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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5606066" data-attributes="member: 6669384"><p>...and I'm inviting others to join in.</p><p></p><p>Our group is going to acquire an NPC Rogue, at least for a while. The player of our current Rogue has been out of work for a while, and just found a job. (Good news!). It's halfway across the country (bad news).</p><p></p><p>I had one of those flashes of silly inspiration that probably come to us all, and came up with a name: Ignominious T Padfoot.</p><p></p><p>Note: Our game is set in a Grecco/Roman pseudo historical world, so the sort-of Greek name works. I see him as a Gnome, sporting an accent (Cockney) that places him as being from Londinium (London), so the pseudo-Greek name is an odd fit. Add in the fact that he clearly has no idea what his name means, and we have a bit of built-in story for a DM to use.</p><p></p><p>The group is multiracial, from all over the old Roman Empire, and is currently 7th/8th level. We're predominantly Chaotic Good, in a Law v Chaos campaign. Oddly, we're serving the forces of Law. Go figure. He'll be coming in a level behind, as is our rule for all new characters, so build him at 6th or 7th.</p><p></p><p>We use 32 point buy, PHB, PHB2, DMG, the various Complete books, several of the Races books, Spell Compendium and the Magic Item Compendium. We have a gentleman's agreement to steer away from Psionics, since several of the people aren't familiar/comfortable with them. </p><p></p><p>We pass the DM's duties around the group, but keep the same characters in the same game world. Some are decidedly into the theatrical, meaning the use of voices and accents, so don't be afraid to include some bit of whimsy in his personality.</p><p></p><p>So taking off from that theme, let's see what you can do. Please no hyper-optimization. It would freak out some of the people at my table.</p><p></p><p>My own build would be modest, Probably going Rogue1/Sorcerer1/Rogue5, and set to play the traveling juggler/tightrope walker, perhaps recently detached from a small troupe of performers or a Gypsy caravan.</p><p></p><p>But don't let my modest proposal hold you back. This is just for fun, and not a competition, so feel free to be creative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5606066, member: 6669384"] ...and I'm inviting others to join in. Our group is going to acquire an NPC Rogue, at least for a while. The player of our current Rogue has been out of work for a while, and just found a job. (Good news!). It's halfway across the country (bad news). I had one of those flashes of silly inspiration that probably come to us all, and came up with a name: Ignominious T Padfoot. Note: Our game is set in a Grecco/Roman pseudo historical world, so the sort-of Greek name works. I see him as a Gnome, sporting an accent (Cockney) that places him as being from Londinium (London), so the pseudo-Greek name is an odd fit. Add in the fact that he clearly has no idea what his name means, and we have a bit of built-in story for a DM to use. The group is multiracial, from all over the old Roman Empire, and is currently 7th/8th level. We're predominantly Chaotic Good, in a Law v Chaos campaign. Oddly, we're serving the forces of Law. Go figure. He'll be coming in a level behind, as is our rule for all new characters, so build him at 6th or 7th. We use 32 point buy, PHB, PHB2, DMG, the various Complete books, several of the Races books, Spell Compendium and the Magic Item Compendium. We have a gentleman's agreement to steer away from Psionics, since several of the people aren't familiar/comfortable with them. We pass the DM's duties around the group, but keep the same characters in the same game world. Some are decidedly into the theatrical, meaning the use of voices and accents, so don't be afraid to include some bit of whimsy in his personality. So taking off from that theme, let's see what you can do. Please no hyper-optimization. It would freak out some of the people at my table. My own build would be modest, Probably going Rogue1/Sorcerer1/Rogue5, and set to play the traveling juggler/tightrope walker, perhaps recently detached from a small troupe of performers or a Gypsy caravan. But don't let my modest proposal hold you back. This is just for fun, and not a competition, so feel free to be creative. [/QUOTE]
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