GleefulNihilism Posted June 4, 2023 Clone Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) An idea I had and will be working on. Comments and critique always welcome. Chance Destiny's Wildcard Tiefling Wild Magic Sorcerer "And I just have Two Pair. Two Queens, and Two More Queens..." SORCERER 3 Medium Humanoid Male (Tiefling), Chaotic Neutral Armor Class 12 (14 mage armor) Hit Points 20 ( 8 + 2d6 + 4 ) Speed 30' ft. Senses Darkvision 60, Passive Perception 10 Languages Common, Infernal Proficiency Bonus +2 ABILITIES & SKILLS Proficiency Bonus: +2 Strength 8 (-1) Save -1 Athletics -1 Dexterity 14 (+2) Save +2 Acrobatics +2 | Sleight of Hand +4 | Stealth +2 Constitution 14 (+2) Save +2 No skills associated. Intelligence 11 (+0) Save +0 Arcana +2 | History +0 | Investigation +0 | Nature +0 | Religion +0 Wisdom 10 (+0) Save +0 Animal Handling +0 | Insight +0 | Medicine +0 | Perception +0 | Survival +0 Charisma 17 (+3) Save +5 Deception +5| Intimidation +3 | Performance +3 | Persuasion +5 Bold denotes proficiency. PROFICIENCIES & ABILITIES PROFICIENCIES Tools Disguise, Forgery Instruments Dice, Cards Weapons Dagger, Dart, Sling, Quarterstaff, Crossbow, light Armors None SORCERER CLASS ABILITIES Flexible Casting | Sorcerous Origin (Wild Magic) | Sorcery Points (3) | Metamagic (Heightened, Quickened) | Tides of Chaos | Wild Magic Surge RACIAL TRAITS Darkvision | Fiendish Resistance | Infernal Legacy FEATS False Identity WEAPONS WEAPONS Moon-Touched Dagger +4 to hit for (1d4+2) piercing damage. | Finesse, light, thrown (20/60), Moon-Touched Light Crossbow +4 to hit for (1d8+2) piercing damage. | Ammunition, two-handed (80/320) SPELLS SPELL SLOTS 4/4 (1st), 2/2 (2nd) Sorcerer- Spell Save DC: 13 | Spell Attack Mod: +5 CANTRIPS (Sorcerer) Mage Hand | Mind Silver | Minor Illusion | Presdigitatiom | Thaumaturgy FIRST LEVEL (Sorcerer) Hellish Rebuke | Mage Armor | Magic Missle SECOND LEVEL (Sorcerer) Invisibility | Misty Step EQUIPMENT & ENCUMBERANCE TOTAL ENCUMBERANCE ( lbs.) Weight: 120 lbs. max. (15 x STR Score) Status: Unencumbered Penalty: None MONEY POUCH (0.3 lbs.) Copper: 0 | Silver: 0 | Gold: 15 | Obsidian: 0 | Platinum: 0 (15 x .02 lbs. = 0.3 lbs. Total Weight) EQUIPEMENT (21 lbs.) Equipped items can be retrieved with a manipulate item interaction. Armor (4 lbs.) Traveler's Clothes - 4 lbs. Weapons (5 lbs.) Light Crossbow - 5 lbs | Dagger - 1 lb. Pouch - 1 lb Crossbow Bolt - 1.5 lbs Waterskin - 5 lb (full) Disguise Kit Bedroll - 7 lb Rations - 2 lbs Rope, Hemp - 10 lbs Tinderbox - 1 lb Mess Kit - 1 lb Backpack - 5 lbs Fine Clothes - 6 lbs Torch 1 lb Component Pouch - 2 lbs MAGIC ITEMS NON-ATTUNED ATTUNED (0/3) APPEARANCE Age Adult | Height 5' 10" | Weight ~160 lbs. | Hair Dark Red| Eyes Yellow | Complexion Red "Gentleman! The game is Sword Coast Hold 'Em. No Limit, Spies and Knaves are Wild, Dueces are Dueces but you have to take a drink, and the Queen of Hexes is Watching." If he was a normal human he'd look like a handsome bard playing on a stage in a bawdy tavern. He always smiles like he's on the inside of a joke and he'll tell you for a few coins. He probably would be a shifty con-artist if he didn't have some interestingly magical ancestry and it shows. That's his story and he's sticking to it. His prefernce for loose clothing and an attempt to live a stress-free lifestyle shows. There's pretty much always a twinkle of mischief in his eyes, but no real sadism. An obvious tiefling, it's depressingly easy to jump straight to assuming he's a demon or a devil with his red skin, yellow eyes, horns, and tail. Interestingly, testing has found that while there is some Fiend in his bloodlines it's actually very dilute, just from sheer dumb luck that his fiendish attributes are so accented and visible. Quick to joke, quick to get a card game going, quick to get and buy drinks if he can afford it, he's just trying to live life. Is it so wrong? BACKGROUND CHARLATAN Source PhB Favorite Scheme: Cheating at Games of Chance Personality Traits: I'm a born gambler who can't resist taking a risk for a potential payoff. I have a joke for every occasion, especially occasions where humor is inappropriate. Ideals: I am a free spirit – no one tells me what to do. Bonds: I fleeced the wrong person and must work to ensure that this individual never crosses paths with me or those I care about. Flaws: I can't resist swindling people who are more powerful than me. Background Feature: False Identity BACKSTORY They say that when the realm needs heroes, the Call can be heard. Maybe the Call comes by way of Faith, by Courage, or even by Fate itself. When the Realm has Need, the Call comes and Heroes answer. If that is the case, then Chance has been actively Refusing the Call to Adventure for a long time now. Whoever his birth parents were they rejected him, for no good reason it turned out if nobody realized that until later. As a street urchin of course he had to learn how to steal and hide his Tiefling nature to survive. When he actually got fairly good at it he noticed that occasionally he'd just get lucky with it and just found his niche instead of honing his thieving craft. After cutting off a potential future with a Thieves Guild, he was found and raised by a Church orphanage - but never got into the dogma. With hindsight he can honestly think of many oppurtunities he's had to become an Adventurer and him shooting down every single one, sometimes on purpose. Chance's ideal life is one relatively stress-free and leasurely. Hearing of Vance's adventurer's school, Chance has moved to be closer to it - because Adventurers are relatively easy marks for his cons and rigged games. When found out you'd think people would be mad, but the magically inclined discovered something surprising. That he might have been cheating at games of chance to fleece adventurers - and sometimes he would do this by *somehow* magically influencing probability itself. Instead of being run out of town, a mysterous benefactor has paid his tuition. It wasn't an easy sell, and he still would prefer to avoid the stress and responsibility of an adventuring life but the idea of honing his magical gifts does admittedly have some appeal. But here's the thing about trying to Control Luck. It rarely works out for everyone involved, and sometimes Chance's attempts have - let's say interesting results. Edited June 6, 2023 by GleefulNihilism (see edit history) Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleefulNihilism Posted June 4, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted June 4, 2023 Chance (Tielfing Sorcerer) AC: 12 (14 mage armor) | HP: 20/20 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 10 | Spell Slots: 1st 4/4, 2nd 2/2 | Sorcery Points: 3/3 | DM Inspiration: 1/1 Post goes here. "Speech" thoughts in italics Mechanics Main Hand: Empty Off Hand: Empty Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Your movement goes here. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleefulNihilism Posted June 4, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted June 4, 2023 We might need to talk about the moonlight weapon or spell scrolls because I'm not sure either works here. But I think I have something we can use. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwatford Posted June 5, 2023 Clone Share Posted June 5, 2023 Thanks for the application. On vacation for the next two weeks but will be going through applications when I return. Marked as completed Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleefulNihilism Posted June 5, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted June 5, 2023 Feels like there might be a point or two that still needs hit, like the moontouched weapon, but nothing that won't sit until after your vacation. Have fun! Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleefulNihilism Posted June 6, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted June 6, 2023 Didn't realize you were still going to post on the site, just a little slower. lol. Decided to just put the moon-touched on a dagger. Was overthinking it. I'm also open to the idea of tweeking the Wild Surge mechanics a bit to make them happen more often. If you are open to that too, let's talk about it. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwatford Posted June 6, 2023 Clone Share Posted June 6, 2023 I have a custom wild magic table and do it as 1 in 20 chance except after you use the feature to increase the chance. Then it goes to 5 in 20 Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleefulNihilism Posted June 6, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted June 6, 2023 Oooo! Can I see the table? Yeah, my idea was going to be that it's 1 in 20 to start but every time a leveled spell is cast after using Tide it raises the odds of a surge by a notch until there is a Surge which resets the chances. Restoring the Tide use just stops the climb. Whichever you want to do, wise and powerful DM. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwatford Posted June 6, 2023 Clone Share Posted June 6, 2023 Won't be able to share the table until I am back home in two weeks. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleefulNihilism Posted June 6, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted June 6, 2023 Fair enough. Do you happen to remember how harsh it is compared to the official table? Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwatford Posted June 6, 2023 Clone Share Posted June 6, 2023 Here it is... 878507-200_Wild_Magic_Table_format.pdf Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleefulNihilism Posted June 6, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted June 6, 2023 …well, I’m excited. 😄 Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwatford Posted June 19, 2023 Clone Share Posted June 19, 2023 Looks solid, good luck in final selection. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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