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So after a while I figured it was time to revisit an old concept I had for a bardic thief character.
The Basic Premise is this, A young Half elf girl who by day is an exotic dancer who either performs in pubs and taverns as a means to get by...or by doing...other things for a little extra cash ANYWAY.
By night she's a spellcasting thief, that either waits for a vault/tomb to be found that she can loot, a less then likable person that could stand to have their pockets lightened a little. Or someone that infiltrates and gathers information that can be used to her or someone elses advantage later.
Oh and she also only targets bad guys, much easier to steal from someone when they kinda deserve it anyway.
I've come up with 3 variants and what i wanna know is which one can potentially do the job the best.
And another thing to note, that this character makes it to varisia in some capacity. Basically girl is a slave from cheliax, manages to escape to varisia, gets rehabilitated and is basically a chaotic good robinhoodesque thief, albeit with a bit of a selfish streak
#1:The Alluring Flame
Stats
Str:12
Dex:12
Con:12
Int:14
Wis:9
Cha:14+2
Ancestral Arms(Bladed Scarf)
Spell Focus (Enchantment)
1:Steadfast Personality
3:Spell Focus(Evocation)
Greater Spell Focus (Enchantment)
5:Varisian Tattoo
7:Spellsong
9:Fireflume Rage
11:Elemental Spell
13:Greater Spell Focus (Evocation)
The idea with this is basically to be the most spellcaster heavy of the 3. Focusing on Enchantment and Fire magic, this variant would mostly use enchantment spells to get into places bend people to their will and all that stuff. Falling back on well making things go Boom when subtlety is no longer an option.
The 2 main issues with this one was well, considering subtlety is such a large part of the character, this build feels particularly loud. Also it's not pathfinder Legal, and i want to make sure any dm has little reason to ban anything as possible.
2.Genderbent Nathan Drake
Str:10
Dex:14
Con:12
Int:14
Wis:8
Cha:14+2
Ancestral Arms(Firearms)
1.Lingering Performance
3.Deceitful
Combat Trick(Point Blank Shot)
5.Gunsmithing
7.Conceal Spell
Combat Trick 2(Precise Shot)
9:Clustered Shots
11:Steadfast Personality
Advanced Trick (Skill Master)
13:Improved Conceal Spell
That's Honestly the best way I can describe this, more of a focus on the actual thieving part while the dancing has effectively taken a back seat and is really only good for making your disguises convincing. In short if you're gonna daylight as an exotic dancer you might as well be good at it.
Honestly as a whole this probably works the best out of all 3, but my issue is it kinda gives up actually BEING a bard.
Earsplitting Duo
Str:12
Dex:12
Con:12
Int:14
Wis:9
Cha:14+2
Ancestral Arms(Scorpion Whip)
1:Steadfast Personality
3:Arcane Strike
5:Spellsong
7:Improved Familiar(Sage Lyrakien Azata)
9:Prodigy
11:Discordant Voice
13:Concussive Spell
This one was actually inspired by the Wanderer Class from ragnarok online, from the Sound based attacked to the focus on buffing
This one is admittedly the most supportish of the 3. It still manages to pull off both the thief and infiltrator role with versitile performance and the familiar that you get for free, also you can nova someone surprisingly easy making them capable of keeping themselves safe.
So I wanna know which of these are best suited for the above role based on 2 factors.
How they manage individually, and how beneficial they will be to a party.
And as always let me know of any changes that can be made, thank you.
Where's fireflume rage from, and what does it do?
Otherwise, the other two are pretty good setups.
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Where's fireflume rage from, and what does it do?
Otherwise, the other two are pretty good setups.
Fireflume Rage is a feat from the new elemental masters handbook
What it basically does is allow an extra point of damage for every die you roll on a fire spell.Though this was made more for bloodragers who can up this to 2 points per die.
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Yup. Meant as sort of an evocation-focused counterpart to the conjurer's Acadamae Graduate, but for those with a bit of Bakrakhan in them. ^_^
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As for the original question... the options that first came to mind were the eldritch scoundrel rogue, or the vigilante. Either gets Perform as a class skill, after all. ^_^
The eldritch scoundrel is essentially the spellcasting thief, while the vigilante is much more of a skill master thanks to social talents (and dual identity offers its own advantages here). However, since the eldritch scoundrel is a wizard-style caster, bard might be more appropriate.
The brazen deceiver bard might be worth looking at as well, especially if you're from Cheliax originally. ^_^