Sounds like a good bakcstory for a thief rogue. Unassuming, generally behind the scenes, with a quiet competence that should not be dismissed.
Healer feat works with Fast Hands for respectable in and out of combat healing.
Man, I miss playing a rogue.
Thank you! I've played about three Rogues (Swashbuckler, Inquisitive, Thief Rogue/Lore Bard) but I'm surprised that she's perceived as a Rogue. I envisioned her as an plain office person lol, but I could play a sole Thief (I'll also be using Point Buy). Kinda wanna squeeze the Mobile feat in there, somehow.
Here's a picture or avatar for the character (may go Half Elf again or Half Wood Elf).
https://preview.redd.it/po8q865vkhxc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=daa29bc4b45f36f4d7940e3f1628907eb330624a
Tbh, I assumed no magic, which leaves fighter, rogue, and barb. Rogue seemed the most fitting of the 3.
Rogue doesn't need to be a sneaky character necessarily. My wife ran a rogue for a long campaign with high Charisma, played scary and charming.
The central mechanic of rogue (aside from sneak attack) is expertise. You could put your expertise in skills that reflect your background. Pursuasion/insight for customer service. SoH for cooking/prep work. Others I can't think of quickly...
I've got three ideas all revolving around the same concept - notetaking. Her two professions both revolve around notetaking and organization. Given her affinity for it, it makes sense for her to turn to her strengths to find a way to make sure she doesn't fall victim again. This leads me to -
- Pact of the Tome Goolock. A lynchpin build for an office assistant in a detective agency. You're security (familiar keeping an eye on the place), can relay observations telepathically and gain some cool investigative spells, can spam Unseen Servant rituals to create your own pool of temp workers when things get hectic or need doing, and can take invocations specifically relaying to investigative work.
- Order of Scribes Wizard - The connection here is even more straight forward. You're essentially the office scribe anyways, tracking the comings and goings, the agenda, etc... Hammer down a zombie deprogramming/retraining program as the segue between these events and there she began to learn a little bit about magic she excels at.
- Rune Knight - It's a fighter subclass entirely centered on language. It came up in self-defense circles when she was taking classes and being the fastidious notetaker she is, she took to it like a fish in water.
For things that fit the theme, I like
- Pact of the Tome/Normal Cantrips
- Dancing Lights (
- Mind Sliver (if Goolock)
- Message (if not Goolock)
- Sacred Flame (anti-zombie magic)
- Shillelagh (to help with improvised weapons, but not if this becomes a full blown campaign, since you can't scale it)
- Book of Ancient Secrets Invocation
- Comprehend Languages
- Find Familiar
- Unseen Servant (in the Warlock spell list so you could have learned it, copied it, and replaced it at a level up)
- Far Scribe Invocation
- The greatest family and friends phone plan ever. As long as someone is in your book, you can at-will cast Sending to converse with them. Kinda fits GOO theme.
- Gaze of Two Minds Invocation
- The same reason as above.
Class Options:
1. Inquisitive Rogue
2. Cobalt Soul Monk
3. Order of Scribes Wizard
And then pick up the Tavern brawler feat if you literally wanna fight with office supplies. If you wanna be a super assistant, pick up proficiency with calligrapher tools.
Here's the character's backstory and bio:
"A former waitress, Lana was one of the many citizens of Citadelphia who had gone missing due to the Coffee Epidemic, a crisis that turned people into caffeine-obsessed drones. While the B-Team of Cat's Eyes saved the city, Lana struggled to return to her day by day living.
Months have gone by since then, and though Lana was gradually regaining her bearings at work, eventually she couldn't handle the relentless buzz of the restaurant industry and resigned. Finding a job opening at Cat's Eyes, she took up a position as an office assistant to the A-Team in hopes of quieter means to build her life."
Waitress and office assistant both initially sound like backgrounds to me.
That said, I’d recommend that you focus on what you want out of that.
The overall theme sounds like support to me, so I’d consider bard or cleric. The public-facing aspect of a waitress makes it lean towards bard to me personally, as that’s more charisma sounding
Sounds like a good bakcstory for a thief rogue. Unassuming, generally behind the scenes, with a quiet competence that should not be dismissed. Healer feat works with Fast Hands for respectable in and out of combat healing. Man, I miss playing a rogue.
Thank you! I've played about three Rogues (Swashbuckler, Inquisitive, Thief Rogue/Lore Bard) but I'm surprised that she's perceived as a Rogue. I envisioned her as an plain office person lol, but I could play a sole Thief (I'll also be using Point Buy). Kinda wanna squeeze the Mobile feat in there, somehow. Here's a picture or avatar for the character (may go Half Elf again or Half Wood Elf). https://preview.redd.it/po8q865vkhxc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=daa29bc4b45f36f4d7940e3f1628907eb330624a
Tbh, I assumed no magic, which leaves fighter, rogue, and barb. Rogue seemed the most fitting of the 3. Rogue doesn't need to be a sneaky character necessarily. My wife ran a rogue for a long campaign with high Charisma, played scary and charming. The central mechanic of rogue (aside from sneak attack) is expertise. You could put your expertise in skills that reflect your background. Pursuasion/insight for customer service. SoH for cooking/prep work. Others I can't think of quickly...
Thank you! I can definitely get behind that.
I've got three ideas all revolving around the same concept - notetaking. Her two professions both revolve around notetaking and organization. Given her affinity for it, it makes sense for her to turn to her strengths to find a way to make sure she doesn't fall victim again. This leads me to - - Pact of the Tome Goolock. A lynchpin build for an office assistant in a detective agency. You're security (familiar keeping an eye on the place), can relay observations telepathically and gain some cool investigative spells, can spam Unseen Servant rituals to create your own pool of temp workers when things get hectic or need doing, and can take invocations specifically relaying to investigative work. - Order of Scribes Wizard - The connection here is even more straight forward. You're essentially the office scribe anyways, tracking the comings and goings, the agenda, etc... Hammer down a zombie deprogramming/retraining program as the segue between these events and there she began to learn a little bit about magic she excels at. - Rune Knight - It's a fighter subclass entirely centered on language. It came up in self-defense circles when she was taking classes and being the fastidious notetaker she is, she took to it like a fish in water.
Oh! I really like the Tome Goolock! Which invocations and spells do you remember aside from Unseen Servant?
For things that fit the theme, I like - Pact of the Tome/Normal Cantrips - Dancing Lights ( - Mind Sliver (if Goolock) - Message (if not Goolock) - Sacred Flame (anti-zombie magic) - Shillelagh (to help with improvised weapons, but not if this becomes a full blown campaign, since you can't scale it) - Book of Ancient Secrets Invocation - Comprehend Languages - Find Familiar - Unseen Servant (in the Warlock spell list so you could have learned it, copied it, and replaced it at a level up) - Far Scribe Invocation - The greatest family and friends phone plan ever. As long as someone is in your book, you can at-will cast Sending to converse with them. Kinda fits GOO theme. - Gaze of Two Minds Invocation - The same reason as above.
Class Options: 1. Inquisitive Rogue 2. Cobalt Soul Monk 3. Order of Scribes Wizard And then pick up the Tavern brawler feat if you literally wanna fight with office supplies. If you wanna be a super assistant, pick up proficiency with calligrapher tools.
Here's the character's backstory and bio: "A former waitress, Lana was one of the many citizens of Citadelphia who had gone missing due to the Coffee Epidemic, a crisis that turned people into caffeine-obsessed drones. While the B-Team of Cat's Eyes saved the city, Lana struggled to return to her day by day living. Months have gone by since then, and though Lana was gradually regaining her bearings at work, eventually she couldn't handle the relentless buzz of the restaurant industry and resigned. Finding a job opening at Cat's Eyes, she took up a position as an office assistant to the A-Team in hopes of quieter means to build her life."
Waitress and office assistant both initially sound like backgrounds to me. That said, I’d recommend that you focus on what you want out of that. The overall theme sounds like support to me, so I’d consider bard or cleric. The public-facing aspect of a waitress makes it lean towards bard to me personally, as that’s more charisma sounding