With all apologies to those that are tired of suggestions, I have one. I will continue posting them when I have ideas until told not to. This is a big one in my opinion. This is an unnerf or anti-nerf. This is a call for restoring power to classes that could use it, and bringing them in line with their pnp counterparts.
I passed level 8 a while back with my rogue PC. It dawned on me that she should not be flankable by this point. While fighting I have always scrolled back up to track whether opponents were gaining flanking bonus to hit her. I notice that she still can be flanked, and being a 3.5 geek (and not super familiar with NWN's 3e implementation), i decided to check the wiki for when Rogues gained this class feature in NWN, and to my disappointment, it is missing from the game.
Improved Uncanny Dodge
Type of feat: Class
Prerequisite: Barbarian level 5, Rogue level 8, Assassin level 5, Dwarven defender level 6, Shadowdancer level 5,
OR Uncanny dodge from another class plus Barbarian level 2, Rogue level 4, Assassin level 2, Dwarven defender level 2, Shadowdancer level 2
Prerequisite: None, Its an automatic gained class feature for the classes listed
Specifics: A character with this feature can no longer be flanked. This defense denies another character the option to sneak attack the character by flanking her, unless the attacker has at least four more class levels, in their class which provides sneak attack, than the target does.
Use: Automatic
Special:
* If a character has more than one class that provides improved uncanny dodge (or uncanny dodge) the total levels of both classes are used to determine the minimum class level required to flank the character.
* If a character gains uncanny dodge from one class but already has it from a different class she automatically gains improved uncanny dodge instead.
Now, I am biased of course, being a player of a rogue and barbarian primarily. I like to think that just makes me more knowledgable about the balance of these two classes than most. But I am of the opinion that few additions could improve the usefulness and balance of so many classes and prestige classes. The fact is, as of now, a level 2 rogue could be the flanker against Kayne and sneak him the whole time. Its one of the things that makes a barbarian different from a fighter. And with the class checks and balances, rogues have enough to worry about from martial classes and casters without worrying about other sneaks. Rogues have less hitpoints and lower AC and lower AB, and the lack of sneak vulnerability and being flanked is one of the ways they make up for it and still make decent combatants. A rogue PC should thrive on the streets of Port-a-Lucine after dark, but instead are one of the most vulnerable to the skanks and thugs without it.
I'm not intimately knowledgeable with NWN's scripting, but the presence of the non-flankability part of this class feature being already present in the game (Dwarven Defender's Defensive Awareness) has me at least a little hopeful its doable.
What this addition does in my opinion is makes it a more rewarding character choice to play a Rogue or Barbarian or a combination of the two, also makes the Assassin and Shadowdancer PrCs have an added class feature, which is something that SD especially could use. I post this as a pipe dream as much as anything. I know with all the variables, it would be a pretty hefty script. I miss this though. Would be a really great addition or re-addition depending on your DND background.
