Splashing

[Rougemastert]

Hello. I've been gearing up for next life, which I plan to be rogue. I was wondering if I should go pure, for the assassin capstone thing, or splash two fighter for kensai, so that I can get khopesh proficency with the heavy blades. Thoughts? Advice?

[Dexraven]

You still have to take the khopesh feat, kensai heavy blades just allows you to have khopesh as a focus weapon and doesn't grant proficiency.

Personally i'd stay pure for the extra SA dice, but it depends if you need the extra feats or not.

[Rougemastert]

Ah, should have read that better. Many thanks... back to the drawing board :D

[voodoogroves]

You said "next life". How long are you playing post-20?

[Rougemastert]

Lets see... 4-5 hours on weekends, 2-4 on weekdays. (my time frame is usually empty)

[voodoogroves]

Lets see... 4-5 hours on weekends, 2-4 on weekdays. (my time frame is usually empty)

Heh - not what I meant.

You said "next life", and often that means it's not an end-life. Will you be TRing once you hit 20, or playing around levels 20-28 much?

[Rougemastert]

Oh. Uhm, I might go mid twenties, depends on whether or not the build works out well

[Krelar]

Hello. I've been gearing up for next life, which I plan to be rogue. I was wondering if I should go pure, for the assassin capstone thing, or splash two fighter for kensai, so that I can get khopesh proficency with the heavy blades. Thoughts? Advice?

Someone else already covered the proficiency issue but I'd like to add that unless you already have a large stash of nice khopshes an assassin rogue will be better off using daggers or kukris. The tier 5 enhancement gives daggers/kurkris a better crit range and the same crit multiplier as khopeshes.

[CThruTheEgo]

Someone else already covered the proficiency issue but I'd like to add that unless you already have a large stash of nice khopshes an assassin rogue will be better off using daggers or kukris. The tier 5 enhancement gives daggers/kurkris a better crit range and the same crit multiplier as khopeshes.

Yeah I'd say khopesh rogues are a bit outdated now due to knife specialization. On crit effects like radiance or heartseeker definitely make daggers/kukris the better choice. I haven't run any numbers, but I'd guess their dps is at least very close if daggers/kukris aren't ahead.

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[Rull]

Yeah, I'd say daggers/kukris or quarterstaff.

Maybe unless you go heavy fighter and tier5 in kensai. 8 fighter 2 monk 10 rogue (centered in master earth stance), or something like that, is about the only rogue build that would use khopeshes.