NPC Commoner over a lifetime

[Tonguez]

He's a wheat farmer, a sickle is a tool of his trade. After years of using it for clearing and harvesting is it a surprise that he would be good at using it in a fight?

Having never used a sickle in a fight I wouldn't know but is the action of cutting wheat the same one used when employing the sickle as a weapon?

Anyway I was thinking that maybe he should have weapon focus sling instead - every farmboy makes a sling or catapult at some point and goes a huntin' squirrels...

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Human Farmer

John, Human Farmer
Commoner L4; med humanoid; AL NG; CR 1.5; age 32

HD 4d4+4(+3); hp 17;
Init +1; Spd 30 ft; AC 13;
BAB +2; Atk +2 melee or +2 ranged;
SV Fort +2, Ref +2, Will +1;
Str 11, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 11, Cha 9

Skills (28 points): Bluff +3 (2), Climb +3, Handle Animal +5 (4), Jump +3, Listen +3 (5), Profession: Farmer +5, & Spot +3 (5)
Feats: Alertness, Toughness, & Weapon Focus: Sickle
Languages: Celestial & Common

Armor: Leather, +2, speed 30ft, 15 lbs
Weapons: Dagger: Atk -2 melee, -1 thrown, Dmg 1d4, crit 19-20 x2, range 10ft
Sickle, Masterwork: Atk +4 melee, Dmg 1d6, crit x2

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Having never used a sickle in a fight I wouldn't know but is the action of cutting wheat the same one used when employing the sickle as a weapon?

Anyway I was thinking that maybe he should have weapon focus sling instead - every farmboy makes a sling or catapult at some point and goes a huntin' squirrels...

I realize combat is probably different from harvesting, but I felt his familiararity with the tool would make it plausable. I also considered having a sling as his weapon of choice. Feel free when you are switching his bonus language to Gnome to also switch his weapon to sling.

using skill focus would only make sense to me if he was maxing his skill point in that skill. With how few points a commoner gets he isn't at max in anything. Skill focus is better for experts.

 

[Knight Otu]

Thanks for the language explanation, MavrickWeirdo! I guess that I'm not religious enough to think of this possibility.

I like the choice of Weapon Focus - Sickle.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Human Farmer

John, Human Farmer
Commoner L4; med humanoid; AL NG; CR 1; age 35 (middle age)

HD 4d4 (+3); hp 13;
Init +0; Spd 30 ft; AC 12;
BAB +2; Atk +2 melee or +2 ranged;
SV Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +2;
Str 10, Dex 11, Con 11, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 10

Skills (28 points): Bluff +3, Climb +3, Handle Animal +5, Jump +3, Listen +3 (6), Profession: Farmer +5 (6), & Spot +3 (6)
Feats: Alertness, Toughness, & Weapon Focus: Sickle
Languages: Celestial & Common

Armor: Leather, +2, speed 30ft, 15 lbs
Weapons: Dagger: Atk -2 melee, -2 thrown, Dmg 1d4, crit 19-20 x2, range 10ft
Sickle, Masterwork: Atk +4 melee, Dmg 1d6, crit x2

 

[Tonguez]

Maybe I'm just a snob, but I don't seem to feel the same empathy for John the Farmer that I did for Captain John the Watchman

Strange innit?

 

[J5P9VC]

Where did he get a masterwork Sickle?

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Where did he get a masterwork Sickle?

He saved up for it, he's been farming for 9 years now. If you think it makes more sense for him to not get it till 4th level (17 years farming) then you could use him that way.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Human Farmer

Farmer John, Human
Commoner L5; med humanoid; AL NG; CR 1.5; age 43 (middle age)

HD 5d4 (+3); hp 15;
Init +0; Spd 30 ft; AC 13;
BAB +2; Atk +2 melee or +2 ranged;
SV Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +2;
Str 10, Dex 11, Con 11, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 10

Skills (32 points): Bluff +4, Climb +3, Handle Animal +5, Jump +3, Listen +4 (7), Profession: Farmer +6 (7), & Spot +3 (6)
Feats: Alertness, Toughness, & Weapon Focus: Sickle
Languages: Celestial & Common

Armor: Masterwork Studded Leather, +3, speed 30ft, 20 lbs
Weapons: Dagger: Atk -2 melee, -2 thrown, Dmg 1d4, crit 19-20 x2, range 10ft
Sickle, Masterwork: Atk +4 melee, Dmg 1d6, crit x2

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Human Farmer

Farmer John, Human
Commoner L5; med humanoid; AL NG; CR .5; age 53 (old age)

HD 5d4-5(+3); hp 10;
Init -1; Spd 30 ft; AC 12;
BAB +2; Atk +1 melee or +1 ranged;
SV Fort +0, Ref +0, Will +2;
Str 8, Dex 9, Con 9, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 11

Skills (32 points): Bluff +4, Climb +3 (2), Handle Animal +5, Jump +3 (2), Listen +4 (7), Profession: Farmer +6 (7), & Spot +3 (6)
Feats: Alertness, Toughness, & Weapon Focus: Sickle
Languages: Celestial & Common

Armor: Masterwork Studded Leather, +3, speed 30ft, 20 lbs
Weapons: Dagger: Atk -3 melee, -3 thrown, Dmg 1d4-1, crit 19-20 x2, range 10ft
Sickle, Masterwork: Atk +3 melee, Dmg 1d6-1, crit x2