Re: CHATTING.
Ok. Let me explain the concept. Katan is known for his use of 1 weapon, the katana at the outset of the creation of the character but now it is the scorpion chain. When I was building the character I was playing around with 2 ideas; a character named Noose who used the chain or a character named Katan who used the katana. Now swords are pretty common in games so after the fight with you in the arena I decided that:
1) I would like a melee weapon that I could apply my DEX bonus to
2) A reach weapon keeps me away from my opponents, covering in a very basic way a range and melee weapon, in terms of its usage
Now as an underlying concept, Katan is a character of stealth. I wanted to make a stealthy character that could take hits as well, hence the warforged fighter. His increased size to large gives him a disadvantage when being stealthy. You know me Scotty, I like to have a character with "flaws". The large size also gives me more reach with the chain.
In terms of the Shadowdancer PrC and the Shadowlord PrC, I was using them as a means of "moving", utilizing the Shadow jump from Shadowdancer. I had a problem with the whole not being able to use any actions after the Shadow jump, which is why I jumped to the idea of a Shadowlord who would be able to attack after a shadow jump. So the Shadowlord does not really interfere with the Katan concept.
A full epic version of Katan is posted in the Character Concepts and Development Thread, with the modifications of the scorpion chain. Each level indicated in that post is the progression I plan to take until Katan gets to level 26. After that I will be looking into taking levels of artificer, shadowblade and shadowlord after I look at that class in more detail. Take a look at it.
Any suggestions and comments on the character are welcomed and appreciated.