I don't think I'm going to go with the halfling paladin after all, mostly because the paladin's marking abilities are kind of fiddly for a PBP game, and I almost would have had to dump intelligence, which I hate doing. So here's a gnome swordmage instead.
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Breena, level 1
Gnome, Swordmage
Build: Shielding Swordmage
Swordmage Aegis: Aegis of Shielding
Background: Auspicious Birth (Auspicious Birth Benefit)
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 8, Con 14, Dex 11, Int 20, Wis 10, Cha 12.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 8, Con 14, Dex 11, Int 18, Wis 10, Cha 10.
AC: 20 Fort: 12 Reflex: 15 Will: 13
HP: 35 Surges: 10 Surge Value: 8
TRAINED SKILLS
Arcana +12, Intimidate +6, Endurance +7, History +10
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics, Bluff +1, Diplomacy +1, Dungeoneering, Heal, Insight, Nature, Perception, Religion +5, Stealth +2, Streetwise +1, Thievery, Athletics -1
FEATS
Level 1: Intelligent Blademaster
POWERS
Swordmage at-will 1: Lightning Lure
Swordmage at-will 1: Sword Burst
Swordmage encounter 1: Sword of Sigils
Swordmage daily 1: Dance of the Sword
ITEMS
Leather Armor, Adventurer's Kit, Short sword
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The
next rules update makes Rapier a military weapon (and so a weapon that Breena is proficient in). Since it's a strictly better weapon than the shortsword she's using now, I'd like to switch her weapon to a rapier. However, to get that to work in the character builder right now, I'd have to use the houserule functionality to give her the weapon proficiency (rapier) feat.
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"Are you sure about this?" The girl's mother said, holding her newborn in her arms.
"It's been a thousand years since both the Warrior and the Sorceress were full in the sky here in our mountains." The sage said. He wasn't old enough to remember that far back, but the old gnome was well over 300.
"Coincidence!" The girl's father said. "If a child of mine goes off having adventures, it will be because she wants to, not because of some fool prophecy."
"Mark my words, there's something special that little girl." The sage said.
* * * * *
Twenty-five years later, Breena agreed with her father. She studied sword magic because it was fun. And interesting. And it was always great to see the reaction from some oversized ruffian when he realized she was not bluffing about her abilities. She was a good sport about it, though. She always took their surrender if they offered it.
On the other hand, though, she did have a way of stumbling into interesting kinds of trouble.
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