Playable from level 1 - 40 ..PvM Build

Well, I can't claim full credit for this, in fact, most of this is someone else's work (I can't find the original post anymore), modified to suit my purposes. I DID have to do some fixing though, their original build had an extra (IE, you couldn't really get it) feat in there, and without that feat it really threw things off. But I patched it back together and now here it is for all your enjoyment:
The Katana master, Shortbow specialist Ninja!

Elf
any align (I went neutral

Strength... .. 16.. .. .. .. 25
Dex.. .. .. .. 18.. .. .. .. 25
Con.. .. .. .. 10.. .. .. .. 10
Intel... .. .. 14.. .. .. .. 14
Wisdom.. .. .. 8... .. .. .. 8
Charisma... .. 8... ..... .. 8

322hp max (242 avged)
25 ac nekkid
plain katana
ab 37/32/27/22
1-10+13 (17-20x2)

plain shortbow
ab 34/29/24/19
1-6+2 (20x3)

fort 20
reflex 28
will 15


1 Rogue 1 .. .. .. Dodge
2 Fighter 1 .. .. Exotic Weapon
3 Fighter 2 .. .. Weapon Focus (shortbow) /
.. .. .. .. .. . Weapon Focus (Katana)
4 Fighter 3 . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Strength
5 Fighter 4 .. .. Weapon Specialization (Katana)
6 Rogue 2 .. .. .. Power Attack
7 Rogue 3
8 Fighter 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Strength
9 Fighter 6 .. ... Cleave / weapon spec (shortbow)
10 Rogue 4
11 Fighter 7
12 Fighter 8 .. .. Improved Critical (katana)/ .. Strength
... .. .. .. ... Improved Initiative
13 Rogue 5
14 Rogue 6
15 Rogue 7 .. .. .. Great Cleave
16 Fighter 9 . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Dex
17 Fighter 10 .. .. Called Shot
18 Rogue 8 .. .. .. Mobility
19 Shadow Dancer 1
20 Rogue 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Dex
21 Fighter 11 .. .. Great Dex I
22 Rogue 10 . .. .. Improved Evasion
23 Rogue 11 . .. ..
24 Fighter 12 .. .. Great Dex II /.. .. ... ... ... Dex
.................Epic Weapon Focus (Katana)
25 Rogue 12
26 Rogue 13 . .. .. Defensive Roll
27 Fighter 13 .. .. Great Dexterity III
28 Fighter 14 .. .. Epic Weapon Spec (Katana) . .. Dex
29 Rogue 14
30 Rogue 15 . .. .. Epic Dodge
31 Fighter 15
32 Fighter 16 .. .. Epic Prowess .. .. .. .. .. .. Str
33 Fighter 17 .. .. Great Strength I
34 Rogue 16 . .. .. Crippling Strike
35 Rogue 1
36 Rogue 18 . .. .. Great Strength II .. .. .. .. Str
37 Fighter 18 .. .. Overwhelming Critical
38 Rogue 19 . .. .. Slippery Mind
39 Fighter 19 .. .. Great Strength II
40 Fighter 20 .. .. Devestating Critical .. .. ... Strength

Pros: HIPS, Dev Crit, Epic Dodge, decent Sneak Attack (+10d6), stylish!
Cons: Hp? What hp? Saves rather low, AB not *great*, AC not too hot either.

Basically, I just like the IDEA of this build. I've got no idea about it's actual playability But, I'm running it through a new PW right now, and so far it's doing quite well, although I'm only at level 11 . At some point I'm going to run into an XP penalty, but I'm not too worried about that.
This build was interesting, because of some VERY tight stat restrictions. To get epic dodge AND dev crit required some *very* fine tuning. The "extra" feat I mentioned was a stat feat, without it I had to scramble to get everything high enough, but it works- I built it in the Novice to Epic character builder, and it all fits. Now I gotta go test it

So, what do you think?

Insane

Edited By griphook on 05/22/05 14:53

Varient modified for the PW I'm playing on, which moves HIPS to SD 10:

elf

Strength... .. 16.. .. .. .. 25
Dex.. .. .. .. 18.. .. .. .. 25
Con.. .. .. .. 10.. .. .. .. 10
Intel... .. .. 14.. .. .. .. 14
Wisdom.. .. .. 8... .. .. .. 8
Charisma... .. 8... ..... .. 8

340hp max (263 avged)
25 ac nekkid
plain katana
ab 38/33/28/23
1-10+13 (17-20x2)

plain shortbow
ab 37/32/27/22
1-6+2 (20x3)

fort 19
reflex 29
will 14
+5d6 sneak attack

1 Rogue 1 .. .. .. Dodge
2 Fighter 1. .. .. Exotic Weapon
3 Fighter 2. .. .. Weapon Focus (shortbow) /
.. .. .. .. .. . Weapon Focus (Katana)
4 Fighter 3 . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Str
5 Fighter 4. .. .. Weapon Specialization (Katana)
6 Rogue 2 .. .. .. Power Attack
7 Rogue 3
8 Fighter 5. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Str
9 Fighter 6 .. ... Cleave / weapon spec (shortbow)
10 Rogue 4
11 Fighter 7
12 Fighter 8. .. .. Improved Critical (katana)/ .. Str
... .. .. .. ... Improved Initiative
13 Rogue 5
14 Rogue 6
15 Rogue 7 .. .. .. Great Cleave
16 Fighter 9 . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Dex
17 Fighter 10 .. .. Called Shot
18 Rogue 8 .. .. .. Mobility
19 Shadow Dancer 1
20 Shadow Dancer 2 .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Dex
21 Fighter 11 .. .. Great Dex I
22 Shadow Dancer 3
23 Shadow Dancer 4
24 Fighter 12 .. .. Great Dex II /.. .. ... ... ... Dex
.................Epic Weapon Focus (Katana)
25 Shadow Dancer 5
26 Shadow Dancer 6.
27 Fighter 13 .. .. Great Dexterity III
28 Fighter 14 .. .. Epic Weapon Spec (Katana) .. .. Dex
29 Shadow Dancer 7
30 Shadow Dancer 8. Epic Prowess
31 Fighter 15
32 Fighter 16 .. .. Epic Weapon Focus Shortbow . .. Str
33 Fighter 17 .. .. Great Strength I
34 Shadow Dancer 9
35 Shadow Dancer 10
36 Rogue 9 .. .. .. Great Strength II .. .. .. ... Str
37 Fighter 18 .. .. Overwhelming Critical
38 Rogue 10.. .. .. Epic Dodge
39 Fighter 19 .. .. Great Strength III
40 Fighter 20 .. .. Devestating Critical .. .. .... Str

Boosts hp, BAB a little, adds some fun SD abilities, HALVES sneak attack bonus, drops fort/will saves by 1... losses Crippling Strike.

Insane Excellent character concepts. Very viable roleplaying character you have made here. Good job mate