the road to el dorado when in the context of a d&d game is the most astounding and hellish streak of 1′s and 20′s
“The people think that you’re gods, what do you do?”
“…we go along with it.”
“Roll performance.”
“…I got a one.”
“Your foot gets caught in the stirrup while you try to dismount from the horse. You look ridiculous.”
“Well I rolled a twenty.”
“…somehow, a volcano stops erupting on your cue. Everyone falls to their knees in awe.”
“I roll to come up with an escape plan”
“Alright roll”
“…I got a one”
“I try to convince the horse to break us out”
“Roll…animal handling?”
“I got a twenty”
“You have been caught playing ball with the locals. What do you do?”
“I roll for persuasion…one.”
“You and your fellow player are roped into playing a game against a rival team of the biggest, buffest people imaginable while the entire city watches.”
“We decide to try cheating.”
“Okay, roll.”
“Twenty.”
“You use a physics-defying armadillo as a ball and he helps propel you to the win.”
Image found on the internetz. I don’t think Sophie would have anything resembling a combat class, but if you HAD to pick one Roguish archetype for each of the Leverage team, that’s certainly as close as it gets. 😀
Not sure I’d put her as a Swashbuckler, but she might be a Thief/Bard multi-class.
Dude. Elliot is so not an assassin. he’s a freakin tank
Technically I think they’re what happens when you have an all-rogue party, but consider instead:
Nate:Inquisitor. Though a religious class akin to a cleric or paladin, Nate approaches the cons with a religious-like zeal for justice and righteousness. Class skills include Bluff, Diplomacy, Disguise, Intimidate, all the Knowledges, and Sense Motive – all things that Nate has in abundance.
Sophie:Bard, Brazen Deceiver archetype. A Brazen Deceiver isn’t a rogue with bard skills, they’re a bard with rogue skills. Brazen Deceiver’s bardic skill is lying (read: grifting), and it replaces most bard skills with rogue skills, which is important for Sophie since she’s terrible at actually acting.
Eliot:Monk. Unlike fighters, who usually do your classic hit-with-sword/shoot-with-arrow, monks are masters of martial arts and focus on unarmed combat. And unlike barbarians, who are all about unbridled rage, monks are self-contained and self-controlled. And monks have to be some kind of lawful alignment, and I think out of all of them, Eliot is the most lawful of the crew, given his strict adherence to principles like “don’t con your own team” that the others don’t follow.
Hardison:Alchemist, Tinkerer archetype (Lucille is his clockwork familiar). It was hard for me to think of a suitable class for Hardison, since there isn’t really a fantasy analogue to “hacking,” but I think that his abilities in creating things (the crying statue, the 1700s diary, the energy drink that tastes like dust because it’s made out of dust and food coloring) translate well to alchemy. Also he’s got some mad scientist in him and that’s absolutely alchemy.
honestly monty python and the holy grail is just a dnd session w/ really uncooperative players and a dm who worked really hard on a campaign but gave up halfway through
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