So I had this awesome idea. Why not make a monk-like character out of a pixie?
The basic goals of this attempt will be as follows:
A) The character must be able to deliver multiple unarmed attacks against touch AC (or, failing that, with absurd to-hit bonuses) while keeping the enemy flat-footed (so as to abuse Iaijutsu Focus).
B) The character must be a Pixie by race.
I've got some of it lined up at least (all sources allowed, though please refrain from Dragon stuff if you can...):
Stat distribution:
STR: Dump stat. You're a pixie so it sucks by default.
DEX: Don't need to put that many points here, what with the +8 to dexterity, but don't dump it either.
CON: Similar to DEX. This is D&D so this is never a dump stat.
INT: You have good bonuses to this already.
WIS: Likewise. We're not gonna be using stunning fist anyway, most likely.
CHA: Should be high. We're gonna try to whore this out quite a bit.
The "building blocks" of it make things... trickier, however.
Point the first: getting IF as a class skill.
According to
this topic, the only way to add any one skill to your list is the Aereni Focus feat, from Eberron. You're a pixie, so that's a no-go...
Point the second: getting more attacks.
The relatively simple way of doing this is either using Chaos Monk or the regular Monk's flurry of suck. I could use some advisement on how to do this.
Point the third: hitting as touch attacks, or getting high bonuses to hit.
The simplest way I can consider is the Deep Impact feat. However, it's only good for one attack at a time. Wraithstrike COULD be a go, however. Of course, access to it is pretty much limited.
Point the fourth: flat-footed goodness.
Confound the big folk is pretty much awesome for this purpose. Sadly, it requires a two-round setup (thankfully, greater invis helps you with the enemy not knowing you're there...). Ways to improve this would be appreciated.
Point the fifth: whoring out CHA - and other ways of increasing your damage.
Gauntlet of Heartfelt Blows is really good for this. It adds your CHA modifier as fire damage to your melee or melee touch attacks. (Hot blood much?) Snowflake Wardance + Adaptative Strike (which lets you change your unarmed attack damage to slashing, thus overcoming the limitation of the feat
) could help with hit while Slippers of Battledancing adds your Cha again for damage. Shadow Blade could also be potentially awesome given your naturally high dex.
Point the sixth: which classes to use?
Vanilla monk sucks as a base, but could prove an interesting two-level dip, specially considering UA's alternative combat styles. Plain Fighter gives us much-needed feats. Unarmed Swordsage gives us plenty of goodness (free WF to unarmed strikes while in a Shadow Hand stance, access to Shadow Blade by level 5, Assassin stance for sneak attacks which would increase damage along with IF). BINDER, of all things, gives us Ronove (a Vestige that provides you with IUS and monk damage with a level equal to your EBL) and Otiax (which allows you to strike as touch attacks from ten feet away, giving you a little range at least). Lots of choices, but it's hard to pick the best of them.
So how shall we go about this?