Wacky stats

[alsih2o]

I sat down to generate a character for Beale Knights upcoming campaign and ended up with 15, 5, 17, 13, 15, 17, which I am free to rearrange.

I wanna make a religious thug. Someone not actually blessed by a god, but extremely loyal to his religion and its leaders. I also aboslutely refuse to put the five in Cha. My inspiration is Orrin Porter Rockwell of early Mormon fame.

What would you do with these stats?

 

[Darkness]

5 in Int, 13 in Dex. Probably 17 in Str and 15 in Con.

If paladin (or similar), the second 17 in Cha. (Thus, Wis 15.)
If cleric, the second 17 in Wis. (Thus, Cha 15.)

A paladin with 17 Str and Con would be good too, of course.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I think I'd put the 5 in Wisdom. It helps explain strong religious fervor, it gives him a big gullibility problem - which in my experience is loads of fun to play - and it frees up his other stats to be pretty dang solid.

My first thought was Lucius the Assassin from (contact)'s Temple of Elemental Evil Story Hour. A LE PC following a LN diety, very much like you describe.

Overall, I think I'd go
S 15, D 17, C 17, I 13, W 5, Ch 15
and go with Fighter as a class. Possibly the Thug variant from Unearthed Arcana. Possibly with a level of Rogue in there depending on where you want to go with the guy.

 

[Phineas Crow]

My choice would be: Str 17, Dex 5, Con 17, Int 13, Wis 15, Cha 15

A massive brute with all the agility of a drunken, half-comatose bull.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Put the 5 in Dex and make a clumsy thug. That'd be fun to play.

 

[alsih2o]

Rockwell is attributed as saying "I never killed anyone who didn't need killing." in front of a crowd (one gathered to hear the VP of the time) is that low Wis or Int?

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Rockwell is attributed as saying "I never killed anyone who didn't need killing." in front of a crowd (one gathered to hear the VP of the time) is that low Wis or Int?

I'd have to say neither, and go with the 5 in Dex.

Brad

 

[BSF]

My first thought was low Wisdom. Strong religious fervor with an inability to keep his mouth shut when it would be prudent to do so.

Then you referenced Orrin Porter Rockwell and that clinched it for me.

Str 15 Dex 15 Con 13 Int 17 Wis 5 Cha 17

Take rogue as your first level class, a little social skills (persuassive), a little skulking (you don't get ahead by always letting people know where you are), lots of spot and listen (the better to find the heretics and blasphemers with), decent search (it never hurts to know where to find loot, er stuff), and enough cross-class religion to know dogma, even if he doesn't understand the deeper spirituality of it all.

As you advance, perhaps add a little fighter here and there.

Alternatively, go with a Bard. Focus on Oratory as your Perform. Knowledge is no long cross-class. Your spells aren't divine, but you _think_ they are. You wear light armor because you _choose_ to, not because you have to.

I could have a lot of fun with that. Once you get suggestion as a bard power, and you are on the pulpit - "Who else saw Joe Schmuck sneaking around the brothel last Tuesday? I saw him, and he was being quite dodgy. I'm sure it was because he gave into the temptations of the flesh. But I ask because I respect your opinions, who else here thinks that poor sinful Joe needs to atone for his sins at the brothel?"

 

[Greylock]

What the heck?!? And there I was, all embarrassed by MY high rolls. You've left me in the dust, 'cept for that 5. I tend to agree with the low WIS advice, just don't go beating up my elven Cleric just 'cause he ain't interested in buying none of Jim Bridgers furs.

 

[alsih2o]

What the heck?!? And there I was, all embarrassed by MY high rolls. You've left me in the dust, 'cept for that 5. I tend to agree with the low WIS advice, just don't go beating up my elven Cleric just 'cause he ain't interested in buying none of Jim Bridgers furs.

Well, I sorta assumed you would be the spiritual leadership in his life.

EDIT: I email BK about the stats, they seem a bit high...I may tinker them down to flunky levels.