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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pathfinderq1" data-source="post: 3322671" data-attributes="member: 48394">Where I'm at:Character creation/tinkering is going pretty well.  I have a basic background put together, and I'm working on the mechanics portion of the sheet.  At this point I have a couple of possible options and I wanted to put them up to see if the DM or other players have any opinions for party balance/playability.The basic character is human, of Helmanori ancestry.  Her parents attempted to flee their homeland after their daughter was born, fearing that she would be conscripted into the Mage-Emperor's service (as she was born with some obvious feature or trait that was commonly associated with inborn magical talent).  During the escape her parents were separated, and her father brought her to Avonleigh- her mother disappeared and was presumed dead.  Her father set up a tavern in one of the ports on the coast of Avonleigh, and he was always asking travelers for news of his homeland- perhaps hopingthat his wife was still alive somehow, perhaps fearing that agents of the Mage-Emperor were still after him and his daughter.  His daughter turned out to be quite talented and clever, but her father tried to make her fear the magical arts as he did.  He was only partially successful- she grew up wary of magic, and if she had any such talents they were dormant and ignored.He even got her a reasonable education and acomfortable if boring apprenticeship as a clerk with a local merchant firm.     But six months ago her father, his tavern, and a good section of the surrounding port area were consumed in magical fire- perhaps it was simply a horrible accident, or perhaps agents of the Mage-Emperor had been after him all these years and had finally tracked him down.  His daughter was wracked with guilt and anguish, as one might expect, and her sleep was fraught with nightmares- but she did manage to complete her apprenticeship.  Her sponsor, seeking to alleviate the depression his young charge was feeling declared that they would make the trip to Stonegate so that she might participate in the Parade of Apprentices- which was actually quite an honor and a grand occasion, compared to the simple ceremony that would have happened in her home city.  She had actually completed her apprenticeship before they set out for Stonegate, though, and she has been using the time to see what she can learn about her native land- after all those years of seeing her father's concern, she thinks their must be _some_ connection.That is the background- at this point I have two possible character paths, and I'd like to see if the DM or other players have thoughts on this.  I could go with a "stealth/scout" focus, based on Rogue with traditional sneaky skills, and probably looking at Shadowdancer in the far future.  This would be a good base exploration type character, but not much else.  Or I could go with Rogue as a base, primarily social/information skills(which we seem to be lacking- both statted characters so far have 8 CHA), and multi-class into Sorceror, possibly going for Arcane trickster (this assumes that she does have magical talent which she has yet to develope).  As we don't have an arcane caster yet (as far as I know) this may be a better balance, but it has less focus.  I could go either way (or split the Rogue/Sorceror difference and go straight Bard).Does anyone have any thoughts on this?</blockquote>

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