I want to play an "Uncle Buck" style rogue.

[Rune]

Think about it. Probably couldn't hide if he wanted to, probably would sneak-attack if he had to, but would prefer to avoid physical confrontation as much as possible (and actively make that happen).

And with the bluff, charisma, and contacts to get the job done. Effective, but not physically so.

Also, there would need to be a good mechanic for earning your primary income through cheating at gambling.

This is the kind of rogue I wanna play. I hope the new edition makes it possible.

 

[hanez]

Sounds more like a bard in many ways. Swap singing out for bluffing and make his spells more mundane/charismatic

 

[Ahnehnois]

What is "Uncle Buck"?

 

[LostSoul]

 

[Rune]

Sounds more like a bard in many ways. Swap singing out for bluffing and make his spells more mundane/charismatic

You could probably do it with a bard, but Uncle Buck was definitely more of a rogue than a performer.

What is "Uncle Buck"?

A classic.

 

[Minigiant]

Will the Monster Manual even have clowns?

 

[rkwoodard]

what would you do ?

Think about it. Probably couldn't hide if he wanted to, probably would sneak-attack if he had to, but would prefer to avoid physical confrontation as much as possible (and actively make that happen).

And with the bluff, charisma, and contacts to get the job done. Effective, but not physically so.

Also, there would need to be a good mechanic for earning your primary income through cheating at gambling.

This is the kind of rogue I wanna play. I hope the new edition makes it possible.

This sounds like a fun character. And it something like the Dresden RPG (Fate System) would be both easy to build and easy to play in a game.

But, what would this character do in a D&D Adventure?

Lets say the rules support this build 100%, would the adventures support this style of character.

RK

 

[Greg K]

Lets say the rules support this build 100%, would the adventures support this style of character.
RK

It would in some of the campaigns I have run. Not everyone runs dungeons or campaigns that are heavy in monster slaying.

 

[rkwoodard]

my bias

It would in some of the campaigns I have run. Not everyone runs dungeons or campaigns that are heavy in monster slaying.

True. I guess it is my own bias. To me, I rely on D&D (whatever edition) to be my Monster Slaying game. While that does not have to be the case, I just have other games that I feel do the non dungeon/slaying campaigns better.

I do hope that there is a lot of room for not only the standard archetypes, but a lot of room for these other type of archetypes as well.

RK

 

[Minigiant]

This sounds like a fun character. And it something like the Dresden RPG (Fate System) would be both easy to build and easy to play in a game.

But, what would this character do in a D&D Adventure?

Lets say the rules support this build 100%, would the adventures support this style of character.

RK

The base assumption of a D&D adventure/campaign is too dangerous and has a bit too many combats for the actual Uncle Buck. The traditional D&D game will involve exploring a dungeon and encountering a dragon eventually, stuff the actually Uncle Buck would suck at.


But a charismatic and cool trickster rogue could work. And there are many combat and exploration light games.