What is your build like so far? We need to know stats, feats, level, etc. to give good suggestions.
a feat that let's you instead play a slayer...
then use the above suggestions.
PS. feint is a trap, it only allows one attack per round to get sneak attack, much easier to do dirty trick and blind people.
Toughness
Not a feat but the scout archetype from the advanced players guide helps a lot, it gives sneak attack in charge and after a move action.
The counterfeit mage archetype from the advanced class guide helps boost your use magic device skill so you can use a wand of invisibility.
The slayer class from the advanced class guide is a better melee rogue.
Edit: the knife master archetype gives d8 sneak attack if you use daggers. You can take more archetypes as long as they don't overlap.
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I'm looking for feats that help with positioning, help with flanking, help enable more and better chances for sneak attack, help with putting a rogue in the right place at the right time.
Some suggestions already
Improved Initiative
Shadow Strike
Improved Feint
Step Up (I don't like the chain because Following Step is so weird)
Nimble Moves
Friendly Switch - This one is from Seekers of Secrets, and it lets you 5-foot step into an ally's square (as long as the ally switches places with you). Perfect for tight fighting conditions.What others would you suggest?
Gang Up
Flanking from any position as long as two allies are threatening your opponent.
Improved Two-Weapon Feint, combined with a Mask of Stony Demeanor and the Dueling Sword Adept trait, means you can feint everyone all the time and deal huge gobs of damage.
Also, proficiency with a whip (which can be dual-wielded!) lets you sneak attack from 15 feet away, making it easier to position yourself to flank.
Drop improved Feint and wait till you can get Improved Two Weapon Feint if you are going for two weapon fighting build.
However, a better way to go is to make a strength based rogue who wields a two handed weapon. A moderate dex for AC (14) and more strength will net you more overall damage (when unable to sneak attack), will avoid penalties to hit (with the Rogue's 3/4 BAB is a a good thing), cost less to enhance weapons, and doesn't require spending multiple feats for a couple extra attacks that could be better spent on other feats.
A dex build doesn't work out so well, because you need lots of strength (to help with damage when not sneak attacking) and lots of dex for TWF feats. Or it requires you to get weapon finesse, which restricts you to a small subset of weapons. And then you still need strength to do damage, unless you can figure out something that will work well with slashing grace. Remember light weapons don't qualify for slashing grace, and that one-handed weapons cause a -4 penalty instead of -2 when wielded in your off-hand while TWF.
Mask of Stony Demeanor
Aura moderate transmutation; CL 6th
Slot head; Price 500 gp; Weight 4 lbs.
Description
When worn, this mask transforms the wearer's face into a stone statue and its voice into an emotionless monotone. Though it allows the wearer to speak, its facial expressions and voice betray little emotion, granting a +10 competence bonus on Bluff checks made to lie and a +5 competence bonus on Bluff checks made to feint, but also imposes a –5 penalty on Bluff checks made to pass a hidden message.
Or grab the ninja trick talent, then take the combat trick ninja trick.
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Suggestions to improve my current Ninja build I'm working on?
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Race: Half-Orc
Stats: Str: 16, Dex: 14, Con: 14, Int: 10, Wis: 10, Cha: 14
1) Ninja/Scout 1: Skill Focus: Stealth
2) Ninja/Scout 2: Wall Climber (ninja)
3) Ninja/Scout 3: Dodge
4) Ninja/Scout 4: Vanishing Trick (ninja), +1 STR
5) Ninja/Scout 5: Mobility, +1/6 rogue talent (Half-Orc FCB)
6) Ninja/Scout 6: Combat Trick: Spring Attack (ninja), +2/6 rogue talent
7) Ninja/Scout 7: Hellcat Stealth, +3/6 rogue talent
8) Ninja/Scout 8: Rogue Talent: Offensive Defense (ninja), +1 STR, +4/6 rogue talent
9) Ninja/Scout 9: Dampen Presence, +5/6 rogue talent
10) Ninja/Scout 10: Invisible Blade (ninja), +6/6 rogue talent, Extra Rogue Talent: Evasion (FCB)
11) Ninja/Scout 11: Extra Rogue Talent: Opportunist
Weapon: katana, two-handed.
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It's called a slayer
Character is already 3rd level and just hit enough xp for 4th. So suggestions for Ninja would be better (plus I don't want to buy another dang book, I already own like 12).
It's called a slayerCharacter is already 3rd level and just hit enough xp for 4th. So suggestions for Ninja would be better (plus I don't want to buy another dang book, I already own like 12).
If you can retrain to ninja, you can retrain to slayer.
Unless this is for PFS, you don't need to own the book.
Perhaps going for horizon walker and getting full attacks with the dimensional dervish line would be more effective than that progression. That build lags then spikes like crazy though, so be careful.