So my buddy is starting a new campaign - level four, no gear. I've asked around, and everyone's pussyfooting about what they want to do, so I decided I would be a frontliner - I'm a serial barbarian, and this is what's expected of me. And while that would be fun, I've had a billion other ideas about what I want to do, and can't settle on any one.
So I want you to choose. I have only two stipulations:
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I will roleplay anything short of severe Tourette's, because loudly yelling cuss words will get me thrown out of my gaming shop. From Ahab to Zapp Branigan, nothing's off the table. I would like to play something kind of extreme, personality-wise, after spending the last campaign known generally as "that guy with a bow".
So throw me your ideas!
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Dual wielding shields, go either ranger so you don't have to invest as many stats into dex and go the TWF line, or go Fighter and use the Shielded Fighter archetype.
You can only apply AC from one shield but once you get the feats you are TWF with 2 shields, your attacks can never take any penalties from exaustion, curses, magic effects and primarily from TWF, you always use your top BAB on the extra attacks (Not your secondary attacks you gain from BAB mind you). Every time you hit you get a free bull rush on your target (If you choose dwarf for Slow but Steady, pick up Relentless to add +2 to Bull Rush attempts to help pump this up), you will have high AC from the shield and depending on your race you can be nigh unmovable. Make sure to get a decent Str and Con so you can dish out some damage and take some hits and you should be good to go.
This can be done with the core rulebook for the ranger, or the core rulebook and APG for the shielded fighter.
Check this thread for more info.
An elven Oracle of Battle with Intelligence and Wisdom both as low as you can dump them. Convinced that he's a paragon of his race, a skilled fighter/mage in the finest Elven tradition.
For bonus points, go Rage Prophet.
So my buddy is starting a new campaign - level four, no gear. I've asked around, and everyone's pussyfooting about what they want to do, so I decided I would be a frontliner - I'm a serial barbarian, and this is what's expected of me. And while that would be fun, I've had a billion other ideas about what I want to do, and can't settle on any one.
So I want you to choose. I have only two stipulations:
[list]This character must be a viable frontlining build. No Tiefling bard/wizards. The build can't shoot itself in the foot, like Wizard 4/Barbarian 6/Stalwart Defender 10.
APG and Core Rulebook only. No 3.5, no other supplements, unless it's something little that I can convince the DM is not horribly game-breaking. I will roleplay anything short of severe Tourette's, because loudly yelling cuss words will get me thrown out of my gaming shop. From Ahab to Zapp Branigan, nothing's off the table. I would like to play something kind of extreme, personality-wise, after spending the last campaign known generally as "that guy with a bow".
So throw me your ideas!
How about..barbarian/cleric of desna(travel +10 speed)/oracle of flame(cinder dance +10 speed)/17 monk spring attacking with vital strike. Let's just face it, now you want to :)
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Crazy idea? Okay.
Gnoll "beast master" (ranger archetype) who rides a camel companion and has a small pack of hyenas (you'll need a few more levels before the pack gets to decent size...)
And... Dual-wield khopeshes.
I'd also be amused by you telling the other PCs you're from a genie's kingdom far across the sea and lying about your insane Arabian Nights-style adventures a lot. But you'd have low Charisma, so they wouldn't believe you.
Bibbo "The Brick" Underbridge, halfling rogue. Take Improved Unarmed Strike and work toward Improved Feint. He's a nasty little guy with a morningstar and a bad attitude, but even if you tied him up in a cage, he would escape, sneak up on you, and break your neck with his bare hands. Pick your favorite gangster funny voice: James Cagney, Deniro, a cockney gangster a la Snatch, or a Southie from Boston.
Augustus Maximus, human cavalier. He's not a shining knight, but the son of wealthy landowners, a professional military man who resigned his commission after being maneuvered to an out of the way location by political rivals. He is stoic, rather than romantic, a grim warrior obsessed with "duty" and ready to give his life to save, or slay, anyone, according to the precepts of honor. Although generous in spirit, he holds a hardened worldview that pities, but does not enable, weakness. While he might feed a beggar or defend a peasant's young son or daughter, he might despise a demanding lady of the court or criticize a priest who asks others to solve problems created by his own inflexibility. He is probably played by Liam Neeson.
Human War Master. It's 3pp, but it's gotten well received and 4th level is a fun spot to come in at:
Genius Guide to the War Master
Hyrum.
Super Genius Games
"We err on the side of awesome."
Don Quixote!+1
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Halfling barbarian who's desperately trying not to hurt any sentient being because he beleives he'll be cursed if he does (warned by the crone of his tribe).
In other words, he tries to talk it out and avoids fights, focuses on disarms and trips and routinely offers foes the opportunity to back out. If they don't he fights defensively or deals nonlethal damage until his friends are in serious danger and then rages. (After which he tries desperately to atone for his "sin" with bizarre rituals and worries that every strange event around him is a sign of the curse getting closer.)
"AAAHHH, did you see that shadow? It was staring for me, I have to find a cat with orange fur and feed him a fish before the day is out!"
Play an old man fighter type who uses a sword cane. Make him some kind of war vet who has great physical stats and lots of combat experience, the kind of guy you'd never expect to be able to kick your ass.
Find a way to give him immunity to fear because of all the things he's seen, and maybe even some command type abilities...
Play an old man fighter type who uses a sword cane. Make him some kind of war vet who has great physical stats and lots of combat experience, the kind of guy you'd never expect to be able to kick your ass.
Find a way to give him immunity to fear because of all the things he's seen, and maybe even some command type abilities...
I am really intrigued by the sword cane... I think it would be really cool to have TWF and use the sword in one hand and the scabbard in the other.
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I am really intrigued by the sword cane... I think it would be really cool to have TWF and use the sword in one hand and the scabbard in the other.Play an old man fighter type who uses a sword cane. Make him some kind of war vet who has great physical stats and lots of combat experience, the kind of guy you'd never expect to be able to kick your ass.
Find a way to give him immunity to fear because of all the things he's seen, and maybe even some command type abilities...
Probably do some equipment trick with the scabbard out of the Adventurer's Armory book.
Dwarven Fighter/Duelist.
I was talking with my friends one time about what we would be (race, class, stats, level, etc.) if we were personally put into AD&D, one of my friends ended up being a Dwarven swashbuckler and the idea made us laugh pretty hard, because thats just what he had to have been.
Later, I received a question from another friend about a ridiculous character to play, and with that as a start, we ended up with a very odd character indeed. You could play him a bit like a dwarven fop, carving his initials into his foes (with a stamp-like warhammer, although as a duelist, a pick would work for a one handed piercing weapon) who views the plains like an ocean (because of this he put sails on his wagon) and with high saves and con, would survive quite nicely on the front line, even with a lower AC.
Pimp Paladin with leadership and open your own brothel, have your cohort be a cleric with the travel domain so you could check your business regularly.
Death Metal Arcane Duelist dressed like Kiss and uses his guitar as bludgeoning weapon or even has it modified as a waraxe. Hail Krauser-sama!
Barbarian engineer, put Master craftman feat and various craft feats, has and armor of glamer to conceal it, its as middle manner as an old english dandy except when he is ¨angry¨, you can call him mister Jeckyl.
Make a Summoner and role play the Eidolon as if it where the master and the summoner its servant.
A barbarian halfling with the mount powers who mounts another PC, idealy a cavalier.
Humbly,
Yawar
A halfling Summoner who does nothing but ride his flying Quadruped Eidelon all day long. Well, as long as the Eidelon will stay alive for. Give him a high Strength so that he can effectively pelt monsters with his Sling Staff.
A ranger with Gazeebo as his favored enemy.
GAZEBO?!? I'm drawing my Hackmaster +12 sword!
Chuck Norris style multiclass monk/paladin: roundhousekick everyone for great justice.
An Inquisitor who constantly suspects anything and everything and trusts no one, not even the clerics from his own deity. He's really forgetful though and if he get's sidetracked from something and finally turns back on his initial subject, he forgot what he wanted, shrugs and walks away.
Half-Orc Bard with Skill Focus Intimidate, and all the other Intimidate Feats, Weapon Focus Whip and Dazzling Display, maybe later also the Improved Trip.
If that's too fragile, drop the bard and pick up a barbarian with a scythe or a heavy flail.
Human Fighter or Barbarian with 20 starting strength, he only attacks unarmed and specializes on combat manouvers, especially trip, grapple and overrun. Call him "The Bear-Wrestler".
A Gnome cavalier, mounted on a riding dog, à la Sir Didymus and Ambrosius from Labyrinth.
Roleplay him with delusional, but nonetheless grand, sweeping nobility, chivalry, and bravado. A fun-size Don Quixote who believes the riding dog is the paragon of chivalry and honor, and he is spending his life trying to be worthy of being borne by such an exquisite mount. Spend copious gold on the pooch, stabling him in the best accomodations, or letting the dog sleep in the inn while the gnome makes do in the stable. The dog drinks milk and honey and eats only the finest meats, while the gnome makes do with bread and water.
Gnome monk focused on fob with shuriken. Call him/her the Miningun.
A rogue that doesn't speak common or any other discernable language and is the party's trapfinder.
A venerable alchemist who is modeled after Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth.
A gnome bard that starts a rock band and proceeds to live the life of a rock star (ie. sex, drugs and rock and roll).
A gnome barbarian named Gnoman.
A halfling who's best means of getting into combat is being tossed by someone.
A beardless Dwarf who cannot stand alcohol, hates mining, and would rather talk about philosophy than treasure.
An oracle who is like that guy from the show Psych who is pretending to be a psychic but actually has no psychic ability.
A male witch who hates being called a witch and prefers the term warlock.
A gnome bard named Emjay. Starts out with earthy brown skin, but it turns out he's a bleachling... nothing stops him from slowly turning pale. Ultimately he achieves a strangely-blissful primal state, more attuned with animals and children than with the civilized world.
A wyvern cloistered cleric/apostle of peace with the Saint template.
Because wyverns are such nice people, we have proved in another thread.
An amnesiac who woke up in a scarey looking castle on a stormy night who is convinced he's a frankenstein.
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A blind Samurai
Our most recent player is playing a 'construct' that awoke in this world. Built else where, she is a slightly modified Warforged with 'human' skin. Think Terminator, the TV version. Her 'Armor' enhances with the Ancestral Weapon feat and the GM is allowing her to play a 'monk' and gain Fortification and DR. Damage repair is a real problem, but my Dwarf Cleric has the Forge Domain, allowing me to do some repairs and healing.
I was always partial to elven barbarians. All that rage and fury, trying so so hard to be a serene paragon of elvenkind, but far too quick to solve things with his sword. Get every feat you can to destroy items and weapons, and when you get the slightest bit angry, destroy something nearby. Bane of tavern tables and haycarts everywhere, this guy also has a big problem holding on to equipment and looks like an astronomical scar chart due to smashed armours and such... but he WANTS to live the elven ideal.