Ironworks Gaming Forum - View Single Post - Straight Rogue or mix with fighter or ranger?

Magness · 09-25-2003, 05:16 PM

1st Wizzy, you make a good point. Rogues are an excellent class for multiclass combos.

Fighter-rogue == swashbuckler kinda rogue

Ranger-rogue == BG2 stalker kinda rogue

I've also heard a barbarian-rogue combo suggested. With barbarian spped and the Dash feat, you will have one FAST rogue.

A combo that I've been tempted to try out is a "ninja-ish" rogue... rogue X/illusionist 4. This combo would give you some really nice illusion spells (like Mirror Image & Invisibility) that could be very useful for a rogue. Wouldn't be as strong in combat as the warrior-rogue combo's, but should be more difficult to hit. One question would be what do you do about wearing armor? Do you wear the normal leather armors and just take the rise of arcane magic failure? Do you spend feat points on armored arcana (I'd say no)? Or do you wear mage robes? My first guess would be to just risk magic failure and wear the armors.

Another rogue MC combo could be a Rogue X/cleric of Mask Y. (Y meaning I don't know how many levels would be best.) Given that Mask seems to be a God of Thieves, this combo makes plenty of sense. Don't know how best to play it, though.

Another "ninja-ish" combo is a monk/rogue combo. However, I usually think of this as being more of a monk combo than the reverse because it always seems to be discussed in the context of adding a couple of rogue levels for the skills to a primarily monk character.

09-25-2003, 05:16 PM	#14
Magness Quintesson Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Manchester, NH, USA Posts: 1,025	1st Wizzy, you make a good point. Rogues are an excellent class for multiclass combos. Fighter-rogue == swashbuckler kinda rogue Ranger-rogue == BG2 stalker kinda rogue I've also heard a barbarian-rogue combo suggested. With barbarian spped and the Dash feat, you will have one FAST rogue. A combo that I've been tempted to try out is a "ninja-ish" rogue... rogue X/illusionist 4. This combo would give you some really nice illusion spells (like Mirror Image & Invisibility) that could be very useful for a rogue. Wouldn't be as strong in combat as the warrior-rogue combo's, but should be more difficult to hit. One question would be what do you do about wearing armor? Do you wear the normal leather armors and just take the rise of arcane magic failure? Do you spend feat points on armored arcana (I'd say no)? Or do you wear mage robes? My first guess would be to just risk magic failure and wear the armors. Another rogue MC combo could be a Rogue X/cleric of Mask Y. (Y meaning I don't know how many levels would be best.) Given that Mask seems to be a God of Thieves, this combo makes plenty of sense. Don't know how best to play it, though. Another "ninja-ish" combo is a monk/rogue combo. However, I usually think of this as being more of a monk combo than the reverse because it always seems to be discussed in the context of adding a couple of rogue levels for the skills to a primarily monk character.