Statting Jarlaxle?

[Cthulhudrew]

Jarlaxle Baenre: Male drow elf Fighter 18;

Skills and Feats: Balance* +13, Bluff* +13, Climb +8, Diplomacy +19, Disguise* +5 (+7 acting), Gather Information +5 (+7 Underdark), Hide +11, Intimidate +8, Jump +14, Knowledge (local, Underdark)* +9, Knowledge (nobility&royalty) +9, Listen +4, Move Silently +11, Perform (dance)* +7, Perform (sing)* +7, Ride +10, Search +6, Sense Motive* +10, Spot +4, Survival* +4, Tumble* +14, Use Magic Device* +13; *Skills marked with an asterisk are cross-class

I'm not sure I'm following the math on your skill choices here. Aren't Gather Information, Diplomacy, Hide, Knowledge, Listen, Move Silently, Search, and Spot all cross-class skills for a Fighter?

 

[Solarious]

I seem to recall it being mentioned that his daggers were produced in unlimited supplies by his cloak, and disappeared after a while (or immediately after hitting, I can't remember). His hat is also supposed to be a sort of portable hole, but I can be wrong. He hid in it to avoid the crystal shard's death throes, or did he use it as a literal portable hole to get through the mountain ala Passwall? Can someone with the book confirm?

He also has a multitude of items which are situationally useful, like a kind of dismissal powder, jangling accessories which are quiet when he wants to be quiet, and a number of others. Generally, he has the right item for the occasion.

 

[Nyaricus]

I think a Rogue 4/Swashbuckler 3/Fighter X/Duelist X would go a long way.

Base Stats:

Str: 13
Dex: 17
Con: 13
Int: 18
Wis: 13
Cha: 16

cheers,
--N

 

[Olaf the Stout]

From reading the books he seems to be more than just a straight fighter. And I don't know if you could replicate all the things he seems to do in the books either. Personally I prefer to think of him as an enigma that you never really figure out.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Razz]

I'm not sure I'm following the math on your skill choices here. Aren't Gather Information, Diplomacy, Hide, Knowledge, Listen, Move Silently, Search, and Spot all cross-class skills for a Fighter?

Yes, they are. Hence the asterisks noted by them.

He has the skill points to spend, considering his Intelligence. At 24 points + 6 points/level, I spread it out amongst what I knew he had judging from the books.

Oh, and Salvatore oddly said on his message boards that Jarlaxle is a bit of everything. I guess the guy has 5 or 10 levels of every class. Which is the only thing I can't stand about Salvatore. I wish he'd write his stories within the game mechanics provided by the edition of D&D and find loopholes around them if they're not to his liking (like he did with Artemis in 2E, when Assassin class got the boot).

I believe in a "creative license" and all, but not when 90% of that creation has already been done for you and it's not your world or gaming rules to twist around at your pleasure.

 

[The_Old_one]

I've just popped open my copy of the 2e Villains' Lorebook, and his stats there are in line with the Menzoberranzan boxed set. 17th level fighter, with a rook of magic items.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Yes, they are. Hence the asterisks noted by them.

There aren't asterisks by the skills I pointed out, that's why I was querying. I thought maybe one of his feats (noble born?) or something treated them like class skills. Thanks for clarifying though.

While I've got you, though, I didn't think skill points were retroactive? An Int as high as he has brings with it a lot of points, for certain, but he couldn't have started out at 1st level with an Int score that high, right?

(Sorry if I seem like I'm nitpicking- I actually like a lot of the choices you've made here, though I think he might be best served as being a multiclassed character, if only due to the pitifully low number of skill points certain character classes get per level.)

 

[Razz]

There aren't asterisks by the skills I pointed out, that's why I was querying. I thought maybe one of his feats (noble born?) or something treated them like class skills. Thanks for clarifying though.

While I've got you, though, I didn't think skill points were retroactive? An Int as high as he has brings with it a lot of points, for certain, but he couldn't have started out at 1st level with an Int score that high, right?

(Sorry if I seem like I'm nitpicking- I actually like a lot of the choices you've made here, though I think he might be best served as being a multiclassed character, if only due to the pitifully low number of skill points certain character classes get per level.)

No, he started with 18 Int. I based his base ability scores from the most recent 2E source on him (Villain's Lorebook) and then added 4 more points to various scores from his 16 levels.

Yes, Noble Born feat gave him Diplomacy and Knowledge (nobility&royalty) as a class skill

 

[The Blue Elf]

No, he started with 18 Int. I based his base ability scores from the most recent 2E source on him (Villain's Lorebook) and then added 4 more points to various scores from his 16 levels.

Yes, Noble Born feat gave him Diplomacy and Knowledge (nobility&royalty) as a class skill

Well don't forget the feat Leadership Jarlaxle also lead an attack on the house of Do’Urden in the act of betraying the house the funny thing he lead a Large Legion,It also said he was a Merceny of the sorts he did have his dealings with many houses sometimes. How he gain his leadership from what I understand he form some type of Guild that had Exiled Drow that became Rogue Drow from constain in house battles who escape from loss of the houses.

 

[Viktyr Gehrig]

Jarlaxle doesn't need to be a full BAB class to represent his fighting skills. With his wealth and the way he handily outclasses Artemis-- who is, I believe, 17th level-- he's at least in the mid-20s, if not closer to 30.

I'd go Rogue 11/Master Thrower 5/Duelist X.