look at Dragon 302 for its (excellent, IMO) parrying feats.  I just finished playing a 7th-level halfling rogue with weapon finesse (dagger), expertise, and parry, and I very rarely got hit in combat (that is, until a huge fire elemental grappled me and charred me to a crisp -- but that's another story).  And it's very easy to imagine a small bard/rogue getting funky with the parry action.I would rely on a cloak of resistance and on your natural halfling good luck for your saves; just in case, however, ask the party wizard to keep a protection from evil and a dispel magic handy.Good luck -- this sounds like a fun character!Daniel</blockquote>

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