Fastest way to Arcane Trickster...

[Samhain California]

ok here is the challenge get to certain prestige classes in the fewest amount of levels required.

Resources: PHB, DMG, Splat books

Goals: Arcane Trickster, Weapons Master, Shifter, Templar, Elemental Savant.

Bonus Points awarded for style and a few moe points for extra powerful combos.

--Samhain

 

[Victim]

Arcane Trickster: Rogue 4, Wizard 5. With 2d6 sneak attack, at least 3 levels of rogue are required. Decipher Script is exclusive, so a rogue, bard or loremaster character level is needed to bring the max ranks up to 7. 5 levels of wizard is the fastest way to get 3rd level arcane spells.

Human Fighter 6 gets one into weapon master. Level 1: Dodge, Mobility, Expertise. 2: Mobility. 3: Weapon focus. 4 Spring attack. 6: Whirlwind attack + other. The hidden requirement of Spring Attack (+4 base attack required) delays aquisition of the class.

Shifter: Druid 5 works. Depending on the interpretation of the required alterself ability, a Wizard 5 could qualify as well.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Human Fighter 6 gets one into weapon master. Level 1: Dodge, Mobility, Expertise. 2: Mobility. 3: Weapon focus. 4 Spring attack. 6: Whirlwind attack + other. The hidden requirement of Spring Attack (+4 base attack required) delays aquisition of the class.

You can get Whirlwind Attack at 5th with Fighter 4 / Psychic Warrior 1.

Not having Weapon Master in front of me, I'm not sure if that breaks something else or not...

-Hyp.

 

[Victim]

You need +5 base attack, which the psychic warrior level doesn't grant. Also, I didn't think the Psi book was allowed.

 

[Hypersmurf]

You need +5 base attack, which the psychic warrior level doesn't grant.

SRD says +4, but it wouldn't be the first time the SRD's been wrong...

Also, I didn't think the Psi book was allowed.

Fair point. I must admit, I naturally slotted it into the Splatbooks category, but that's not really accurate.

-Hyp.

 

[Victim]

Weapon Master is in the SRD?

I checked the book and, more importantly , the errata, and the base attack required is +5.

 

[Samhain California]

Arcane Trickster: Rogue 4, Wizard 5. With 2d6 sneak attack, at least 3 levels of rogue are required. Decipher Script is exclusive, so a rogue, bard or loremaster character level is needed to bring the max ranks up to 7. 5 levels of wizard is the fastest way to get 3rd level arcane spells.

yeah but how bout a level of spymaster?

 

[Samhain California]

Human Fighter 6 gets one into weapon master. Level 1: Dodge, Mobility, Expertise. 2: Mobility. 3: Weapon focus. 4 Spring attack. 6: Whirlwind attack + other. The hidden requirement of Spring Attack (+4 base attack required) delays aquisition of the class.

you have mobility twice on purpose?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Weapon Master is in the SRD?

Oh!

For some reason, I thought you meant for WWA.

If Weapon Master needs +5, then yes, PsyWar wouldn't work

-Hyp.

 

[Victim]

you have mobility twice on purpose?

Yes, because I'm stupid. It should be Combat Reflexes.