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Hi!
Doubt my players would be here, but just in case: if you are in a game where you are searching for the guild that is pursuing your friend, have recently acquired a ship and have hired a troubadour, major spoilers ahead!
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My players have recently hired a troubadour to serve on their ship. For plot related reasons, I am going to reveal in a few sessions that he actually is a Lion Blade, and that the street performer part is just a front.
I'd like to build this character as he probably will be of some importance to the plot, but I'm having trouble striking balance between flavour and effectiveness. I have already introduced the character as being a juggler before even starting to think about the build, so I would like to make him a Juggler Bard / Lion Blade multiclass that throws knifes (or other weapons) in combat.
Thing is, I'm having trouble making the build work. Lion Blade has a lot of prerequisites which would require making a Bard/Rogue (for Bardic Performance and 2d6 Sneak Attack) and getting three additional feats (Improved Initiative, Deceitful and Skill Focus), but the knife thrower aspect will not be viable unless I go the PBS-->Rapid Shot route (probably grabbing Desna's fighting style too), which in itself requires I sink a few feats in it. Overall I'd really appreciate if anyone had tips that could make this work. I absolutely do not mind if the character is not min-maxed, I just want him to be somewhat viable!
The party is level 3 as of now, but I plan on making this character quite a bit stronger, probably level 6 or so. He won't be involved in a lot of major fights, so he's just there to help them out a bit and remind them that there are some powerful people around them!
Thanks!
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half-elf/human can both get skill focus from a racial. Feat tax rules would help, but thats 3pp/houseruling. To be effective you also need quick draw feat I believe.
feats/levels for human or half-elf If human (would be my choice) you can grab skill focus (sleight of hand) at 8.
1- Skill focus, Improved Initiative (Rogue)
2- weapon finesse, Quick Draw(combat trick) (rogue)
3- Deceitful, finesse training, (rogue) you have 2d6 SA.
4- Deflect Arrows (Bard)
5- PBS (bard)
6- no feat (Lion's Blade)
7- Rapid shot(Lion's Blade)