Ruby Rose"Red like roses fills my dreams and brings me to the place you rest."Strongheart halfling
FRCS Fighter (Exoticist
Dr310, Hit-and-Run
DotU) 1/Cleric (Travel Devotion, War) 1/Warblade
ToB 5/Exotic Weapon Master
CW 1/Warblade +12
Exotic Weapon Stunts: Uncanny Blow
Proficiencies (exoticist): Kaortic resin weapons, bladed crossbows(?), ?, ?
Feats: 1: Dead Eye
DrComp, 3: Crossbow Sniper
PHB2, 6: Rapid Reload (heavy crossbow), 9: Rapid Shot, 12: Power Attack, 15: Leap Attack
CAdv, 18: ?
Bonus Feats (cleric): Travel Devotion
CC, Weapon Focus (bladed crossbow)
Bonus Feats (fighter): Weapon Finesse
Bonus Feats (warblade): Combat Reflexes, Improved Initiative, ?, ?
Bonus Feats (strongheart halfling): Point Blank Shot
Maneuvers (warblade)Diamond Mind: Bounding Assault, Diamond Nightmare Blade, Moment of Alacrity, Stance of Alacrity (stance)
Iron Heart: Absolute Steel (stance), Adamantine Hurricane, Dancing Blade Form (stance), Finishing Move, Iron Heart Focus, Mithral Tornado, Wall of Blades
Stone Dragon: Ancient Mountain Hammer
Tiger Claw: Feral Death Blow, Pouncing Charge, Swooping Dragon Strike
White Raven: Bolstering Voice (stance)
Equipment: Crescent Rose (
kaortic resin feycraftDMG2 self-loading
A&EG bladed crossbow, with the enchantments of a halberd of vaulting
A&EG),
Gnome crossbow sightA&EG (attached to Crescent Rose), Greater demolition weapon crystal
MIC (attached to Crescent Rose), Boots of agile leaping
MIC/Boots of swift passage
MIC, Cloak of minor displacement
The bladed crossbow has different rules between A&EG and MIC. The 3.0 version is a +2 heavy crossbow that can be used to make melee attacks (1d8 20/x2) if the wielder has an Exotic Weapon Proficiency feat, while the 3.5 version functions as a +1 heavy crossbow and a +1 battleaxe. It's ambiguous whether the 3.5 version is enchanted as a single or double weapon.
EDIT: Dragon #349 features a third bladed crossbow - a simple weapon that functions as a light crossbow/dagger double weapon - as well as the elvencraft bow, yuan-ti serpent bow and steel crossbow which function similarly.
The halberd of vaulting is a crazy weapon that grants +30 Jump and lets you make a "vaulting charge" for double damage if you have enough room.
Self-loading crossbow is a +1 heavy crossbow (+10,000gp cost) that reduces its loading time by one step, stacking with Rapid Reload.
Ruby relies more on well-timed recoils to swing her weapon rather than muscle. Well... Crossbow Sniper, Dead Eye and Point Blank Shot grant their bonuses based on the weapon used, whether or not it's used to make a ranged attack. Combine that with Uncanny Blow, and Ruby gets to add 2.5x her Dex modifier to melee damage in place of Strength (or 3.5x vs flat-footed enemies).