This other campaign is giving me 760k gold to start with. I am, understandably, somewhat overwhelmed by the variety and power of the items available, and was hoping someone could point me in the direction of what items I should look into.
My character is a Rogue 8 / Assassin 8 / Swash 3 Tiefling, with the penetrating strike variant. I accept any comments on the build, but my concern at this time is with equipment. I might switch the build a bit. I'm not certain about the Assassin levels, I might want to change it into a good char and the DM doesn't want good assassins.
ToB isn't allowed, nor any dragon magazine stuff or web enhancements. Other things that have been banned are Persistent Spell, Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil, and Miniatures Handbook. Some others are being considered, such as Leadership feat, certain spells, etc.
Scores were the same for everyone, 18, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, which I gave to my char as Str 10, Dex 20 (24 after level increases), Con 14, Int 20, Wis 12, Cha 14. I'm hoping to have the character go into melee for sudden sneak attacks and then leave if there's any chance of a fair fight breaking out. Feats are TWF, Improved TWF, Greater TWF, Quick Draw, Darkstalker, Leadership, Daring Outlaw.
So, any help you can provide with how to equip him would be appreciated. For now, this is what I worked out:
Take a look at Bracers of murder in "Drow of the underdark". Upgrade them with armor. For a mere 8.000 gp you are getting an increddible boon.
Ring of fortification (don't remember the sounce, 100.000gp) is great in case you end up in a dreaded rogue vs. rogue battle, and it also prevents you from getting killed by a lucky greataxe. AC is in my experience not to important as an assassin, since you generally don't get into a fair combat to much.
Ring of mind shielding (DMG2 80.000gp?) is alfa omega for anyone who needs to avoid getting caught.
Belt of battle (MiC, 12.000gp) is a must have for a capable assassin, giving you the opportunity to make more attacks when it counts.
Cloak of the phoenix (MiC 50.000gp) will let you fly all day long, which gives you everythign an assassin needs; Versatility and mobility.
As for weapons, I would change them for Adamantine Strightblades (Planar handbook, generally a shortsword, but they are slashing instead of piercing) and skip defending in favour of more assassin-ish stuff. It depends on flavour, but here are some useful abilities to work with:
Greater wounding (+4) (+2 Con damage on every hit) [NOTE that this ability gets better the more HD your enemy have, thus perfect for epic play]
Collision (+2) (MiC, bonus damage)
Deadly precision (+1) (MiC, + one dice of sneak attack)
Sure striking (+1) (count as all alignments)
Plain + enchantment
I actually will comment on the build. After around level 15, full casters become head and shoulders better than anyone else. Unseen Seer makes you a better rogue than a rogue can ever hope to be and has more sneak attack dice to boot with nice ninja-like tricks of time stop and greater/superior invisibility.
+1. Also, having two defending weapons does not stack.
Although without Persist Spell, you don't get as much SA. But you have spellcasting, so SA is just tasty icing, and not your primary schtick.
Unseen Seer would probably still be better overall, though.
Is there a spell that increases sneak attack? Given the commend about persistent spell I started wondering... thanks
Hunter's Eye is a second level Ranger spell. Gives +1d6/3CL and can be persisted. A great choice if you can get access to it.
I'd consider twin Swords of Subtlety for an armament: Short Swords +1 which add +4 to hit and damage (luck bonus, I believe) on sneak attacks, and that can still be further enchanted with all the stuff you normally like.
+1. Also, having two defending weapons does not stack.
Although without Persist Spell, you don't get as much SA. But you have spellcasting, so SA is just tasty icing, and not your primary schtick.
Defending
A defending weapon allows the wielder to transfer some or all of the sword’s enhancement bonus to his AC as a bonus that stacks with all others . As a free action, the wielder chooses how to allocate the weapon’s enhancement bonus at the start of his turn before using the weapon, and the effect to AC lasts until his next turn.
Bolded by me. if it says all others it means all others include bonuses from other defending weapons. Hench you get the people with spiked defending shields, defending armor spikes, and a defending dagger in the hand holding the shield.
Unless there's some errata I missed somewhere.
Bolded by me. if it says all others it means all others include bonuses from other defending weapons. Hench you get the people with spiked defending shields, defending armor spikes, and a defending dagger in the hand holding the shield.
Unless there's some errata I missed somewhere.
OOH!
I know how I'm equiping my Maraliths!
Back on track...
You might want to get a Mind Blank item. Or a cohort to cast it on you (and it) daily.
If you're going UMD, maybe a wand of dimension lock or whatever. A lot of epic stuff are undead or are immune to ability damage/drain, so the wounding weapon might not be as cool as it should be. And where is the Greater Wounding enchantment found? I like!
Ring of Evasion (if I don't have it from class features) -- 10000 gp
Ring of Mind Shielding -- 8000 gp
Necklace of Adaption -- 9000gp
Heavy Fortication Armor with all Greater Resistances, greater slick -- 427500 gp
Cloak of Displacement, minor -- 20000 gp
Gauntlet of Rust -- 11500 gp
Handy Haversack -- 2000 gp
Hat of Disguise -- 1800 gp
Slippers of Spider Climbing -- 4800 gp
Vest of Escape -- 5200 gp
Ring Gates -- 40000 gp
112500 gp for the normal magic items,
427500 gp for the armor
540000 gp for the kit leaves
220000 gp for other stuff
Now granted that leaves you in good shape to attract all sorts of attention from magic loving creatures but you have basic defenses against the most common forms of attacks.