Buy me a coffeePickpocket (Human Rogue 1)
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Pickpockets are the bane of the marketplace, innocuous waifs with innocent smiles and Deft Hands who can cut a purse in an eyeblink. Pickpockets could also serve as any of the countless street urchins or guttersnipes found on the streets of any large city.
DESCRIPTION
Adding a dagger or short sword turns a pickpocket into a desperate mugger. Replacing Deft Hands with Deceitful and changing Skill Focus from Sleight of Hand to Bluff can make a Constitution artist pickpocket, while changing Skill Focus to Disable Device makes for a good apprentice lock-picker or trap springer. Replacing the Appraise skill with Perform creates common acrobats, jugglers, or mummers, perhaps members of a troupe that engages in a little larceny on the side. In pairs (CR 1), one pickpocket usually provides a distraction for her partner to take advantage of. In large cities and markets, pickpockets often work in gangs of six (CR 4) or even more. A wanderer might employ a pickpocket assistant (CR 3), while a storyteller or minstrel might employ half a dozen pickpockets to help ‘work’ the crowd (CR 5 or 6). A shady barkeep might keep two pickpockets on staff disguised as serving girls, along with his two regular barmaids, to supplement his tavern’s income (CR 5).
| Pickpocket CR 1/2 |
| XP 200 Human rogue 1 N Medium humanoid Init +3; Senses Perception +3 |
| DEFENSE |
| AC 14, touch 12, flat-footed 12 (+1 armor, +3 Dexterity) hp 5 (1d8+1) Fort +1, Ref +5, Will -1 |
| OFFENSE |
| Speed 30 ft. Melee sap +0 (1d6 nonlethal) Ranged dart +3 (1d4) Special Attacks sneak attack +1d6 |
| STATISTICS |
| Strength 10, Dexterity 17, Constitution 12, Intelligence 13, Wisdom 8, Charisma 14 Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 13 Feats Deft Hands, Skill Focus (Sleight of Hand) Skills Acrobatics +7, Appraise +5, Bluff +6, Disable Device +9, Disguise +8, Escape Artist +7, Knowledge (local) +5, Perception +3 (+4 to find traps), Sense Motive +3, Sleight of Hand +12, Stealth +7 Languages Common, Halfling SQ trapfinding +1 Combat Gear bag of caltrops; Other Gear Padded armor, darts (4), sap, Disguise kit, thieves’ tools, Pickpockets Outfit Boon A pickpocket can attempt to steal a small item for the PCs or plant a small item on a target. |
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