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1) This is technically a custom item, so talk to your GM before making plans. That said, yes, it would.
2) Not sure about ways to get glitterdust; I'll leave that to others. Do you already have vanishing trick? That's the usual ninja approach. I'm also a fan of the dirty trick combat maneuver. ^_^
What's your party makeup? If you have no flanking partner, that suggests a caster-heavy environment. Perhaps a party caster could aid you with glitterdust spells of their own - it's not like it's a waste of their turn or anything.
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If you are not set on Glitterdust you could use the rogue trick Fast Getaway with a Decoy Ring. This doesn't let you full attack, but does have several advantages. 1. You are often invisible from the middle of you turn until you attack at the start of your next turn. 2. You generate a ton of distracting targets. 3. There is no limit to the number of times you can do this in a day.
Summons can make great flanking buddies. When you are vanished you could UMD a summon out of a Wand. It would appear right before your actions so even a first level monster wouldn't die before your attacks. Problem is if your target moves further than a 5' step will take you.
Darkness plus darkvision. If the cleric can't cast for you, use a wand.
You want Two Weapon Feint and Improved Two Weapon Feint, assuming you are using two weapons.
It is one of the easier ways to set up consistent sneak attack.
@Claxon
Too feat intensive while providing to little benefit (in my opinion).
Really?
You were already going to take Two Weapon Fighting and Improved Two Weapon Fighting weren't you?
So you need to pick up Combat Expertise, Two Weapon Feint, and Improved Two Weapon Feint.
What else are you spending you feats on that you can't spare it to make Sneak Attack actually work?
It's about the only way you can guarantee yourself consistent Sneak Attacks without flanking and without spending limited resources.
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@Claxon
Too feat intensive while providing to little benefit (in my opinion).
Really?
You were already going to take Two Weapon Fighting and Improved Two Weapon Fighting weren't you?
So you need to pick up Combat Expertise, Two Weapon Feint, and Improved Two Weapon Feint.
What else are you spending you feats on that you can't spare it to make Sneak Attack actually work?
It's about the only way you can guarantee yourself consistent Sneak Attacks without flanking and without spending limited resources.
Can't you also go for Circling Mongoose and Canny Tumble? Lets you make 5-foot steps and attack after each one, with each one making the enemy be considered flat footed :) More feat intensive, definitely - Dodge, Mobility, Spring Attack, Canny Tumble, and Circling Mongoose are required, but it's pretty cool, and as far as I can tell works a little more consistently than Feinting? :)
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Sure, you might rather spend them on something else. But your complaining that you can't get sneak attack and asking how to fix it.
I'm telling you how to get sneak attack, and there really aren't any other good ways for you to do it until level 10 when you get access to Invisible Blade.
If you're going to ignore flanking and don't want use your Vanishing Trick too much you don't really have much option besides Improved Two Weapon Feint or Circling Mongoose. The only other option is Dirty Trick -> Improved Dirty Trick -> Greater Dirty Trick. That still requires Combat Expertise and can still be removed by a standard action.
You're basically asking what way can you get free sneak attack all the time with almost no investment and the answer is you can't.
Also, it isn't a huge bonus to hit by being Invisible, it depends on the enemy and how much dex they use to their AC.
You should also note, that relying on Invisibility can dramatically become a bad idea. Around level 10 or so many creatures can see invisibility or can cast the spell.
I assume the Paladin is attacking in melee right? just follow him. Also, don't underestimate the value of telling the other players where to go. you are a team in combat, you will talk to each other and suggest tactics to help the team win.
Just stick with vanishing trick and one SA per round. Take invisible blade at 10th level.
I'm not saying at all that i'm unwilling to invest feats, gold etc, but investing 3 feats for one SA with the worse attack bonus doesn't sound very appealing.
While i like the approach Arcaian suggested, i see your point concerning invisibility. We already encountered enemies with the ability to see invisible creatures.
For one Sneak Attack? What are talking about?
If you successfully use Improved Two Weapon Feint you will have 3 potential attacks that all qualify for sneak attack. (Because you have Two Weapon Fighting and Improved Two Weapon Fighting you will have 4 possible attacks at minimum.)
So it sounds like you're level 8 or 9, having two attacks, using only one weapon. Is this correct?
And so your issue is that vanish gives you sneak attack on your first attack, but not your second, which is your last attack, in a full attack.
Is this the situation??
We just reached level 7, i'm using 2 daggers, so TW-Fighting.
Two attacks for a full attack action.That's the reason i'm talking about "one" attack, because i only have one after the feint action, sorry for omiting that.
You are right of course, more attacks in the future..was just to focused on "today" ;)
Well, to clarify for your sake Improved Two Weapon Feint require Improved Two Weapon fighting, which would mean 4 attacks (3 possible sneak attacks with feinting).
As for doing it at your level....
It's just not really going to work.
Jupp, that's the reason for our misunderstanding :)We just reached level 7, i'm using 2 daggers, so TW-Fighting.
Two attacks for a full attack action.That's the reason i'm talking about "one" attack, because i only have one after the feint action, sorry for omiting that.
You are right of course, more attacks in the future..was just to focused on "today" ;)
As for doing it at your level....
It's just not really going to work.
Indeed, but it's what you should work to for the future. It wont help you much right now though. So you can either pick up more useful feats for the time being and retrain them later, or pick up the feats now and tough it out. Probably depends on how your GM feels about the retraining rules.