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Melee with EChimera's Fang
16/2/2 Art/Ftr/Mnk

Human 36pt

Str-18
Dex-8
Con-16
Int-16
Wis-8
Cha-8

Feats
Monk-Toughness, THF
Ftr-IC: Slash, PA
Artificer-Construct Essence, 3 Marks of Making
Levels-ITHF, GTHF, Insightful Reflexes, Maximize, Empower, Quicken, Extend
Human Bonus-Augment Summons
Should be fun.

1. I wouldn't give up the capstone without a very good reason. 25th caster level for any scroll/item you use? Yes please. I don't see any compelling reason to give it up as you can get all of the critical feats without splashing and evasion is nice but not critical (and not better than the capstone).
2. I wouldn't go strength based with the information that I currently have. You can get similar DPS being int based against most mobs and only lose out against a very few super high AC mobs (and if you have an efang and other epic gear you might be ok against these too). Int based is nice for a lot of purposes.
3. I don't see that Construct Essence is particularly worthwhile yet. You'll be at 50% for repair (how much will a recon really hit you for?) while suffering at 75% healing (this is the bad bit). I'd wait until this feat gets better before considering it.
4. Augment Summons is going to lose its lustre towards level 20 if you splash.
5. Get quickdraw in there perhaps, damage boost is going to be a significant portion of this builds DPS.