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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8384343" data-attributes="member: 6915329">And here you go. I just whipped this one up. I didn't really go for super-high damage or anything like that. I rolled 4d6 drop lowest in order and stuck entirely with the PH for all things (except for two spells and one musical instrument), kept the racial ASIs (ugh), and because of that, decided that this character is a scholar who wants to study orcs and goblinoids in order to better bridge the gaps between them and elves and to make peace between them.Sireanhigh elf, 3rd-level bard (lore), Sage background, neutral goodStr 15 (+2), Dex 14 (+2), Con 11 (+0), Int 18 (+4), Wis 12 (+1), Cha 14 (+2)Saving Throws: Dex +4, Cha +4Darkvision: 60 ft.Armor Class: 14 (studded leather)Weapons: longsword 1d8+2 slashing; longbow 1d8+2 piercing.Proficiencies: Arcana +6, Athletics +6 (X), History +6, Insight +3, Investigation +6, Perception +3, Persuasion +6 (X), Religion +6, Survival +3. Musical instruments (flute, drums, fortepiano)Weapon/Armor Proficiencies: longsword, shortsword, shortbow, longbow, simple weapons, rapiers, hand crossbows. Light armorLanguages: Common, Elven, Dwarf, Goblin, OrcishFey Ancestry: advantage on saves against being charmed and magic can't put me to sleep.Trance: I can trance for 4 hours a day, gaining the benefits of 8 hours of sleep. Researcher: If I attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore and fail, I can (usually) know where and from whom I can obtain the information.Bardic Inspiration: two d6s. I regain all dice after a long rest.Ritual Casting: I can cast any bard spell I know as a ritual if it has the ritual tag.Jack of all Trades: I can add +1 to any skill roll I make that I'm not already proficient in.Cutting Words: When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of me makes an attack roll, ability check, or damage roll, I can use my reaction to expend and roll one Bardic Inspiration die. I can then subtract that number from the creature's roll.Song of Rest: When a creature who can hear my performance regains hit points by spending HD at the end of a rest, they regain an additional d6 hp.Spellcasting: Spell save DC 12, +4 to hit• Cantrips: mage hand, mind sliver (from high elf), minor illusion• 1st Level (4 slots): calm emotions, cure wounds, disguise self, enthrall• 2nd Level (2 slots): invisibility, pyrotechnicsTraits: By living among violent people, I have become desensitized to violence. I'm willing to listen to every side of an argument before I make my own judgment.Ideals: By understanding other races and cultures, we learn to understand ourselves. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge.Bonds: I've spent a huge amount of my life trying to understand the lives of people who are very different from me.Flaw: I am easily distracted by the promise of information.I mean, this might not be anyone's cup of tea, but this character is definitely not a smarmy, clownish, rapier-user. Their 1st-level spells allow them to (hopefully) interact with others in relative peace, and their 2nd-level slots are for getting out of Dodge quickly, if necessary. They used bardic expertise on Persuasion, so they can hopefully talk to the goblins and orcs they meet, and Athletics, so they can hopefully prove they're tough enough.</blockquote>

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