Desert of Desolation - Bilar Vulkos

by #1! 5th January 2010, 7:46 am

ROUGH

Half-Orc Male Rogue 4/Fighter 2
Chaotic Neutral

A former slave turned mercenary soldier (will make up a much better BG once I think more about it)

STR 19
DEX 12
CON 14
INT 12
WIS 10
CHA 7

HP: 18+3d6+2d10
BAB: +5
AC: 16 -> Dex, breastplate
Initiative: +1

Fort: +6
Reflex: +5
Will: +1

Feats

Power Attack*, Weapon Focus (Knife), Point Blank Shot, Far Shot, Quick Draw

Abilities

Sneak Attack +2d6, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge, Trapfinding, Trapsense +1, Fighter Bonus Feats

Skills

69 points

to be done

Gear

to be done

*the SRD says that you can't use power attack with light weapons, which includes knives. Does anyone care if we ignore this (weird) rule?

by Tromador 5th January 2010, 8:03 am

I presume the justification is that one simply can't get oomph behind something small like a knife, which is primarily a thrusting weapon.

Certainly I don't think it should be open ended, there is a limit to how much damage a smaller weapon can do, unlike a big arse weapon which can cleave a man in twain. No way is a knife or a handaxe going to do that.

So... I am minded to allow power attack on light weapons up to a maximum of half the max base damage for the weapon. So is the weapon is a d4, then the max power attack is 2. For d6 weapons it will be 3.