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she has plenty of damage. she does 1d4+1... + (6?) d8 in sneak attack damage.
I would actually say you seem low on magic items. drop the head band and grab some more enhancements on your daggers. at lvl 12 you should have about +3 at least +2 on your daggers with maybe flaming.
also consider grabbing agile for your daggers (add dex to them, although I don't remember if thats "3rd-party" or not.) consider getting a belt that gives other physical enhancement boni as well.
also, I never play a rogue where I do not get crippling strike at 10.
Its a must imo. everytime you HIT with sneak attack damage you do 2 str damage. This is one of the best debuffs in the game imo.
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also, remember 2 weapon feint is NOT a prereq RAW for improved 2 weapon feint. (yay no dex to ac!)
ah I had not noticed that, imo, I would say drop the speed and grab agile and a +1 to hit and damage. imo its a much better deal (agile is a +1 level) not only does it help you vs things immune to sneak attack, it frees up a little extra gold. (and over I beleive more damage, as its will net you an extra +9 to damage and +1 to hit. Making actually hitting them much more likely.) I would also advice putting 16 in con. as you are a melee fighter and just take the 14 int. you have plenty. or better yet. boost wisdom to 8. (seriously, you need those will saves) cloak of res is a must imo as well. (grab a +2ish with free cash from the weapon change out)
Asked to build a 12th lvl character. All non-3dr party Pathfinder is open.
Human Rogue Knifemaster Scout
str 11
dex 26 (human, 4&8 lvl, belt+4)
con 14
int 16
wis 7
cha 18 (Headband +2)Feats/Rogue Talents:
1H Weapon Finesse
1 Two Weapon Fighting
R Offensive Defense
3 Weapon Focus Dagger
R Combat Expertise
5 Combat Reflexes
R Quick Draw
BR Improved Feint
7 Greater Feint
R Improved 2-weapon Fighting
9 2-weapon feint
R Weapon Snatcher
11 Improved Disarm
R Break Guard
BR Skill Mastery (Acrobatics, Bluff, Disable Device, Sleight of Hand, Stealth and Spellcraft)AC 28 Celestial Armor
two +1 daggers of speed
single attack +19 1d4+1
full round attack +17/+17/+17/+17/+12/+12 1d4+1I sneak attack whenever I move 10 feet or more. In a full round attack, I can sacrifice the first attack to feint, all remaining attacks against the target are sneak attacks until the beginning of my next turn. My bluff is +27, or 37 taking 10 with skill mastery, successful in all but extreme cases.
I can disarm in place of any of my attacks. I use sleight of hand to disarm. My sleight of hand is +24, or 34 taking 10 with Skill Mastery, successful in all but extreme cases. I can disarm once per round without loosing an attack, and can disarm up to 7 times in a round.
Any suggestions of anything I might of missed or where to go next.
Have you taken Combat Trick multiple times? Surely you can only take it once?
your saves will be very weak
Assuming you are using point-buy, couldn't you drop your Charisma two points and roll them into Wis to get your Will save and Perception/Sense Motive scores up?
And +1'ing the River Rat and Reactionary traits.
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If you can fit in the Minor Magic talent, it may qualify you for Arcane Strike, which is just free damage for a build like this. Lots of free damage.
I'm still not convinced that Minor Magic, which gives you a Cantrip as an SLA counts as being able to "cast arcane spells", but if it does Arcane Strike is a boon for every TWF Rogue!
(I know there has been a FAQ that verifies that SLA's count as being able to "cast spells" for qualification purposes - I'm just not sure that Cantrips count as spells...)
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the two feats are ok to add a "buff" to other martial characters, Usually though it won't be needed since you are either 1v1 or flanking (hence no real need to feint, other than better hit chance, which I would consider doing anyway) the Fighter really doesn't need much help to hit the thing :P.
as for replacement feats.
a few suggestions I like
Dodge
shadowstrike (one that lets you sneak attack through concealment, IIRC this is a feat?)
two weapon defense
mobility (for getting into position and on those times you fail acrobatics)
two personal favorites of mine Step up+ Following step. (basically free 15ft move to stay in range for full attacks!) ending with step up and strike.
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two personal favorites of mine Step up+ Following step. (basically free 15ft move to stay in range for full attacks!) ending with step up and strike.
Following Step only allows you to move up to 10 feet, not 15. And still only works when they take a 5-foot-step away from you. It's a decent feat (and chain), but doesn't work if the enemy takes a normal move action or the withdraw action to move away. Also be aware that using the feat(s) takes up an immediate action*.
*The wording in Step Up and Strike would seem to indicate that you no longer spend the immediate action to use them, but the "Normal:" line might imply otherwise.
Also, @Merm7th:
Another poster asked how you are seemingly able to take Combat Trick so many times. I'm also curious about this. Once as the rogue talent and once as the ninja trick allows you to take it twice, but you seem to be taking it 4 times (at 4th for Combat Expertise, 6th for Quick Draw, 6th again for Improved Feint, and 8th for Improved Two-Weapon Fighting).
Okay I missed that. Back to the drawing board. I'm still learning Pathfinder. Last time I played was 6 years ago and 3.5.
Also, @Merm7th:Another poster asked how you are seemingly able to take Combat Trick so many times. I'm also curious about this. Once as the rogue talent and once as the ninja trick allows you to take it twice, but you seem to be taking it 4 times (at 4th for Combat Expertise, 6th for Quick Draw, 6th again for Improved Feint, and 8th for Improved Two-Weapon Fighting).
No problem, it was an honest mistake. And actually, since you're dropping Improved Feint, you could take Combat Expertise or Quick Draw as your normal 3rd level feat and then take the Weapon Training (Daggers) rogue talent at either 4th or 6th level. That way you'll be completely legal.
As far as what talent and feat you should take at 6th and 7th respectfully, Shadow Strike is a good feat option. Is this character starting at 1sy level? if not, you could go:
Feats/Rogue Talents:
1H Arcane Strike*
01 Two Weapon Fighting
2R Finesse Rogue
03 Shadow Strike
4R Weapon Training (Dagger)
05 Combat Reflexes
6R Combat Trick (Quick Draw)
6R Offensive Defense
07 Combat Expertise
8R Ninja Trick (Combat Trick (Improved Two-Weapon Fighting))
09 Improved Two-Weapon Feint
10R Weapon Snatcher
11 Improved Disarm
12R Feat (Break Guard)
12R Skill Mastery (Acrobatics, Bluff, Sleight of Hand, Stealth and Spellcraft)
*To qualify, take the Alluring trait instead of Reactionary (I'd say your initiative is good enough without the +2 because of your Dex), and see this thread (specifically the post I made) and this FAQ as to why being able to cast a cantrip as a spell-like ability would count you as being able to cast arcane spells for the purposes of qualifying for certain things (e.g. Arcane Strike).
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This is my recommendation for a Knifemaster/Scout Rogue. We had one similar to this who was incredibly effective in our Skull n Shackles campaign - the only difference was that she dipped Assassin for a single level (we hand-waved the alignment requirement as we usually do).
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Human 10th level Knife Master & Scout / 2nd level Lore Warden
Focused Study, Human favored class option for Rogues levels 1, 4-8
Attributes: (20 point buy)
STR - 12
DEX - 16 (+2 racial modifier, +1 at 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th and 20th level)
CON - 12
INT - 14
WIS - 7
CHA - 14
Traits:
Reactionary
River Rat
Feats & Talents:
1st - Two-Weapon Fighting
1st - Skill Focus: Bluff
2nd - Finesse Rogue*
3rd - Two-Weapon Fighting
3rd - Dodge
4th - Two-Weapon Feint
4th - Combat Expertise
5th - Mobility
6th - Weapon Training: Kukri*
7th - Extra Rogue Talent: Bleeding Attack
8th - Skill Focus: Stealth
8th - Offensive Defense*
8th - Combat Trick: Improved Two-Weapon Fighting*
9th - Improved Two-Weapon Feint
10th - Improved Critical: Kukri*
11th - Spring Attack
12th - Opportunist*
* - Rogue Talent
The two Lore Warden levels are taken at 3rd and 4th and solve a lot of early feat problems for you. Avoid chasing combat maneuvers because they never work as well as they seem they will, especially as you level up and especially Disarm. Two-weapon Feint/Improved TWF will serve to give you all of the sneak attacks you need when toe-to-toe with a foe and when using your Skirmisher ability there's no better option than Spring Attack - move from behind a burly warrior, land your sneak attack and move back all without provoking an attack of opportunity.
Every foe should get Bleeding Attack with your first sneak attack followed up by Offensive Defense, both of which can happen in the same round. The Human favored class bonus gets you an extra Rogue talent at 8th, take the extra hit point after that. Focused Study gives you two Skill Focuses at these levels, Bluff at 1st and Stealth at 8th.
I highly recommend kukri with this build - first of all because its just a cool-ass weapon and secondly because of its higher critical chance. Lots of attacks + high crit chance is the perfect complement to a two-weapon fighter, and it still fills your Knifemaster criteria.
The character's not perfect - low Will saves for one - but she was an absolute blast to watch in action. She had some of our best moments by far in the AP and was a devastating compliment to our Barbarian in combat.