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[sblock=Character Stats: Gaaki, Half-Orc Rogue]Paragon Path: Shadow Assassin, Epic Destiny: Perfect Assassin
Class Feature: Brutal Scoundrel
Background: Occupation: Criminal (+2 Stealth)
Str 17 +3 +3
Con 11 0 0
Dex 18 +4 +4
Int 10 0 0
Wis 14 +2 +2
Cha 8 -1 -1
Starting Ability Scores: Str 17, Con 11, Dex 18, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 8.
AC: 16
Fort: 13
Reflex: 16
Will: 12
HP: 23 Surges: 6 Surge Value: 5
Trained Skills:
Acrobatics 9
Athletics 8
Insight 7
Perception 7
Stealth 11
Thievery 9
Other Skills of Note:
Bluff -1
Diplomacy -1
Dungeoneering 2
Endurance 2
Heal 2
Intimidate 1
Nature 2
Streetwise -1
Feats:
1: Backstabber (PHB)
At-Will Powers
Furious Charge (Racial Feature)
Sneak Attack (Class Feature)
Riposte Strike (1)
Piercing Strike (1)
Encounter Powers:
Half-Orc Resilience (Racial Feature)
Furious Assault (Racial Power)
First Strike (Class Feature)
Sly Lunge (1)
Daily Powers:
Pommel Smash (1)
Granted Items:
Magic Dagger +1
Purchased Items:
Leather Armor
Dagger (4)
Adventurer's Kit
Climber's Kit
Thieves' Tools[/sblock]
[sblock=Background]Gaaki had to find work to pay her way at a young age, but was already big and tough enough to find work as an enforcer for the local Thieves' Guild. Her job is to enforce guild rules against rogue thieves who refuse to obey guild rules. She has flatly refused numerous times to work loan sharking collections and other lucrative opportunities, apparently because they violate her code of honor. She is intensely loyal and is well known for being unbribeable, a rare and valuable trait in the Guild.
She always sits alone, observing everything around her, and she makes others nervous with her eerily quiet manner and icy calm. Her large size and silent demeanor makes her quickness unexpected and deadly, and even the brashest of thieves quickly learned it was safest not to harass her in any way.
What goes on inside her head is often the source of speculation around the guild, though only when the speculators can be certain she is not withing earshot. She has no friends or companions, and has never been seen taking pleasure in anything but her job. To others, it doesn't seem to be a very pleasant job, but she has never complained, nor has she sought different work.
So what is going on inside her head? Gaaki really likes being good at her job; it's very comfortable to her now, and she doesn't like being out of her comfort zone. She's managed to carve out a niche where the people she deals with deserve what they get, as far as she's concerned. This is part of her comfort zone, because the more morally questionable something becomes, the more uncomfortable she is at dealing with it.
Beyond her job, she likes being an observer of people, but hates being the observed. She hates exposing her thoughts and feelings to the scrutiny of others. She has people that she likes, and she has even had crushes from time to time, but no one would ever guess who they were.
Stalking through the shadows on her way to what she expected to be a long stakeout at the home of a freelance cutthroat, Gaaki was suddenly whisked away to somewhere very different. Not in any way a natural risktaker or adventurer, if she had not been sucked through a dimensional hole, she likely would have kept doing her job for the rest of her life.[/sblock]
Update: plus or minus any character creation mistakes I made, I think this is pretty well set now.
BTW, I know there's normally some sort of precipitating event in a character's background for them to decide to become an adventurer, but I thought it might be interesting to take advantage of the way the campaign starts and try someone who would never have become an adventurer if not for the opening.
Update: applied changes to armor class.
Class Feature: Brutal Scoundrel
Background: Occupation: Criminal (+2 Stealth)
Str 17 +3 +3
Con 11 0 0
Dex 18 +4 +4
Int 10 0 0
Wis 14 +2 +2
Cha 8 -1 -1
Starting Ability Scores: Str 17, Con 11, Dex 18, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 8.
AC: 16
Fort: 13
Reflex: 16
Will: 12
HP: 23 Surges: 6 Surge Value: 5
Trained Skills:
Acrobatics 9
Athletics 8
Insight 7
Perception 7
Stealth 11
Thievery 9
Other Skills of Note:
Bluff -1
Diplomacy -1
Dungeoneering 2
Endurance 2
Heal 2
Intimidate 1
Nature 2
Streetwise -1
Feats:
1: Backstabber (PHB)
At-Will Powers
Furious Charge (Racial Feature)
Sneak Attack (Class Feature)
Riposte Strike (1)
Piercing Strike (1)
Encounter Powers:
Half-Orc Resilience (Racial Feature)
Furious Assault (Racial Power)
First Strike (Class Feature)
Sly Lunge (1)
Daily Powers:
Pommel Smash (1)
Granted Items:
Magic Dagger +1
Purchased Items:
Leather Armor
Dagger (4)
Adventurer's Kit
Climber's Kit
Thieves' Tools[/sblock]
[sblock=Background]Gaaki had to find work to pay her way at a young age, but was already big and tough enough to find work as an enforcer for the local Thieves' Guild. Her job is to enforce guild rules against rogue thieves who refuse to obey guild rules. She has flatly refused numerous times to work loan sharking collections and other lucrative opportunities, apparently because they violate her code of honor. She is intensely loyal and is well known for being unbribeable, a rare and valuable trait in the Guild.
She always sits alone, observing everything around her, and she makes others nervous with her eerily quiet manner and icy calm. Her large size and silent demeanor makes her quickness unexpected and deadly, and even the brashest of thieves quickly learned it was safest not to harass her in any way.
What goes on inside her head is often the source of speculation around the guild, though only when the speculators can be certain she is not withing earshot. She has no friends or companions, and has never been seen taking pleasure in anything but her job. To others, it doesn't seem to be a very pleasant job, but she has never complained, nor has she sought different work.
So what is going on inside her head? Gaaki really likes being good at her job; it's very comfortable to her now, and she doesn't like being out of her comfort zone. She's managed to carve out a niche where the people she deals with deserve what they get, as far as she's concerned. This is part of her comfort zone, because the more morally questionable something becomes, the more uncomfortable she is at dealing with it.
Beyond her job, she likes being an observer of people, but hates being the observed. She hates exposing her thoughts and feelings to the scrutiny of others. She has people that she likes, and she has even had crushes from time to time, but no one would ever guess who they were.
Stalking through the shadows on her way to what she expected to be a long stakeout at the home of a freelance cutthroat, Gaaki was suddenly whisked away to somewhere very different. Not in any way a natural risktaker or adventurer, if she had not been sucked through a dimensional hole, she likely would have kept doing her job for the rest of her life.[/sblock]
Update: plus or minus any character creation mistakes I made, I think this is pretty well set now.
BTW, I know there's normally some sort of precipitating event in a character's background for them to decide to become an adventurer, but I thought it might be interesting to take advantage of the way the campaign starts and try someone who would never have become an adventurer if not for the opening.
Update: applied changes to armor class.
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