Quote Originally Posted by unbongwah View Post
Alternatively, 12 DEX + 2 tome + 6 item + 2 ship buff or Exceptional DEX (e.g., epic tier-3 Swashbuckler); or 11 DEX + 1 human enh + 2 tome + 6 item + 2 ship buff or Exceptional DEX. That would free up 2 or 3 precious build pts for, e.g., extra CHA.

I would recommend base stats 15 / 12 / 14 / 12 / 8 / 16 or 16 / 11 / 14 / 11 / 8 / 16 (depending on tomes & enhs) with all lvl-ups into STR; +2 CHA tome for Divine Might III (pray for +4 someday); +2 DEX tome for +1 AC; +1 or +2 INT tome for CE. Also consider ftr 2 splash for two extra feats, free tower shield prof, and +1 STR enh, but at the loss of capstone DPS. As for the THF feats, I recommend all or none.
That's probably also good, though my preference is to have the DEX without needing ship buff (since I hardly ever get them) or that shield (I don't know if the OP has one/can get one, and I also like to use a two-hander when possible).

Thanks for pointing that out though.