Quasimodo, Level 20

 Since I forgot yesterday’s post, there are two posts today.

Here’s Quasimodo at the end of The Broken Brides of Europe, when he’s become a superhero in his own right, has defeated a preternatural beast and found what he always needed to be happy. And don’t forget… when he rages, his attack bonus with unarmed strikes is +41/+41/+36/+31/+26 and his damage is 1d6+28, +1d8 sonic on critical hits! Pretty similar to Ophelia’s damage… it was important for us.

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Quasimodo, CR 25

Human barbarian (Brutal Pugilist, Urban Barbarian) 20/guardian 10

Male NG Medium humanoid (human)

Init +14, amazing initiative; Senses Perception +6/+11 (+10 competence bonus vs. traps)

Defense

AC 32, touch 19, flat-footed 28 (+8 armor, +5 deflection, +4 Dex, +5 natural); +10 competence bonus vs. traps

hp 325 (20d12+140+50)

Fort +18, Ref +10, Will +12. +10 competence Ref vs. traps; +4 Will vs. enchantment and +2 vs. language-dependent spells and effects while raging

Defensive Abilities armor master, force of will, guardian’s call (sudden block), hard to kill, immortal, immovable, impervious body, indomitable will, invincible stand, mythic saves, recuperation, shrug it off, true defender, unstoppable; Resist sonic 5 while raging; DR 5/—, 5/epic

Offense

Speed 30 ft.

Melee +5 advancing bloodsong brawling furious unarmed strike +39/+34/+29/+24 (1d3+24, magic)

Special Attacks avenging maneuver, controlled rage 48 rounds/day, drive back, greater rage, mighty rage, mythic power 23/day, improved savage grapple, pit fighter (grapple x2, bull rush x2, sunder x2), rage powers (bestial climber, brawler, come and get me, greater brawler, greater maestro blood, knockback, lesser maestro blood, maestro blood, raging climber, raging leaper), retributive reach, savage grapple, surge +1d12

Statistics

Str 31, Dex 19, Con 23, Int 19, Wis 22, Cha 13

Base Atk +20, CMB +35 (+36 with bull rush and sunder, +45 with grapple), CMD 44 (45 vs. sunder, 52 vs. grapple, 54 vs. drag, reposition, or trip, 55 vs. bull rush)

Traits Acrobat, Bullied, Ear for Music; Drawbacks Misbegotten

Feats Athletic, Combat ReflexesM, Explosive Escape, Harmonic Sage, Improved GrappleM, Improved Unarmed StrikeM, Intimidating Prowess, Indefatigable Drummer, Power AttackM (-6/+18), Skald’s Vigor, Weapon FocusM (unarmed strike)

Skills Acrobatics +26/+31, Climb +52, Intimidate +34/+44, Knowledge (engineering) +24, Knowledge (local) +27/+29, Perform (percussion) +35, Stealth +22/+27, Survival +29

Languages Danish, French, Italian, Latin, Spanish,

SQ crowd control, indefatigable traveler, legendary hero, mule’s strength, tireless rage

Gear amulet of natural armor +5 (50,000 gp), barbarian’s kit (9 gp), bell of obedience (oak yoke) (157,500 gp), belt of physical perfection +6 (144,000 gp), bracers of the glib entertainer (7,900 gp), convocation bells (100 gp), cowardly crouching cloak (1,800 gp), +5 advancing bloodsong brawling furious handwraps (200,300.1 gp), headband of mental superiority +6 (144,000 gp), major burglar boots (46,000 gp), improved ring of climbing (10,000 gp), ring of protection +5 (50,000 gp), +5 brawling stalking armor (urban) (68,575 gp)

Patron Request: Frogloks (Civilized Grippli) from EverQuest II

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Froglok (Civilized Grippli)

Frogloks are more honorable and civilized than other gripplis, and they usually have brightly colored skin in tones of pink and blue. They have the following racial traits.

Ability Score Modifiers: Mixed Weakness (-2 RP)  +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, –2 Strength, –2 Charisma.

Base Speed: Frogloks have a base speed of 30 feet and a swim speed of 20 feet. They do not have a climb speed.

Jumper (2 RP): Frogloks are always considered to have a running start when making Acrobatics checks to jump.

Quasimodo, Level 12

 At the beginning of The Broken Brides of Europe, Quasimodo is a very different man from the beginning of his new adventures. He is sent to recover someone with a broken soul and body similar to his own, and finds that maybe there is a person able to understand him, cheer him up and open again his mistreated heart… and beat him in an arm wrestling game.

By the way, this sheet shows Quasimodo’s attack and damage when he is not in a rage. When raging, also thanks to his rage powers, he can attack at +22/+22/+17/+12 and do 1d6+14 damage, +1d8 sonic on a critical hit.

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Quasimodo, CR 15

Human barbarian (Brutal Pugilist, Urban Barbarian) 12/guardian 6

Male NG Medium humanoid (human)

Init +7, amazing initiative; Senses Perception +2/+7

Defense

AC 20, touch 12, flat-footed 19 (+7 armor, +1 deflection, +1 Dex, +1 natural)

hp 173 (12d12+60+30)

Fort +12, Ref +5, Will +6. +2 vs. language-dependent spells and effects while raging

Defensive Abilities armor master, force of will, guardian’s call (sudden block), hard to kill, immovable, invincible stand, mythic saves, recuperation, shrug it off; Resist sonic 5 while raging; DR 2/—

Offense

Speed 30 ft.

Melee +2 bloodsong brawling unarmed strike +21/+16/+11 (1d3+11)

Special Attacks avenging maneuver, controlled rage 30 rounds/day, greater rage, mythic power 15/day, improved savage grapple, pit fighter (grapple x2, bull rush x2), rage powers (brawler, greater brawler, greater maestro blood, lesser maestro blood, maestro blood, raging climber), savage grapple, surge +1d8

Statistics

Str 23, Dex 12, Con 19, Int 13, Wis 15, Cha 7

Base Atk +12, CMB +20 (+21 with bull rush and grapple), CMD 29 (30 vs. grapple, 36 vs. drag, reposition, and trip, 37 vs. bull rush)

Traits Acrobat, Bullied, Ear for Music; Drawbacks Misbegotten

Feats Athletic, Harmonic Sage, Improved Unarmed StrikeM, Intimidating Prowess, Indefatigable Drummer, Power AttackM (-4/+12), Weapon FocusM (unarmed strike)

Skills Climb +30, Intimidate +19/+25, Knowledge (engineering) +13, Knowledge (local) +16/+18, Perform (percussion) +20

Languages French, Latin

SQ crowd control, mule’s strength

Gear barbarian chew (25 gp), barbarian’s kit (9 gp), belt of mighty constitution +4 (16,000 gp), convocation bells (100 gp), gloves of swimming and climbing (6,250 gp), +2 bloodsong brawling handwraps (32,300.1 gp), fetish of natural armor +1 (1,500 gp), master’s perfect golden bell (20,000 gp), potion of cure moderate wounds (300 gp), ring of protection +1 (2,000 gp), +4 terrain-striding stalking armor (urban) (29,425 gp), 90 gp, 9 sp

Quasimodo, Level 7

 At the end of The Broken Bard of Paris, Quasimodo has learned how to do magic by ringing his bells to his team-mates’ unique tempo, and has been cured of part of his ailments by.. angelic intervention. He is ready to go on to the next phase of his life and adventures!

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Quasimodo, CR 8

Human barbarian (Brutal Pugilist, Urban Barbarian) 7/guardian 3

Male NG Medium humanoid (human)

Init +3, amazing initiative; Senses Perception +1/+6

Defense

AC 15, touch 10, flat-footed 15 (+5 armor)

hp 94 (7d12+28+15)

Fort +8, Ref +2, Will +3. +2 vs. language-dependent spells and effects while raging

Defensive Abilities armor master, guardian’s call (sudden block), hard to kill, recuperation, shrug it off; Resist sonic 5 while raging; DR 1/—

Offense

Speed 30 ft.

Melee +1 brawling unarmed strike +15/+10 (1d3+7)

Special Attacks avenging maneuver, controlled rage 19 rounds/day, mythic power 9/day, improved savage grapple, pit fighter (grapple x2), rage powers (brawler, lesser maestro blood, maestro blood), savage grapple, surge +1d6

Statistics

Str 21, Dex 10, Con 17, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 7

Base Atk +7, CMB +13 (+14 with grapple), CMD 22 (23 vs. grapple)

Traits Acrobat, Bullied, Ear for Music; Drawbacks Misbegotten

Feats Athletic, Improved Unarmed StrikeM, Indefatigable Drummer, Intimidating Prowess, Weapon FocusM (unarmed strike)

Skills Climb +19, Intimidate +13/+16, Knowledge (engineering) +8, Knowledge (local) +11/+13, Perform (percussion) +14

Languages French, Latin

SQ crowd control

Gear barbarian chew (25 gp), barbarian’s kit (9 gp), belt of mighty constitution +2 (4,000 gp), +1 brawling handwraps (8,300.1 gp), cat burglar’s boots (2,000 gp), convocation bells (100 gp), potion of cure moderate wounds (300 gp), stalking armor (urban) (8,575 gp), 190 gp, 9 sp

Patron Request: Barbarians (“Wild Humans”) from EverQuest II

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Barbarians (“Wild Humans”)

Barbarians are tribal humans who prize strength and honor above intelligence and knowledge. They have the following racial traits.

Ability Score Modifiers: Paragon (1 RP): +4 Strength, –2 Intelligence, –2 Wisdom, –2 Charisma. Barbarians are physically the toughest of human subraces, but tend to be gruff and are not terribly interested in more intellectual pursuits.

Heavy Frame (1 RP): Barbarians count as Large creatures for combat maneuvers, spell effects, and feat prerequisites.

Energy Resistance (1 RP): Barbarians have cold resistance 5.

Skill Training (1 RP): Perception and Survival are always class skills for barbarians.

Barbarians don’t receive the skilled human racial trait.

New Blood Rage Powers: Maestro

Quasimodo needed bardic abilities.
Quasimodo is a barbarian.
Barbarians can have “blood rage powers” derived from diluted bloodrager bloodlines.
Bloodrager bloodlines can be often derived from sorcerer bloodlines.
There is a sorcerer bloodline with bardic abilities: Maestro.
I created a bloodrager version of the Maestro bloodline a while ago (you can find an updated version in my book Expanded Bloodragers for Pathfinder Infinite).
Maybe a bloodrager would have more appropriately SKALDIC powers?!
Sooooo… here we are…
(And these powers are in Expanded Bloodragers too).

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New Blood Rage Powers

Maestro Blood, Lesser (Su): While raging, as a swift action up to three times a day, the barbarian can infuse her attacks with sonic power for 1 round. During this time, all of her melee attacks gain the thundering weapon special ability.

Maestro Blood (Ex): The barbarian can use the Perform skill while raging (if she already can use it, she gains instead Perform as a skill class). In addition, the barbarian gains resistance 5 to sonic damage and a +2 bonus on saves vs. language-dependent spells and effects when in a rage.

Maestro Blood, Greater (Ex): While raging, the barbarian can use the song of strength raging song as a skald of her barbarian level for 1 round/level per day. These rounds need not be consecutive. This ability counts as raging song for all prerequisites.

New Feat: Indefatigable Drummer

 Quasimodo is a bell-ringer, and an artist at that. He deserves the title of bard. But he has by necessity a low Charisma.

But- do you need a pretty face to play percussions?! Not necessarily. What you need are muscles. So here. Dwarvish drummers of the future will thank me.

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Indefatigable Drummer

A smile is not needed to keep the rhythm- stamina is.

Benefit: Add your Constitution modifier to Perform (percussion) skill checks instead of your Charisma modifier.

Quasimodo, Level 1

 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame begins his new adventure in Aaron Hollingsworth’s The Broken Bards of Paris as a deeply wounded man. In addition to his physical disability and his deafness induced by the thundering sound of bells, he just lost his beloved Esmeralda and can’t seem to find any other reason to live. His new friends will show him the kindness and brotherhood he always desired (maybe not from the first moment, but…), and his other ailments could be cured with time.

It’s been a little hard to decide which class to use for this build. Quasimodo is a Bard as his companions, but doesn’t use spells, and his Charisma is impaired. Plus, he must be able to climb the church’s walls at amazing speed, know his way within walls and alleys to hide from the enemies, and use the surrounding environment to his advantage. And he can be enraged when the things and people he loves are endangered!

So I tried to do him justice this way. Hope you like it! I didn’t take his deafness into account since… well, you will have to read the book for this.

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Quasimodo, CR 1

Human barbarian (Urban Barbarian) 1/guardian 1

Male NG Medium humanoid (human)

Init +0; Senses Perception +1

Defense

AC 12, touch 10, flat-footed 12 (+2 armor)

hp 20 (1d12+3+5)

Fort +4, Ref +0, Will +1

Defensive Abilities guardian’s call (sudden block), hard to kill

Offense

Speed 30 ft.

Melee unarmed strike +5 (1d3+4)

Special Attacks avenging maneuver, controlled rage 6 rounds/day, mythic power 5/day, surge +1d6

Statistics

Str 19, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 7

Base Atk +1, CMB +5, CMD 15

Traits Acrobat, Bullied, Ear for Music; Drawbacks Misbegotten

Feats Improved Unarmed StrikeM, Indefatigable Drummer

Skills Climb +8, Intimidate +2, Knowledge (engineering) +2, Knowledge (local) +5/+7, Perform (percussion) +4

Languages French, Latin

SQ crowd control

Gear barbarian chew (25 gp), barbarian’s kit (9 gp), bell (5 gp), handwraps (1 sp), leather armor (10 gp), potion of cure light wounds (50 gp), 5 gp, 9 sp

Mythic Feat: Soulwrecking Strike

 Since Ophelia does electroshock therapy to poor victims of possession with her lightning fists in The Broken Brides of Europe, this seemed a feat she should have.

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Mythic Soulwrecking Strike

You cause unbearable pain to a possessing entity, forcing it to leave its host.

Prerequisite: Soulwrecking Strike.

Benefit: You can choose to inflict non-lethal damage to the possessed creature and lethal damage to the possessing entity. If you confirm a critical hit against the host, the possessing entity is forced to leave, as per banishment.

Ophelia Polksmandotter, Level 20

 Ophelia sees her madness as a gift in The Broken Brides of Europe. It allows her to retain a jolly nature and optimism, and a huge dose of nonconformism, which is a blessing for a valkyrie of a woman endued with super-strength and superpowers. Maybe in the end this mighty belle has also found the one who can ring her the right way (ahem!) and give her a much-deserved happiness.

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Ophelia Polkmansdotter CR 25

Human bloodrager (Bloody-Knuckled Rowdy) 20/champion 10

Female CG Medium humanoid (human)

Init +15, amazing initiative; Senses blindsight 120 ft. vs. concealment from natural or magical fog, mist, or weather; Perception +26

Defense

AC 34, touch 21, flat-footed 28 (+8 armor, +5 deflection, +5 Dex, +1 dodge, +5 natural)

hp 344 (20d10+180+50)

Fort +25; Ref +18; Will +15. +4 Will while bloodraging (+8 vs. enchantment effects); +2 vs. spells that she or an ally casts; +2 vs. fear and death

Defensive Abilities force of will, elemental fury, hard to kill, immortal, indomitable will, mythic saves, recuperation, storm lord, stormchild, to the death, unstoppable; Resist electricity 5, sonic 5; Immune deafness, stunning, and wind effects

Offense

Speed 30 ft.

Melee +5 mighty cleaving quaking shocking burst unarmed strike +33/+28/+23/+18 (2d8+18 +1d6 electricity +1d10 electricity on a critical hit) or glaive +28/+23/+16/+13 (1d10+12, x3) 

Special Attacks bloodrage (69 rounds/day), blowback, champion’s strike (sudden attack), devastating smash, flash of rage, greater bloodrage, hand-to-hand training, juggernaut, legendary champion, mighty bloodrage, mythic power 23/day, mythic rage, peal of thunder (DC 27), punishing blow, ride the lightning, shatter spells, surge +1d12, titan’s rage, thunderstrike 5/day (shock burst), unstoppable storm

Bloodrager Spells Known (CL 17th; concentration +22)

4th Level (3/day)- ball lightning (DC 19, CL 18th), detonate (DC 19, CL 17th/18th), greater break, shoutB (DC 19), stoneskin

3rd Level (4/day)- burst of speed, elemental aura (DC 18, CL 17th/18th), greater thunderstomp, lightning boltB (DC 18, CL 18th), protection from energy, titanic anchoring

2nd Level (5/day)- bull’s strength, defensive shock (CL 18th), gust of windB (DC 17), lightning conductor, mindshock, overstimulate

1st Level (6/day)- break, protection from evil, shock shield (CL 18th), shocking graspB (CL 18th), thunderstomp, true strike

Bloodline Stormborn

Statistics

Str 27, Dex 21, Con 25, Int 19, Wis 18, Cha 21

Base Atk +20; CMB +28 (+29 with sunder, +30 with bull rush); CMD 43 (44 vs. overrun, 45 vs. bull rush)

Traits Blood of Giants, Reincarnated

Feats Cleave, Combat Style Master*, Demonic Momentum, Dodge*, Demonic Style*, Electric Eel Conduit, Electric Eel Shock (DC 23), Electric Eel Style, Elemental FistM (18/day), Eschew Materials*, Great Cleave, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Unarmed StrikeM*, Intimidating Prowess*, Lightning Rager*, Lightning Reflexes*, Power AttackM (-6/+18-27), Soulwrecking StrikeM, ToughnessM*, Vital Strike

Skills Climb +31, Craft (alchemy) +27, Heal +25, Intimidate +36, Knowledge (nature) +24, Perception +26, Profession (herbalist) +23, Survival +26, Swim +31

Languages Danish, French

SQ blood casting, blood sanctuary, legendary hero, tireless bloodrage

Gear amulet of natural armor +5 (50,000 gp), barbarian chew (25 gp), belt of physical perfection +6 (144,000 gp), bloodrager’s kit (9 gp), bracers of armor +8 (64,000 gp), Calistria’s kindness (3 gp), conduit rod (12,000 gp), drinking horn of the panacea (12,000 gp), glaive (8 gp), grounding rod (12,000 gp), +5 mighty cleaving quaking shocking burst handwraps (200,300.1 gp), headband of mental superiority +6 (144,000 gp), panacea flask (6,000 gp), pauldrons of unflinching fortitude +5/+6 (37,500), potion of cure serious wounds (750 gp), ring of ferocious action (3,000 gp), ring of protection +5 (50,000 gp), rod of thunder and lightning (33,000 gp), shocking robe (11,000 gp), shoes of lightning leaping (10,500 gp), staff of electricity (31,900 gp), stormcrusher gauntlets (45,000 gp), treatment healer’s satchel (3,000 gp), unfettered shirt (10,000 gp), 4 gp, 9 sp