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<blockquote data-quote="Technik4" data-source="post: 2185974" data-attributes="member: 7211"><p>Sounds almost just like a Mage-Blade from AU (or AE).</p><p></p><p>They don't get a really great spell selection, but you wear medium armor with no spellcasting failure while retaining your movement bonus. Charisma is their primary spellcasting attribute, so that goes well with your concept and they get Med BAB and all their saves are Med. The only kicker is the skill selection isn't that great and 2 sp/level. So, I made a human and gave him an Int bonus. To somewhat compensate you have 3rd level spells but not too many spells per day (11/day, only one 3rd level).</p><p></p><p>The character follows all of AU (AE) rules, so Sneak is Hide+Move Silently and there are no exclusive skills.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Human Mageblade 7</p><p></p><p>Str 12</p><p>Dex 17</p><p>Con 12</p><p>Int 14</p><p>Wis 10</p><p>Cha 16</p><p></p><p>[ Raised Dex at level 4.]</p><p></p><p><strong>BAB:</strong> +5</p><p><strong>Saves:</strong> +5/+7/+4</p><p><strong>HD:</strong> 6d8+14</p><p><strong>AC:</strong> 22 (Flat-Footed 22, Touch 13)</p><p><strong>Init:</strong> +3</p><p><strong>Speed:</strong> 40 ft.</p><p></p><p><strong>Class Abilities:</strong> Simple Weapon Proficiency, Martial Weapon Proficiency, Light Armor Proficiency, Medium Armor Proficiency, Shield Proficiency, <em>Athame </em>(Focus for spells, no failure while holding it; Strikes anyone who other than its wielder who tries to use it [Attacks 1/rd at wielder's bonuses]; Has a +2 enhancement bonus), <em>Shimmering Shield</em> 1/day (+3 Deflection bonus, activate as standard action, lasts 7 rounds), Sprightly Step (Retain Movement in Medium Armor).</p><p></p><p><strong>Feats:</strong> Fleet of Foot (+10 Speed), Affinity with Sneak (+4 Sneak, 1st level only), Intuitive Sense (Keep Dex Bonus when Flat-Footed), Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus - Rapier, *Rapid Strikes - Rapier (Make an additional attack as part of Full-Attack at half BAB, can use Character Level/day). </p><p></p><p><strong>Skill Ranks (Total):</strong> Diplomacy 5 (+8), Jump 10 (+10), CC Sneak 5 (+9), Spellcraft 10 (+12), CC Tumble 5 (+12)</p><p></p><p><strong>Items</strong>: (19k) <em>Defending Athame +2 (Rapier) </em>, <em> +2 Breastplate</em>, <em>+1 Light Shield </em>, Boots of Tumbling +5, Gloves of Dexterity +2, Cloak of Resistance +1, (~500g left)</p><p></p><p><strong>Attacks:</strong> +13 (+2 Defending Rapier 1d6+3, 18-20/x2)</p><p>*<strong>Full Attack:</strong> +13/+10 (+2 Defending Rapier 1d6+3, 18-20/x2)</p><p></p><p>[A Mageblade can enchant his Athame (focus weapon) without giving it an enhancement bonus because one of his class abilities is that the Athame gets an enhancement bonus +1/4 levels.]</p><p></p><p><strong>Spells Slots Per Day (5/5/4/1)</strong></p><p>0: Bash, Canny Effort, Detect Magic, Glowglobe, Saving Grace</p><p>1: Acrobatics, Charm, Precise Vision, Predict Weather, Safe Fall</p><p>2: Ability Boost (Lesser), Beastskin (Lesser), Subtle Steps, See Invisibility</p><p>3: Slow</p><p></p><p>The spells are focused on utility or skill increases, which make up for his lack of a lot of skill ranks.</p><p></p><p>Well, that was fun <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I just got AE and like statting up characters, I hope some of this can help!</p><p></p><p>Technik</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Technik4, post: 2185974, member: 7211"] Sounds almost just like a Mage-Blade from AU (or AE). They don't get a really great spell selection, but you wear medium armor with no spellcasting failure while retaining your movement bonus. Charisma is their primary spellcasting attribute, so that goes well with your concept and they get Med BAB and all their saves are Med. The only kicker is the skill selection isn't that great and 2 sp/level. So, I made a human and gave him an Int bonus. To somewhat compensate you have 3rd level spells but not too many spells per day (11/day, only one 3rd level). The character follows all of AU (AE) rules, so Sneak is Hide+Move Silently and there are no exclusive skills. Human Mageblade 7 Str 12 Dex 17 Con 12 Int 14 Wis 10 Cha 16 [ Raised Dex at level 4.] [B]BAB:[/B] +5 [B]Saves:[/B] +5/+7/+4 [B]HD:[/B] 6d8+14 [B]AC:[/B] 22 (Flat-Footed 22, Touch 13) [B]Init:[/B] +3 [B]Speed:[/B] 40 ft. [B]Class Abilities:[/B] Simple Weapon Proficiency, Martial Weapon Proficiency, Light Armor Proficiency, Medium Armor Proficiency, Shield Proficiency, [I]Athame [/I](Focus for spells, no failure while holding it; Strikes anyone who other than its wielder who tries to use it [Attacks 1/rd at wielder's bonuses]; Has a +2 enhancement bonus), [I]Shimmering Shield[/I] 1/day (+3 Deflection bonus, activate as standard action, lasts 7 rounds), Sprightly Step (Retain Movement in Medium Armor). [B]Feats:[/B] Fleet of Foot (+10 Speed), Affinity with Sneak (+4 Sneak, 1st level only), Intuitive Sense (Keep Dex Bonus when Flat-Footed), Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus - Rapier, *Rapid Strikes - Rapier (Make an additional attack as part of Full-Attack at half BAB, can use Character Level/day). [B]Skill Ranks (Total):[/B] Diplomacy 5 (+8), Jump 10 (+10), CC Sneak 5 (+9), Spellcraft 10 (+12), CC Tumble 5 (+12) [B]Items[/B]: (19k) [i]Defending Athame +2 (Rapier) [/i], [i] +2 Breastplate[/i], [i]+1 Light Shield [/i], Boots of Tumbling +5, Gloves of Dexterity +2, Cloak of Resistance +1, (~500g left) [B]Attacks:[/B] +13 (+2 Defending Rapier 1d6+3, 18-20/x2) *[B]Full Attack:[/B] +13/+10 (+2 Defending Rapier 1d6+3, 18-20/x2) [A Mageblade can enchant his Athame (focus weapon) without giving it an enhancement bonus because one of his class abilities is that the Athame gets an enhancement bonus +1/4 levels.] [B]Spells Slots Per Day (5/5/4/1)[/B] 0: Bash, Canny Effort, Detect Magic, Glowglobe, Saving Grace 1: Acrobatics, Charm, Precise Vision, Predict Weather, Safe Fall 2: Ability Boost (Lesser), Beastskin (Lesser), Subtle Steps, See Invisibility 3: Slow The spells are focused on utility or skill increases, which make up for his lack of a lot of skill ranks. Well, that was fun ;) I just got AE and like statting up characters, I hope some of this can help! Technik [/QUOTE]
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