Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and the profession of rogue.

[ImperatorK]

sneak attack doesn't fit tho. If you can trade it out for another feature it might work better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCOLTzk9Bk8
There's a sneak attack in there somewhere.

 

[Cyclone_Joker]

Any analysis of the traits, skills and abilities displayed by the character of Sherlock Holmes would lead one to conclude that he belonged to the rogue profession/class.

That's some assumption.

Of course a morally good rogue who uses his skill and abilities to catch crooks and criminals rather than to become one.

And now we run into another baseless assumption. Why must all rogues be criminal in some fashion. It's a rather absurd premise.

I would probably cast him as a mid-leveled rogue, perhaps level twelve with above average attributes.

I'm going to say no. Very no.

Feel free to post other opinions and thoughts on the subject such as his being a rogue which uses his skills and abilities for morally good purposes.

First off, "morally good" and "Sherlock Holmes" do not go together. Sherlock Holmes works out of self-interest rather than moral obligation. He's straight-up True Neutral.

Second, a rogue hardly matches with Sherlock Holmes' demonstrated abilities. Sherlock Holmes is martial artist of high caliber. Sneak Attack was never demonstrated. No, Sherlock Holmes is a level four factotum that only casts the spells Wieldskill and whatever the hell that instant search/appraise spell from Dragon Magazine. This means that he'd get a 7+4+4+2+3 or +20 bonus on Search checks. This means that, with 12 seconds of examination, he will notice a secret door. His spot scores are going to be almost as high, should be bother to care, and this allows him to be such a dilettante without having to have impossibly high stats to support his numerous other skills.