No offense or anything man, but I would never ever ever ever take STSF with 20 int 22 wis. I think your expectations are unreasonable in this case. Yes, 15 - 25 seems excessively long for one echo, but I also wouldn't expect one more than every 8 ish rounds with those two stats.

I don't think number of foes is relevant really, but if anything might actually make STSF work less well. Unable to study your opponent(s) well in the battle chaos, etc. Still, one tier against one opponent out of eight in fourteen rounds is absurdly slow.

I certainly don't find the legacy useless (changed or not) with what I'm currently playing, just observing that I've noticed things seemed to have "slowed down" with STSF on the whole. Maybe a little too much, but only a little if so.

I don't think you have any business having STSF without 21+ int and wis both. At least one of those at 23+ is a BIG help too. Besides elves and dark elves, arials and gnomes can get away with it for various reasons, but that's about all in my opinion. Even for those two, I think it largely depends on your 2nd legacy choice to make or break you.

With any other race you're wasting a legacy choice, or at the very least could pick something much better. It reminds me of Trapping on a high str non giant. Sure you can make it work with the right combo, but a giant just rocks way more with it.

--Nightshade