Character Concepts - Kung Fu Panda

[malcolm_n]

My son challenged me to make a concept for his younger brother; and they both agreed on Po from Kung Fu Panda. So, I made him and I'll post him today, pushing Indiana Jones back for next week on my list. Anyway, if you have a younger kid out there who wants to play such a character, this is a concept for you .

If anybody else has a suggestion, please do post your thoughts or builds; helps keep the thread constructive.

Po uses the DMG2 rules for inherent bonuses. His Dragon Scroll is a ki focus, and his Natural Padding counts as starweave armor.

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Po, level 26
Dwarf, Monk, Firstborn of Moradin, Champion of Prophecy
Build: Centered Breath Monk
Monastic Tradition: Centered Breath
Prophetic Blessing: Prophetic Blessing Dexterity
Prophetic Blessing: Prophetic Blessing Wisdom
Background: Auspicious Birth, Martial - Bearer of the Heirloom, Recent Life - Peaceful Life (Auspicious Birth Benefit)

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 15, Con 14, Dex 26, Int 12, Wis 26, Cha 10.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 13, Con 10, Dex 17, Int 10, Wis 15, Cha 8.


AC: 40 Fort: 40 Reflex: 39 Will: 39
HP: 178 Surges: 13 Surge Value: 46

TRAINED SKILLS
Athletics +22, Thievery +26, Insight +26, Heal +26

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +21, Arcana +14, Bluff +13, Diplomacy +13, Dungeoneering +23, Endurance +17, History +14, Intimidate +13, Nature +21, Perception +21, Religion +14, Stealth +21, Streetwise +13

FEATS
Level 1: Toughness
Level 2: Against All Odds
Level 4: Defensive Mobility
Level 6: Durable
Level 8: Improved Grab
Level 10: Four Winds
Level 11: Paragon Defenses (retrained to Epic Fortitude at Level 21)
Level 12: Dwarven Durability
Level 14: Agile Athlete
Level 16: Danger Sense
Level 18: Evasion
Level 20: Uncanny Dodge
Level 21: Indomitable Will
Level 22: Opportune Reflexes
Level 24: Unyielding Fortitude
Level 26: Triumphant Attack

POWERS
Monk at-will 1: Dragon's Tail
Monk at-will 1: Five Storms
Monk encounter 1: Drunken Monkey
Monk daily 1: Masterful Spiral
Monk utility 2: Fast Hands
Monk encounter 3: Dance of Swords
Monk daily 5: One Hundred Leaves
Monk utility 6: Prescient Maneuver
Monk encounter 7: Fist of One Hundred Strikes
Monk daily 9: Strength to Weakness
Monk utility 10: Iron Dragon Defense
Monk encounter 13: Dance of the Stinging Hornet (replaces Drunken Monkey)
Monk daily 15: Ring the Golden Bell (replaces Masterful Spiral)
Monk utility 16: Meditative Solace
Monk encounter 17: Three Winds Kick (replaces Dance of Swords)
Monk daily 19: Rising Dragon Fire (replaces One Hundred Leaves)
Monk utility 22: Diamond Body
Monk encounter 23: Legion of One (replaces Fist of One Hundred Strikes)
Monk daily 25: Strike of the Vulnerable Turtle (replaces Strength to Weakness)

ITEMS
Monk Unarmed Strike, Adventurer's Kit, Natural Padding, Dragon Scroll
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[Dannyalcatraz]

I get, "Why dwarf?" because of the stocky roundness thing...but just out of curiosity, why not a Shifter for the fuzzy?

 

[malcolm_n]

Mostly because shifters are bigger on combat stuff. Po's more of a defensive guy, only really fighting when he has to. I stacked him on the defensive end and the fighting fell into line on its own . I also, personally, more commonly associate shifters with thinner and more rabid appearance. If I did Tigress from the same movie, I'd make her a shifter (razor claw) to differentiate.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Fair enough, but nothing says you couldn't simply have a "fluffy" or "husky" Shifter.

 

[Thatwackyned]

Didn't want to start a new thread, but with the Shield that can be thrown and come back, how come there is no Captain America build yet?

 

[malcolm_n]

hehe, just hadn't gotten around to posting one yet. I could post up to about 16 new ones right now, but I don't want to inundate the boards with it and lose focus. I'd like to start seeing more feedback and/or other suggested builds on these characters too, so having a whole lot at once would be counterproductive to that goal.

 

[Stalker0]

Not knowing the monk powers that well, is there a power in there that mimics the pinky maneuver? Got to have the pinky maneuver!

 

[Thatwackyned]

Tai Lung: The Wuxi finger hold!
Po: Oh, you know this hold?
Tai Lung: You're bluffing. You're bluffing! Shifu didn't teach you that.
Po: Nope. I figured it out. Skadoosh!

 

[malcolm_n]

Ring the golden bell is the closest I could find for that maneuver. He kinda used it at the end of the encounter, so it knocked tai lung out rather than just dazing him. Could probably find something more suited (stunning fist for example or quivering palm) at the 29th level. Monk's don't get that many grapple techniques yet (maybe in Psionic power? ).

 

[Thatwackyned]

It's more of a Daily. I wouldn't say a grapple either, as they just paused to talk. But I can see as it's called a Hold.