I'm leaning toward a rogue for our upcoming Strength of Thousands AP. It'll be our group's first foray into 2e.
Notably, Strength of Thousands grants a free archetype of druid or wizard along with extra feats at each even level that can only be used on that archetype.
The obvious choice is eldritch trickster/witch/wizard. You have the occult & arcane spell lists and get a ton of spells, and they're both int-based. (The eldritch trickster/cleric/druid has too few attack spells, weakening spell sneak attack -- right?) I see two problems there: 1. spell attack DC will fall behind, so you can't count on spells & sneak attack over the long haul (do I have that math right?); and 2. the eldritch trickster only grants a single feat, along with early access to magical trickster. And extra feat is nice, but is it better than what the other rackets give you? I lean toward no.
So that leaves us with:
thief/wizard -- I could multiclass into witch for the 2 spells lists, as above, and still have the thief's dex-to-damage & thievery.
ruffian/wizard -- Same as above but, you know, with a ruffian. I'll have to sort out whether intimidate or trip (or both) are the way to go.
ruffian/druid -- I want this to work, but I don't see any good intimidation synergy with a druid. Wild shape looks roughly comparable to the ruffian's melee prowess, rather than a clear benefit. Do I lean into the animal companion option, maybe the leaf order for healing?
mastermind/wizard (yay int!) -- We already have a ranger/druid in our group, so I'm pretty hesitant to go this way since it looks like a build that really wants to be ranged.
What am I missing?
Thanks,
Owl
