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3.5 rules supposedly in use.

Big bad orc chieftan gets surrounded by my character (1/1/1 barbarian/ranger/druid), my wolf companion, a 3 rogue, and a 3 warblade.

The wizard decides to hit the orc with scorching ray and does the most damage by far in that round.

DM decides the orc is going for the wizard. By just sauntering over there. No acrobatics. No special moves. Just...walks...

I mentioned AOOs. Yeah, he agrees those should happen. I ask if the wolf's can be resolved first. Sure. The wolf trips the orc.

Now the rest of us continue on to resolve our AOOs...and the DM says "Well, you tripped him up, that's enough. I'm not going to allow ALL of those attacks."

In the What's the Plan Stan Weekend thread, I mentioned that the DM is making up his own ruleset as he goes.

This was one of those times.

nervously eyes stacked Combat Reflexes and Superior Reflexes

My specific combo for it is very archetype heavy, and I don't know that I'd have been able to pull it off nearly as well if we didn't A) roll stats and B) allow Path of War feats.

Swashbuckler (inspired blade)|Magus (bladebound/kensai). Halfling for both the extra size AC and the fact that it boosts two of the skills you need.

Inspired blade draws from both Int and Cha, and kensai relies on you going full Dex/Int since you can't even have light armor. But it makes up for that with spellcasting and adding your Int modifier to AC, initiative, and crit confirmations. Which you'll have a lot of. Swashbuckler gives you improved crit really early...and since Inspired blade requires a rapier, you've got 15-20.

And spellstrike. Nastiest thing I've done was crit with a vampiric touch spellstrike.

End result is a 2'10 terror in a long coat, wielding a blade about the size of a ruler...that everyone hides behind.

What can I say? There's been a helluva lot of stuff going on. Sue me if I miss a bit.

We made it back in time, no thanks to the damn carnival running through the streets of Haven. Me and Rin took to the roofs (thanks for the boost, Nashota!) while the others weaved through the crowds so we could put down the stiltwalker clowns. That's not an insult - I mean literal clowns. I shocked a lass dressed like a skeleton pretty well with Cathandra, and she bowed out. We'll probably regret that we didn't chase her down, but the boss being under attack kinda took priority.

The manor was broken into when we got there, overrun with boggards. Nasty frog things, and I was bite-size. But, stab enough of 'em, and they learn to stop that s--t pretty quick. We got to Churtle first...well, Rin did. Good thing it was him 'cause I don't think the rest of us would've lived. He barely saw the first trap, and once she realized it was us, Churtle told us there were lots more in the kitchen. She joined us as we moved on through the house, still looking for Lady Lavinia. We did find her - and the Ravens and the rest of the house staff. All alive, if smacked around a bit. Put down their chief pretty handily, thanks to Nashota and Cathandra. Harliss' earring did the trick - it got her goon to give up the fight...though I think we'd all have preferred a surrender to a swan dive out the window. Oh well.

The guys asked Churtle to keep an eye on the boss while we finished clearing the house. I'm still not sure how Shefton got in, but I'm pretty sure he's sweet on Twila. I'm also pretty sure Twila has no idea. I'm also pretty sure it will not be safe to use any room Churtle's been in ever again. So many knives...

So, the boss lady asked me a couple days later to teach her how to use a sword. I mean...I'd never taught anyone before, but how often do you get paid to swing a blade at the hand that feeds you? She picked it up pretty fast. Should've figured things were getting too cushy for us in Haven, though.

"Because even with Twila and the talking butterknives, you are STILL the craziest person here!"

Well, he was.

Sounds like Scint's swash|magus in STAP. til she hit level 4 or 5 and suddenly became awesome.

It's what I do.