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Sound Striker Bard. When you get to Wordstrike and Weird Words flavoring it as your character shouting OBJECTION would be pretty great. Perform: Oratory is a really nice versatile performance skill, too...
What do you call 10,000 combat attorneys swallowed by purple worms?
A good start.
Sorry, this made me think of that.
Asmodeus, Abadar, Ragathiel, Olheon, Moloch, Damerrich, and several other dieties and empyreal lords/devils would fit the theme.
Lots of classes too.
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An inquisitor of Asmodeus seems like a good start...
You could call them... Devil's Advocates.
"I am the law!!!!"
Darn someone beat me to it.
Now I really want to make a character based off Judge Dredd
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Oh my! Yes, well. Contract law is of the utmost importance. And I, Sclivian Ruttle, Esq., karcist accountant and infernal contract arbiter, do quite understand the ins, outs, and loopholes necessary when bartering souls with devils.
Oh, I'm quite positive that maintaining such relations with infernal hosts are quite fruitful and lead to staggeringly positive outcomes in combat. As long as the proper relations and bookkeeping is maintained.
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I think Mekkis made one of these.
I can't quite tell, but he used a guy in a suit as his token in a Roll20 game.
I am a combat attorney!
I would actually like to see more about this Combat Attorney idea. I recently had an idea for a Cloistered Cleric with the Souls or Ancestors subdomain that was really big on litigation.
Edit: Now that I think about it... Combat Attorney's sound like the Judges in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and other FF titles.
..."Combat Attorneys"...
I think it might be "Attorneys Combat" if you are talking about a bunch of them.
But yeah, I'm thinking bards, rogues, experts and aristocrats. And wigs. You need a wig.
Asmodeus also has an aspect in magic right? What about wizards with the Scroll Master archetype? A "combat attorney" is an NPC that takes a copy of your contract and duels with the rolled up paper as their weapon. They either enforce the agreement by stabbing someone with it or they try to spring you from the deal by stabbing someone with it.
DM: "The attorney slaps you with a lawsuit. Take "<rattle>" 300gp in damages"
This also brings to mind something similar to Inevitables
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Hmmmmm.
I Am the Law : At third level at the beginning of your turn you may deem an action to be against the laws of the current combat. Anyone within a 5 foot area around you who breaks your law suffers a -1 to AC or Attack rolls. At 7th level and every 4 levels after the range increases by 5ft and the penalties increase by 1 to a maximum of -5.
Shouting "Objection!" is not required but highly encouraged.
Well, you may have finally found a use for the FOUR cut-throat lawyer pawns in the NPC Codex Box. Awesome?
I actually played a Combat Attorney once! It was in Curse of the Crimson Throne and I was playing an Inquisitor of Erastil who had profession barrister and made his living as an ADA in the city. As I recall he was always flustered when other characters broke the law, which was far too often for his tastes.
I see a professional gladiatorial mercenary who represents people in trial by combat.
Lore Warden seems like a good way to go.
Trial by combat just sounds like that old school European way back in the dark ages/early middle ages where opposing sides would have their champions face each other and the outcome was supposedly the will of God.
Inquisitor of Asmodeus v Paladin of Abadar. Imagine all the divine politics that could get involved.
The Negotiator Bard archetype from the new Champions of Balance player companion sounds perfect for this concept.
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Trial by combat just sounds like that old school European way back in the dark ages/early middle ages where opposing sides would have their champions face each other and the outcome was supposedly the will of God.
Inquisitor of Asmodeus v Paladin of Abadar. Imagine all the divine politics that could get involved.
I imagine it would look something like this.
