I have been working on this with the help of several people; And am interested in fleshing this out more.

I have been working on this with the help of several people; And am interested in fleshing this out more.

Mountebank

Everyone wants to believe something, and you capitalize on that. Subterfuge and persuasion are your weapons of choice. You have spent hours honing your skills of deception and suggestion, deftly mixing aptitude and confidence to achieve your goals.

Names

Halfling: Abe, Linda, Hank, Penny

Human: Saros, Jezel, 

I need some names

Look

Choose one for each:

– Shifty eyes, Laughing eyes, or Trusting eyes

– Fancy hair, Cropped hair, or Messy hair

– Clean clothes, Traveling clothes, or Common clothes

– Well-fed body, Attractive body, or Thin body

Stats

Your maximum hit points is 6+Constitution.

Your base damage is d6.

Alignment

Chaotic – Capitalize on confusion and misdirection

Neutral – Avoid the consequences of a brazen lie

Evil – Manipulate others for your personal gain

Gear

Your Load is 9+STR. You start with one dungeon rations (5 uses, 1 weight), leather armor (1 armor, 1 weight) and 7 coin.

Choose your treasure:

– A forged letter of marquis

– A fair maiden’s favor

– A ducal ring, obviously not yours

– A treasure map you conned from an angry dwarf

– A letter of credit from a crime lord

Choose your arms:

– Ragged hand crossbow (Near, reload, 1 weight), bundle of arrows (3 ammo, 1 weight) and short sword (Close, 1 weight)

– Rapier (close, precise, 1 weight)

Choose one:

– Adventuring gear (5 uses, 1 weight)

– Bandages (3 uses, slow 0 weight)

– Halfling pipeleaf (5 uses, 1 weight)

Bonds

_____________ still believes every word I say.

_____________ and I have narrowly escaped an angry victim of our con.

_____________ has a secret that I will uncover.

_____________ has thus far kept quiet about past indiscretions of mine.

Starting Moves

Choose a race and gain the corresponding move:

Halfling – When you bluff someone, on a hit you may take from them a small item. The GM will tell you what you get.

Human – When you attack a staggered or confused opponent, deal +1d6 damage.

Slippery Egress – When you attempt to slink away, Roll+CHA.  ✴10+ you’re gone. ✴7-9, you can stay or go, but if you go it costs you: leave something behind, or take something with you, the GM will tell you what. On a miss, you’re caught vulnerable, half in and half out.

Feint – When you attempt to sucker an intelligent foe in combat, Roll+CHA. ✴10+ pick 2. ✴7-9 pick 1 but you take the sucker’s damage.

– The mark slips and staggers

– You press the mark into an ally’s waiting attack

– An ally takes +1 forward against the mark

Bluff – When you attempt to convince a GM’s character of something plausible, Roll+CHA. ✴10+, they believe you. Their belief counts as leverage. ✴7-9, they believe you though your lie is flimsy. Their belief counts as leverage for the time being. Choose 1:

Once they have time to think about it, they’ll see holes in your story.

If someone else hears the story, they’ll start asking question.

Advanced Moves

When you gain a level from 2–5, choose from these moves.

Alter Ego – With a week of intense introspection and practice, you can craft a personal alter ego that has its own look, clothing, and mannerisms. With a few seconds of concentration you can change to or from an alter ego. You may only have one crafted alter ego at a time. When you first take this move, describe the alter ego you just finished crafting. 

Nondetection – Attempts to magically divine your location, thoughts, or alignment return no information.

Cold Read – When you briefly converse with someone, you may ask the character’s player one of the following questions:

– What here has caught your attention?

– Who here do you most want to interact with?

– Who here do you most want to avoid?

– What one word best describes a secret you are carrying?

Slippery Mind – When you are the target of an enchantment of the mind, you may choose to immediately dispel it without effect.

Noble Mien When you use an Alter Ego that has authority over your mark, take +1 ongoing to Bluff them.

Savage Cunning You can use Bluff and Feint on any creature with animal intellect or higher.

Partner in Crime When someone Aids your Bluff by acting like the shill or straight man, take +2 instead of +1.

Play Possum When you are successfully attacked, you can Feint to convince your attacker they have felled you. If you do, they turn their back on and ignore you. Of course no one goes for this more than once.

Multiclass Dabbler – Get one move from another class. Treat your level as one lower for choosing the move.

Confounding Feint – Add the following to your Feint options.

– The mark stands there and drools helplessly for a few seconds

When you gain a level from 6–10, choose from these moves or the level 2–5 moves.

Cheat Death – Your skills as a liar are legendary, and even Death itself can be fooled. When you would roll for your Last Breath, roll Bluff instead. Your days are numbered, because Death will figure you out sooner or later, but you may just manage to stay alive long enough to figure something else out.

Inceptive Bluff – when you bluff on a 12+ they strongly believe and will convince others of this belief.

Multiple Egos Requires: Alter Ego – You may craft a second alter ego. You may only have two alter egos.

Probe Thoughts: Replaces: Cold Read – As Read Thoughts, but you may ask 2 questions instead of one.

Falsify Detection Replaces: Nondetection – When someone attempts to magically divine your location, thoughts, or alignment, you may choose the answer they receive.

Misdirecting Mind Requires: Slippery Mind – When you are target of an enchantment of the mind, you may choose someone, other than the caster to instead be affected by the enchantment.

Hide in Plain Sight – So long as you remain quiet and mostly still, mundane creatures will overlook you.

Barbed Feint – When you feint on a 12+ you may also deal your damage.

Multiclass Master – Get one move from another class. Treat your level as one lower for choosing the move.

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