hello! looking for fun more than power, so yeah elephant in the room STR is better for polearms for many reasons, but lets have some fun! :) i like the idea of twirling around a polearm and dancing around the combat field. the core of the build will be three unchained rogue levels, and either the shelyn bladed brush feat or spear dancing spiral. SDS is really feat intense but gives you the coveted "quarterstaff abilities" which opens up a whole can of nacho cheese to play with. possibly flurries, possibly aestetic style and other unarmed combat styles dependingg on your monk archetype, quarterstaff master, you know fun stuff. quarterstaff master itself requires either a level of magus or weap focus quarterstaff which is kind of a wasted feat unless you read it as a way to basically get weapon focus twice for your polearm (because you need weap focus polearm for the spiral chain anyway). what ideas or shinanegans can yall think of, and what classes would offer good synergy beyond the three UC roggue levels? i want active combat and not just standing still and rolling to hit. high dex, con, and int are my basic stats. :)
Warpriest of Shelyn (or another deity with polearm or spear as a favored weapon) would work well with Bladed Brush or Spear Dancing Style, plus gives a bonus Weapon Focus feat and bonus combat feats. Warpriest also gains early swift action casting for self-buffing via Fervor. The Molthuni Arsenal Chaplain gives Weapon Training in place of channel energy for scaling bonuses (both attack rolls and damage) and to qualify for weapon training feats.
You might consider switching to high Dex, Con, and Wis instead of Dex/Con/Int.
Warpriest of Shelyn (or another deity with polearm or spear as a favored weapon) would work well with Bladed Brush or Spear Dancing Style, plus gives a bonus Weapon Focus feat and bonus combat feats. Warpriest also gains early swift action casting for self-buffing via Fervor. The Molthuni Arsenal Chaplain gives Weapon Training in place of channel energy for scaling bonuses (both attack rolls and damage) and to qualify for weapon training feats.
You know, I've never given warpriest a fair shake. I'll have to read up on them today. I wish their skill points weren't so horrendous though, makes it tough to keep up with the agility skill suite that I had in mind for an acrobatic fighter.
You might consider switching to high Dex, Con, and Wis instead of Dex/Con/Int.
Unfortunately, I'm actually retraining a bit due to some in game story stuff, so I'm already level 6 and those are already my stats.
one thing I was thinking was changing the rogue archetype to phantom thief and taking advantage of the extra combat feats and high skill. Sneak attack is usually the reward for doing things in a skilled way though so i always thought it was strange that the class lost it completely.
With those limitations, you might consider levels in either lore warden or mobile fighter. Lore warden gives bonus skill ranks (in Int-based skills only, alas) and some additional tricks; mobile fighter gives bonuses when moving and attacking.
Or possibly slayer (stygian slayer has some neat magic abilities) or vigilante.
With those limitations, you might consider levels in either lore warden or mobile fighter. Lore warden gives bonus skill ranks (in Int-based skills only, alas) and some additional tricks; mobile fighter gives bonuses when moving and attacking.
Or possibly slayer (stygian slayer has some neat magic abilities) or vigilante.
lore warden's hairs breath is perfect for this build, its such a shame that its level 11 though, its good but not like level 6 spells good. vigilante is probably my second fav class mechanically but ive never got to play it yet. maybe nows the time?
speaking of vigilante, would there be any interaction with getting a new feat from lethal grace and being a UC rogue that gets finesse for free? my gut says no because i dont "qualify for another feat" since it doesnt give a choice
You may want to give Warrior Poet Samurai a look. They can use weapon finesse with glaives and naginatas. Their Flourish class feature adds some interesting movement based abilities you may find fits the aesthetic you are going for.
You may want to give Warrior Poet Samurai a look. They can use weapon finesse with glaives and naginatas. Their Flourish class feature adds some interesting movement based abilities you may find fits the aesthetic you are going for.
oh wow, lots of possibilities with this class, the ability below is worth a dip if nothing else. very cool archetype!
Kitsune’s Mystique: The warrior poet gains Improved Feint as a bonus feat, ignoring its prerequisites. When the warrior poet uses Spring Attack or takes a move action to move, she can attempt to feint against one creature she threatens during her movement as part of her movement.
If you choose Order of the Blossom you get sneak attack at 2nd level that will stack with your Rogue sneak attack dice.
If you choose Order of the Blossom you get sneak attack at 2nd level that will stack with your Rogue sneak attack dice.
I was just reading that! It fits perfect too because It's fey themed and my current archetype on rogue is sylvan trickster. At least 2-4 levels of that plus the extra sneak attack feat and I wont miss much.
I was looking into druid also, they don't get the supporting feat package, but they get fun spells like Shillelagh that increase weapon size. Green scourge in particular gets "super shillelagh" which seems fun and acts a bit like a magus (taking advantage of the "In addition, you can use any feat or ability that functions with a quarterstaff with your chosen weapon" portion of the build. There's also other fun spells they get, like combining Ascetic Style with things like: mighty fist of the earth, greater magic fang, strong jaw (if you have at least one level of monk/brawler). can also take crocodile domain for at least one or two extra sneak die.