Tyrant Noble Scion

[Malefic]

Hey all, I'm playing a Skulls and shackles campaign with a Tyrant anti-paladin and I was looking for some input on how to progress from a level 3 anti-paladin to a noble scion.

So as I said, my PC is currently a level 3 tyrant of Asmodeus and is currently determined to live up to the name of his archetype. in the two levels, it will take to qualify for the prestige class, I was looking to multiclass into something that would help my PC with his goals of integrating himself into the local nobility.

At the moment I'm kind of split between the Velvet Blade Slayer archetype and the COnsigliere rogue archetype. Both would assist in getting my PC a noble title but I'm not certain which would be a better 2 level Dip.

Any opinions on that? or do you think another class would be better?

[Ryan Freire]

I'm not sure the shackles has local nobility. Just more successful pirate captains

[Malefic]

Ryan Freire wrote:

I'm not sure the shackles has local nobility. Just more successful pirate captains

I was looking at some of the civilizations that run the various ports.

[Neriathale]

I’ve reffed S&S and Ryan is correct. For the purposes of the AP, the local ‘nobility’ is a bunch of pirate captains, each with their own flotilla/ island / secret lair.

While there are a few islands with people from other nations living there, those countries don’t ‘’run’ them, it’s more a cultural tradition of being ‘Taldan descended’ or ‘of Tien ancestry’. The best analogy I can think of is that it’s a bit like being Irish American - you drink Guiness and celebrate St Patrick’s day, but you aren’t ruled by laws made in Dublin.

[Malefic]

Neriathale wrote:

I’ve reffed S&S and Ryan is correct. For the purposes of the AP, the local ‘nobility’ is a bunch of pirate captains, each with their own flotilla/ island / secret lair.

While there are a few islands with people from other nations living there, those countries don’t ‘’run’ them, it’s more a cultural tradition of being ‘Taldan descended’ or ‘of Tien ancestry’. The best analogy I can think of is that it’s a bit like being Irish American - you drink Guiness and celebrate St Patrick’s day, but you aren’t ruled by laws made in Dublin.

Think we getting a bit off topic here....

[Ryan Freire]

I would go vigilante.

[Neriathale]

Malefic wrote:

Think we getting a bit off topic here....

Your original question was ‘how do I integrate myself into the local nobility’. The problem you have is that there is no ‘local nobility’ in the Shackles, other than the pirate captains, and (without spoiling anything) the AP will allow you to interact with some of them later to gain their favour or enmity.

There is no way to gain a noble title in the Shackles because there is no authority who can award titles there other than a couple of small islands which grant very local and essentially meaningless ones.