I must make one more request for guidance.Skarain wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:22 pm
In terms of epic feats, you should have a total of 6x.
Rogue gets a bonus feat at levels (10th, 13th, 16th and 19th). , and at Epic Levels at 24 and 28. One of the pre-20 feats gets pushed to Epic levels by 4 BG before 20.
The Selection pre-20 is:
• crippling strike
• defensive roll
• improved evasion
• opportunist
• skill mastery
• slippery mind
Epic Rogue Bonus Feats are: blinding speed, crippling strike, defensive roll, epic dodge, epic reputation, epic skill focus (all but animal empathy, perform, use magic device), improved evasion, improved sneak attack, opportunist, self concealment, skill mastery, slippery mind, superior initiative
To take Epic Dodge, you need to have Improved Evasion and Defensive Roll....
Base Feats (7)
1st level: Ambidexterity
1st level (Human): Two Weapon Fighting
3rd lvl: Expertise
6th lvl: Improved Expertise
9th lvl: Weapon Focus: (Something)
12th lvl: Improved Two Weapon Fighting
15th lvl: Improved Critical
18th lvl: Blind Fighting
Rogue Feats (5)
10th: Defensive Roll
13th: Improved Evasion
16th: <<pick what like, crippling strike? Would fit the thug and dirty fighting theme. Paladins going to love their STR disappear. One of the others though allows you to Take 20 in combat, something to consider for in-combat trap use.>>
(Epic) 19th: Epic Skill Focus: Traps/Hide/Lore (???)
(Epic) 24th: Epic Skill Focus: ???
Base Epic Feats (4)
21st: Epic Weapon Focus
24th: Greater DEX (or something else. You don't HAVE to land on 26, 25 is prequisite for Blinding Speed and Epic Dodge. If want rather ESF: Lore or some other, go for it!)
27th: Blinding Speed
30th: Epic Dodge
Disclaimer!!: Again, test on PGCC or in spreadsheet to make sure I've not missed anything.
I'm level 23 now and as I've said before I'm following this build to the letter except for the swapping of improved critical for knockdown.
However I'm also having second thoughts about the special bonus feat selection at rogue level 24.
For rogue level 19 I took epic spell focus (set trap), as I've always wanted to make this guy a master trapper.
For rogue level 24 I assumed I would take epic skill focus (hide) which is seems like a good idea gor a rogue. However I do also see Improved Sneak attack on the list of special rogue feats as well.
My build is supposed to cap at 14d6 sneak attack but so far while his damage is good he doesn't feel like quite the killing machine I imagined. Would ISA be a good substitute for ESF?
I'm unaware of how good the typical epic level opponent is at spotting and therefore I don't know if ESF hide is an absolute necessity, a total waste of time or just something I should be replicating with camouflage scrolls.