Deuce Traveler's Campy Ptolus Adventure (Palace of the Silver Princess)

[CanadienneBacon]

I'm thinking maybe a bard in the vein of Robin Hood. Human, ranged weapon specialist, anti-establishmentarian, and I'd probably be praying fervently the whole time than I can do the genre justice by attempting to be witty.

 

[Autumn]

Let's see... my paladin will essentially be a young, dashing Don Quixote. Or, perhaps, a slightly delusional D'Artganan with an extra dash of noble foppery. Absolutely up on the noble knight in shining armour part. But rather lacking in common sense or subtlety.

Oh, and of course he falls for the 'damsel in distress' routine every time. It's axiomatic that every situation can be solved by slaying the dragon and saving the princess, in some form or another.

I'll get to work on some crunch tomorrow.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I like them so far. And I think a party consisting of the egos of two bards and a paladin is just great.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

A Don Quixote paladin. I love that, it's priceless!

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I like them so far. And I think a party consisting of the egos of two bards and a paladin is just great.

Yup, it's too bad I can't somehow make my character an animal instead of a human. I'm having a lot of fun sitting here just imagining the fox Robin Hood from the animated Disney film do camp and noir in Ptolus, in the company of a knight and a cheeky hobbit.

Maybe I should stop drinking so much coffee.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Hey, if you want to make an anthromorphic race I say go for it. If anyone asks, we'll just say he's a hairy elf.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

My goodness. Well. I think I may just have to do that, then. It's been a really long time since the D&D gears in my head got cranked up to this level of juiciness.

I'm thinking he'll be a human permanently polymorphed into a fox's form. He'll walk on hind legs and carry a bow and a blade, just like the fox Robin Hood from the movie. In fact, I may have to go rent that movie and watch it again with my children as "research."

There aren't stats for a fox in the animal section of the MM. A hyena, maybe? Anyone know where I can find fox stats?

 

[Brother Allard]

Concept: Guy Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, The Greatest Swordsman. Of. All. Time.*

Swashbuckler. Rapier and dirk. Enjoys flipping his hair out of his eyes, composing poetry for beautiful ladies, and besting gentleman in personal combat. Likes to say "en garde!" and "ha HA!". Enjoys poking small holes in things.


*in his own mind.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Concept: Guy Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, The Greatest Swordsman. Of. All. Time.*

That's classic. He should carry business cards with that.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I'm digging for fox stats. Turns out there a little bit on it in Oriental Adventures, which I don't own but was able to preview thanks to amazon.com. There is, in that same book, a race that might also work called *consults notes* Hengeyokai. It's a shapechanger who basically takes -2 to Wisdom and can shapechange its level +1 time/day into one of three animal forms in addition to human. Comes with a LA +1. Fox was on the list of animal forms that a Hengeyokai may take, which was why it caught my attention. Not precisely what I was looking for but might work all the same.

Prior to, I would've never considered anything from Oriental Adventures in a million years. You'll have to let me know what you think of this for a Robin Hood bard character. I'll also continue to look for fox stats or, barring that, come up with my own with the MM as my guide. OA suggests a fox is a small creature with a 40 ft speed, AC 15 (+1 size, +4 Dex), a bite that does 1d4+1 dmg, and has a Strength of 11, a Dexterity of 19 ( ), and a Constitution of 11. I'm not really interested in being able to bite. I want to slay beasties with the power of my wit, and, failing that, drop them with sharp pointy arrows.