12/6/2 ranger/fighter/(monk or Barb) when to take what level?

[Maxallu]

Si next life is starting again tonight and it's the rangers turn.

I was thinking warforged 12 ranger 6 fighter and 2 either monk or barb. (have access to barb pl, not monk at the moment.)

I have a good sense of what feats to take, but when to take the splash levels? I have never really known when to deep splash.

Don't care about ac, only dps.

[voxson5]

IMHO I would start with monk
- gives you easy, fast attacks & a perma ooze beater, feat bonus

ranger 2-8 (ranger level 7)
- tempest, rams might, self cast resist energy 20, manyshot

fighter 9-10 (fighter level 2)
- fighter toughness & strength enhancements, haste boost

monk 11 (monk level 2)
- evasion for when you really start to need it, another feat

fighter 12-15 (fighter level 6)
-kensai & all the goodness that goes with it
-take gtwf in here two (as your lvl 12 feat, bab 11 at that point) & swap it out before you take ranger level 11

ranger 16-20 (ranger level 12)

But thats just an idea :o

edit - barb would probably serve you better for DPS

[Maxallu]

I figure if i go monk i can get:
Dodge
Mobility
Spring Attack
weapon specialization slashing
Khopesh
Improved crit slashing
toughness
power attack
stunning blow
maybe another toughness

how many is that? enough splash to get those?

now, when to take feat as class feat or by itself etc....

working it out now in planner. Tempted to go human, but want to go WF....

[voxson5]

You'll have oodles of feats :D

7 base, 4 fighter & 2 monk, easily enough

although add in WF:slash for kensai (if thats what you're after)

Humans are ok, but I'm a big fan of the forgies (so i'm biased ;))