Eldritch Shadow

[Failedlegend]

This is a remake of my "Holy Shadow" mainly because I've found the SD Defensive stance to be a little underwhelming on a non Shield build so I'm looking into possible alternatives (still LOVING the build otherwise using a Q-staff is so much fun) although the goal is still a Self-healing tough DPSer that bashs people with a stick

My first thought is to work in EK because whilst it's nigh useless (imo) to an actual Battle Wiz/Sorc it's great for a build that doesn't use it's SP for anything else so only taking 3 levels of Wiz/Sorc is something I'd like to explore (in this case Wiz since its gets a nice bonus feat & everything else is mostly irrelevant to the build)

Spellsword+EoP Synergy = Up to once every 6 seconds while a spellsword toggle is active, an attack you make that hits an enemy will cost you a spell point...Echoes of Power is a temporary SP regeneration that begins once a character drops below 12 SP. It will restore 4 SP every 6 seconds until you have reached 12 SP again.

This means SS take 1 SP every 6 seconds but EoP regains 4SP every 6 seconds so whilst Spellsword drains a proper spellcasters mana like tommorow a build that doesn't actually use mana for anything else can use it indiscriminately (since both Sorcs & Wizards get magical training)...of course whilst your above EoP threshold you can freely use your eldritch strike which is character level based givng you another cleave for your rotation (or in the case of this build gives me a cleave, period)

Anyways otherwise the build is pretty much the same although now I have 3 extra levels to play with so let's see.

Current = Rogue 8/Monk6/Wiz3
Plan = Rogue11/Monk6/Wiz3 (add one rogue special ability & more sneak attack..works for me)

Sidenote: One other possibility is Rogue13/Monk3/Wiz3...I'll explore that later though (probably after I finish writing this post)

"Eldritch Shadow" Halfling Rogue11/Monk6/Wizard3

Dex 18 (Lvl ups here)
Con 14
Int 16
Wis 14

Level Order: Rogue 1, Monk2-4, Wiz 5-7, Rogue 8 - 14, Monk 15 - 17, Rogue 18-20

Skills: Search,Disable Device, Concen, UMD, MS, Hide, OL

1 ???
2M Combat Expertise
3 DM of Healing
3M Precision
4M Light Path
5W Mental Toughness or Extend
6 SF: Concen
9 Improved Feint (is this auto-bluff or does it do a bluff check?)
12 IC: Blunt
15 SF: UMD
17M Toughness
18 Master of Forms
19 Improved Evasion (swap to opportunist @ Lvl 27)
ED ???
21 Grandmaster of Forms
24 ???
26 Epic Mage Armor
27 Epic Reflexes
28 Holy Strike

[Failedlegend]

Alright so here's the 13/3/3 version which may actually work better since I got an extra feat (no longer needed Charisma so FoP became useless) so could work in adept of forms...that does leave me with a left over level though so let's have a look'

Monk 4: 2% Dodge (and other stuff that doesn't matter)
Rogue 14: Hmmm....nothing...literally nothing lol
Wiz 4: Another 2nd level spell slot

So uh...practically nothing...rogue 14 makes skills easier to keep up and Monk 4 gets me 2% dodge....it's time like this I wish I could pick up a 4th class...I'll prob just go rogue 14 because it's simpler

"Eldritch Shadow" Halfling Rogue14/Monk3/Wizard3

Dex 18 (Lvl ups here)
Con 14
Int 16
Wis 14

Level Order: Rogue 1, Monk2-4, Wiz 5-7, Rogue 8-20

Skills: Search,Disable Device, Concen, UMD, MS, Hide, OL

1 DM of Healing
2M Combat Expertise
3 SF: Concen
3M Precision
4M Light Path
5W Mental Toughness or Extend
6 Adept of Forms
9 Improved Feint (is this auto-bluff or does it do a bluff check?)
12 IC: Blunt
15 SF: UMD
16R Improved Evasion (swap to opportunist @ Lvl 27)
18 Master of Forms
19 Slippery Mind
ED ???
21 Grandmaster of Forms
24 Improved SA
26 Epic Mage Armor
27 Epic Reflexes
28 Holy Strike

Still have no idea what ED an Acrobat should go for...with a starting Wis of 14 I doubt my DCs would be high enough in GMoF.

Also does anyone know if Improved feint is an Auto-bluff or does it use your bluff score to make a check?