[Claudius]

You can change the WF if you want. Scimitar is a good weapon because it has a 17-20 crit range which makes it a huge critter when keen. It can also be used two handed for 1.5 X damage or sword and board (shield) without needing monkey grip feat. Go ahead and take a falchion and pick monkey grip if you want but I don't think the -2 for monkey gripping (to AB) is worth the extra 2-8 vs 1-6 damage....only reason to monkey grip falchion's is if you are PVPing and want to disarm (big weapon better at disarm).

Drow would be the most powerful at level 30 but it would be harder to get up there. It would be good for MoTB but I don't like playing the OC with a drow...you can level up to 3 then reload from the begininning with your level 3 char I guess..you can even level to 3 in something like Mith's Hall of Training (available at the vault...I'd send a link but I don't know the address..I think I found it either looking around bioware forum else google)

Otherwise a race with fighter or wizard favored and either str or int with a bonus. Intelligence is better because then you start with more skill points. Human is also a good choice for the extra feat. You should finish the game with 19 or 20 int and mostly cast no save spells. Put the rest in str.

So Sun Elf, Drow Elf, Air Genasi, Earth Genasi.