I am still working around this.
Character crafting is fun.
As a special point a spiked chain can be used for weapon finesse.
Well, thats nice, but dropping STR would make the trip and dmg worse, not to mention what we can carry, although that might not be such a problem for a dwarf.
What is your experience with this? How much DEX do you need and what is a good balance between STR and Dex?If my group decides to go core only, then I am basically stuck with
fighter, maybe with some wiz levels, as I already have INT. (enlarge person, yey) although Spell failure chance is really bad.
With +3Dex we could be fine with a breastplate, so the failure chance wouldnt be as high. (25% to 35% with Full plate)
EDIT: I forgot about wands, so we can play around that problem too.
If a non core PrC would be allowed somehow then the
Occult slayer might be a nice roleplay choice here.
Wiz/Fighter>Occult slayer, the Wiz might not even be really necessary for this. But even with 5 fighter we wouldnt be able to grab all Trip feats + Impr Ini and focus without delaying the PrC.
Otherwise a
Kensai would be even better as the dmg is neutral.
Hmm... 1Lv Monk maybe? Good for saves, some skills and impr. grab - I know usually dwarfs dont become monks, but with some flavor that shouldnt be a problem.
It strongly depends on the PrC, but if I can get a passive way monk in there somehow...