Ok, so I'm playing in a one-day "campaign" which will be almost completely combat. I have to build a level 6 character, and I just found the Sohei class from Oriental Adventures and thought I'd give it a try. This is basically to give us a time to test characters out to see if we like them...well...stats are 10, 13, 14, 15, 15, 16. The block I was looking at as a test (after level advancement at level 4) is Str: 16, Dex: 15, Con: 16, Wis: 14, Int: 13, Cha: 10.
I was thinking straight sohei til level 6, where I'd have a level in fighter to get a feat in there...feat block I'm thinking about is:
Bonus (Human)-Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Katana
Bonus (Sohei, this is auto)-Weapon Focus Katana
Lvl 1-Weapon Focus: Light Mace
Lvl 3: Two-Weapon Fighting
Lvl6: Monkey Grip
Bonus (Fighter)-Improved Monkey Grip
The proficiency with the Katana makes the crit range become 18-20, which is nice. Throw on keen (crit range is now 15-20) and shocking burst and it's great. Make it large with Monkey Grip and you're dealing 3d6 a round guaranteed (2d6 from the katana, 1d6 from shocking) and you have a 3/10 shot in getting an extra d10. Not really optimized, but just fun to mess around with.
One question I have is if this will work at all...if it's viable. Another is if I should just abandon the TWF route and hold the katana in two hands for the x3 crit modifier. Some help would be appreciated. If any build advice is given, please be advised that all books are fair game in this "campaign." I thank you in advance for the help ^_^
Shameless self-bump...help?