Cyrano, Level 7

 Many conversions of classic characters have been made in the years. Of course, this means you’ll find more than one conversion of Cyrano de Bergerac. I myself made one, a while ago- the multiclass archetype called the Boastful Gallant. After all, this charming witty devil is the archetype of the swashbuckler’s class, so he had to be one. But Cyrano -both the historic and the literary one- was a poet and a philosopher as well as a swordsman, and after all, his group in Aaron’s novels is called The Broken Bards of Paris, and they defeated an angry mercenary army using music and song! So it was inevitable to add bardic galore to this build too.

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Cyrano, CR 8

Human swashbuckler 7 (Inspired Blade)/VMC bard/stranger 3

Male NG Medium humanoid (human)

Init +8, amazing initiative, swashbuckler’s initiative; Senses Perception +0

Defense

AC 21, touch 18, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +5 Dex, +3 dodge)

hp 55 (7d10+12)

Fort +2, Ref +10, Will +2. +3 Will vs. charm and compulsion effects

Defensive Abilities charmed life 4/day (+3), deadly dodge, hard to kill, nimble +2, recuperation, stranger’s maneuver (painful reckoning)

Offense

Speed 30 ft.

Melee +1 answering rapier +16/+11 (1d6+10 +7 precision, 15-20)

Special Attacks bardic performance 10 rounds/day (move action; inspire competence +2, inspire courage +1), deeds (derring-do, dodging panache +3, kip-up, menacing swordplay, opportune parry and riposte, precise strike +7, superior feint, swashbuckler initiative, swashbuckler’s grace, targeted strike), inspired finesse, mythic power 9/day, rapier training (+1 attack/+2 damage), surge +1d6

Statistics

Str 10, Dex 20, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 17

Base Atk +7; CMB +7; CMD 22

Traits Impressive Presence (DC 13), Irrepressible

Feats At the Envoi’s End, Dodge, Improved Critical* (rapier), Quick Draw, Weapon FinesseM* (rapier), Weapon FocusM* (rapier), Weapon Specialization* (rapier)

Skills Acrobatics +15, Bluff +13, Diplomacy +13, Intimidate +15, Knowledge (local) +12, Knowledge (nobility) +12, Perform (string) +13

Languages French, Italian, Latin

SQ bardic knowledge +3, confidence, inspired panache (6), mythic panache

Gear +1 answering rapier (8,320 gp), belt of incredible dexterity +2 (4,000 gp), book of love poems (22 gp), boots of vaulting (3,500 gp), musketeer’s hat (10 gp), journal (10 gp), masterwork lute (100 gp), paper (5 sheets) (2 gp), plume of panache (1,000 gp), potion of cure moderate wounds (300 gp),  +1 rallying leather armor (6,160 gp), scrivener’s kit (2 gp), swashbuckler’s kit (9 gp), 65 gp