I Want To Play An Intelligent Mouse

[Artoomis]

Keep in mind that as a Fine creature, you have a reach of 0. That means you'll always be provoking attacks of opportunity whenever you close for melee, since you need to enter your opponent's space. Of course, Spring Attack or Tumble would negate that. Also, you have a -16 penalty to grapple checks, not including whatever your Strength penalty is. Because of your size you'll have a high touch AC, but even so if someone manages to grab you you're not getting away.

Quite right. A Monk or Rogue could use Escape Artist to avoid being grappled, though.

 

[Artoomis]

I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that this is a bad idea.

Squee is, at heart, a kinda of over-the-top romantic hero. If he were a human, he'd be a cross between Errol Flynn and Don Juan. This, combined with his small size and the mouse-ness of him is what makes him fun to play. I picture him dressed in velvet and ruffles and a big floppy hat, with gloves and a rapier. Women, human women, swoon over him. And this freaks the players out. They'll be, like, "dood, what is it with you and the ladies?! I mean, you're a mouse, for Christ's sake!" And I'll respond, "A gentleman does not speak of such things, sir!" He's not a cartoon mouse, he's more a muppet.

However, once I seriously start working the angles, I find that either A: I'll be useless in combat if I stick with the "He's a mouse" angle and treat that realistically. B: I'll be unstoppable if I use the rules that makes sense.

I mean, my AC bonus from size, along with my ungodly dex, plus some armor, some magic...I'll have an AC in the mid 20's, I'll have normal hit points, I'll have a Hide total better than invisible people. My rapier does 1 point of damage, but with sneak attack and spells, I'll be pretty effective in combat. Hard to hit, hard to kill.

I feel, instinctively, that while I'll be limited in what I can carry and what I can use, my fellow players will not see that as much of a limitation.

I think Scrabble and the evasions make perfect sense for a mouse. Have you ever tried to catch one of these critters? They're ungodly fast and dextrous.

So, I'm not sure what to do. I'll raise the concerns with my GM, maybe the other players, see what everyone thinks. There's no point in playing Squee if he's just going to piss everyone off.

If you leave out trying to add in extra abilities like Evasion and Scramble, your DM and players may not have any issue with this and you'll get all the flavor you're looking for.

I think it's a cool concept if you leave out trying to add in extra feats and keep it at ECL 0(yes, mice are fast and hard to catch, - that's why you take a class with Escape Artist as a calss skill!).