Crossbow rogue (Rogue 40)

[starcore]

Hi All,

I thought I'd share my pure crossbow rogue build (you don't see a lot of rogues in HG)

In terms of damage output, I've found in hells and abyss I'm usually a little behind, but can at least stay close to the tanks (within 10%).
In limbo (I brought this to a P1 hard) I was way behind... like half of the other tanks. High piercing immunities and DR/ really hurt the damage output. 

Being a dex based pure rogue, Most of the damage will come from sneak attacks. 

You could probably do this with dual wield instead of a crossbow, but the main benefit to using a crossbow over melee, is that it is easy to make sure you are always sneak attacking. Just keep a little distance from the enemies (but not too much).

An important tip for crossbows: After logging on, you need to unequip and re-equip it to get the bonus 2 attacks. You will see some red sparkles around your head as an indication this is active. 

An important note regarding skill mastery: You need to rest for this to be active. If you do not rest, you will get layer penalties. If you are amni'd, you will also get layer penalties. 

Race	Elf
Subrace	Half-fiend
Abilities	At Creation(after subrace edits)
Str	12
Dex	20 (26)
Con	12 (16)
Int	12 (16)
Wis	8
Cha	8
Abilities on level up	All dex
Pandect	Sneak attack (IMPORTANT)
Artifact	Strength
Feats
Level 1	Strong soul
Level 3	Weapon focus (Light crossbow)
Level 6	Toughness
Level 9	Greater weapon focus
Level 12	Improved critical
Level 15	Rapid reload
Level 18	Power critical
Bonus 10	Crippling Strike
Bonus 13	Oppertunist
Bonus 16	Skill Mastery
Bonus 19	Improved evasion
Epic Feats
Level 21	Dex 1
Level 24	Dex 2
Level 27	Dex 3
Level 30	Dex 4
Level 33	Dex 5
Level 36	Dex 6
Level 39	Dex 7
Bonus 24	Defensive roll
Bonus 28	Sneak 1
Bonus 32	Sneak 2
Bonus 36	Sneak 3
Bonus 40	Sneak 4
Legendary Feats
Level 42	Legendary hardened soul
Level 45	Epic weapon focus
Level 48	Legendary weapon focus
Level 51	Epic prowess
Level 54	Dex 8
Level 57	Sneak 5
Level 60	Sneak 6
Paragon Feats
Level 63	Paragon weapon focus
Level 66	Epic dodge
Level 69	Sneak 7
Level 72	Sneak 8
Level 75	Paragon anchoring
Level 78	Armor Skin
Skills
Concentration	At least 30...
Craft Armor	63
Craft Weapon	63
Disable Trap	63
Discipline	Max (Including paragon points)
Hide	63
Listen	63
Open Lock	63
Parry	63
Pick pocket	63
Search	63
Set trap	5
Tumble	63
Use magic device	Leftover points

*Note for skills. There is no point in going over 63. You do not take layer penalties on skills due to skill mastery, so paragon points are best used on cross class skills or on skills below 63. 

Don't forget to have pickpocket at 120+. You'll need some on your gear to achieve this. 
If you are using crippling strike every cooldown, it does slightly more damage than a regular attack It's effectively +1 attack per round, but to land reliably you really want PP to be at, or near the cap. 

My current Saves/Ac/AB
Note, I'm only level 72 currently, so these will all improve a little once level 80. AC should end up at 135 before gird

[nabuch]

This build looks fun to play i never play a rogue and im think about it now ^^

[woqued]

This build can be played as a new open subrace character if you have at least 1 other person to play with - solo crossbow rogue is a nightmare. It is good for learning damage types while still fulfilling a good purpose in a party as the rogue.

Derrzagon is one potential race to do it on, and the 5/- acid/fire also help early on in the 1-30 portion of the game, a decent amount actually. Other options include any with decent stat spread (emphasis on int/dex, str/con useful, wis/cha irrelevant) and human/elf/halfling base such as air genasi or water genasi, green half-dragon for nice imms and cool wings if you drink the blood.