And now I shall go a-cohorting.
Abesh Runihan: Male Half-Elf Rogue 2/Bard 3; CR 5; Medium Humanoid; HD 5d6+5; HP 27; Init +2; Spd 30ft; AC 13; Atk +2 Melee (1d6-1, Shortsword) or Atk +2 Melee (1d6-1 subdual, Sap) or +6 ranged (1d2-1 subdual, masterwork Whip); SA Sneak Attack +1d6; SQ Traps, Evasion, Bardic Knowledge +6, Bardic Music (Inspire Courage, Countersong, Fascinate, Inspire Competence); AL CG; SV Fort +2 Ref +8 Will +3; Str 8, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 16.
Skills and Feats: Bluff +13, Decipher Script +5, Diplomacy +11, Disguise +11, Forgery +8, Gather Information +11, Hide +4, Innuendo +7, Intimidate +11, Move Silently +9, Perform +11 ( Fiddle, Harmonica, Dance, Poem, Tabor, Trumpet, Shawm, Song), Read Lips +8, Sense Motive +8, Use Magic Device +5; Persuasive, Multicultural: Human (+4 Diplomacy with chosen race).
Possesions: 2 vials of alchemists fire, Bracers of Armor +1, disguise kit (10 applications), entertainer’s outfit, Heward’s Handy Haversack, Masterwork Herald’s Trumpet, Fiddle, Harmonica, Tabor, Shawm, Potion of Jump, Potion of Spider Climbing, Scrolls of Arcane Mark, Erase, Unseen Servant,, Short Sword, Wand of Cure Light Wounds(25 charges), Masterwork Whip, Tuning Fork (Fine Tuning cantrip at 2nd caster level 3/day). 135 Gold Pieces.
Spells known (6/3): 0th- Dancing Lights, Detect Magic, Fine Tuning, Ghost Sound, Mending, Percussion. 1st- Detect Secret Doors, Message, Silent Image
Spells per Day 3/2
Abesh's father is unknown, but his human mother was the unfaithful wife to a Candaran merchant; she died shortly after he was born. Being the youngest of eight children, but still loved by his father, he grew up happy and unattached to most material possessions. His first love and chief joy is music, and his most prized objects his instruments, of which he owns many. He has had, of course, many a love besides that, and he enjoys many other pleasures- if asked what he wants in life, until recently he probably would answer "Wine, women, and song, although not necessarily in that order.” As such, his patron god (although he is not strongly affiliated with any) is Aphrodite.
The news of war, however, brought along with it the loss of much of his father’s holdings and the disappearance of his sister Amy, a soldier stationed at one of the destroyed cities. Abesh, already fiercely patriotic but vague on what one does if one wants to be heroic, has sought out one Thomas Reaver, a man of whom he has heard many tale- he is a madman, a brave man, a liberator- and would fain serve him.
Notes:
Fine Tuning makes an instrument Masterwork for 1 minute/level. Percussion creates sounds of drums for 5 minutes/level. They’re both from Song and Silence.
If possible, I’d like to use the rules from song and silence that each instrument, if masterwork and used by someone with Bardic Music ability, either modifies an existing Bardic Music effect or create an entirely new one. Assuming that you allow this rule, the instruments I use do the following, respectively:
Fiddle- Can maintain two different bardic music effects at once, i.e, both fascinate a foe and inspire courage.
Harmonica- Warms the hearts of Common People. Fir 1d6 hours after a performance, gain +4 to Bluff, Diplomacy, Disguise, and Gather Information among them, and -4 to intimidate.
Tabor (a drum worn around the neck)- when inspiring courage, +4 against fear but +0 against charm.
Trumpet- When inspiring courage, damage to attack and to damage increases to +2, but the bonus against charm is reduced to +0.
Shawm (a flute- like instrument)- as Harmonica, but among the aristocratic.
This'll be cross posted to the Rogue's gallery thread.
