Race: half-orc (human half would be Tian)
I thought about ninja....but then thought of another angle.
Perhaps a more esoteric, mystical branch of the ninja....the shadow dancer.
I'd start with the Skulking Slayer rogue archetype, then transition into the shadow dancer prestige class
and maybe a dip into the Dirty Fighter archetype later, maybe, for some more combat maneuver hijinks.
I'd understand if you wanted to nix the shadowdancer part....can be a bit tricky managing the shadow hopping, light levels etc.
Background:
He/She ( haven't decided on gender yet) would of course hail from the common half-orc loveless assault based conception.
But their mother would be no stranger to hardship, having travelled with family across the top of the world as a child herself, raising him/her despite their parentage.
Perhaps they're retainers to Kaijitsu family, but either way they'll have carried a secret with them. A tradition frowned upon
in their homeland, even among those who traditionally work in the shadows. An esoteric 'worship' of the shadow, culminating in
the discipline of shadowdancing.
I see him/her going forth with the caravan as a guard for Sandru, probably to escape some situation with the Szarni, for whom he/she's been working, hence the initial class.
Though having pursued a bit of a underworld career in Sandpoint, he/she still felt a calling to his/her Tian heritage, instilled of course by their mother.
I see her subtly exposing him/her to his/her heritage over the years, especially the dancing part, despite his/her embarrassed complaints!
When ready to set off with the caravan to Tian, the mother would hand over a number of scrolls for him/her to read on the journey, with exercises and concepts to meditate on etc.
As the journey would progress, eventually he/she would reach the end of the scrolls, revealing the final ritual to undertake to become a true shadowdancer,
coincidentally occurring when he/she turns 6th level!! :)
About Me:
Much the same as you! Also in IT! But I'm in EST.
Cut my teeth on AD&D and Gamma World back in the early 80s.
Been on the Paizo boards since 2014, with a couple of extended absences.
Albino -1 Cha checks and skills, sun sensitivity
Excessive Drooling -1 Cha checks and skills
Tone Deaf cannot sing or permform..deduct prof bonus
Visually Impaired Far sighted -1 to melee attacks, need glasses to read up clos. In fact any visual task wothin 20feet grants -1
Chronic Liar You litterally dont know a your truthes from your lies you lie about everything.
Muliple personality : Extremely Pious Person
Blind One eye -1 to hit ranged and -1 to Charisma Based Skill checks and Checks
Vision Impaired Near Sighted Ses above
No Depth Perception which is Disadvantage on all Ranged attacks and -2 to all attacks
Um....this guy, along with an Int of 4, can hardly see! LOL
Critzible, since it is possible can have both far sightedness and near sightedness, one in each eye....the blind in one eye kind of cancelled one out.
You earn 2 more Minor Physical 6d
A Major Physical
An Albino: -1 Charisma Checks and skills, sun sensitivity
Excessive Drooling:-1 Charisma checks and Skills
Tone Deaf You can not Sing so Performance Rolls always deduct profiency
Visually Impaired Far sighted -1 to melee attacks, need glasses to read up clos. In fact any visual task wothin 20feet grants -1
Chronic Liar You litterally dont know a your truthes from your lies you lie about everything.
Okfor Multiple Personality roll a d100 for the personality or Personalities
Ans d100 for Major Physical
minor physical 6d:1d100 ⇒ 55
minor physical 6d:1d100 ⇒ 66
Multiple personality:1d100 ⇒ 48 major physical:1d100 ⇒ 74
@All: Let me know if there's any other randomising you'd like to do (re: build/weight/hair & eye colour/birthplace and we can get some more bones rolled.
Happy enough to let folk choose, but just incase you want to trust the dice lol.
There's also an option for Distinguishing Characteristics - these can be superficial (Hook Nose), to a boon (Barrel Chested +1 S) to a bane (Short Legs -1 M).
Characters have d6-2 distinguishing features (-2 to 0 means none & you're a nondescript individual... thus-far). Totally optional hence why I've not mentioned them before (and I'm conscious that losing an arm or having a stoop might well mess with the character you have in your minds-eye).
Otherwise We'll look to nail the PCs down this week and finalise details etc ahead of the campaign beginning.
I can never resist another roll....
distinguished?:1d6 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1 kinda....what do I roll d100?
But, if you want to embrace the Chaos, you can take pharmacist and exit in to Apprentice Alchemist, which can exit into Alchemist, which can cast spells.
That's sort of the path I'm taking: Woodsman => Druid => Druid Priest! Hopefully, that is ! :)
After much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair....I've decided to flaunt the will of the universe and go with my second roll...the woodsman. Hard to pass up a chance at obtaining one of the very few magic using careers!
Whelp....hard choice here. Cool elf warrior maiden...or human woodsmen with exit to Druid.
BD, given the structure of the Enemy Within campaign, notwithstanding any deviations or embellishments from yourself, do you think there would be opportunity for a follower of the Old Faith to advance up the ranks?
There does seem to be quite a bit of extra curricular activities one would have to deal with.