Bos Lobo - Bothan Explorer (Bard)

Bos Lobo
Male Bothan Bard 10
Chaotic Good

Strength 10 (+0)
Dexterity 17 (+3)
Constitution 8 (-1)
Intelligence 16 (+3)
Wisdom 10 (+0)
Charisma 21 (+5)

Size: Medium
Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 125 lb

Total Hit Points: 62
Speed: 30 feet
Armor Class: 17 = 10 + 1 [tracker vest] +3 [ring of protection] + 3 [dexterity]
Touch AC: 16
Flat-footed: 14
Initiative modifier: + 3 = + 3 [dexterity]

Fortitude save: + 2 = 3 [base] -1 [constitution]
Reflex save: + 10 = 7 [base] + 3 [dexterity]
Will save: + 9 = 7 [base] +2 [racial]

Attack (handheld): + 7/ + 2 = 7 [base]
Attack (missile): + 10/ + 5 = 7 [base] + 3 [dexterity]
Combat Maneuver Bonus: + 7 = 7 [base]
Combat Maneuver Defense: + 20 = 10 + 7 [base] + 3 [dexterity]

Languages: Basic, Bothese, Binary, Jawa, Rodese, Huttese

Armored flight suit [light; +5 AC; max dex +3; 20 lb.]
Weapon: Heavy Blaster Pistol (3d8; single shot); 50 shot pack

Feats:
Deceitful +2 on bluff and disguise
Persuasive +2 on diplomacy and intimidate
Vehicular Combat
Starship Weapons
Elusive Dogfighter [opponent attacks at -10]
Juke [+5 defense]

Skills
Acrobatics Dex* 3 = +3
Appraise Int 11 = +3 + 5 + 3 [class skill]
Bluff Cha 22 = +5 + 10 + 3 [class skill] + 2 [persuasive] +2 [deceitful]
Climb Str* 0 = +0
Diplomacy Cha 18 = +5 + 10 + 3 [class skill]
Disguise Cha 13 = +3 + 5 + 3 [class skill] +2 [deceitful]
Escape Artist Dex* 11 = +3 + 5 + 3 [class skill]
Intimidate Cha 11 = +5 + 1 + 3 [class skill] + 2 [persuasive]
Knowledge (force) Int 13 = +3 + 2 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Knowledge (dungeoneering) Int 12 = +3 + 1 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Knowledge (engineering) Int 19 = +3 + 8 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Knowledge (geography) Int 16 = +3 + 5 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Knowledge (history) Int 13 = +3 + 2 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Knowledge (streetwise) Int 12 = +3 + 1 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Knowledge (nature) Int 12 = +3 + 1 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Knowledge (alien species) Int 12 = +3 + 1 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Knowledge (planetary systems) Int 12 = +3 + 1 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Knowledge (religion) Int 12 = +3 + 1 + 3 [class skill] + 5 [bardic knowledge]
Linguistics Int 7 = +3 + 1 + 3 [class skill]
Perception Wis 8 = +0 + 5 + 3 [class skill]
Pilot Dex 16 = +3 + 10 + 3 [class skill]
Ride Dex* 3 = +3
Sense Motive Wis 10 = +0 + 7 + 3 [class skill]
Sleight of Hand Dex* 7 = +3 + 1 + 3 [class skill]
Stealth Dex* 16 = +3 + 10 + 3 [class skill]
Survival Wis 0 = +0
Swim Str** 0 = +0
Use Magic Device Cha 10 = +5 + 2 + 3 [class skill]
* = check penalty for armor/shield
** = some groups double armor/shield penalties for swimmers

Zero-level Bard spells: Daze, Know Direction, Lullaby, Mage Hand, Mending, Prestidigitation
First-level Bard spells: 6 (5 + 1) per day: Cause Fear, Charm Person, Comprehend Languages, Disguise Self, Identify, Unseen Servant
Second-level Bard spells: 5 (4 + 1) per day: Calm Emotions, Enthrall, Heroism, Invisibility, Suggestion
Third-level Bard spells: 4 (3 + 1) per day: Charm Monster, Cure Serious Wounds, Glibness, Good Hope
Fourth-level Bard spells: 1 per day: Dominate Person

Bothan
• + 2 dexterity, -2 constitution
• +2 on Will saves
Bard
• Bardic Knowledge
• Bardic Performance -- 4 + chr mod rounds per day. Two more rounds per day for each level above 1.
• Cantrips
• Can know only limited numbers of spells
• High charisma gains bonus spells daily
• Countersong
• Distraction
• Fascination
• Inspire Courage +1
• Versatile Performance (Level 2)
• Well-Versed (Level 2) -- +4 on saves vs other bards, and sounds in general
• Inspire Competence +2 (Level 3)
• Inspire Courage +2 (Level 5)
• Lore Master 1/day (Level 5)
• Suggestion (Level 6)
• Versatile Performance (Level 6)
• Inspire Competence +3 (Level 7)
• Dirge of Doom (Level
• Inspire Greatness (Level 9)
• Versatile Performance (Level 10)
• Jack of All Trades (Level 10)
• Concentration check: d20 + bard level + charisma modifier vs. DC

Nice build Bronson! That's a lot of skills, yo!

It will be good to have someone knowledgeable in the party.  I admit my personal Star Wars lore knowledge is focused primarily on the films. Most of the metaplot goes over my head. I had to check and see what a Bothan is!

This campaign is set in The Old Republic, I believe.


Chris, is there a recap somewhere of the last adventure and various needed setting details. Linky?

Great start Bronson!

here is the recap

https://lodgestgaming.forumotion.com/t198-episode-1-recap-thread-working

it is a long read, but the game ran for about 9 months....  it will be relevant to the current story.

As a GM, I always try to say "yes" and allow everything, sometimes I just like to know the player's thinking behind the choices or clarify how something works.

A couple thoughts and questions for you.....

How do you see his Bard Spells being re-skinned in SW?   Force abilities?  Technological gadgets?  cyberware?
for example - Cure Serious Wounds might just be a stim-pack that you inject.
How do you see Dominate Person or Charm Monster working?
How about Summon Monster?

if Force powers - where did he learn them?  was he a Jedi or Sith and formally trained?  or are they just natural abilities?  something else?

Feats -

I know there are a LOT of SW books, but where are you finding the Elusive Dogfighter and Juke feats?

You need the basic Feat - Starship Operation (piloting) and choose Freighters or Starfighters.  That is the core feat, like Mounted Combat, and most other advanced feats rely on that as the base.  Then there are higher feats like Starship Dodge, etc.

check PF - you also get to buy magic items. I think it is $62,000 but double check that number

Chris wrote:How do you see his Bard Spells being re-skinned in SW?   Force abilities?  Technological gadgets?  cyberware?
for example - Cure Serious Wounds might just be a stim-pack that you inject.
How do you see Dominate Person or Charm Monster working?
How about Summon Monster?

I was thinking all his spells were actually force powers (charm person or dominate=jedi mind trick).
He likely has a high midi-chlorian count and natural force talents, but was never formally trained by sith or jedi.
Summon monster? I don't know how that would translate over. It was a bard spell that I thought would be useful. If you would allow it, this "monster'" could be his jawa companion. Normally he's a non-combatant, but when "summoned" he whips out his blaster and fight for a few rounds.

Chris wrote:Feats -

I know there are a LOT of SW books, but where are you finding the Elusive Dogfighter and Juke feats?

You need the basic Feat - Starship Operation (piloting) and choose Freighters or Starfighters.  That is the core feat, like Mounted Combat, and most other advanced feats rely on that as the base.  Then there are higher feats like Starship Dodge, etc.

Those feats were actually Ace Pilot talents from the starwars d20 book (p. 206-207). My intent was to build them onto the Vehicluar Combat and Starship Weapons feats, but I can replace those to Starship Operation (freighter).
The feats didn't seem OP to me, and actually fit nicely with his military service background.

One more question: can his star freighter be a magic item? Could it be equipped with magical [scientifically advanced] abilities?

I like the idea of using the Jawa, but the stats for Summon Monster 1 are so low that he wouldn't really be effective and would actually be attacking with something like a dagger, lol.  And he would get killed really quickly.

I could see a jack-of-all trades having something like tiny drone droids that he deploys.  A little floating or crawling droid that goes up and shocks your enemies.  Again, check out the stats for the actual spell, they are all really weak compared to 10th lvl challenges, but they are certainly an option, if you really want to go that route.  

Since you are a natural force user.... I could even stretch the imagination and see that as you "animating" an object in the room to attack for you with the Force.  You "imbue" a non-living object, like a datapad or a chair and it moves and attacks using the stats give for 1 of the choices in Summon Monster 1.

Starship Feats - I think you must be looking in a different book.  my pg 206-207 is about Astrogation checks.  I did look up Ace Pilot but I don't see those abilities.

Here is the book you should be using

http://swrw.net/source/

it is the 3rd book down "D20 - Star Wars - Core Rulebook (Revised).pdf"

I agree the abilities fit, but Starship Dodge (a 2nd tier feat after Operations) just adds +1 to your ship DC, not -10.  

You need operations for sure, as the core feat and then you can pick Starship Dodge or something else.

A ship can certainly have advanced prototype weapons!   But you would need to buy them 1 at a time using your starting money - so you could make a base starship weapon +1 in the same way (same cost) as making a sword into a sword +1.

Again though, the party has a very advanced ship - with a prototype cloaking device!  "No ship that small has a cloaking device!" .... this one does

I would suggest spending your $$ on your character and be part of the crew.  If you really want a ship, then a Starfighter might be a better companion ship to the party's Mandalorian Gunship.  There are lots of things to do on a ship:  pilot, fire wpns, use shields, repair, re-route power, use sensors, etc.  A freighter really needs a crew of 3-4 to be optimal efficiency.

Okay, yeah, I was working out of the Saga Edition Core Rulebook.
Now that I have the same book as everyone else, it will likely clear up some issues. lol

I think I'll take another look at my 1st level spells and decide on something more appropriate than monster summoning. I'll get back to you on that.

Instead of trying to get another starship involved, I'll just work as part of the crew with the others. I'll keep my starfighter piloting abilities (reworked of course), and just hope that they come in handy someday.

The jawa thing was just for roleplaying background. I like the idea of having a little companion-friend to run errands for me, and for those moments when you need a plot device. I'm not trying to use him to beef up my combat abilities. But I'll leave that one up to you as to how it works into the campaign and your story.

Cool, thanks for being flexible!

I like the idea of your Jawa companion too. Others have mentioned companions and I plan to introduce some companions as the story unfolds, based on the direction the party takes. But I would rather develop them and your connection to them through roleplaying and in the context of the story.

Just as an example - think about the movies....... does the party try to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine or search for the plans to the shield generator on Endor?

This gives the party more choice in the direction the game takes and makes the party's choices matter.

Does the party want to invest time in acquiring a Starfighter for Bos? or look for you missing Jawa buddy? or......

added for reference

MrBrownstone75 wrote:

Anyway, I was thinking of playing a Bothan explorer. This character is an ex ace fighter pilot that went into semi-retirement a few years back. All he does now is travels the galaxy with his jawa buddy Wigg-wuk in their Alderanian Star Freighter, sometimes carrying cargo or passengers to make a few extra credits. This bothan, named Bos Lobo, has lived a hard life so far, doing eveything from fighting in wars, gathering intel for the Bothan spynet, being stranded for several months on the moon of Endor (with nothing to eat but Ewok!), and even enslaved on the planet Kessel for a time - forced to work in the spice mines for two years until he escaped. His favorite passtime now is getting high on spice with his jawa compatriot and blasting off into some uncharted region of space for days at a time.

I decided to change Summon Monster I to Identify. Since I have a ton of knowledge skills it makes sense to have that ability and it doesn't even seeming magical.

Looks like Bos is almost finished - you just need to spend $62,000 on magical (tech\force) gear.

Some basic gear

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Heavy blaster pistol (Blastech DT-12) (3d8+2)
4 ammo packs
Tracker Utility Vest (+1 AC)
All-weather cloak
Comlink
Credit chip
Datapad, mastercraft (+1)
Electrobinoculars
Field kit
Security kit, mastercraft (+1)
Tool kit

Here is my wish list of magic items

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Ring of Protection +3 (18,000 gp)
Headband of Alluring Charisma +4 (16,000 gp)
Robe of Useful Items (7000 gp)
Portable Hole "Wormhole Generator" (20,000 gp)

Total: 61,000 gp

gear and magic items look fine!

Backstory launched

https://lodgestgaming.forumotion.com/t268-backstory-bos-lobo#14476

Ok.  The feat "Starship Operations Space Transport" will cover both piloting and weapon systems for 99% of the ships we are likely use.  You can get it for free per Chris's campaign bonus feat.  

I'm not sure what "Vehicular Combat" and "Starship Weapons" do for you, but you probably don't need them if you have "Starship Ops. Transport" You could swap one for the "St. Shp. Ops Starfighter" feat or whatever else you wanted.

You also get two campaign bonus knowledges at maximum ranks and 1 campaign bonus skill at max. (Piloting?)

The Mythic Adventures book is here: http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/mythicAdventures/mythicHeroes.html

You can choose one 6 mythic paths, a special path feature, a path ability, and a mythic feat.  You will also get a few basic mythic qualities that advance.

Why don't you read just the descriptions of the 6 paths and then I can walk you through the one you like best.

I just tweaked the link fir the mythic book to this:

http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/mythicAdventures/mythicHeroes.html

Awesome! Thanks