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<blockquote data-quote="ethandrew" data-source="post: 3525482" data-attributes="member: 17456"><p>I haven't fully finished equipment or anything, nor personality or appearance, but here's what I do have for my character:</p><p></p><p>Brutus “Slim” Carnation</p><p>[sblock=Slim]</p><p>Male Human Bard 1 | Rogue 1 | Mountebank 4</p><p>Alignment: CN</p><p></p><p>Abilities: </p><p>STR - 11 </p><p>DEX - 14 </p><p>CON - 12</p><p>INT - 16</p><p>WIS - 10</p><p>CHA - 17</p><p></p><p>HP: 5d6 + 12</p><p>Speed: 30ft</p><p>Initiative: +2</p><p></p><p>AC: 1? (+? Armor, +2 Dex)</p><p></p><p>Saves:</p><p>Fort: 3</p><p>Reflex: 7</p><p>Will: 3</p><p></p><p>BAB/Ranged/Grapple: +4/+6/+4</p><p></p><p>Weapons:</p><p>Rapier…</p><p></p><p>Class Abilities:</p><p>-Tongue of the Devil</p><p>-Alter Ego</p><p>-Sideslip</p><p>-Bardic Music</p><p>-Bardic Knowledge</p><p>-Countersong</p><p>-Fascinate</p><p>-Inspire Courage +1</p><p>-Sneak Attack +2d6</p><p>-Trapfinding</p><p></p><p>Racial Abilities:</p><p>+4 Skills at 1st Level</p><p>+1 Skill at each level</p><p>Extra Feat at 1st Level</p><p>Favored Class: Any</p><p></p><p>Skills:</p><p>Balance – 4 (2 Dex + 2 Synergy)</p><p>Bluff – 18 (9 Ranks + 3 Cha + 3 Skill Focus + 3 Int Bonus)</p><p>Diplomacy – 5 (3 Cha + 2 Synergy)</p><p>Disguise – 16 (9 Ranks + 3 Cha + 2 Deceitful + 2 Synergy)</p><p>Escape Artist – 7 (5 Ranks + 2 Dex)</p><p>Forgery – 5 (3 Int + 2 Deceitful)</p><p>Gather Information – 5 (3 Cha + 2 Synergy)</p><p>Hide – 7 (5 Ranks + 2 Dex)</p><p>Intimidate – 5 (3 Cha + 2 Synergy)</p><p>Jump – 2 (0 Str + 2 Synergy)</p><p>Knowledge Local – 12 (9 Ranks + 3 Int)</p><p>Listen – 5 (5 Ranks + 0 Wis)</p><p>Move Silently – 7 (5 Ranks + 2 Dex)</p><p>Perform Comedy – 11 (5 Ranks + 3 Cha + 3 Skill Focus)</p><p>Search – 4 (1 Rank + 3 Int)</p><p>Sense Motive – (9 Ranks + 0 Wis)</p><p>Sleight of Hand – 13 (9 Ranks + 2 Dex + 2 Synergy)</p><p>Spellcraft – 4 (7 Ranks + 3 Int)</p><p>Spot – 0 (0 Wis)</p><p>Tumble – 11 (9 Ranks + 2 Dex)</p><p>Use Rope – 4 (2 Dex + 2 Synergy)</p><p></p><p>Feats:</p><p>Skill Focus (Bluff)</p><p>Skill Focus (Perform)</p><p>Deceitful</p><p>Weapon Finesse</p><p></p><p>Languages:</p><p>Common</p><p>??</p><p>??</p><p>??</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Equipment]</p><p>Cost Weight</p><p>…more to come[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Physical Appearance] </p><p>...more to come</p><p>Age: 22</p><p>Height: 5’3”</p><p>Weight: 122</p><p>Eyes: Green</p><p>Hair: Black</p><p>Skin: Fair[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Background]Brutus “Slim” Carnation has always been better at being someone other than himself. In time he honed this escapism into a hobby, a talent, and finally an asset. He dabbled some in drama and street performance, yet it was mundane for Slim, not enough thrill involved. Sure, he could make some decent coin if he stayed out in the market all day and juggled, told stories, or even cut a few purses, but it got old for him, and quickly at that. Of course, his shift in professions was facilitated by being caught stealing, but it was less detrimental and more “closing one door while opening another.”</p><p></p><p>It didn’t hurt that those who caught him were looking for someone with quick hands, and the fact that he could impersonate anyone certainly helped his cause. Over time they honed his abilities, teaching him how to ascertain opportunities and how to capitalize on them. Mundane jobs lined up one after another, and Slim glided through them, conning one person, seducing the next. </p><p></p><p>His last task was an immersive one: he was to impersonate an on-site valet at a very wealthy merchant’s estate. Slim infiltrated the position with remarkable ease and continued to learn the routine of the household over the course of a month. When the proper time came, late one evening Slim allowed a small retinue of accomplices into the mansion where they headed straight for the vault. He quickly disabled the trap and entered through the secret door leading in. This much he had studied and prepared diligently, having witnessed it accomplished a few times from the shadows.</p><p></p><p>However, that is where the familiarity ended. He found himself in another room, without doors or windows, save the one they just entered through. After a few minutes, one of Slim’s partners found a small button in the wall roughly 7 feet up. With joy he pushed it and found to everyone’s horror that the trapdoor snapped shut and the floor started sliding out of the room, under one of the walls. One by one the group fell into the small trap, piling atop each other. Darkness covered them and in no amount of time they were being pulled out of the pit by the city watch, all of them bound and gagged.</p><p></p><p>Slim, as it would be, was not entirely without luck that evening. As he was being transported to the prison, he managed to break free from his bindings. After doing so, he ran off into the alleyway before any guards realized what had occurred. Recovering quickly they were after him down the alley, but all they could find was a small girl with short hair crying, crying about being lost and wanting her mommy. The guards largely ignored her, having a criminal hiding around. One took the girl to the street and told her to walk away in case anything bad happened in the alley and then the guard proceeded to move down into the alley again… such civil service.</p><p></p><p>Once in the street, Slim laughed it off and set his partner’s free without letting the guards see. They all proceeded to a tavern and drank and laughed their night’s exploits. However, they all soon found that the wealthy merchant had hired some folks to track them down individually. These folk were less than kind. One by one, those who were captured in the vault went missing. After the first three, the rest were curious and cautious, not knowing what was occurring, until a severed head appeared mounted to a pike in the middle of an alley in a disreputable part of town.</p><p></p><p>Not wanting to meet the same fate, Slim talked his way onto a ship, bound for new lands, new places. He was able to convince them he was noble and was being sent as a diplomat, so he got very comfortable lodging on the trip.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Personality] </p><p>...more to come[/sblock][/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ethandrew, post: 3525482, member: 17456"] I haven't fully finished equipment or anything, nor personality or appearance, but here's what I do have for my character: Brutus “Slim” Carnation [sblock=Slim] Male Human Bard 1 | Rogue 1 | Mountebank 4 Alignment: CN Abilities: STR - 11 DEX - 14 CON - 12 INT - 16 WIS - 10 CHA - 17 HP: 5d6 + 12 Speed: 30ft Initiative: +2 AC: 1? (+? Armor, +2 Dex) Saves: Fort: 3 Reflex: 7 Will: 3 BAB/Ranged/Grapple: +4/+6/+4 Weapons: Rapier… Class Abilities: -Tongue of the Devil -Alter Ego -Sideslip -Bardic Music -Bardic Knowledge -Countersong -Fascinate -Inspire Courage +1 -Sneak Attack +2d6 -Trapfinding Racial Abilities: +4 Skills at 1st Level +1 Skill at each level Extra Feat at 1st Level Favored Class: Any Skills: Balance – 4 (2 Dex + 2 Synergy) Bluff – 18 (9 Ranks + 3 Cha + 3 Skill Focus + 3 Int Bonus) Diplomacy – 5 (3 Cha + 2 Synergy) Disguise – 16 (9 Ranks + 3 Cha + 2 Deceitful + 2 Synergy) Escape Artist – 7 (5 Ranks + 2 Dex) Forgery – 5 (3 Int + 2 Deceitful) Gather Information – 5 (3 Cha + 2 Synergy) Hide – 7 (5 Ranks + 2 Dex) Intimidate – 5 (3 Cha + 2 Synergy) Jump – 2 (0 Str + 2 Synergy) Knowledge Local – 12 (9 Ranks + 3 Int) Listen – 5 (5 Ranks + 0 Wis) Move Silently – 7 (5 Ranks + 2 Dex) Perform Comedy – 11 (5 Ranks + 3 Cha + 3 Skill Focus) Search – 4 (1 Rank + 3 Int) Sense Motive – (9 Ranks + 0 Wis) Sleight of Hand – 13 (9 Ranks + 2 Dex + 2 Synergy) Spellcraft – 4 (7 Ranks + 3 Int) Spot – 0 (0 Wis) Tumble – 11 (9 Ranks + 2 Dex) Use Rope – 4 (2 Dex + 2 Synergy) Feats: Skill Focus (Bluff) Skill Focus (Perform) Deceitful Weapon Finesse Languages: Common ?? ?? ?? [sblock=Equipment] Cost Weight …more to come[/sblock] [sblock=Physical Appearance] ...more to come Age: 22 Height: 5’3” Weight: 122 Eyes: Green Hair: Black Skin: Fair[/sblock] [sblock=Background]Brutus “Slim” Carnation has always been better at being someone other than himself. In time he honed this escapism into a hobby, a talent, and finally an asset. He dabbled some in drama and street performance, yet it was mundane for Slim, not enough thrill involved. Sure, he could make some decent coin if he stayed out in the market all day and juggled, told stories, or even cut a few purses, but it got old for him, and quickly at that. Of course, his shift in professions was facilitated by being caught stealing, but it was less detrimental and more “closing one door while opening another.” It didn’t hurt that those who caught him were looking for someone with quick hands, and the fact that he could impersonate anyone certainly helped his cause. Over time they honed his abilities, teaching him how to ascertain opportunities and how to capitalize on them. Mundane jobs lined up one after another, and Slim glided through them, conning one person, seducing the next. His last task was an immersive one: he was to impersonate an on-site valet at a very wealthy merchant’s estate. Slim infiltrated the position with remarkable ease and continued to learn the routine of the household over the course of a month. When the proper time came, late one evening Slim allowed a small retinue of accomplices into the mansion where they headed straight for the vault. He quickly disabled the trap and entered through the secret door leading in. This much he had studied and prepared diligently, having witnessed it accomplished a few times from the shadows. However, that is where the familiarity ended. He found himself in another room, without doors or windows, save the one they just entered through. After a few minutes, one of Slim’s partners found a small button in the wall roughly 7 feet up. With joy he pushed it and found to everyone’s horror that the trapdoor snapped shut and the floor started sliding out of the room, under one of the walls. One by one the group fell into the small trap, piling atop each other. Darkness covered them and in no amount of time they were being pulled out of the pit by the city watch, all of them bound and gagged. Slim, as it would be, was not entirely without luck that evening. As he was being transported to the prison, he managed to break free from his bindings. After doing so, he ran off into the alleyway before any guards realized what had occurred. Recovering quickly they were after him down the alley, but all they could find was a small girl with short hair crying, crying about being lost and wanting her mommy. The guards largely ignored her, having a criminal hiding around. One took the girl to the street and told her to walk away in case anything bad happened in the alley and then the guard proceeded to move down into the alley again… such civil service. Once in the street, Slim laughed it off and set his partner’s free without letting the guards see. They all proceeded to a tavern and drank and laughed their night’s exploits. However, they all soon found that the wealthy merchant had hired some folks to track them down individually. These folk were less than kind. One by one, those who were captured in the vault went missing. After the first three, the rest were curious and cautious, not knowing what was occurring, until a severed head appeared mounted to a pike in the middle of an alley in a disreputable part of town. Not wanting to meet the same fate, Slim talked his way onto a ship, bound for new lands, new places. He was able to convince them he was noble and was being sent as a diplomat, so he got very comfortable lodging on the trip.[/sblock] [sblock=Personality] ...more to come[/sblock][/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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