bigwillystyle

I had no problem getting Settler's Arrow & Xaurip Tongue, those were easy. Where did you get the Turquoise? (I'm assuming you're slapping an Accurate 1 enhancement on that puppy)

20 endurance

I ... that's awesome. Never thought of that before.

Every time I see a post asking for a melee rogue build, I'd just link to this. Solid, OP. I probably would have gone Hearth Orlan & Deadfire background but frankly that's just nitpicking. This build certainly melts faces.

I don't know your definition of balanced, but below is what I ran as a hireling. I did not have any "dump" stats, as I don't think any were necessary. Hearth Orlan Rogue Might 17 Con 10 Dex 19 Per 12 Int 10 Res 10 I used Rapiers / Daggers for increased accuracy, but you could certainly use Sabres / Stilettos as well and sub in Weapon Focus: Ruffian. Order of abilities / talents is from memory and may not be 100% correct. I used this hireling on Hard difficulty, usually within 2-3 meters of a Paladin. Lvl1 Crippling Strike Lvl2 Weapon Focus: Noble Lvl3 Dirty Fighting Lvl4 Vicious Fighting Lvl5 Reckless Assault Lvl6 Two Weapon Style Lvl7 Coordinated Positioning Lvl8 Vulnerable Attack Lvl9 Deathblows Lvl10 Savage Attack Lvl11 Deep Wounds vl12 Shadowing Beyond Edited for clarity of ability / talent choices

This sounds awesome, going to give it a try tonight. First playthrough did not have a Monk or Paladin. I am tempted to swap out Rogue in your example for a Barbarian ... would a Barbarian crit make it through to other mobs via Carnage?