A popular melee/trapper mix is the "Tempest Trapmonkey", a dual-wielding* Ranger 18/Rog 1/X 1 multi, full trapping ability. Not 100% as strong in melee if going to 30, but perhaps a better "leveling" build if only going to 20 for that first reincarnation.
(* The weapons vary depending on the specifics of the build - can go scimitars (Dex-based), khopeshes (Str-based), dwaxes (for dwarfs, Str-based), etc etc.)
Here are some current Tempest builds:
o Tempests for all new Reaper https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...t-ranger-build
& counter suggestion https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6145754
There are a couple more in here (these are for HardCore, tend to be higher survivability but slightly lower DPS)
o https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showth...=1#post6528062
And here is a classic trapmonkey multi w/ Khopeshes:
o https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...r-new-players? (This post is older, so dovetail this class progression w/ any modern feat/enhancement tweaks from above)