Harliquinn wrote:
I'd say this was the one 'shortcoming' I found with the system in terms of building a character you wanted. I had envisioned my original character as a 'rogue/arcane caster' but was unable to do so for a while and with a very specific path. I decided to go with 'rogue/divine caster' but using Cadic and making him more of a 'bard'.
John
Personally I think Arcane works perfectly fine as a platform to become rogue like. You get deceit and stealth skill bumps when you also bump Arcanum X. Larceny might lag a little, but you can also take a talent from Codex of Heros to include perception with your core skills.
Expert can also work fine for creation a rogue caster, though you are right that you have to build a little bit to get there. My secondary/Blessed Lands primary(?) Tukufu is an expert psion & "tomb raider" ... he has great skills but getting all the talents he needs is very tight.