Building a Pirate. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Building a Pirate. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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DarkJester
08-17-04, 01:10 PM I'm trying to help a friend out buillding a pirate charater based off of Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribean. I've never seen Pirates of the Caribean so from my angle this is just a pirate character. The game is a mixture of (3.0) and (3.5). We use (3.0) core books, but have acsess to (3.5) prestiege classes/feats etc. We may use any book published by wizards of the coast.
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We start at level 3
Ability Points: Most likely 36 pt point buy. Not sure yet.
High Dex
Int
Con
Str
Wis
Low Cha
Anyways, here is my idea.

Human
Swashbuckler 1-3 Rogue 1 Fighter 1 Ranger 1 Duelist 1 Dervish 1-10 Rogue 2-3 Fighter 2

In place of the last 2 rogue levels, and second level of fighter, I could place Holy Liberator 3, but that just seems out of place for a pirate - and would cause some serious MAD.

As far as gear goes, he will be using a scimitar, and most likely dual wielding once he gets a better attack bonus.

Feats:
1 Dodge(Weapon Finesse)
1 Mobility
3 Weapon Focus: Scimitar
5 Combat Expertise
6 Improved Disarm
9 Improved Critical Scimitar
12 Supierior Expertise
15 Karmic Strike
18 Combat Reflexes
20 Expert Tactician

I'm not sure of these feat choices, so suggestions are appreciated.
Battousai
08-17-04, 01:29 PM The dread pirate PrC from Song and Silence seems tailor made for your character , he even gets free two weapon fighting :D
Kingside_Bishop
08-17-04, 03:51 PM I designed (but didn't play) a character alot like that, once.

My build was:

Swashbuckler 3
Fighter 2
Bard 1
Outlaw of the Crimson Road 4
Duelist 4
Drunken Master 1
Dread Pirate 5

But my guy was a major drinker/partier, so maybe...

Swashbuckler 3
Fighter 2
Bard 1
Dread Pirate 10
Duelist 4
der_gogo
08-17-04, 06:13 PM If you really want a char like Jack Sparrow, you have to get a good Cha along with low Wis. I would use Rogue mainly and get Bluff quite high.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
DarkJester 08-17-04, 01:10 PM	I'm trying to help a friend out buillding a pirate charater based off of Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribean. I've never seen Pirates of the Caribean so from my angle this is just a pirate character. The game is a mixture of (3.0) and (3.5). We use (3.0) core books, but have acsess to (3.5) prestiege classes/feats etc. We may use any book published by wizards of the coast. --------- We start at level 3 Ability Points: Most likely 36 pt point buy. Not sure yet. High Dex Int Con Str Wis Low Cha Anyways, here is my idea. Human Swashbuckler 1-3 Rogue 1 Fighter 1 Ranger 1 Duelist 1 Dervish 1-10 Rogue 2-3 Fighter 2 In place of the last 2 rogue levels, and second level of fighter, I could place Holy Liberator 3, but that just seems out of place for a pirate - and would cause some serious MAD. As far as gear goes, he will be using a scimitar, and most likely dual wielding once he gets a better attack bonus. Feats: 1 Dodge(Weapon Finesse) 1 Mobility 3 Weapon Focus: Scimitar 5 Combat Expertise 6 Improved Disarm 9 Improved Critical Scimitar 12 Supierior Expertise 15 Karmic Strike 18 Combat Reflexes 20 Expert Tactician I'm not sure of these feat choices, so suggestions are appreciated.
Battousai 08-17-04, 01:29 PM	The dread pirate PrC from Song and Silence seems tailor made for your character , he even gets free two weapon fighting :D
Kingside_Bishop 08-17-04, 03:51 PM	I designed (but didn't play) a character alot like that, once. My build was: Swashbuckler 3 Fighter 2 Bard 1 Outlaw of the Crimson Road 4 Duelist 4 Drunken Master 1 Dread Pirate 5 But my guy was a major drinker/partier, so maybe... Swashbuckler 3 Fighter 2 Bard 1 Dread Pirate 10 Duelist 4
der_gogo 08-17-04, 06:13 PM	If you really want a char like Jack Sparrow, you have to get a good Cha along with low Wis. I would use Rogue mainly and get Bluff quite high.