Lysander "Ly"'s page

Lysander is my attempt at a more combat based rogue since Kingmaker from what i read is minimal on the traps and devices side of things. So i decided to go for more combat ability. He is able to feint as a move action and so every round he can perform a sneak attack against an opponent. Thus dealing maximum damage in early levels and decent damage later in his career.

Before Combat

Ly usually looks for ways to defuse violence when possible--or, failing that, the most opportune way to turn it to his advantage by using whatever weapon or feat is best for the situation.

During Combat

Lysander prefers to close in with his Dueling blade and feint his opponents and sneak attack them as many times as he can every round. If they prove to strong against his attempts at bluffing them and he's taking too much damage he will fall back on his Comp. Shortbow and try and weaken his opponents from range.

Morale:

Lysander believes in living to fight another day, but will not abandon his allies because during his training under his Sword Mistress he learned the difference between living honorably and dishonorably. He'd rather die, then dishonor himself by abandoning his allies or those he has sworn to protect.

Name: Lysander "Ly"

Race Human

Favored (Current) Class: Rogue

Gender: Male

Age: 21

Homeland: Brevoy

Height: 6'0"

Base Weight: 160 lbs

Size: Medium

Hair: Light Blond

Eyes: Green

XP- 500

Alignment: Neutral Good

Deity: None, We all fade away eventually.

Carrying Capacity:
Light Load: 50lbs or less
Medium Load: 51-100lbs
Heavy Load: 101-150 lbs

Starting Gold: 33240
Current Gold: 2884 GP 7 SP 10 CP

Languages: Common, Elven, Draconic, Dwarven and Sylvan

So Ability Scores are as followed:

HP - 46

STR - 13 +1
DEX – 20 +5
CON - 11 +0
INT - 12 +1
WIS - 9 -1
CHA - 14 +2

Max HP: 46

Current HP: 46

Speed: 30 feet (30 while armored)

Initiative: +5 (+5 Dex)

Acrobatics = +16 (+8 Rank, +3 Trained, +5 Dex)
Appraise = +9 (+5 Rank, +3 Trained, +1 Int)
Bluff = +18 (+8 Rank, +3 Trained, +2 Cha, +2 Deceitful Bonus, +3 Skill Focus)
Climb = +8 (+4 Rank, +3 Trained, +1 Str)
Craft Weapon = +8 (+4 Rank, +3 Trained, +1 Int)
Craft Armor = +8 (+4 Rank, +3 Trained, +1 Int)
Diplomacy = +13 (+8 Rank, +3 Trained, +2 Cha)
Disable Device* = +16 (+8 Rank, +3 Trained, +5 Dex)
Disguise = +8 (+1 Rank, +3 Trained, +2 Cha, +2 feat bonus)
Escape Artist = +16 (+8 Rank, +3 Trained, +5 Dex)
Fly = +4 (+0 Rank, +4 Dex)
Handle Animal* = +6 (+4 Rank, +2 Cha)
Heal = -1 (+0 Rank, -1 Wis)
Intimidate = +2 (+0 Rank, +0 Trained, +2 Cha)
Knowledge (dungeoneering)*= +5 (+1 Rank, +3 Trained, +1 Int)
Knowledge (local)* = +10 (+6 Rank, +3 Trained, +1 Int)
Linguistics* = +7 (+3 Rank, +3 Trained, +1 Int)
Perception = +3 (+1 Rank, +3 Trained, -1 Wis)
Perform = +2 (+0 Rank, +0 Trained, +2 Cha)
Perform = +2 (+0 Rank, +0 Trained, +2 Cha)
Profession* = N/A
Profession* = N/A
Ride = +5 (+0 Rank, +5 Dex)
Sense Motive = +3 (+1 Rank, +3 Trained, -1 Wis)
Sleight of Hand* = +10 (+2 Rank, +3 Trained, +5 Dex)
Spellcraft* = N/A
Stealth = +21 (+8 Rank, +3 Trained, +5 Dex, +5 Cloak of Elvenkind)
Survival = -1 (+0 Rank, -1 Wis)
Swim = +1 (+0 Rank, +0 Trained, +1 Str)
Use Magic Device* = +7 (+2 Rank, +3 Trained, +2 Cha)

* Trained only everything in Bold are class skills.

Class Features:

Rogue:

Simple, plus hand crossbow, rapier, sap, shortbow, shortsword

Light Armor.

Sneak Attack: When opponent is denied his dex bonus can deal additional damage when performing a sneak attack
Current Sneak Dmg: 4d6 Dmg

Trap finding: Add ½ her level to perception skill checks to locate and find traps and to disable device checks (minimum +1). A Rogue can use disable device on magic traps.

Evasion (Ex): At 2nd level and higher, a rogue can avoid even magical and unusual attacks with great agility. If she makes a successful Ref lex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, she instead takes no damage. Evasion can be used only if the rogue is wearing light armor or no armor. A helpless rogue does not gain the benefit of evasion.

Rogue talents – 4
2nd Fast Stealth (Ex): This ability allows a rogue to move at full speed using the Stealth skill without penalty.

4th Finesse Rogue: A rogue that selects this talent gains
Weapon Finesse as a bonus feat.

6th Bleeding Attack* (Ex): A rogue with this ability can cause living opponents to bleed by hitting them with a sneak attack. This attack causes the target to take 1 additional point of damage each round for each die of the rogue’s sneak attack (e.g., 4d6 equals 4 points of bleed). Bleeding creatures take that amount of damage every round at the start of each of their turns. The bleeding can be stopped by a DC 15 Heal check or the application of any effect that heals hit point damage. Bleeding damage from this ability does not stack with itself. Bleeding damage bypasses any damage reduction the creature might possess.

8th Slow Reactions* (Ex): Opponents damaged by the rogue’s sneak attack can’t make attacks of opportunity for 1 round.

Trap Sense (Ex): Dodge and reflex bonus of +2 vs traps.

At 3rd level, a rogue gains an intuitive
sense that alerts her to danger from traps, giving her a +1
bonus on Ref lex saves made to avoid traps and a +1 dodge
bonus to AC against attacks made by traps. These bonuses
rise to +2 when the rogue reaches 6th level, to +3 when she
reaches 9th level, to +4 when she reaches 12th level, to +5 at
15th, and to +6 at 18th level.

Uncanny Dodge (Ex): Starting at 4th level, a rogue can react to danger before her senses would normally allow her to do so. She cannot be caught flat-footed, even if the attacker is invisible. She still loses her Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized. A rogue with this ability can still lose her Dexterity bonus to AC if an opponent successfully uses the feint action (see Chapter 8) against him.

Improved Uncanny Dodge (Ex): A rogue of 8th level or
Higher can no longer be flanked. This defense denies another rogue the ability to sneak attack the character by flanking her, unless the attacker has at least four more rogue levels than the target does.

Feats:
1st Combat Expertise

1st Improved Feint – Perform Bluff As a Move Action

3rd Deceitful — +2 bonus on Bluff and Disguise checks

5th Skill Focus (Bluff) — +3 bonus on one skill (+6 at 10 ranks)

7th Leadership – A mixture of contacts, strong-arms and loyal foot soldiers.

Traits:
Heirloom Weapon –
Masterwork (Aldori Dueling Sword) and a +1 to Attack with it, Proficiency gained.

BAB: +6/+1
Melee: +7/+2 (+1 Str)
Ranged +11/+6 (+5 Dex)
CMB: +7 (+6 BAB, +1 Strength)

Common Attack Rolls - Individual Weapons

+1 Keen Aldori Dueling Sword +13/+8 (+6/+1 BAB, +5 Dex (weapon finesse) +1 Heirloom Weapon +1 Weapon) 1d8+1 (Str) 17-20 x3 slashing, (can be used with weapon finesse feat)
Rapier +1(+0 BAB, +5 Dex (Weapon finesse)) 1d8+1 18-20x2 Piercing
Shortbow +11/+6 (+0 BAB, +5Dexterity) 1d6 x3 Rng: 60ft Piercing.

AC: 24 (+5 Armour, +5 Dexterity. +2 Shield, +1 Dodge, +1 RoP)
+2 Glamered Studded Leather 6875gp
+1 Arrow Catching Buckler 4165gp

Flat-Footed: 14

Touch: 16

CMD: 15 (+0 BAB, +1 Strength, +4 Dexterity)

Fort: +2 (+2 Base, +0 Constitution)

Reflex: +11 (+6 Base, +5 Dexterity)

Will: +1 (+2 Base, -1 Wisdom)

Magic Items and other helpful gear:

+2 Glamered Studded Leather Worth 6875GP, Weighs 20lbs
+1 Arrow Catching Buckler Worth 4165gp Weighs 3lbs
+1 Keen Aldori Dueling Sw. Worth 8,020g (Free masterwork with trait) weighs 4 lbs.
Rapier- Worth 20 GP, weighs 2 lbs.
+1 Composite Shortbow (+1 Str) - Worth 2255 GP, weighs 2 lbs.
Quiver of Worth 5GP weighs 3lbs.
Ring of Sustenance- Worth 2,500 GP Weighs –lbs
Ring of Protection +1 - Worth 2,000 GP
Handy Haversack Worth 2,000 GP Weighs 5lbs
Eifficent Quiver- Worth 1,800 GP Weighs 2lbs
Currently Contains:

80 Arrows Worth 4 GP.

Cloak of Elvenkind Worth 2,500 GP Weighs 1lb

Currently Stored in Haversack:
Winter Blanket- Worth 5SP, weighs 3 lbs.
Water skin- Worth 1GP, weighs 4 lbs.
Hooded Lantern- Worth 7 Weighs 2 lbs.
2x Oil Worth 2 Sp, 2 lbs.
Travelers Outfit Worth 1 GP, 5 lbs.
Masterwork Theives Tools Worth 100 GP, 3 lbs

Total Weight: 35 lbs on person. (Light Encumbrance)

Normally Ly is hidden behind the hood of his traveler’s cloak, trying to hide the nasty scar that splits his eyebrow and upper cheek down the middle of his left eye. When not hiding, he sports a full head of light blonde hair which he keeps purposely short, he has green eyes and his looks are only spoiled by the four inch scar on the left side of his face. His clothing is always plain in brown and green hues to better match the countryside. He always carries his dueling blade on his left side, because he is right handed, and has a short-bow cased on his back.

Underneath the clothing he has a flexible and lightweight frame, built for quick jabs and precise strikes. His body is also covered in several scars, all old but apparently healed without treatment or with very minimal care. His hands and fingers bare several scars as well and at times in cold weather Ly unconsciously rubs them together like they’re sore or hurting.

Some of his story: Its kinda long and hopefully its not to boring.
Lysander (or as he prefers Ly) was born in the stolen lands and was abandoned once he was old enough to ‘take care’ of himself, around 8 years old. He led a life of pick pocketing, robbing grocers and pulling off very dangerous thefts. As he grew into his teenage years, his boldness increased along with his testosterone, he continued to pull off more and more bold robberies until he finally was driven out of the pathetic city he grew up in. He barely survived out in the wilderness and to this day he couldn’t explain how he survived out there to reach the city of Restov.

At first Restov was a city of weak thieves and fools, so Ly immediately went back to his foolish antics until he crossed the wrong group of thieves. These thieves were part of a larger thieves guild in the city and Ly’s antics were starting to bring more heat down on they’re operations, since he had refused to join them he had to be removed. Being a lone thief like he was should have been a death sentence but somehow he kept bringing down his would-be executioners with quick feints and precise strikes with his knives. Even though he won some small encounters in the back alleys, each fight had began wearing him down and his injuries were adding up. When the guild finally decided to send a more skilled member after him, Ly was a wreck and could barely stumble his way thru the streets let alone walk or run from his pursuers.

Like always when night fell they closed in, they could have taken him while they had been shadowing him throughout the day but their M. O. was only to act at night and get scarce during the day time, the lieutenant who had been sent after him was a vicious woman. She delighted in playing with her prey until the begged for death, she used her blades with brutal efficiency as she toyed with him, her goons laughed as he stumbled and tried to defend himself. She mocked him repeatedly whenever he fell down from another debilitating strike, at some point she grabbed him by his shoulder length hair and picked him off the ground just high enough so she could drag the blade of her dagger vertically along his left eye. Luckily she wasn’t pressing hard or else she would have blinded him but it had the intended effect, Ly was terrified and wasn’t ready to die.

As she dropped him to his knees and left him clutching his bleeding face with his cut-up hands, she laughed. Just as his bravado fell away and he opened his mouth to start begging he heard the sharp ring of steel being drawn, their was an audible gasp from the lieutenant as some of her goons muttered something about a swordlady or some such.

As he looked up with his good eye this mystery woman was a blur of chain mail and dual blades as she brought the lieutenant low in a few moments of intense combat. The goons were still in shock as she moved on them with the efficiency of a squad of swordsman. Many of them never left that alley before her blades found them and she showed no mercy to them, even when they begged for it. It was brutal. When everything was finally still and quiet, the swordwoman cleaned her blades on one of the dead absentmindedly as she eyed him. As he tried to stagger to his feet she came over and pressed him back down on his knees, just as a group of heavily armed guardsmen and a young priest stormed around the corner weapons drawn.

That was the day he met Sword Lady Iandoli Seltyiel. That day she gave him a choice, amidst the protests of the Priest of Sarenrae – Live as her Apprentice (more like indentured servant >=( ) or Die. The choice was easy; also it came with unforeseen perks…

She made Ly keep most of his scars and especially the one across his eye, as a reminder of his new beginning, of new life. Eventually questions arose of the relationship she had with her ‘apprentice’, luckily it was around the time that a new charter had opened up. Scout and chart an old territory in the name of Brevoy. Sounded interesting and it would help his Mistress to save face if he left on an important quest in the name of Brevoy.

Also it would save her from the wrath of her betrothed if he focused his attention on a runaway apprentice. Whether he told her or not that he was leaving is up to others to decide, because he isn’t saying a word.

Pathfinder Core RPG
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FEARS
1. Failing to meet Mistress Iandoli expectations.
2. Getting someone killed because of a mistake he has made.
3. Insects (mainly Spiders) (Tiny ones cause him to flinch or take a step back, he's never encountered ones larger then his fist, Ones larger then a cat would cause him to lock up for a moment unable to act (lose a move or standard action upto the dm, larger then that and we could have a problem Fear Check~. All fluff and fun (do with as you please) All these could be determined by a will save but Dm's Discretion.
4. Being forced to beg, again
5. Being humiliated or degraded.

LOVES DEARLY
1. Sword Mistress Iandoli
2. The dueling sword Iandoli gave him
3. Training and engaging in mock combat to test his skills against a real opponent.

EMBARRASMENTS
1. His scars
2. His poor survival skills

PROUD OF
1. His new life as a Sword Scion
2. His fighting ability

WILLING TO KILL TO KEEP IT A SECRET
1. Waking up with Mistress Iandoli's in her bed after a hard night of drinking. If her betrothed ever found out it would mean dueling a Swordlord (A Master Swordsman at that) to the death.

He doesn't have any recollection of what happened and thankfully she was still passed out. That night of drinking is hazy after the ninth or tenth drink of hard Dwarf-proof rum. She never could back down from a challenge and neither could he... T.T;