Hello. I was doing research on building an aasimar ranger with a couple of fighter levels to assist in feat progression and I came across this post around the middle of last year. It stated as follows - "I like Ranger with Sawtooth Sabres. No need to pump dexterity, and the Sawtooth Sabre counts as a light weapon for the purposes of two weapon fighting penalties. This also means, that when not making a full attack, you can two hand the sawtooth saber for extra damage." The poster also mentioned that the Freebooter ranger archtype was great for campaigns with varied opponents and in looking at it I agree, epsecially for team work based tactical combat. I am confused however about something he mentioned. He stated that there was "no need to pump into Dexterity". However, I know that for the better versions of the two weapon fighting feats and associated feats you need to have a higher Dexterity score. Currently my plan is to play a Aasimar - Garuda bloodline ranger to progress up to 15 ranger/2 fighter. The Garuda are cool because they get Wisdom (which is good for spellcasting) and Dexterity (for getting the Dex scores needed for the higher two weapon feats). So am I missing something here? Does me taking the Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Sawtoothed Sabre feat and the description of the weapon and its mechanics make it even easier to wield than I think? Don't I still need to pump up my Dexterity score to get the better two weapon fignting feats? As it stands here is my projected build - feel free to look it over and let me know if it is decent. Also, I want my Garuda to be able to fly eventually which is whyt I have Angel Blood and Angel Wings in the feat progression.
St: 16
Dex: 16
Con: 14
Int: 10
Wis: 12
Cha: 10
Feats:
Ranger 1: Exotic wpn Prof: Sawtoothed Sabre
Ranger 1/Fighter 1: Power Attack
Ranger 1/Fighter 2: Angel Blood, W.Focus - Saw toothed Sabre
Ranger 2/Fighter 2: Two Weapon Fighting
Ranger 3/Fighter 2: Double Slice
Ranger 5/Fighter 2: Two Weapon Defense
Ranger 6/Fighter 2: Improved 2 Wpn Fighting
Ranger 7/Fighter 2: Improved Critical: Saw toothed sabre
Ranger 9/ Fighter 2: Angel Wings
Ranger 10/Fighter 2: Two Weapon Rend
Ranger 11/Fighter 2: Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Ranger 13/Fighter 2: Critical focus
Ranger 14/Fighter 2: Quick Draw
Ranger 15/Fighter 2: Stunning Critical
Ranger 17/Fighter 2: Metallic Wings
I plan on wielding 2 sawtoothed sabres.
Also, what traits do you recommend to help out with my combat to either lesses the penalty in two weapon fighting or make my attacks more lethal. I was considering Anatomist for the crits as well as Killer for damage but I will probably take one to help boost my Will saves.
Anyways, thanks ahead of time and have a good day.
