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So You Want to Cheeki the Breeki. So You Want to Be a Rogue Because Skills Pay the Bills and Whatnot D20PFSRD: www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/rogue Optim

So You Want to Be a Rogue
Because Skills Pay the Bills and Whatnot
D20PFSRD: www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/rogue
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Rogues and Rangers are reliably good and simple two-weapon fighters
So you want to be a rogue, and individual known for their quick fingers and for robbing you blind after making you blind. You've got a very specific set of skills, which makes you a nightmare for a great variety of people. In essence, you have a few key components: 1) the highest base skill per level modifier, allowing you to leave Int at average and not suffer from it, 2) sneak attack, which allows you to hit hard from the shadows, 3) the necessary abilities to make sneak attacks every round feasible, and 4) being just an all-around great choice for a dungeoneering party.

Probably one of the more famous rogues of our time, though he has multiclassed a bit
Now, rogues are focused around two things: Skills and being a fighter focused on angles more than direct strikes. All of this requires some degree of mastery and if not training then a swim or die learning period. So, simply put:
Why do you have the skill set you have?

Rogues don't have to be penny-a-day thieves, a prince can be a rogue just as much as a pickpocket can
Most rogues as you envision them have had a lifetime of pickpocketing and thievery allowing them to hone their skills. This makes two mistakes: 1) it assumes that all rogues must be criminals of the thieving and robbing type, and 2) that they have to work independently.

There is, as usual, no set race for any class. Anyone can be anything
Rogues can just as easily be part of a larger, overarching organization. There is also no alignment restriction (which allows a chaotic good Robin Hood just as much as a Lawful Evil assassin for hire), and in much the same way there is no profession restriction. A rogue can just as easily be a thief as he can be a doctor or an architect. The thing that joins them all? Skill.

I mean, there's also their underhanded way of dealing with things (most rogue archetypes and characters will likely keep and fully use their sneak attack), but perhaps why your (and let's just go with this for the sake of example) architect resolves things in such an underhanded way can be a major character point.

Rogues can also make great merchants, sailors, captains, guards, advisors, etc. It all depends on how you build them. Sure, two-weapon fighting and sneak attack are two major parts of the class, but you don't have to use every last class feature you get, right? And there's a few archetypes you can use to replace sneak attack or move your rogue in a general direction.

You can also make a complete inversion of the rogue class and do what I did above. You see that guy? He abused the living daylights out of sneak attack with a *** battleaxe that eventually went to large and then to huge. Don't limit yourself by class stereotypes, feel free to play a doctor as a rogue, or go around sneak attacking with a ballista.

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#1 - sketchyz [OP](11/04/2015) [+] (20 replies)

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#2 - bewailedbadger (11/04/2015) [-]

I bring you this offering, sketch.

#3 to #2 - sketchyz [OP](11/04/2015) [-]

Yes, yes, wonderful.

#6 - llllxeallll (11/04/2015) [-]

Immediately recognized this!!!! b/u is my colors

#16 - Nazistick ONLINE (11/05/2015) [-]

I wanna get into DND badly. I think I can be an alright DM (Mainly due to my imagination and countless hours of roleplaying) But I also wanna be a Lizard man. Can I be a Lizard man in DnD?

#20 to #16 - rocketelbow (11/05/2015) [-]

forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Dragonborn

#17 to #16 - rockmanfan (11/05/2015) [-]

i played a lizardfolk DMPC in my campaign. the cleric of the party got his hands on a deck of many things, and one of the cards he drew was the service of a 4th level fighter, so i randomized the race, rolled it, and got a lizardfolk.

#19 to #17 - Nazistick ONLINE (11/05/2015) [-]

So I can, Say, Have my first character be a Lizardfolk Knight (Unconventional I know, But I'll explain if you would like.) And get to do that **** ? Cause If I cant be a Lizard man, I could just fall back on my idea for a Wizard.

#21 to #19 - rockmanfan (11/05/2015) [-]

well, thing is he was just an NPC you can have him join the party, but try to have the players do the things. keep the focus on them.

#22 to #21 - Nazistick ONLINE (11/05/2015) [-]

Of course. I just wanted my Lizard guy for when Im not DMing. I got some Ideas for some Campaigns. I may not know how to play with numbers and all that yet. But I can craft a story.

#48 to #22 - catinacan (12/01/2015) [-]

Check the 5e Dm's Guide for Lizardfolk race modifiers:

+2 Str, -2 Int; Hold Breath (15 min.); +3 natural armor bonus to AC; speed 30 ft; swim 30 ft; speaks Draconic

Or use these 2.5e modifiers (adapted to 5e):

Natural AC 15 (does not add to AC from armor, just use whatever is higher); speed 30 ft; swim 60 ft, 1d3/1d3/1d6 natural attacks (claws, claws, tail); suffers not penalties in underwater combat; can hold breath for a number of rounds equal to 2/3 your Con score; needs specially fitted armor to accommodate lizard form; can't wear boots

Your DM will probably let you play it (I sure would, I like it a whole lot better than cartoonish dragonborn), so as long as the race is in your campaign world, I'd say go for it!

#46 - xxragnarokxx (11/23/2015) [-]

Why do a lot of these DnD things steal pics from MtG nice try with using a pic of Dimir Cutpurse though

#47 to #46 - sketchyz [OP](11/29/2015) [-]

I need art for it, and I know MtG has great art, so...

#5 - ljxjlos (11/04/2015) [-]

I only have two characters so far.

One Rogue because I know how to and love how to talk. Useless in a fight but devastating in every other situation. Strategist, Warmonger, Deceiver, setting traps, everything. Fun as hell to play when the campaign isn´t too battle-centred.

And a Berserker simply because ******* **** up is fun. He still likes to talk but that´s just because I can´t shut up for the hell of it, not even while roleplaying.

#32 - anon (11/07/2015) [-]

Y'all ************ can take rogue, I'ma just be paying for the ******* night at the tavern over here.

*Goes off and fascinates, then mass suggestions everyone into giving lots of money*

God, I love being a bard.

Oh no! A character has been doppelganged!

*Fascinate*

*Mass Suggestion*

Kill this person*
*Character's beloved

All but one try to kill person.

Mystery solved.

#30 - xoyv (11/05/2015) [-]

the only reason i would rouge is to unlock marauder class

in TOME4

#29 - crazylance (11/05/2015) [-]

>a doctor as a rogue

The first thing that went to mind is sneakily stealing the organs of your opponent to sell later on the black market.

#27 - fitemeirlbro (11/05/2015) [-]

Cheeki breeki time *******

#26 - derves (11/05/2015) [-]

I was with you right up until your last point. Assuming we're talking about DnD, unless things have changed dramatically in 4th or 5th edition (we all play 3.5), rogues have a very limited selection of weapons with which they can make sneak attacks. Battleaxe is not among them.

#45 to #26 - juter (11/10/2015) [-]

At no.point in 3.5 has there EVER been a book rule restricting the variety of sneak attack weapons

#25 - zomaru (11/05/2015) [-]

I made up a great rogue character that fit in well with the specific party, but that game fell through. So I may never be able to use my rogue character again. Shame, I really liked the possibilities.

#24 - sptnfouroneseven ONLINE (11/05/2015) [-]

Rogues are pretty hilarious. There's some really dumb combos for some low level wonderous items and rogue talents you can get off. I used one with boots that increased Acrobatic checks, and I had a talent that made a target flat footed when you successfully rolled Acrobatics to jump over them essentially, giving you free sneak attack damage on your next attacks.

#23 - josemanuelcenteno (11/05/2015) [-]

So far whenever you play rouge, I've learned to take advantage of your skills, the ones you choose, although this is supposed to be basic D&D only without a board. Which means things change a lot as you use newer versions.

#14 - alucardexplain (11/05/2015) [-]

My next rogue character is going to be a medical doctor. Who better to know where to put the knife than the surgeon?

#33 to #14 - sketchE (11/07/2015) [-]

i madea roguelike surgeon in a dark heresy game. carried around scalpels and syringes and was an expert at throwing them

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#12 - zerocalibre (11/05/2015) [-]

Factotum > Rogue.

#11 - kitahchi (11/05/2015) [-]

**kitahchi used "*roll picture*"**
**kitahchi rolled image**

#7 - theworstlurker (11/04/2015) [-]

Rolled a pretty badass rogue once. Went with all the ranged feats, enchanted longbow for exteme distance. Had a feat for ranges sneak attack too. We had to get a key off an evil guy don't really remember that plot and I was gonna snipe him and the rest of the party would finish him off. Well, I happened to have a bottle of what amounted to alchemy fire, so to add some oomph to my shot, I tied the bottle to my arrow and rolled my attack. Crit. Roll to confirm, nat 20. Roll damage plus sneak attack, really high. I think the damage was x3 or something ridiculous like that, on top of the explosion from the bottle. All that was left was the key.

Later, when we were trying to get away, I tried to boat-jack a guy who turned out to be Farlaghne. Not my proudest moment.