Hello everyone!
I am attempting to create a ninja for a homebrew setting using the Pathfinder ruleset. The only constraints that I have are the following: 1) the character has to be female, 2) 18, 16, 12 10, 10, 8 and 3) she has to be a half-elf, 4) we have to start at 5th character level.
I'm leaning towards strength as a dump stat and making use of weapon finesse, the agile enchantment, and sneak attack to support most of the damage. The setting is mostly low magic/monster, so there should always be sneak attackable creatures for the most part. I've also been really considering levels of monk to go unarmed, but I don't know how viable that would be. Here's a sample build:
Str: 8
Dex: 18
Con: 10
Int: 10
Wis: 14 (12 +2 half-elf bonus)
Cha: 16
Ninja 3/Monk 2 (Master of Many Styles)
1st CL: Weapon Finesse
3rd CL: Adder Strike
5th CL: Mantis Style
1st Monk: Snake Style
2nd Monk: Snake Sidewind
The character will be an infiltrator, and will likely end up being the party face, so social skills will be a must. I would really like to mix Ninja and Lotus Geisha bard, but it doesn't appear as if those two things play well together. I had also considered making the two monk levels Master of Maneuvers. Does anyone have experience with a character like this, and/or any build advice? Any suggestions at all would be greatly appreciated.
