Ninjadeadbeard
2017-12-14, 03:43 PM
I have a fun idea for a character and I'd like some class suggestions. He's basically a con artist and scammer who got saved from a mob and picked off the street by a wandering knight errant, and decided to follow around this schmuck until he could make a big score. Low and behold, as time passed, he grew to genuinely like the knight, and sort of became his squire. Still an opportunistic git, but one that only stole from those that could afford it (and sometimes ended up giving it away to those who needed it).
Anyway, knight eventually goes down to a poison arrow meant for my character or something suitably self-sacrificing, and the charlatan decided to take up the knight's cause: accumulate enough wealth and title to win the hand of his childhood sweetheart. Since the knight himself is kill, and the charlatan can reasonably pass for him (at least in broad dimensions), the charlatan has taken up the knight's weapons (had the longsword lightened to count as a rapier), armor, and even his name in an attempt to finish the quest, by any means necessary.
I'm torn between two options, though I'll take any suggestions. Swashbuckler with a level or two dip in Fighter for armor (gotta get that chainmail knight look), or a War Bard, which gets me armor, but also spellcasting. Spellcasting's nice, but it doesn't 100% mesh with the character concept. I'll take it, of course, but it's not a huge priority because my DM doesn't force us to optimize or anything. I just want to get the most fun build out of this concept.
tl;dr I'm a charlatan thief pretending to be a knight. What is a fun-but-effective build to simulate that?
Anyway, knight eventually goes down to a poison arrow meant for my character or something suitably self-sacrificing, and the charlatan decided to take up the knight's cause: accumulate enough wealth and title to win the hand of his childhood sweetheart. Since the knight himself is kill, and the charlatan can reasonably pass for him (at least in broad dimensions), the charlatan has taken up the knight's weapons (had the longsword lightened to count as a rapier), armor, and even his name in an attempt to finish the quest, by any means necessary.
I'm torn between two options, though I'll take any suggestions. Swashbuckler with a level or two dip in Fighter for armor (gotta get that chainmail knight look), or a War Bard, which gets me armor, but also spellcasting. Spellcasting's nice, but it doesn't 100% mesh with the character concept. I'll take it, of course, but it's not a huge priority because my DM doesn't force us to optimize or anything. I just want to get the most fun build out of this concept.
tl;dr I'm a charlatan thief pretending to be a knight. What is a fun-but-effective build to simulate that?