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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

(D&D 5e) Edgar the Deaf - Traveling Sage - #CharacterCreationChallenge

Day 24 of the #CharacterCreationChallenge and I'm just about finished with D&D 5e Ghosts of Saltmarsh 5e campaign. pre-gens, so I'm moving over to a new NPC not in the campaign book.

Edgar the Deaf - 5th Level Rogue (Thief)
Age, 45  5'8"  145lbs
ST:   7  (-2)
DX: 15 (+2)
CN: 16 (+3)
IN:   17 (+3)
WS: 15 (+2)
CH: 19 (+4)
Hit Points: 43
Armor Class: 15  (Leather+1 plus Dex Bonus)
Initiative:  +2
Speed: 30

Skills: Deception +10, Insight +5, Performance +10

Languages: Read/Write Trade Prythax (Common), Senzar

Speak: Common, Senzar, Thieves Cant

Skills:  Thieves Tools, Disguise Kit, Poison Kit.

Equipment:  Leather Armor+1, Shortsword +1, Normal Shortsword, Explorer's pack, Dagger of Warning

Special Abilities:  Sneak Attack (3d6), Cunning Actions, Uncanny Dodge, Fast hands, Second Story Work. 
Edgar was once a promising young thief, an up coming second story burglar from the streets of the capital.  His services were held in demand for some of the most dangerous individuals an organizations within the realm, or at least place he had heard of.    He had earned the nickname Edgar the Deft for his death-defying traversing of rooftops and tip-toeing along ledges.  

Until he took a job from a crime lord who condescendingly called him Edgar the Deaf, and mocked the handicap he did not have.   Edgar completed the job, then quickly left town with thousands of gold.  He has not returned to the capital since. 

Since that day, Edgar has taken on the persona of Edgar the Deaf, a traveling sage, dispensing wisdom, fleecing the idle and stupid rich, using his alleged hearing problem to avoid confrontation and quietly garner more information.  

He's been in Saltmarsh for a few months now, getting his drinks paid, trying to establish a network of sources within.  He knows that Saltmarsh is a hot spot for illegal trade, so if he can contact with a few pirate lords, smugglers, and even the remotely alleged Scarlet Brotherhood, he could exact a vengeance on them unseen in modern.  

Worst case, he'll rob them blind, and develop a new persona, hopefully not one involving deafness. 

Personality Traits:  He dedicated to convince folks to buy his worthless wares. 

Ideals:  Only the rich and powerful with his swindles

Bonds: "The rich have ruined my family, I will avenge other families as well."

Flaws: "I can't resist swindling the rich and powerful."

 This is another idea driven from a promotion at PetSmart, yet.another name of a pet written on a bone-shaped piece of paper hanging on the wall during a pet donation drive.  "Edgar the Deaf" was right next to  Ranger Tupac.

It doesn't hurt that the AI program I used for his face made him look like a gaunt Clancy Brown with a beard.

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