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My suggestion would be a fighter/rogue gestalt. The combination of the fighter BAB and bonus feats with the rogue skill points and sneak attack is a lethal combo that I have used before. You could also use the rogue variant in Unearth Arcana to drop sneak attack and replace it with more fighter bonus feats, if you want make your character into a feat whore. Later as you level, You can swap one of your base classes for a prestige class. I would suggest the dervish from complete warrior for the swap.

I would be in favor of a epic level book. Not so much for the "set rules" but for ideas that I hadn't thought of before. I never really remember anyone I've gamed with going off the standard idea of a character. If somebody goes of the idea that a fighter can only be a muscular guy in big armor carrying a big sword, then I would suggest 4th edition. It would be my opinion to do something along the lines of the complete series in 3.5, just add epic progression to the classes. This would give variants for all levels of gamers. And I do agree that it is up to the DM to control the game. No matter what level you are playing at, it is possible to have out of control power gaming.