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Eliza_Stormwhisper 03-24-05, 11:36 PM	I'm going to sound kind of power-hungry here, but oh well. I created an interesting NPC as sort of a tool to keep the game balanced. She's a chaotic good human mage/thief (7th/7th, multiclassing works differently in 1st). Her stats are: 14 STR (+0 H, +0 D, WA 55, MP 170, OD 8, BB 7%) 21 DEX (+4 RA, +4 MAA, -5 DA) 09 CON (0 HP, SS 65%, RS 70%) 21 INT (10 Slots, MaxSL 9th, LS 97%, S/L All) 13 WIS (MDA 0, BS 1, SF 0%) 19 CHA (20 HM, LB 10, RA 8, CA 3) 21 COM (Min WIS 13/11, Add. RA 10) 21 Dex and 21 Int are the maximum possible by the system I use. AC: 2 (Bracers of Defense AC 7, -5 Dex) Surprised 7, Shieldless 2, Rear 7 Backstab damage multiplier: 3 28 VP, 9 wounds. Saves: 12, 9, 11, 13, 10. Movement rate: 16. THAC0: 17 Weapons Shortbow: +4 H, +0 D, d6/d6, Range 8. +2 Shortsword: +2 H/+2 D, d6/d8. Longsword: +0 H, +0 D, d8/d12. The tools of the trade I have her use against the party are a wand of dispel magic, ring of invisibility, blessed book of Boccob, and boots of elvenkind. Her thieving abilites are just ridiculous: Pick Pockets 115%, Open Locks 135%, Find/Remove Traps 95%, Move Silently 100%, Hide in Shadows 96%, Detect Noise 58%, Climb Walls 175% (ha!), Read Languages 35%, Tightrope Walking 190% (he!), Pole Vaulting 98%, High Jump 7'8", S. Broad Jump 9'0", R. Broad Jump 21'6", Evasion 75%. Spells per day: 4 1st, 3 2nd, 2 3rd, 1 4th. She's fun, but I don't use her without good reason. One of my players, a dwarven fighter, somehow managed to steal a +5 shield from a world-renowned paladin while the paladin was sleeping. I had Elizabeth watching the event, and that night as the party slept, she snuck in, invisible, dispelled the glyphs of warding, stole the shield from the fighter's tent, and escaped without being noticed. Served the fighter right, he had to travel 7 more days to the next town to buy a (mundane) replacement shield. The fighter has tried killing her several times, but each time she evades his attacks, becomes invisible, and gets away, usually stealing something in the process. He lost his +3 Longsword because he attacked her on sight, and because of that I had her yoink the sword as she was leaving.
OverzealousMephit 03-25-05, 12:03 AM	A pretty cool NPC, and a nice anecdote too. It's nice to see people who still play the classics. I've never played 1st, but I have and still do occasionally play 2nd edition. All of my friends who play DnD play 3.5 so I don't get much time to DM it anymore, which is a shame because I really like it.