Poking out at the unconscious satyr with the butt of her polearm, Rose watched as the little bit of force she applied was enough to tip the balance decisively, and the pirate went tumbling to the decks below.  Keeping her head craned over the edge, she watched the falling figure until she heard the 'splat' sound as it hit the deck, then straightened up again and held out her hand.<br/><br/>"So then, two to go down?"  She commented, referring to the return trip back onto the deck.  "We've still got a ship to explore, after all."<br/><br/>Taking herself and her companion back down onto the deck, Rose would help out with the looting of the slain pirates and the tying-up of the Pirate Captain, Bikke, on the lookout at the same time for some golden earrings for their two sailor friends.  Once that was all taken care of, she'd be all for dropping through the deck and checking out the lower levels of the ship, though by then they'd undoubtedly need to re-activate their Rings of Blinking.<br/><br/>Hopefully they wouldn't be attacked by any other remaining pirates while carrying out the above, though...<br/><br/><br/><br/>I know you said no Tome of Battle, but there's a feat in that book that allows you to add Dexterity to damage in place of Strength while in a Shadow Hand stance and using a Shadow Hand-associated weapon.  Combined with Weapon Finesse and that one Shadow Hand stance that adds +2d6 to Sneak Attack, it's often the basis for many Dex-based fighting builds.<br/><br/>Admittedly, the Kukri isn't a Shadow Hand-associated weapon, so you'd have to go for something like a Rapier-and-Short Sword combo instead, but you could probably make it work well for you. ^^; Assuming you wanted to give it a shot, anyway.