Princess Bride Characters

[BobVosh]

How would you stat them?

• Westley I see as a rogue, swashbuckler with better stats than most others. Obviously using daring outlaw.
• Inigo Montoya seems like a straight fighter/duelist
• Fezzik seems like a halfogre X and into warhulk
• Prince Humperdinck should be rangertype, but he never uses bows or two weapon fighting. Is there a class that does tracking as well?

Curious what class would best fit them.

[FerhagoRosewood]

I shall await the posts in this thread eagerly.

[PhoenixRivers]

Prince Humperdinck should be rangertype, but he never uses bows or two weapon fighting. Is there a class that does tracking as well?

An expert with the track feat?
A rogue with the track feat?

[BobVosh]

An expert with the track feat?
A rogue with the track feat?

If it is just going to use the track feat I bet aristocrat would be the best.

[PhoenixRivers]

If it is just going to use the track feat I bet aristocrat would be the best.

He seemed rather versed in poison lore. That would suggest Knowledge (Nature) and Heal. I'll stick with expert.

[Kesnit]

Count Rugan: Swashbuckler and the torturer PrC from BoVD.

[KillianHawkeye]

He seemed rather versed in poison lore. That would suggest Knowledge (Nature) and Heal. I'll stick with expert.

Aristocrats get all Knowledge skills, but not Heal. I'm sure he'd have a couple levels of Aristocrat at least.


Vezzini - probably a straight Rogue with maxed Int and Knowledge(useless trivia).

Buttercup - definitely Commoner 1. Probably Int 10 and 4 ranks in Ride, 2 in Profession(farm girl), 1 in Handle Animal and 1 in Swim. Poor Wisdom and high Charisma.

Westley - the Dread Pirate prestige class seems like an obvious choice

[Mongoose87]

It's too bad Duelist is so awful, because it suits Inigo Montoya so well.

[Sebastian]

Inigo is a ranger, with favored enemy: six fingered men.

[Longcat]

Inigo is definitely a Warblade, given his flamboyant style and shouting out maneuvers like "Bonetti's Defense" or "Capo Ferro".

[ocdscale]

Inigo is definitely a Warblade, given his flamboyant style and shouting out maneuvers like "Bonetti's Defense" or "Capo Ferro".

I find Thibault cancels out Capo Ferro.

[tribble]

I find Thibault cancels out Capo Ferro.

unless the enemy has-a studied his Agrippa!
Which I have!

[Saintjebus]

Inigo Montoya definitely has Diehard. You can't tell me he wasn't in the negatives by the time his battle was done.

[Knaight]

Most definitely. And he needs Iron Heart Surge. Verbal component: "You killed my father; prepare to die!" Even if it doesn't technically need a verbal component...

[Grynning]

Funny enough, after re-watching the film the other night I was inspired to make the characters in 4th edition. I only got Inigo (Rogue) and Westley (Warlord) done. I'm at work atm but I'll post them in here later.
Vezzini, Humperdink and probably Buttercup would be NPC's in 4th ed. Fezzik is going to be hard, since there's no good unarmed, strength based builds yet.

[Shpadoinkle]

Inigo is definitely a Warblade, given his flamboyant style and shouting out maneuvers like "Bonetti's Defense" or "Capo Ferro".

That's what I was thinking, although he may have a few levels of swordsage as well. Same goes for The Man in Black.

Fezzik would be a half-giant with a couple levels of unarmed swordsage. He relied both on his enormous strength as well as technique (the book goes into more detail about this).

Vizzini would probably be a beguiler or something similar. No he never cast any spells, but he was brilliant and knew how to manipulate people.

Miracle Max would fit as an artificer who specialized in making various healing items.

[drengnikrafe]

I suspet Vizzini has a level in bard, even though he has (what I think to be) poor charisma. That would cover the "Knowledge(Useless information)". Either that or he has ranks in bluff, as he made up all sorts of stuff. Australia isn't filled with criminals, after all.

I would think of Miracle Max as an adept with an extremely high wisdom, who is in one of the older age categories. Then again, I've never actually read the thing on Artificers. He took the brew potion feat, and can put the potions into the form of chocolates.

[Swordgleam]

Miracle Max would either be a Wizard or an Artificer with a lot of rituals - one assumes not all his miracles require potions.

I like the idea of Wesley as a warlord. He does seem able to buff his allies and help them do things they couldn't otherwise accomplish, and warlords can be pretty good in melee combat as well.

[Draz74]

I can't see Westley as a Warlord. Too dexterous, too good at fighting. I could definitely see a Warlord multiclass, though. Maybe on an Artful Dodger Rogue.

[KillianHawkeye]

Australia isn't filled with criminals, after all.

Australia was once used as a prison colony by the British Empire in the late 18th to early 19th centuries. Although there were also other colonists as well as various indigenous peoples there.

[UserClone]

Inigo is definitely a Warblade, given his flamboyant style and shouting out maneuvers like "Bonetti's Defense" or "Capo Ferro".

I find Thibault cancels out Capo Ferro.

unless the enemy has-a studied his Agrippa!
Which I have!

I frickin' love you guys.

[Grynning]

I can't see Westley as a Warlord. Too dexterous, too good at fighting. I could definitely see a Warlord multiclass, though. Maybe on an Artful Dodger Rogue.

I houseruled his stats, because most movie characters have far better stats than D&D characters would. I actually took the Ranger multiclass because it was the best way to get Perception trained . Anyways, here's my Westley Warlord:

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Westley, level 8
Human, Warlord
Commanding Presence: Resourceful Presence
Background: Occupation - Mariner (Acrobatics class skill)

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 18, Con 14, Dex 14, Int 16, Wis 12, Cha 16.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 16, Con 14, Dex 14, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 14.


AC: 20 Fort: 21 Reflex: 19 Will: 20
HP: 66 Surges: 9 Surge Value: 16

TRAINED SKILLS
Diplomacy +12, Acrobatics +11, Endurance +11, Athletics +13, Intimidate +12, Perception +10

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Arcana +9, Bluff +9, Dungeoneering +7, Heal +7, History +9, Insight +7, Nature +7, Religion +9, Stealth +8, Streetwise +9, Thievery +8

FEATS
Human: Toughness
Level 1: Action Surge
Level 2: Weapon Proficiency (Rapier)
Level 4: Warrior of the Wild
Level 6: Jack of All Trades
Level 8: Weapon Expertise (Light Blade)

POWERS
Bonus At-Will Power: Rousing Assault
Warlord at-will 1: Commander's Strike
Warlord at-will 1: Viper's Strike
Warlord encounter 1: Nimble Footwork
Warlord daily 1: Lead the Attack
Warlord utility 2: Adaptive Stratagem
Warlord encounter 3: Bloody Ending
Warlord daily 5: Villain's Nightmare
Warlord utility 6: Inspiring Reaction
Warlord encounter 7: Wild Runner Strike

ITEMS
Leather Armor, Rapier
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Not perfect, but it would work I think

[Geddoe]

Inigo - Warblade
Fezzik - Fighter/Reaping Mauler with SUA
Wesley - Paragon(yeah, the epic template) Human Rogue - fights better than swordsmen, outwrestles giants, is smart, charming, perceptive, tough and just generally better than everybody at everything

[Sewblon]

Wesley - Paragon(yeah, the epic template) Human Rogue - fights better than swordsmen, outwrestles giants, is smart, charming, perceptive, tough and just generally better than everybody at everything

Except killing six-fingered men, and his spot and listen checks can't be as supercharged as his other abilities since a giant rat, and Humperdink's men all ambushed him.

[Thurbane]

Wesley - Paragon(yeah, the epic template) Human Rogue - fights better than swordsmen, outwrestles giants, is smart, charming, perceptive, tough and just generally better than everybody at everything

Better at everything than a Rogue? Sounds like Factotum.

[Swordgleam]

TRAINED SKILLS
Diplomacy +12, Acrobatics +11, Endurance +11, Athletics +13, Intimidate +12, Perception +10

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Arcana +9, Bluff +9, Dungeoneering +7, Heal +7, History +9, Insight +7, Nature +7, Religion +9, Stealth +8, Streetwise +9, Thievery +8

I'd definitely have Bluff instead of Perception trained, but otherwise this looks great. I mean, how could he not have Bluff trained? "To the pain."

[Grynning]

I'd definitely have Bluff instead of Perception trained, but otherwise this looks great. I mean, how could he not have Bluff trained? "To the pain."

That was totally an intimidate check, IMO. Hence his intimidate score.

[Geddoe]

Except killing six-fingered men, and his spot and listen checks can't be as supercharged as his other abilities since a giant rat, and Humperdink's men all ambushed him.

He didn't really get a good go at Rugan in combat. The rat/guards just rolled lucky while Wesley rolled poorly and was facing the distraction of being alone with the most beautiful woman(storywise) in the world who he is meeting again and is madly in love with.

Better at everything than a Rogue? Sounds like Factotum.

No, better than everybody at everything.

[Sewblon]

He didn't really get a good go at Rugan in combat. The rat/guards just rolled lucky while Wesley rolled poorly and was facing the distraction of being alone with the most beautiful woman(storywise) in the world who he is meeting again and is madly in love with.


No, better than everybody at everything.

Unlucky rolling excuses getting ambushed once, but not twice in a row. I guess we will never know how he would have fared against Rugan, but he still doesn't have the power of "Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!"

[raitalin]

He didn't really get a good go at Rugan in combat. The rat/guards just rolled lucky while Wesley rolled poorly and was facing the distraction of being alone with the most beautiful woman(storywise) in the world who he is meeting again and is madly in love with.


No, better than everybody at everything.

Like he said, Factotum. Perhaps a Sublime Factotum with Martial Dilettante replacing Arcane Dilettante and Opportunistic Piety.

Wesley: Sublime Factotum/Dread Pirate
Inigo: Swordsage. Not the smartest guy, but an iron will and an absurd amount of fencing education.
Fezzik: Definitely half-giant Fighter, relied on strength and technique, but nowhere near as versed on a variety like Inigo.
Vezzini: Rogue, lots of Int, very little Cha or Wis, focused on social skills, though it seems like he could pick a pocket or a lock if he needed to.
Buttercup: Commoner/Aristocrat
Humperdink: Aristocrat/Expert with the track feat
Miracle Max: Adept w/ Brew Potion