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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thanael" data-source="post: 4979652" data-attributes="member: 22734">For 3.5 I'd say "some social ability + swordplay & tricks" (read swashbuckling) = Swashbuckler from Complete Warrior. You have 4 skill points per level, full BAB, Weapon Finesse, Bluff, Diplomacy & Sense Motive as class skills. Feats to look for: combat expertise, improved disarm.  He's lacking Knowledge nobility but for a prisoner that should be ok. Or you could add in a level of Aristocrat to represent those parts.  Swashbuckler has been converted to PF in <a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=63908&language=de" target="_blank">Adamant Entertainment's Tome of Secrets</a>.  Or you could search for a fan conversion of the swashbuckler. (<a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizoPublishing/olderProducts/pathfinderRPGBeta/generalPrerelease/archives/theSwashbucklerPathfinderStyle" target="_blank">Here's are a few conversions on paizo</a> and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/pathfinder-rpg-discussion/266382-converting-later-splat-book-stuff-pf.html#post4963714" target="_blank">here is one on ENWorld</a>) Make sure to  go for the duelist PrC later.As for not hurting anyone check out <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/injuryandDeath.htm#nonlethalDamage" target="_blank">the nonlethal damage rules</a>:  Also <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsincombat.htm#fightingDefensivelyasaStandardAction" target="_blank">fighting defensively</a> (standard action or full round action, stacks with combat expertise!) and <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsincombat.htm#totalDefense" target="_blank">total defense</a> (standard action). You'll find the PF rules for those <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/combat.html" target="_blank">here</a>.In fact i have just made a similar noble fencer PC an Ari1/Swashbuckler1 that i envisioned to develop into an Ari2/Swashbuckler5/Duelist1+ later. Here's <a href="http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=125288" target="_blank">his sheet</a>. Next level would have been Duelist of course. He is already quite a skilled courtier at CL2, if not yet a good fencer. But later his extraordinary INT would have made him a great fencer.Note that for PF the skill requirements of the <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/prestigeClasses/duelist.html#duelist" target="_blank">Duelist class</a> changed. You need 2r in acrobatics and perform.(which would equate 5 ranks each in 3.5)  I haven't seen the Swasbuckler from Tome of Secrets, so I can't say if you would need to multiclass at all. But 1 level of Ari would certainly fit your backstory. So i would go for Ari1/Swashbuckler2. Feats: Dodge, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm. Make sure to get Mobility until level 6 to qualify for duelist.</blockquote>

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