Well, dhampirs might be useful, since they can be healed by negative energy.
Two weapon fighting would be very beneficial to you since can get bonuses to each and every hit from both your sneak attacks and smite good.
Ninjas are often seen as a very extensive archetype for rogues. So if you want to trade out the remaining abilities you retain from the original class, you could take another archetype (pending GM approval). The key one would be the scout archetype, since it would allow you get get sneak attack damage on every charge at level 4 of ninja.
With that in mind, you could also consider the kitsune or catfolk races . They have racial feats that allow them to pounce (get full attacks and a charge in the same round) once you get BAB +10. The catfolk version only allows the use of their claws, so kitsune might be better. It just needs you to shift from your human to your furry form in the same round as the charge. That actually gives you even more attacks, since you get your bite.
Well, if you can get your GM to let you also take the scout archetype for rogue, I think you would do fine with ninja 4/antipaladin 1 (maybe antipaldain first if you take full hp first level?). This would give you:
+4 BAB
2d6 sneak attack die (that can be gained on charges...if you are a scout)
2 ninja tricks/rogue talents
Access to all martial weapons
Access to heavy armor and shields
1 use per day of smite good.
How does this sound?
Starting Ninja 3/Antipal 2 would be better, you get that all-important Cha to saves
Anti pally ninja... What could go wrong?Running afoul of a paladin pirate of course!
That.... sounds like a legitimate RP challenge. How can you stay a lawful good pirate? Well, I assume you would have to be robbing from nasty folk (slave traders make an excellent example where one side views you as an outlaw) But that still leaves chaotic... Maybe if you were contractually bound by a sovereign nation as some type of privateer? Maybe?
That.... sounds like a legitimate RP challenge. How can you stay a lawful good pirate? Well, I assume you would have to be robbing from nasty folk (slave traders make an excellent example where one side views you as an outlaw) But that still leaves chaotic... Maybe if you were contractually bound by a sovereign nation as some type of privateer? Maybe?Anti pally ninja... What could go wrong?Running afoul of a paladin pirate of course!
Try to picture him as a repo man of the sea.
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Paladin heavy progression would be a 2:1 ratio. Not bad at all. alternately for a lvl 12 game pal 5/ ninja 7 works well. For a 20 lvl build, 10/10 can be very rewarding. Best thing you can hope for is a gestalt though even going pal 20/ ninja 10, shadow dancer 10.
I would go with a 20 pt buy array of 16, 16, 10, 10, 10, 15... Pump cha from there out, and buy a +2 belt for con, then physical perfection. Upgrade your belt after that. Use a nodachi and Mithril b-plate. Vanish + smite + SA + power attack that crits on an 18- 20 = satisfaction.