I need advice

[AltheaSteelrain]

Disclaimer: I am a gimp. I admit this from the bottom of my heart. Therefore I posted this so that you would understand my reason for gimpness, and help me lessen the gimpness of this character without suggesting to reroll a bard instead (which I don't want, for preference). Though I like bards and they are really a powerful class to play around with.

But enough of bards, I am here to seek knowledge.

Because I refuse to give up on this "concept" of mixing cleric and wizard, I continued playing my gimp Minionette up until level 13, with the split of 7 Cleric/ 4 Wiz / 2 Rogue. I could go on playing her up until level 20, if not for the AC problems which I am currently facing to the point of becoming sort of a wall.

Hence I realized how significant it is to splash monk if you plan on melee-ing with a divine caster. But still my "newbie" attitude towards the game beckons me to refuse buying monk to splash (or partly because I enjoy the utility over the min/maxing rogue has to offer) hence I scrounge the forums for a week (and also playing to unlock the 1000th favor on my home server Thelanis for an extra push to rerolling Mini) in search of a way to sort of min/max my gimp build for it to be less gimpy. But the reality is that I need the community itself to guide me, seeing that most of the forum posts in build advice either centered around "debates" and almost no explanation of why's and how the argument applies in practice (in part I understood most of them, but most arguments follow Epic Scenario, and less in mid to early late game (before epic content)).

But this post is not here to argue, it is laid out to tell my story in order for people to understand my reason of not refusing to accept the total gimpness of my attitude or build. Hence without further boring you with my story, let me represent the 5th "reincarnation" of Minionette, and hope this time I get it right, not the build itself, but what I had learned playing her gimpness for a long time.

Do note that I haven't put any tomes yet since I haven't yet figured out which is best to invest in, +2 or +3. While +2 is much more better suited in an even stat, I would prefer +3 odd stats since +1 Tomes are almost easily accessible through time (and redundant farming) and +3 is much more geared towards reaching that end game.

So the numbers below are somewhat low to look upon, adding to the fact that I think I am not yet in the mid-game, or lacking content (I reroll for TP and misbought delera by mistake hence using the other servers for tp grind/build experiments). Please do forgive the lack of knowledge in equipments, though I am aware of such items through the Crafting Program offered here, I believe I should not put any of them here so that the community would provide me with experience which gear is well suited given the situation of this character.

Minionette Version 5.0
28 pt Build
Elf
True Neutral

Cleric 11/ Wizard 5 / Rogue 4

Stats
Str 14 (or 13) + 3 or +4 tome = 16 - 18
Dex 17 + 5 level ups + 3 Enhancements +3 Tome = 28
Con 11 + 3 tome = 14
Int 12 + 3 tome + 1 Enhancement = 16
Wis 13 + 3 Enhancements + 3 Tome = 19
Cha 8 (or 9) + 3 or + 4 Tomes = 12 - 13

Feat Selections

While I do admit that 2 monk splash is definitely better, it doesn't necessarily follow that I should do so, since I believe what I will loose without monk, I'll gain elsewhere, in some other form in rogue. I believe this to be the utility and the extra damage due to sneak attacks. Though without monk extra feats, its either drop the BB - Cometfall metamagic feats (maximize-empower) for more melee prowess (weapon finesse and toughness) or drop quicken - emp. healing instead, and focus on a low DC BB which I think maybe problematic in the long run. I chose instead to specialize in healing and support, since A) I might not be invited in epic raid content B) I plan to lead because of A C) I'm gimped, at least I wont be a burden to the party.

And since I dont have monk splash, AC is a problem, true. Hence I chose a finesse route to somewhat replicate the Wisdom - AC bonus through Dex. But my knowledge here is limited, do enlighten me.

Feats:

Quicken Spell - Wizard Bonus Feat
Extend Spell - Wizard Bonus Feat
Empower Healing
Toughness
Power Attack
TWF
GTWF
ITWF
Weapon Finesse

Skills

While I do understand that I cannot, under any circumstances can substitute as a rogue, in my experience, having an unreliable but still viable trap monkey during PUGs is a godsend, and solo questing is somewhat a breeze given the nature of my schedule and my belief of self reliance. But ultimately, I just enjoy the utility of a rogue splash for solo-questing, as well as the evasion splash that I love both in monk and rogue splashes. On rangers, its a different story, I have a love-hate relationship with level 9 prerequisite for evasion. Or probably its the gimp attitude that's talking: I cant think of a good multigimp with a level 9 ranger! >.<.

Again, low numbers are posted since it is subject to the items/tomes I will find in-game. But I think it'll show you the general idea of my skill selection.

UMD = 23 ranks (22: -1 from cha)
Concentration = 16 ranks
Tumble = 1 lol
Balance = 22 ranks (this is subject to my experience. I cant live without balance, I play supporting roles, hence getting disabled in combat is a sin)
Search, Spot open Locks = 4 Ranks
Disable Device = 9 ranks

Enhancements

Not much to say here, since I had posted this already before noticing I forgot to add this part. Lets just say its specced for healing, rapiers, sneak attacks (lvl 4 rogue) and stat bonuses and scroll heals. Also I put more on + SP enhancements for longevity in supporting roles.

I think at this point you have already an idea of how to ungimp my gimpness, but if I would request something from you other than advices, it is to please "fix" this build in the context of the mix above. Do not post anything that suggests me to reroll as this as that etc etc unless for comparisons only of what I will gain or loose. Like I said, I REFUSE to give up on this splash out of principle: out of all classes I played unlocking the game on every server, this mix is the one I liked to play most with, to the point of not worrying that I'm not unlocking any new content past delera's tomb/catacombs at all! I hope somehow people remember that some people don't play to win, but to enjoy, and winning is subject to what they want to accomplish. And this is what I want to accomplish, a successful mix of wizard,cleric and rogue that is decent until end game. And I surrender this build to the community in order for you to help me accomplish this.

Tread softly, for this is someone's dream.

Thank you and have a good day.