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TheMightyMcClaw 02-04-04, 10:17 PM	I've gotten an idea in my head to play a character based off of Iria from the Iria/Zeiram films/anime. For those who haven't seen them, they're a scifi piece focusing on a female "investigator" (essentially a bounty hunter) named Iria, who is tracking down a monster (I believe the phrase they use is "Unkillable space bastard") called Zeiram. Essentially, I want to try and transpose the character into D&D. Problem is, I have way to many ideas of how to do so. I know I want to be decent in combat, carry a lot of nifty mystic gizzies (immovable rods, winds of flying, barricade buckler, etc.), have some degree of "rough" social skills (bluff, intimidate, gather info), some degree of stealth skills, and some degree of acrobatic skills (jump, tumble, balance, etc.). I've also got my heart set on a few level of Nomad (psychoportation psion). For weapons, I've been deliberating between bastard sword (chicks with big swords are cool), light maces (using the Lightning Mace style from CW, plus I've recently began learning to use kali sticks in real life), or tonfa (I love tonfa). Probably have a little bit of unarmed skill as well. Probably wear light armor (part of the look). As I'm sure you can see, this character is all over the map. I want to know what the best ways to build it are. The classes I've been thinking about have been some amalgamation of monk, psion, psywar, rogue, ninja, ranger, and/or swashbuckler. I need to strike that tender balance between skills and combat ability....
PhaedrusXY 02-04-04, 10:27 PM	I play an epic level ninja character who is alot like what you're talking about. At 20th, his class levels were monk2/ninja6/NinjaSpy8/TeflemmarShadowLord4. That was ECL 21, however, because I had to take the Shadow Walker template to get into Shadow Lord. You could leave out some of the Ninja Spy levels and get everything you said. I like being immune to poison and having alter self at will, though (especially since you become an Outsider with the template). I posted the build in a few places. Look at the bottom of the first post here (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=117102&highlight=ninja) to see it. You wind up with a BAB of +16, tons of cool special abilities, and 6d6 Sneak Attack dice.