Character concept conundrum

Neat concept. Personally, I would do something like this:

Martial or Expert archetype
Templar background
T1 path: Assassin (pg. 276 player’s guide)
T2 path: Manhunter (pg. 124 codex of heroes)
T3 path: Assassin

I would want to make sure I have ranks in Stealth, Tracking, and Streetwise.

As far as getting a copy of the Codex of Heroes, I would suggest going to the nearest gaming store and asking them to order in a copy.

EDIT: Drivethrurpg.com has the pdf on for half price at the moment, so that would be another good option.

Why don’t you just get the pdf and either view it on your computer, or take it to Staples/Kinkos etc and have them print it out for you? A lot of those companies can even do binding.

Why don’t you just get the pdf and either view it on your computer, or take it to Staples/Kinkos etc and have them print it out for you? A lot of those companies can even do binding.

Umm. because having Kinko’s print a PDF is far more expensive than buying the dead tree version and doing that likely exceeds fair use.

I just checked Amazon and there are several copies of Codex of Hero’s available there.

I was looking into something similar, there is a Sarishan Dwarf clan (forget the name off the top of my head), from the book it seems like they prey on humans by making deals and coming back many years later to collect. Kind of like a Sarishan Oath repo man, assassin skills could come in handy while trying to get people to follow through on their contractual agreements.

Been thinking about this some more of late. I have decided to flesh out the background of my character a bit more. His mother was a Sarishan and his father a Nerothian from Canceri. Theirs was a forbidden love affair that drove them to flee to Coryan (I still need to work on the details). They defected to the Mother Church and assumed new identities. As payment for their safety, they turned their son over to the Mother Church and he has been trained/raised by the Church to be its agent. This could also be seen as a “hostage/foster” arrangement (like Game of Thrones) in case the parents were trying to infiltrate the Church.

To honor his parents faith, he will wear purple robe and a skull shaped mask. I am thinking of having the mask be made of silver and that will be his signature item. I need to look at the rules to see how much something like that would cost. From there, I think as part of his personality he will have this…obsession for lack of a better term, where if he kills a significant or worthy opponent he will decapitate them, have scarab beetles clean the skull, then have the skull coated in silver and put on display. To simulate that, I am taking ranks in Artisan: Silversmithing. More over, it would probably be jeweler as per the MRB, but hell, I am having him focus on silver because that is his thing.

So speaking of that, is there anything in the rules about silver weapons? I know 3.5 had that, but the new Arcanis system is different. I intend for some of his weapons to be silvered, again a bit of a signature for him.

Thanks for the input.

Ok, I think buying the item as “fine” would work. I am not worried about a mechanical benefit like in D&D 3.x.

How would I work out the cost of the silver skull mask? That one I could see possibly giving a +1 or something to Intimidate if it is of high enough quality. But I see nothing in the rules for how to even work out a base cost for it.

No worries, Henry. I am not really worried about getting mechanical benefits out of the character’s signature item. I care more about pulling the concept off as I imagine it in my head. I have to wait at least 6 months to play him anway since I leave for Afghanistan in a couple of weeks. But that just gives me more time to work out the background etc.

Thanks for the quick response and I look forward to playing in the world of Arcanis once again after several years away.