Jarlaxle CR 19
Male Drow Rogue 2/Swashbuckler 16
Init +9; Senses Darkvision 120', Listen +11, Spot +11
AC 26, touch 18, flat-footed 20
(+8 armor, +3 deflection, +5 Dex)
hp 132 (2d6+16d10+36)
Fort +16, Ref +19, Will +13
Defensive abilities evasion, trap sense +1; Immune sleep; SR 29
Spd 30 ft
Melee +1 wounding rapier +23/+18/+13/+8 (1d6+7/15-20) (1d6+3 to targets immune to critical hits/sneak attacks)
Ranged +4 throwing dagger +26/+21/+16/+11 (1d4+10/19-20) (1d4+6 to targets immune to critical hits/sneak attacks)
Special Attacks Sneak attack +1d6
Spell-like abilities: (CL 18th)
1/day - Dancing lights, darkness and faerie fire
Str 14, Dex 20, Con 15, Int 18, Wis 15, Cha 16
Base Atk +17; Grapple +19
Feats: Combat Reflexes, Daylight Adaptation, Dodge, Improved Critical (rapier), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Mobility, Weapon Finesse
Skills: Balance +20, Bluff +24, Diplomacy +5, Disable Device +6, Disguise +14, Escape Artist +18, Hide +18, Intimidate +5, Jump +6, Listen +13, Move Silently +18, Open Lock +7, Search +15, Sleight of Hand +16, Spot +13, Tumble +28, Use Magic Device +12
Languages: Undercommon, Common, Elven
SQ: Keen senses, Drow immunities, Drow magic, Drow weapon familiarity, Trapfinding, Evasion, Grace +2, Insightful Strike, Dodge bonus +3, Acrobatic charge, Improved flanking, Lucky, Acrobatic Skill mastery, Weakening Critical
Combat Gear: Jarlaxle's Bracers, Ring of Protection +3, +1 Rapier of wounding, +4 Throwing daggers, Vest of Resistance +4, Necklace of Fireballs IV, Boots of Elvenkind, Cape of scintillating colors (as Robe of scintillating colors), Hat of holding (as Bag of Holding I), +2 Main-gauch of life-stealing, Wand of Light, Daylight pellets, Jarlaxle's eyepatch, Ring of Freedom of Movement, Scarab of protection
Keen Senses: Jarlaxle receives a +2 bonus Listen, Search and Spot checks. He can make a Search check to spot a secret or concealed door if he passes within 10 feet, regardless of whether or not he is actively looking.
Drow Immunities: Jarlaxle is immune to magic sleep effects and gets a +2 racial saving throw bonus on Will saves against spells and spell-like abilities.
Weapon Familiarity: Jarlaxle is proficient with hand crossbows, shortswords, and rapiers.
Grace: Jarlaxle gains a +2 competence bonus on Reflex saves.
Insightful Strike: Jarlaxle applies his Intelligence bonus (in addition to Strength) to damage on any weapon that can be enhanced with Weapon Finesse. Targets immune to sneak attacks or critical hits are immune to this damage.
Dodge bonus: Jarlaxle can focus his defenses on a single opponent, granting him a +3 dodge bonus to his AC against melee attacks from that target. This stacks with the Dodge bonus from his feat, but only when he identifies the target for the ability and the feat as the same target.
Acrobatic Charge: Jarlaxle can charge in situation where others cannot. He may charge over difficult terrain and through allies blocking his path. Depending on the circumstance, he may still need to make appropriate checks (Jump or Tumble, in particular) to successfully move over the terrain.
Improved Flanking: Jarlaxle gains a +4 bonus on his attacks against flanked opponents instead of the normal +2.
Lucky: Once per day, Jarlaxle can reroll any failed attack roll, skill check, ability check or saving throw. He must take the result of the reroll, even if it's worse.
Acrobatic Skill Mastery (Ex): Jarlaxle can take 10 on a Jump or Tumble, even under adverse conditions.
Weakening Critical (Ex): When Jarlaxle deals a critical hit against an opponent, he also deals 2 points of Strength damage to them. Creatures immune to sneak attacks or critical hits are immune to this damage.
Jarlaxle's Bracers: These bracers of armor +8 have been enchanted to store his +4 throwing daggers. He can pull the daggers from the bracer as a free action.
Jarlaxle's eyepatch: This eyepatch works as a wand of Burning Hands and a wand of fear.
Wasnt his eye patch used as a blocker of mental intrusion spells/psionics ? I seem to remember something to the effect of having different powers when it was worn on different eyes or something like that.
Yes, it was an eyepatch of fiery fear, but also conveyed a mind blank effect. With respect to his items abilities, Jarlaxle is constantly swapping his items out with others that resemble them in appearance but have different abilities, so getting those correct will be difficult.
Edit: I thought the same thing about the eyepatch (as well as his hat, his cloak, etc., etc.). He swaps things out consistently to get opponents to underestimate him.
Jarlaxle CR 19
Male Drow Rogue 2/Swashbuckler 16
Init +9; Senses Darkvision 120', Listen +11, Spot +11
AC 26, touch 18, flat-footed 20
(+8 armor, +3 deflection, +5 Dex)
hp 132 (2d6+16d10+36)
Fort +16, Ref +19, Will +13
Defensive abilities evasion, trap sense +1; Immune sleep; SR 29
Spd 30 ft
Melee +3 hideaway elven thinblade +21/+16/+11/+6 (1d8+9/18-20) (1d8+5 to targets immune to critical hits/sneak attacks) and +3 hideaway elven thinblade +21/+16/+11 (1d8+8/18-20) (1d8+4 to targets immune to critical hits/sneak attacks)
Ranged +4 throwing dagger +26/+21/+16/+11 (1d4+10/19-20) (1d4+6 to targets immune to critical hits/sneak attacks)
Special Attacks Sneak attack +1d6
Spell-like abilities: (CL 18th)
1/day - Dancing lights, darkness and faerie fire
Str 14, Dex 20, Con 15, Int 18, Wis 15, Cha 16
Base Atk +17; Grapple +19
Feats: Daylight Adaptation, Exotic Weapon Proficiency [Elven Thinblade], Greater Two-Weapon Fighting, Improved Initiative, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Iron Will, Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Finesse
Skills: Balance +20, Bluff +24, Diplomacy +5, Disable Device +6, Disguise +14, Escape Artist +18, Hide +18, Intimidate +5, Jump +6, Listen +13, Move Silently +18, Open Lock +7, Search +15, Sleight of Hand +16, Spot +13, Tumble +28, Use Magic Device +12
Languages: Undercommon, Common, Elven
SQ: Keen senses, Drow immunities, Drow magic, Drow weapon familiarity, Trapfinding, Evasion, Grace +2, Insightful Strike, Dodge bonus +3, Acrobatic charge, Improved flanking, Lucky, Acrobatic Skill Mastery, Weakening Critical
Combat Gear: Jarlaxle's Bracers, Ring of Protection +3, +3 hideaway elven thinblades (2), +4 Throwing daggers, Vest of Resistance +4, Necklace of Fireballs IV, Boots of Elvenkind, Cape of scintillating colors (as Robe of scintillating colors), Hat of holding (as Bag of Holding I), Wand of Light, Daylight pellets, Jarlaxle's eyepatch, Ring of Freedom of Movement, Scarab of protection
Keen Senses: Jarlaxle receives a +2 bonus Listen, Search and Spot checks. He can make a Search check to spot a secret or concealed door if he passes within 10 feet, regardless of whether or not he is actively looking.
Drow Immunities: Jarlaxle is immune to magic sleep effects and gets a +2 racial saving throw bonus on Will saves against spells and spell-like abilities.
Weapon Familiarity: Jarlaxle is proficient with hand crossbows, shortswords, and rapiers.
Grace: Jarlaxle gains a +2 competence bonus on Reflex saves.
Insightful Strike: Jarlaxle applies his Intelligence bonus (in addition to Strength) to damage on any weapon that can be enhanced with Weapon Finesse. Targets immune to sneak attacks or critical hits are immune to this damage.
Dodge bonus: Jarlaxle can focus his defenses on a single opponent, granting him a +3 dodge bonus to his AC against melee attacks from that target. This stacks with the Dodge bonus from his feat, but only when he identifies the target for the ability and the feat as the same target.
Acrobatic Charge: Jarlaxle can charge in situation where others cannot. He may charge over difficult terrain and through allies blocking his path. Depending on the circumstance, he may still need to make appropriate checks (Jump or Tumble, in particular) to successfully move over the terrain.
Improved Flanking: Jarlaxle gains a +4 bonus on his attacks against flanked opponents instead of the normal +2.
Lucky: Once per day, Jarlaxle can reroll any failed attack roll, skill check, ability check or saving throw. He must take the result of the reroll, even if it's worse.
Acrobatic Skill Mastery (Ex): Jarlaxle can take 10 on a Jump or Tumble, even under adverse conditions.
Weakening Critical (Ex): When Jarlaxle deals a critical hit against an opponent, he also deals 2 points of Strength damage to them. Creatures immune to sneak attacks or critical hits are immune to this damage.
Jarlaxle's Bracers: These bracers of armor +8 have been enchanted to store his +4 throwing daggers. He can pull the daggers from the bracer as a free action.
Jarlaxle's eyepatch: This eyepatch works as a wand of Burning Hands and a wand of fear.
-Male Drow Rogue 2 / Swashbuckler 16...Any relevant Prestige Classes to fit him up with?
The only ones that I saw that might fit up with him are some of the Trickster (Battle, Magical and Uncanny) prestige classes in Complete Scoundrel. But since they use the skill tricks system, it's a more complex build that buys out skill tricks for two skill points. I thought he looked better with the skills instead, since he always seemed more 'knowledgeable' to me.
Go ahead and use it! :D
Sure, you could toss in a two levels of fighter to get two extra feats, but then you would lose a dodge bonus and weakening critical.
Oops... just noticed something on the builds. Time to edit (forgot Lucky, Acrobatic Skill Mastery, Weakening Critical abilities).
Skill tricks are kinda like mini-feats.
-No, no, I meant those PrCs, not Skill Tricks. ;)
The Battle trickster is a 3-level PrC that grants an extra Trick at 1st, an extra Feat at 2nd, and Tricky Fighting at third, which grants a +1 bonus to the next attack after you perform a skill trick.
Magical trickster is another 3-level PrC that mixes spellcasting and tricks. Benefits are tricks, metamagic feats and being able to mix metamagic with feats.
Uncanny tricksters are actually great add-ons since it's a 3-level PrC, but last two of those levels are identical to adding another level of a previous class (it would increase spellcasting ability, rogue abilities like sneak attack, extra fighter feats, etc.) while giving bonus tricks and adding 'stunts' and bonuses to defense with skill tricks.
Jarlaxle Baenre CR 19
Male Drow Rogue 4/Swashbuckler 11/Duelist 3
CE Medium Humanoid (Elf) (5 ft. 5 in.)
Init +11; Senses arcane sight, darkvision 120 ft.; Listen +15, Spot +16
Languages Common, Drow, Drow Sign Language, Elven, Undercommon
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AC 31, touch 23, flat-footed 23
(+8 armor, +5 deflection, +8 dex); Dodge, Mobility; Uncanny Dodge
hp 127; HD 4d6+14d10+36
Miss Chance 10% to 50% (with Cape)
Immune to detect thoughts, discern lies, magic sleep effects
Resist evasion; SR 29
Fort +16, Ref +20, Will +13 (+15 vs. spells & spell-like abilities)
Weakness light blindness (without Hat)
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Speed 60 ft.
Melee +3 keen rapier of wounding +24/+19/+14 (1d8+10 plus 1 Con damage/17-20/x2) and
Melee +3 keen rapier of wounding +24/+19 (1d8+9 plus 1 Con damage/17-20/x2)
Ranged +4 throwing dagger of distance +26/+21/+16 (1d4+11/19-20/x2)
Base Atk +17; Grapple +19
Atk Options & Special Actions Lucky, Sneak Attack +2d6; Blind Fight, Two-Weapon Fighting
Combat Gear 12 daylight pellets, necklace of missiles, 6 sun flash pellets, wand of daylight, wand of endure elements, wand of fireball, wand of web
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 18th):
1/day – dancing lights, darkness, faerie fire
Permanent Spells comprehend languages, mind blank, tongues, true seeing
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Abilities: Str 14 (+2), Dex 20 (+5), Con 15 (+2), Int 20 (+5), Wis 16 (+3), Cha 26 (+8)
SQ Drow Traits; Acrobatic Charge, Canny Defense, Dodge Bonus, Enhanced Mobility, Grace, Improved Flanking, Improved Reaction, Insightful Strike, Light Blindness, Trapfinding, Trap Sense
Feats Blind Fight, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Jack of All Trades {B}, Mobility, Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Finesse {B}, Weapon Focus (Rapier)
Skills Balance +21, Bluff +29, Diplomacy +23, Escape Artist +10, Gather Information +18, Hide +20, Intimidate +18, Jump +16, Knowledge (Arcana) +15, Listen +15, Move Silently +25, Search +17, Sense Motive +24, Spot +16, Tumble +21, Use Magic Device +18
Skill Tricks Never Outnumbered, Nimble Charge, Nimble Stand
Possessions combat gear plus belt pouch of holding (as type I bag of holding), bracers of armor +8, bracer of throwing daggers +4, earring of charisma +6, earring of resistance +5, Jarlaxle’s boots (+30’ base land speed, +10 competence bonus to Balance, Move Silently, and Tumble checks), Jarlaxle’s cape (10% to 50% miss chance, +10 competence bonus to Hide checks), Jarlaxle’s eyepatch (arcane sight, true seeing always on), Jarlaxle’s hat (immune to light blindness, mind blank always on), nightmare figurine of wondrous power, ring of freedom of movement, ring of protection +5, scarab of protection. Besides the above mentioned gear, Jarlaxle also has thousands of gps worth of coins, gems, and magic items at his disposal.
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Light Blindness (Ex): Abrupt exposure to bright light (such as sunlight or a daylight spell) blinds Jarlaxle for 1 round. In addition, he takes a –1 circumstance penalty on attack rolls, saves, and checks when in bright light.
Grace (Ex): Jarlaxle gains a +2 competence bonus on Reflex saves.
Insightful Strike (Ex): Jarlaxle applies his Intelligence bonus (in addition to Strength) to damage on any weapon that can be enhanced with Weapon Finesse. Targets immune to sneak attacks or critical hits are immune to this damage.
Dodge Bonus (Ex): Jarlaxle can focus his defenses on a single opponent, granting him a +2 dodge bonus to his AC against melee attacks from that target. This stacks with the Dodge bonus from his feat, but only when he identifies the target for the ability and the feat as the same target.
Acrobatic Charge (Ex): Jarlaxle can charge in situation where others cannot. He may charge over difficult terrain and through allies blocking his path. Depending on the circumstance, he may still need to make appropriate checks (Jump or Tumble, in particular) to successfully move over the terrain.
Improved Flanking (Ex): Jarlaxle gains a +4 bonus on his attacks against flanked opponents instead of the normal +2.
Lucky (Ex): Once per day, Jarlaxle can reroll any failed attack roll, skill check, ability check or saving throw. He must take the result of the reroll, even if it’s worse.
Canny Defense (Ex): When not wearing armor or using a shield, Jarlaxle adds +3 to his Dexterity bonus to modify Armor Class while wielding a melee weapon. If Jarlaxle is caught flat-footed or otherwise denied his Dexterity bonus, he also loses this bonus.
Improved Reaction (Ex): Jarlaxle gains a +2 bonus on initiative checks.
Enhanced Mobility (Ex): When wearing no armor and not using a shield, Jarlaxle gains an additional +4 bonus to AC against attacks of opportunity caused when he moves out of a threatened square.
Sneak Attack: Any time someone Jarlaxle attacks is denied their Dexterity bonus to AC, or he is flanking them, Jarlaxle inflicts an extra 2d6 damage. Ranged attacks must be within 30 feet to gain this, and this extra damage is not increased on a critical hit. Creatures that are immune to critical hits ignore this damage, as do creatures with concealment.
Trapfinding (Ex): Jarlaxle can use the Search skill to locate traps when the task has a DC higher than 20. He can use the Disable Device skill to disarm magic traps.
Evasion (Ex): On a successful Reflex save against a magical attack, Jarlaxle takes no damage.
Trap Sense (Ex): +1 to Reflex saves and AC against traps.
Uncanny Dodge (Ex): Jarlaxle retains his Dexterity bonus to AC even if flatfooted or struck by an invisible attacker.
-Uh oh...Competition.
No, just too much spare time ;)
Jarlaxle is NE, not CE.
Exactly. In canon. And in canon Jarlaxle is a Ftr18.
-Uh oh...Competition.
Competition breeds diversity. :invasion:
I agree with Rino, Jarlaxle never seemed the chaotic type to me. He always had a plan, even when it didn't seem like it. Sure, he's against the establishment, but that's just because he wants to be in charge. ;)
A person heading a mercenary band that has no qualms about killing to earn a little more gold and will destablize an entire city (Luskan) just to create an 'outpost' for their operations IS evil. Remember, evil people can have friends and family too, they just don't put them ahead of themselves. If you can convince me that Jarlaxle would ever 'take a bullet' for Artemis, I'll believe he could be neutral instead of evil.
I agree though. He has a more evil way to him. But He is hardly neutral. He is indeed very chaotic. Maybe his isn't Chaotic Stupid, but he is atleast to my sense the most true force of chaos since the joker in the dark knight. What did he say.. oh ya "Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order." Seems like the motto they would put on Jarlaxes headstone (if he ever died that is).
Jarlaxle, though, always has a plan. And a purpose. ;)
Now, let's get back on track before LK starts calling us on being off-topic... :D
keep up the awesome work!
Jarlaxle is more than willing to take advantage of a person in dire need (IMO), and I do think he's evil. But he's not the rawr rawr I kill babies evil. He's the smart evil. Just because someone is evil doesn't mean they don't have friends and other people that they truly care about.