Burglar (Human Rogue 3)

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Burglars are prowlers of cities and towns, dancing catlike along rooftops and slipping quietly into homes and shops by night.

DESCRIPTION

• Changing Skill Focus (Perception) to Skill Focus (Disable Device) turns a burglar into an expert safecracker, while replacing Deft Hands and Skill Focus (Perception) with Point Blank Shot and Weapon Focus (shortbow) makes a skulking sniper.
• Replacing Skill Focus (Perception) with Skill Focus (Acrobatics), and changing the quick disable rogue talent to ledge walker or stand up creates a thief-acrobat.
• Changing a burglar’s rogue talent is a good way to customize further.

Burglars usually work alone but will sometimes hire a pickpocket as a lookout (CR 3). A trio of burglars might cooperate to rob a large house or bank, with three street thugs for muscle and a pickpocket lookout (CR 7). A burglar may also work in concert with a barkeep and barmaid (CR 5) to rob patrons’ rooms of valuables.

Burglar CR 2

XP 600 Human rogue 3 N Medium humanoid Init +3; Senses Perception +9

DEFENSE

AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+2 armor, +3 Dexterity) hp 16 (3d8+3) Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +1 Defensive Abilities evasion, trap sense +1

OFFENSE

Melee sap +3 (1d6+1 nonlethal) or dagger +3 (1d4+1/19-20) Ranged mwk composite shortbow +6 (1d6+1/x3) or dagger +5 (1d4+1/19-20) Special Attacks sneak attack +2d6

STATISTICS

Strength 13, Dexterity 17, Constitution 12, Intelligence 14, Wisdom 10, Charisma 8 Base Atk +2; CMB +3; CMD 16 Feats Deft Hands, Skill Focus (Perception), Stealthy Skills Acrobatics +9, Appraise +8, Bluff +5, Climb +9, Disable Device +13, Disguise +5, Escape Artist +11, Knowledge (local) +8, Perception +9 (+10 to find traps), Sleight of Hand +11, Stealth +11, Swim +7 Languages Common, Elven, Halfling SQ rogue talent (quick disable), trapfinding +1 Combat Gear potion of expeditious retreat, potion of feather fall, tanglefoot bag; Other Gear leather armor, dagger, sap, masterwork composite shortbow (+1 Strength) with 20 arrows, universal solvent, climber’s kit, 50-ft. silk rope with grappling hook, masterwork thieves’ tools Boon A burglar can open a trapped item for PCs or Search a building for traps. She might break into a house to recover an item for the PCs or break a PC out of jail.

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