[silverdragon72]

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Assassin:

race: human (cause of the lack of feats!)



alignement:

lawful chaotic (for using scather and fragarach!)



Classes:


rogue 3 - fighter 6 - wizard 1

3x rogue (1 - 3 - 6)
6x fighter (2 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 9)
1x wizard (10)

the rogue levels gives you
- 2D6 sneak attack
- enough SP for all necessary skills
- good saves 1-3-1
- and most important evasion !

you will need 6 fighter level to aquire all necessary feats and their prequisites!

the wizard level gives you:
- full access all arcane magic devices (crafted scrolls and wands!!!)
- 3 level 1 spells (shield!)
- an animal companion (+2 reflex saves - extremly usefull with evasion!)
- +2 will saves
- and last but not least you can learn spells and scribe scrolls up to level 5 !



weapon & equipment:

- scather and fragarach dual-wielded

- cloak of resistance +3 (craft)
- amulet of CON +6 (craft)
- gauntlets of STR +6 (craft)
- deep red ioun stone DEX +2 (craft - only with Co8)
- ring of protection +2
- ring of freedom of movement or minor fire prot.
- boots of elvenkind or boots of speed

- elven mail (+3)



skills:

tumble
hide
move silently
and all speaker skills: bluff, diplomacy,... (I gave all the "thief" skills to my "Kensai")



necessary feats:


2WF - 3rd attack
power attack - max it after you get the swords
comb. exp. - see above
cleave - you will always kill one target in one round so you will always cleave

EDIT: weapon prof.: Exotic Weapon Bastard sword - to wield both scather and frag -> thanks for the info Galuf ! - how could I forget this !

great cleave - this way he kills 6 or 7 gargoyles in one round
imp. 2WF - 4th attack (5 hasted) that never miss
imp. init - not necessary but gives you an attack on a flatfooted enemy in the 1st round
imp. crit. - great synergies with great cleave !



Stats:


STR: Most important stat - 18 increase to 20 at level 4 and 8 !

DEX: at least 16 (capped through elven mail at +4) - you can get +2 for 18 (+4) with the deep red ioun stone

CON: at least 16 - you will need CON for adequate HP and fort. saves !

INT: at least 12 - a better INT stat will give the best use of the rogue skills

WIS: at least 10 to 12 - you will need WIS only for your will saves

CHA: you will only need CHA if you use him as speaker of the group (what I did)




Spells:

level 1: 3x shield



tactics:


...the main idea behind this build is that fragarach and scather always hit - so you don't have to care about your AB !

so you can max both: power-attack and combat exp. and also use defensive fighting !

the assassin should scout (sneaking or invisible) and position himself directly next to the main enemy threat - then he should open the battle (hasted if necessary) with a full attack on this target...

...he will hit 5 times with a 100% chance and will deal ~200HP damage to the main target (and only very few enemies have more then 200HP in TOEE)

...standing between a group of enemies he has killed up to 7 gargoyles in one round with great cleave !


on the other hand he can max his AC up to 45 - see below:

10 - Base
04 - DEX
08 - elven mail +3
05 - comb. exp.
02 - ring of prot. +2
04 - fighting defensive
04 - shield
04 - barkskin (from a level 10 druid - level 2 spell)
04 - dispel evil (from a level 9 cleric - level 5 spell)
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45 - total


and additional use mirror image, displacement, blur and so on...
..to avoid even the natural 20 hits !!!



btw. this build will win the Luz / Hedrack battle without any problems on his own !


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