Comments on: Pimp my character #1 – The Magical Thief http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief The D&D Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Andreas Leidinger http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-6570 Andreas Leidinger Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:26:07 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-6570 Not only in order to be a true illusionist, which woud turn the build in a sort of infiltator but also in order to deal damage. The Arcane trickster PrC ofers the posibility to deal sneak attacks with spells, wich is pretty broken! Think of a 20th level character with all the rougish sills, a great sneak attack bonus damage and also the posibility o cast meteor swarm. Awesome! n fact you could trade some sneack attack dice in order to take the Achmage prstige class asi well. A polar ray turned into fire plus 15 d6 of sneak attack damage would hit around 31d6 of damage. The feat ocular spell of the ""Lord of Madness"" would alow you to store 2 scorching rays (6 rays, 4d6 each). So if you cast a quickened scorching ray w/sneackattack in the same round at the same character considering a 10d6 of senak attack damage, arround level 12 with the ocular spell and quicken spell feat you could deal 3x3x(4d6) + 20d6 for a total of 56d6! Imagine tha: toping 300 hp at 12th level.!!! Great idea, poster! Not only in order to be a true illusionist, which woud turn the build in a sort of infiltator but also in order to deal damage. The Arcane trickster PrC ofers the posibility to deal sneak attacks with spells, wich is pretty broken! Think of a 20th level character with all the rougish sills, a great sneak attack bonus damage and also the posibility o cast meteor swarm. Awesome! n fact you could trade some sneack attack dice in order to take the Achmage prstige class asi well. A polar ray turned into fire plus 15 d6 of sneak attack damage would hit around 31d6 of damage. The feat ocular spell of the “”Lord of Madness”" would alow you to store 2 scorching rays (6 rays, 4d6 each). So if you cast a quickened scorching ray w/sneackattack in the same round at the same character considering a 10d6 of senak attack damage, arround level 12 with the ocular spell and quicken spell feat you could deal 3x3x(4d6) + 20d6 for a total of 56d6! Imagine tha: toping 300 hp at 12th level.!!! Great idea, poster!

]]> By: Hmott http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-4211 Hmott Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:48:44 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-4211 Hmm... Thiefs are pretty materialist, so it would be interesting if he considered his illusionist abilities just as a tool, y'know, not like a religion or cult or anything. Also, what if he took a bunch of different skills instead of focusing on getting good on a few? that would make him feel superior to regular people (commoners) in almost every way. However, he wouldn't flaunt it because rogues are secretive.... So overall, he would consider himself a rogue, would be very practical, and would occasionally get into situations he couldn't handle. Suggestion for future Pimp My Character: A Rogue or Fighter Transmuter. They would be able to move around the battlefield alot, and could buff themselves up.... Hmm… Thiefs are pretty materialist, so it would be interesting if he considered his illusionist abilities just as a tool, y’know, not like a religion or cult or anything. Also, what if he took a bunch of different skills instead of focusing on getting good on a few? that would make him feel superior to regular people (commoners) in almost every way. However, he wouldn’t flaunt it because rogues are secretive…. So overall, he would consider himself a rogue, would be very practical, and would occasionally get into situations he couldn’t handle.

Suggestion for future Pimp My Character: A Rogue or Fighter Transmuter. They would be able to move around the battlefield alot, and could buff themselves up….

]]> By: Juan Navarro http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-4072 Juan Navarro Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:54:02 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-4072 @Francois B. Nice! I love the angles there. If the player ever says "Whats my motivation" I'll send him to you.... @Francois B.
Nice! I love the angles there. If the player ever says “Whats my motivation” I’ll send him to you….

]]> By: Francois B. http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-4055 Francois B. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:11:06 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-4055 Why he was born : Elven lord gave his second daughter in marriage to human merchant second son after losing wife and first son in saving important shipment. Elven daughter never loved human husband or half-breed son. Current life : Unloved by his new wife, human father is now to occupied with his father's lucrative merchant business to care for his son PC is unwelcome in both families, because of resentment from human family (reminder of a great tragedy) and the lordly elven family disagrees with interbreed marriages. PC wants to earn respect from his elven wizard grandfather, after finding he/she had magical abilities PC is very curious and, since father and mother did not care what he did, was involved mostly in mischief to get parent's attention and avoid boredom Why he was born :
Elven lord gave his second daughter in marriage to human merchant second son after losing wife and first son in saving important shipment. Elven daughter never loved human husband or half-breed son.

Current life :
Unloved by his new wife, human father is now to occupied with his father’s lucrative merchant business to care for his son
PC is unwelcome in both families, because of resentment from human family (reminder of a great tragedy) and the lordly elven family disagrees with interbreed marriages.
PC wants to earn respect from his elven wizard grandfather, after finding he/she had magical abilities
PC is very curious and, since father and mother did not care what he did, was involved mostly in mischief to get parent’s attention and avoid boredom

]]> By: Bob http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-4016 Bob Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:15:03 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/pimp-my-character-1-the-magical-thief#comment-4016 >Doug: "This character could be a solipsist, even a relatively benevolent one. Deep down he believes that everyone else isn’t as ‘real’ as he is, that on some level the world is there for him to play in." This is a great character concept, especially for an illusionist. I played a gnome illusionist, I think in 2nd Edition, that thought essentially this same thing; he felt that all of life was but a dream, and that illusionists (and spell casters in general, to a lesser degree) were merely folks skilled in manipulating that dream. As such, and with the general gnomish flair for goofing around, he was constantly playing practical jokes on enemies and party members, figuring none of it really mattered anyway. I made him just annoying enough for laughs (by players and their characters) but not annoying enough to be aggravating (it also helped that his illusions were immensely helpful to the party); this was difficult, but I managed to pull it off. Won't work for every group of players, though, I just happened to be lucky in this regard. >Doug: “This character could be a solipsist, even a relatively benevolent one. Deep down he believes that everyone else isn’t as ‘real’ as he is, that on some level the world is there for him to play in.”

This is a great character concept, especially for an illusionist. I played a gnome illusionist, I think in 2nd Edition, that thought essentially this same thing; he felt that all of life was but a dream, and that illusionists (and spell casters in general, to a lesser degree) were merely folks skilled in manipulating that dream. As such, and with the general gnomish flair for goofing around, he was constantly playing practical jokes on enemies and party members, figuring none of it really mattered anyway. I made him just annoying enough for laughs (by players and their characters) but not annoying enough to be aggravating (it also helped that his illusions were immensely helpful to the party); this was difficult, but I managed to pull it off. Won’t work for every group of players, though, I just happened to be lucky in this regard.

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