Against the Odds

Game Master GM Grimm

Jesse Heinig wrote:

Ok, sounds like it's face-time.

Flintlock firearms yes/no?

Might be interesting. What are you thinking?

I'm thinking:

GM DeathbySuburbs wrote:

Jesse Heinig wrote:

Ok, sounds like it's face-time.

Flintlock firearms yes/no?

Might be interesting. What are you thinking?

I'm thinking:

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I like this concept. It sounds like a lot of fun. I am vastly unfamiliar with the class.I have to give flintlock some thought, but this has my attention.

Ok, the basic gist of the swashbuckler is that it's an attempt to make a Dexterity fighter that relies on doing various gambits and high mobility. The class is built to benefit strongly from using finesse weapons, especially piercing ones. They're tough like fighters but their AC is usually not as good unless you do stuff specifically to bolster it.
The swashbuckler's major claim to fame is panache, which is a point pool that lets you do various tricks, like parrying an opponent's strike and then counterattacking. Panache is refilled by doing stuff like beating an opponent that is a real threat to you or scoring a crit, and it refreshes daily. The pool is generally small, so you have to pick your battles, though there are some tricks that can be done without spending panache as long as you have at least a point left.
Panache is Charisma-based, so swashbucklers tend to favor Dex + Cha.

Admittedly the swashbuckler doesn't fit neatly in the "classic Greyhawk" mold. If you would prefer something more traditional and "old school" I could always come up with a bard.

The flavor of this is great! Drawbacks= I am not solid on my familiarity of the class and would probably bungle the tracking of panache points. Firearm is explainable, but probably only a once and done. It is tough to RP a bard in my opinion. Although, if you could RP this, you might be able to RP bard.

I want to study the class more.

Looks like you could use a fighter/healer so I'm thinking half-elf paladin.

Great. Let's see it!

Emissary's submission here!

I kept the backstory simple, both so I could improve it as we have campfire talks and so I don't bore you to death.

Simple question, GM. I chose Monstrous Humanoids for his first Favored Enemy, but I was between that and Magical Beasts. I want to choose it for flavour reasons, but I'd rather not have it sit there with no use for years.

So any input would be very much appreciated ^^

Welcome! Move to the discussion thread please!

any word on the barbarian?

any word on the barbarian?

Still considering.

Ravenna Van Klef, head on over to the discussion thread.

Looking for one more! A martial/healer would get greatest consideration.

any word on the barbarian?

Are you willing to stay in touch as an alternate?

Recruitment is currently closed. Thanks to all of the applicants! Good luck.

This is Sylvanus, I just finished the crunch I need to clean up the format a little, but it will do for a submission.