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Originally posted by t.a.j.
The reason we have only leveled up Rogue during the last couple of levels is to bring our Rogue level within 1 of your Weapon Master level, thus allowing us to once again advance as a fighter without incurring an XP penalty. |
Prestige classes do not suffer the XP penalties associated with multiclassing; as long as there are only two primary classes, there will be no penalties.
With that in mind, a number of races would be able to do this trick.
Dwarves favor Fighter and Halflings favor Rogue while Half-Elves are like Humans in having NO favored class and considering the highest one to be favored no matter what.
Rapiers are better for a single weapon dual-wield focus since they are light weapons and usable in both hands with minimal penalty; save the exotic weapons slot for ambidexterity instead.
Why save skill points from R1 to be used when going to R2? Simply assign those points at the beginning the way you would later and save yourself the trouble.
RE Great Cleave: Is this required for some other feat?
If it is NOT, how many enemies are you encountering that can be felled by one
hit? If you are finding a lot of this type of enemy then you are not gaining a lot of experience fighting them by this time. If you are finding these only rarely then this is not much more beneficial than Cleave unless it is required for something else.
NOTE: I see no reference to added benefits
here.
Finally:
If you really want to push this guy to the max, why not re-run the OC? This will garner at least the Uthgardt Amulet giving you +4 to strength and you can buy Gauntlets of Ogre Power - I was able to find a Girdle of Fire Giant Strength as well. You will also start out at a slightly higher level in HotU.