I ended up with mnk1/bnb1, because that way I am already an established member of the street gang. I'll be taking the spiked chain proficiency on level 3.
Question about money. We get average gold for 1st level, but do we get anything for level 2? I'm just so damn poor, monks get very little starting gold.
Daniel Nova, “Dan”
Human Monk1/Barbarian1 (Chaotic)
STR 14 (rage 18)
DEX 14
CON 14 (rage 18)
INT 10
WIS 14
CHA 10
BAB +1
Melee +3 [+1/+1 flurry of blows] unarmed, 1d6+2, x2 (rage +5 [+3/+3 flurry of blows], 1d6+4, x2)
Ranged +3 [+1/+1 flurry of blows] shuriken, 1d2+2, x2, RI 10 ft (rage damage 1d2+4, x2)
Speed 40 ft.
Initiative +2
AC 14 (+2 Dex, +2 Wis) or 12 (rage)
HP 24 (rage 28)
Fort +6 (rage +8)
Ref +4
Will +4 (rage +6)
Monk abilities: unarmed strike, flurry of blows.
Barbarian abilities: fast movement, rage 1/day (+4 Str, +4 Con, +2 will saves, -2 AC, lasts 7 rounds)
Feats: endurance [1st], diehard [human bonus feat], improved grapple [monk1].
Skills: [25 ranks]
Climb +5 [3 ranks, +2 Str], (+7 rage)
Hide +4 [2 ranks, +2 Dex]
Intimidate +4 [4 ranks, +0 Cha]
Jump +7 [5 ranks, +2 Dex], (+9 rage)
Knowledge (religion) +1 [1 rank, +0 Int]
Listen +4 [2 ranks, +2 Wis]
Move silently +4 [2 ranks, + 2 Dex]
Spot +4 [2 ranks, +2 Wis]
Tumble +8 [4 ranks, +2 Dex, +2 synergy from Jump]
Possessions: 10 shurikens, backpack, bedroll, crowbar, flint and steel, grappling hook, hempen rope (50 ft.), 2 sacks, signal whistle, waterskin, 2 torches.
Money: 1 gp, 3 sp, 8 cp.
Description: Dan is 20 years old, 6 feet tall and weighs in 175 lbs. He has short black hair, a well-trimmed vandyke and green eyes. He’s kept himself in exellent physical condition, just like back in the days he was a monk. As a monk, Dan, or ‘brother Daniel’, was a quiet and dedicated student, but he has since changed to a angry young man, who wants to get even with those, who destroyed his world. He acts tough and no doubt is a dangerous man, but still in occasion tends to help those, who suffer from injustice and oppression. There’s nothing more he’d want than to get back his former simple, happy life. But ultimately he knows it isn’t possible and that’s killing him. The whole world around him literally seems to be collapsing, but he’s not ready to give up yet. No more standing in the background – it’s his time now and those who hurt him are going to pay.
Background: Dan was an orphan, he never knew his parents, who left him at the Monastery of the Cleansing Light when he was just a baby. He was raised and trained by the Order, that according to many, was one of the last places, where the dogma of the Sun God was taught by those with a pure heart. To be a monk of the Cleansing Light was to dedicate your life in helping the poor, hungry and the sick, which are plentiful in these dark times. Dan lived a hard-working simple life, that still was very fulfilling. He felt he was needed, having a clear meaning in his life.
But that would be changed, when he was 19. The desperate times gave birth to desperate, angry groups like the Tempest Street Irregulars, a notorious gang roaming the dark alleys causing fear in the hearts of those, who could not defend themselves. In one dark night, it happened. The TSI came swiftly, showing no mercy. The cowardly attack caught the monks by surprise and many were slain still sleeping, including all Dan’s best friends and most respected masters. Even today, Dan doesn’t know or understand, why they attacked the monastery and burned it to the ground. The monks had hardly any loot, they existed only to help others. How could someone do such a thing? He swore on the dead bodies of his brother monks, that the wrong-doers would pay.
The monks, that survived turned to both the Empire and the Crurch for help. Some of the more experienced monks would be given new posts in the church organization, but for the young ones like Dan, noone answered the call. Nothing was done, like they never had existed. On that day, Dan lost his faith in the Church and the Empire and turned away from the monk’s path. He would leave behind most what he had learned at the monastery and embrace the burning hatred inside. Life in the streets awaited and Dan took every advantage of it to get his revenge, joining another street gang, who were enemies of the TSI.
