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Vivisectionist (dips Scaled Fist/Stigmatized Witch/Knife Master, race: Aasimar) - Trickster

Musetouched Aasimar DEX/CHA dual-wielder: Vivisectionist 17 with a Scaled Fist dip at 2 (CHA to AC, Dodge, Crane Style, Sai flurry), a Stigmatized Witch dip for Ice Plant and Mage Armor (Archmage Armor), a Knife Master dip for Sneak Stab (d8 sneak dice with the Sai and Hasty Eradicator). Sai main hand from 1; setup auto (free-hand claw or an off-hand weapon, whichever pays; user 2026-10-05), Hasty Eradicator (a dagger) from 13. Trickster mythic path. One of four models comparing the dips (user, 2026-10-01).

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Commits to: Vivisectionist
Race: Musetouched Aasimar
Point buy: STR 10, DEX 16, CON 14, INT 13, WIS 10, CHA 15
Mythic path: Trickster, rank 10 at 20
Equipment that scales with level: amulet of natural armor, amulet of agile fists, ring of protection, weapon enhancement, headband of mental perfection, belt of physical perfection, bracers of animal fury, demonic resentment
Other worn items: Engraved Lucky Bracers from 1 to 8 (counted): +1 luck AC in the free wrist slot until the build's own bracers.; Silky Veil from 6 to 14 (counted): A monk robe in the free armor slot (Mage Armor is a spell): +1 dodge AC.; Robe of Virtue from 15 (counted): +2 dodge AC; a good monk (Scaled Fist) can wear it.; Embroidered Gloves from 18 (counted): +3 luck AC in the free hands slot (replaces the bracers' +1 luck).

Level by level

Level	Class	Picks	Gear from this level
1	Vivisectionist	Weapon Finesse · general feat Shield · spell True Strike · spell Enlarge Person · spell Reduce Person · spell Expeditious Retreat · spell	Sai
2	Scaled Fist	Dodge · bonus feat
3	Stigmatized Witch	Crane Style · general feat Mage Armor · spell Ice Plant · hex
4	Knife Master
5	Vivisectionist	Weapon Focus:Sai · general feat Archmage Armor · mythic ability Close to the Abyss · mythic hero Feral Mutagen · medical discovery
6	Vivisectionist
7	Vivisectionist	Two-Weapon Fighting · general feat Combat Trick · medical discovery Blur · spell Barkskin · spell Cat's Grace · spell	Short Sword
8	Vivisectionist	Weapon Finesse (Mythic) · mythic feat
9	Vivisectionist	Outflank · general feat Feral Wings · medical discovery
10	Vivisectionist	Haste · spell Displacement · spell Heroism · spell Animal Aspect (Greater) · spell
11	Vivisectionist	Improved Two-Weapon Fighting · general feat Master Shapeshifter · mythic ability Perception 1 · mythic trick Infusion · medical discovery
12	Vivisectionist	Two-Weapon Fighting (Mythic) · mythic feat
13	Vivisectionist	Improved Critical:Dagger · general feat Dispelling Attack · medical discovery Greater Invisibility · spell Stoneskin · spell Death Ward · spell Freedom of Movement · spell	Hasty Eradicator
14	Vivisectionist
15	Vivisectionist	Improved Critical II:Dagger · general feat Last Stand · mythic ability Improved Mythic Trick: Perception (Rank 2) · mythic trick Greater Mutagen · medical discovery	Impending Demise
16	Vivisectionist	Spell Resistance · spell
17	Vivisectionist	Greater Two-Weapon Fighting · general feat Improved Critical (Mythic):Dagger · mythic feat Crippling Strike · medical discovery
18	Vivisectionist	Enduring Spells · mythic ability Abundant Casting · mythic ability Flawless Attacks · mythic feat
19	Vivisectionist	Improved Critical III:Dagger · general feat Grand Mutagen · medical discovery True Seeing · spell Transformation · spell
20	Vivisectionist	Mythic Sneak Attacker · mythic feat

Open points and things not counted yet

Sneak Stab applies to every sneak die (the project's reading); the level-7-8 Short Sword off-hand rolls d4.