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Dastan, Human scout Apr 30, 2009 17:41:31 GMT -5

Post by at on Apr 30, 2009 17:41:31 GMT -5

Dastan
Dying is easy, staying alive is hard. But I like the challenge.

Human Male – Scout 3
Chaotic Good

Age: 20
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 154 lbs
Hair: Black, short
Eyes: Dark
Skin: Copper

Background

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Background :

Born in Balic, his parents left him in the care of relatives at an early age, leaving to fight for another and promising to return for him one day. After all these years he presumes them dead "fighting someone else's battle".

As a child he was quite the thief, racing through the streets for the thrill of the chase, hoping that his parents would return to deal with the chaos. They didn't, but his foster parents always seemed able to smooth things over, until they died too.

With few marketable skills and more than a few enemies Dastan struck out into the desert, embarking on a life of adventure and exploration, searching for lost wealth and excitement.

...
This wasn't the first time that Dastan had been ... detained. Not the first time he'd been accused of someone else's crime, but the kid looked like he needed more of a head start. If he'd known that half the city guard had been involved in the chase he might have gone for a little headstart himself.
Still, not so bad, nothing broken, nothing missing. Time to be leaving this place anyway, Dastan just hopes he can find his lucky scarf on the way out.

Character :

Dastan lives day to day with little in the way of a long term plan, save a strong wonderlust and sense of adventure. He does not like to dwell on the past, his care free attitude dulling his sense of fear, though he is not fond of tight spaces.

Dastan finds it difficult to trust others, feeling that everyone has their own agenda, and is hesitant to join with others and risk his life for anothers cause as his parents did.

Basic Traits
STR: 12 (+1)
DEX: 16 (+3)
CON: 14 (+2)
INT: 16 (+3)
WIS: 10 (+0)
CHA: 12 (+1)

HP: 25 / 25

AC: 14+1 dodge (+1 when moving 10' or more in a round)
Touch: 14+1 dodge
FF: 14+1 dodge (uncanny dodge)

Init: +6 _{(+3 Dex, +2 Blooded, +1 Battle fortitude)}

BAB: +2
Melee: +3
Ranged: +5
Grapple: +3

Attacks:
Enchanted Wooden Short Sword +1, Attack +3, Damage 1d6+1 (+1d6 skirmish), Crit range 19-20 x2, piercing, inferior materials.

Saves:
Fort: +5 _{(+1 Base, +2 Con, +1 Luck, +1 Battle fortitude)}
Ref: +7 _{(+3 Base, +3 Dex, +1 Luck)}
Will: +2 _{(+1 Base, +0 Wis, +1 Luck)}

Languages:
Common
Kreen
Giant
Balikite
Elven

Special Abilities

Traits:
- Dishonest (+1 bluff, -2 diplomacy)
- Quick (+10 speed, -1 hitpoint per level)

Feats and Flaws:
- Hidden Talent [Catfall] (2 / 2 power points)
- Luck of heroes (+1 luck bonus to saves, +1 luck bonus to AC)
- Blooded (+2 unnamed bonus to spot and init, cannot be shaken)
- Leap Of The Heavens (Jump without 20' running start, gain +5 competence bonus to jump with 20' run up)
- Dodge (+1 AC vs a single nominated opponent)
- Free Spirited (Flaw : weight of gear is double for determining load. Armour check penalties are doubled)

Class Abilities:
- Movement speed 40
- Climb speed 20 (1/2 base move)
- Skirmish +1d6/+1 AC (when moving 10' or more)
- Trapfinding
- Uncanny dodge
- Trackless step
- Battle fortitude (+1 initative, +1 fort saves)

Skill Tricks
- Wall runner (may run along a wall for a round with a climb check)
- Leaping climber (may begin a climb with a jump action)

Skills
Climb: +15 _{(6 ranks, +1 Str, +8 Climb speed)}
Jump: +13 _{(6 ranks, +1 Str, +2 Syn, +4 Speed) (+18 with running start)}
Balance: +11 _{(6 ranks, +3 Dex, +2 Syn)}
Tumble: +11 _{(6 ranks, +3 Dex, +2 Syn)}

Move Silently: +9 _{(6 ranks, +3 Dex)}
Hide: +6 _{(3 ranks, +3 Dex)}
Swim (cc): +2 _{(1 rank, +1 Str)}
Survival: +6 _{(6 ranks, +0 Wis)}

Spot: +8 _{(6 ranks, +0 Wis, +2 Blooded)}
Search: +9 _{(6 ranks, +3 Int)}
Disable device: +9 _{(6 ranks, +3 Int)}
Escape artist: +5 _{(2 ranks, +3 Dex)}

Sense motive: +5 _{(5 ranks, +0 Wis)}
Bluff (cc): +2 _{(0 ranks, +1 Cha, +1 Trait)}
Diplomacy (cc): +1 _{(0 ranks, +1 Cha, -2 Trair, +2 Syn)}
Perform (oratory, cc): +2 _{(1 rank, +1 Cha)}

Equipment
Clothing.

Last Edit: Aug 7, 2009 11:31:58 GMT -5 by at

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Dastan, Human scout Apr 30, 2009 17:42:03 GMT -5

Post by at on Apr 30, 2009 17:42:03 GMT -5

Notable item log

The Stick - An enchanted (+1) magical wooden shortsword, hidden amongst a cache of slave weapons on the argosy.
There is little to indicate the weapon is magical, and Dastan is unaware of it's capabilities at this time.
Magic: +1 enchantment, Weight: 1lb, Notes: inferior material weapon. Hardness 6, HP 2/2
"Some say it can melt concrete on contact, and that's why there's no concrete on Athas. All we know is, it's called The Stick."

Activities log
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Friends and foes log
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Yakumo Aspect of the Deity Always Consult Cthulhu Posts: 1,597	Dastan, Human scout Apr 30, 2009 18:21:16 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Yakumo on Apr 30, 2009 18:21:16 GMT -5 Where did you find these trait things? Is that some sort of class ability? I might want to take a look at it.

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Dastan, Human scout Apr 30, 2009 18:38:13 GMT -5

Post by Jolith on Apr 30, 2009 18:38:13 GMT -5

If I'm not mistaken they're from Unearthed Arcana. Not sure if we use that book, unless you asks Bad* for permission.

Anyways, you can find a list here.

www.dandwiki.com/wiki/UA:Character_Traits

Edit: Also, want to note you can only have 2 Skill Tricks at 3rd level. You can only have a total equal to one-half your level rounded up.

Last Edit: Apr 30, 2009 18:39:20 GMT -5 by Jolith

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Dastan, Human scout Apr 30, 2009 23:15:41 GMT -5

Post by TheUdjat on Apr 30, 2009 23:15:41 GMT -5

Traits are also here.

I think he gets one more language. His regional dialect is free.

I'm surprised you didn't go with any of the psionic feats like Up the Walls and Speed of Thought and such. He qualifies with the Hidden Talent.

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Dastan, Human scout May 1, 2009 3:24:02 GMT -5

Post by at on May 1, 2009 3:24:02 GMT -5

Apr 30, 2009 18:38:13 GMT -5 Jolith said:

Edit: Also, want to note you can only have 2 Skill Tricks at 3rd level.

Ah, ok. Thought it was 1/level. I'll drop the wall jumper trick since it only gets me an extra 5 on jump checks anyway (due to the leap of the heavens feat)

TheUdjat, 'up the walls' needs a higher wisdom score, 13 I think.
edit - just looked. Both up the walls and speed of thought require a wisdom score of 13.

I think the character is pretty much done now, unless I have a change of heart and make a run for the duelist PrC instead of horizon walker - i'm under the distinct impression that the Scout/HW Dastan won't be able to contribue much to combat after the first couple of levels (the alternative being scout 7 swash 1 duelist x)

--thoughts welcome on that, it's not a choice Dastan has to make until he takes his bonus feat at level 4 (endurance for HW or dodge for duelist)

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Dastan, Human scout May 1, 2009 7:39:48 GMT -5

Post by TheUdjat on May 1, 2009 7:39:48 GMT -5

May 1, 2009 3:24:02 GMT -5 at said:

TheUdjat, 'up the walls' needs a higher wisdom score, 13 I think.
edit - just looked. Both up the walls and speed of thought require a wisdom score of 13.

Yeah, they do, but I figured them to be totally worth it. I suppose it works better for a Psywarrior build where you're kicking up Wisdom anyway and are low on the skill points to compensate.

I think the character is pretty much done now, unless I have a change of heart and make a run for the duelist PrC instead of horizon walker - i'm under the distinct impression that the Scout/HW Dastan won't be able to contribue much to combat after the first couple of levels (the alternative being scout 7 swash 1 duelist x)

--thoughts welcome on that, it's not a choice Dastan has to make until he takes his bonus feat at level 4 (endurance for HW or dodge for duelist)

Horizon Walker does tend to lose out on combat, though it gets full BAB. Just no options. So if you lay the right groundwork, you can usually do okay. But as a Scout you'd be relying on Skirmish, which of course doesn't increase.

You can mitigate this somewhat by picking up Improved Skirmish at level 6. This improves your Skirmish by +2d6 damage and +2 AC, provided the character moves at least 20' that round (which, given your character concept and 50' movement by that level, seems like pretty good odds). Even if you don't improve in Scout you'll have a reliable method of dishing out +4d6 damage on an attack, which can help keep you useful.

Or you can go for Duelist. I do rather like that class and think it would work out well, even if it's less skilled. The special abilities seem to mesh really well. Though you do need to pick up 3 feats and 3 cross-class ranks to get there, not to mention the +6 BAB, which you won't hit until Level 8 Scout, unless you dip into another class.

You could also multi-class with Ranger. Full BAB, good skill points, and there's a feat to make Ranger and Scout levels stack for Favored Enemy and Skirmish (which also allows Skirmish to apply to Favored Enemies it normally wouldn't, like constructs and undead). Not a bad way to go, either.

Or just Horizon Walker, which I like flavor-wise. However, if you go HW, I challenge Bad* to come up with new terrain options for you based on Athas.

That would be cool!

EDIT: You also haven't spent the necessary 2 skill points per skill trick, it looks like. I count a perfect 72 on skill points spent, which puts you 4 over with the tricks. And Balic should be a free language for you, so you should have one more.

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Dastan, Human scout May 1, 2009 8:06:00 GMT -5

Post by Badasterysk on May 1, 2009 8:06:00 GMT -5

Hidden Talent

I’m changing the static Charisma prerequisite- each of the six psionic disciplines has been assigned a different key ability. Use the new key ability to determine any variable effects for the power (such as DCs). The key ability for each power is listed in parenthesis, meaning your character must have at least an 11 in that score to be able to use the power*. NOTE: You may not change your character’s attributes to be able to attain a power on the list that the character doesn’t qualify for presently.

_{*Psionic characters are not subject to this restriction. They treat the Hidden Talent power as one of their class powers.}

Choose one of the following powers for your Hidden Talent feat.

Burst (Dex)
Catfall (Dex)
Distract (Cha)

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Dastan, Human scout May 1, 2009 8:47:59 GMT -5

Post by at on May 1, 2009 8:47:59 GMT -5

May 1, 2009 7:39:48 GMT -5 TheUdjat said:

Horizon Walker does tend to lose out on combat, though it gets full BAB. Just no options.

Yeah

I've tweaked the character a little to guide it towards Scout(6) Swashbuckler(1) Duelist(x), and paid for the skill tricks from my old know(geography) points

-the 3 feats for duelist don't bother me as I was going to take the dodge/mobility tree anyway, and a few points in perform is just fine.

I guess horizon walker will have to wait for another day - probably a power attack barb or something.

Bad* - i've opted for catfall. 2 psipoints with no level/stat adjust?
d6 less damage isn't much of a much, but automatically landing on your feet after tripping / being tripped is fantastic.

I've also snuck in a flaw to get dodge in order to make a run at duelist. I can scrap it and drop one of my other feats instead, but I don't know which one - I loves them all so much

Badasterysk Living Legend Posts: 979	Dastan, Human scout May 1, 2009 11:25:30 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Badasterysk on May 1, 2009 11:25:30 GMT -5 May 1, 2009 8:47:59 GMT -5 at said: Bad* - i've opted for catfall. 2 psipoints with no level/stat adjust? Correct. No level or stat. adjustment, just 2 power points to use on Catfall.
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Post by Yakumo on Apr 30, 2009 18:21:16 GMT -5

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