The_Hansard
2014-11-05, 06:55 AM
Hi guys,
I've seen a couple of threads were people have been discussing swashbucklers and it seems that the consensus is that a rogue/fighter build (with possibly a bit of warlock) is the best bet. However I've got a character concept/back story for a bard/rogue build and I was wondering if I was wasting my time with this build (and would I be underpowered)?? I'm not looking for the most powerful/optimised build though, just something fun that fits the back story. Essentially I would like the character to be a typical swashbuckler, wielding a rapier and hand crossbow, jumping around, swinging from chandeliers, etc.
I'll try and keep the back story explanation fairly short (I pretty much wrote a whole essay to my GM earlier).
Essentially my character is a boy who was raised in a small magical community (around 20 adults). They’re living and working together to learn from each other and to further magic use (kind of a pseudo college/university arrangement). His parents are reasonable well respected although they they aren’t the leaders or the most talented magic users there (but they are both magic users). Since both his parents are magic users there was high expectations placed on him and his older sibling could achieve greatness.
From a young age he showed some aptitude with magic which excited his parents and so they had him (and his sibling, who appeared just as talented – if not more talented) gaining additional training in the school. This was not uncommon (for children to get extra magical training) given the number of magic users in the community. He was a reasonably good student but preferred to read books, especially those that dealt with hidden secrets, great adventures and epic stories. His parents weren’t thrilled about this but never stopped him as long as he completed his homework and chores. A while ago his ‘dodgy’ uncle came to visit; uncle is a bard (well at least that’s what he tells everyone - does play and instrument and perform) and his uncle saw that he interested in these stories and tales and decided to ‘help’ him with his studies. Long story short the uncle ends up training him to be a bard/thief.
His uncle returned and found out that he was working in the village library and essentially trained him (some would say used him) to help steal a magical tome. My character then gives the tome to his uncle who tries to hand it over to his contacts but then gets roughed up (they try and kill him) only for my character to intervene. This means that he can no longer stay in his community and must go off with his uncle.
If you managed to read through all of that then thanks :smallsmile:
So I'll be starting from Lvl 1 probably as a bard and playing through as long as I can (lvl 20 is always a goal). I haven't decided what race I'll play but I'm leaning towards human (for the extra feat - crossbow master) or half elf. I was thinking of giving him the charlatan background. As for the multiclass split I'm thinking bard14/rogue6 (bard college of valour and rogue thief).
Anyway any help with how I should lvl or if this is even a viable build would be awesome.
Cheers
I've seen a couple of threads were people have been discussing swashbucklers and it seems that the consensus is that a rogue/fighter build (with possibly a bit of warlock) is the best bet. However I've got a character concept/back story for a bard/rogue build and I was wondering if I was wasting my time with this build (and would I be underpowered)?? I'm not looking for the most powerful/optimised build though, just something fun that fits the back story. Essentially I would like the character to be a typical swashbuckler, wielding a rapier and hand crossbow, jumping around, swinging from chandeliers, etc.
I'll try and keep the back story explanation fairly short (I pretty much wrote a whole essay to my GM earlier).
Essentially my character is a boy who was raised in a small magical community (around 20 adults). They’re living and working together to learn from each other and to further magic use (kind of a pseudo college/university arrangement). His parents are reasonable well respected although they they aren’t the leaders or the most talented magic users there (but they are both magic users). Since both his parents are magic users there was high expectations placed on him and his older sibling could achieve greatness.
From a young age he showed some aptitude with magic which excited his parents and so they had him (and his sibling, who appeared just as talented – if not more talented) gaining additional training in the school. This was not uncommon (for children to get extra magical training) given the number of magic users in the community. He was a reasonably good student but preferred to read books, especially those that dealt with hidden secrets, great adventures and epic stories. His parents weren’t thrilled about this but never stopped him as long as he completed his homework and chores. A while ago his ‘dodgy’ uncle came to visit; uncle is a bard (well at least that’s what he tells everyone - does play and instrument and perform) and his uncle saw that he interested in these stories and tales and decided to ‘help’ him with his studies. Long story short the uncle ends up training him to be a bard/thief.
His uncle returned and found out that he was working in the village library and essentially trained him (some would say used him) to help steal a magical tome. My character then gives the tome to his uncle who tries to hand it over to his contacts but then gets roughed up (they try and kill him) only for my character to intervene. This means that he can no longer stay in his community and must go off with his uncle.
If you managed to read through all of that then thanks :smallsmile:
So I'll be starting from Lvl 1 probably as a bard and playing through as long as I can (lvl 20 is always a goal). I haven't decided what race I'll play but I'm leaning towards human (for the extra feat - crossbow master) or half elf. I was thinking of giving him the charlatan background. As for the multiclass split I'm thinking bard14/rogue6 (bard college of valour and rogue thief).
Anyway any help with how I should lvl or if this is even a viable build would be awesome.
Cheers