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<blockquote data-quote="Kilgore Trout" data-source="post: 6835953" data-attributes="member: 6819364"><p>Appreciate the input from you both! You cleared up some questions I had on MCing - thank you....</p><p></p><p>As I continue to noodle with this, it occurs to me I can go a few ways:</p><p></p><p>-Straight Champion Fighter, get a 12 CHA, pick the Noble background, and flesh out the non-combat aspect of the character with a feat (maybe Actor...would need 11 or 13 CHA for that to be worth it). In other words, make him a less optimal fighter (maybe even sword and board) but more capable in out of combat situations.</p><p></p><p>-Fighter 1 / Bard X as someone mentioned above...would probably go with Lore as that Cutting Words ability seems pretty sweet for combat! Fighter 8 / Bard X would give me lots of Fighter benefits but hardly any bard...not sure if that's worth it.</p><p></p><p>-Straight Valor Bard but more of a DEX build (was trying to go Strength as I'd like to play around with Grapple mechanics...)...this might even play to the concept's strengths more than trying to MC</p><p></p><p>-Research Rogue to see if that's a better concept fit.</p><p></p><p>Hard to say. Might just have to make a Fighter, see how it plays, and then change before I hit Level 5. As bid said above, can have fun threading any path, and I often fall into the trap of trying to make a character do a little bit of everything instead of overly focused in one area, so I'll keep tooling with this and see what appears....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kilgore Trout, post: 6835953, member: 6819364"] Appreciate the input from you both! You cleared up some questions I had on MCing - thank you.... As I continue to noodle with this, it occurs to me I can go a few ways: -Straight Champion Fighter, get a 12 CHA, pick the Noble background, and flesh out the non-combat aspect of the character with a feat (maybe Actor...would need 11 or 13 CHA for that to be worth it). In other words, make him a less optimal fighter (maybe even sword and board) but more capable in out of combat situations. -Fighter 1 / Bard X as someone mentioned above...would probably go with Lore as that Cutting Words ability seems pretty sweet for combat! Fighter 8 / Bard X would give me lots of Fighter benefits but hardly any bard...not sure if that's worth it. -Straight Valor Bard but more of a DEX build (was trying to go Strength as I'd like to play around with Grapple mechanics...)...this might even play to the concept's strengths more than trying to MC -Research Rogue to see if that's a better concept fit. Hard to say. Might just have to make a Fighter, see how it plays, and then change before I hit Level 5. As bid said above, can have fun threading any path, and I often fall into the trap of trying to make a character do a little bit of everything instead of overly focused in one area, so I'll keep tooling with this and see what appears.... [/QUOTE]
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