Leonardo Da Vinci in the Forgotten Realms
I enjoyed the first season of Da Vinci's Demons, and I'm inspired (or perhaps just a fleeting curiosity) to model a character after that shows fictitious representation of the legendary artist.
What would he be?
My first thought is a highly intelligent bard, who perhaps follows the wisdom of Oghma, the God of Knowledge. He is quite the trickster but perhaps not the pilfering type. He is ambidextrous and very good with a sword, able to fight multiple foes at once, so with all of that in mind, a Blade is probably the best choice. He has several nicknames on the show, like "Meistro" and "Artista". So those might be cool names for the character. His weapon of choice is the rapier so I'll go with the scimitar group. In the show he uses his wits and brilliant inventions to solve problems and stay two steps ahead of his advisories. His past is largely unknown and he is haunted by visions, sound familiar?
I would give him maximum INT, DEX, and CHA with an above average STR and CON and an average WIS.
Alignment....that's a tough one. chaotic neautral, or CG...or TN...or NG...
There are other builds that are very intriguing as well. Swashbuckler turned mage...Illusionist...F/M..M/T.
What would he be?
My first thought is a highly intelligent bard, who perhaps follows the wisdom of Oghma, the God of Knowledge. He is quite the trickster but perhaps not the pilfering type. He is ambidextrous and very good with a sword, able to fight multiple foes at once, so with all of that in mind, a Blade is probably the best choice. He has several nicknames on the show, like "Meistro" and "Artista". So those might be cool names for the character. His weapon of choice is the rapier so I'll go with the scimitar group. In the show he uses his wits and brilliant inventions to solve problems and stay two steps ahead of his advisories. His past is largely unknown and he is haunted by visions, sound familiar?
I would give him maximum INT, DEX, and CHA with an above average STR and CON and an average WIS.
Alignment....that's a tough one. chaotic neautral, or CG...or TN...or NG...
There are other builds that are very intriguing as well. Swashbuckler turned mage...Illusionist...F/M..M/T.
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He's an artist and a scientist/engineer, and didn't care much about religion, so I would have him as a Mage Thief (why thief? Come on, we all know he had secret connections, so a bit of subterfuge would help a lot.)
Leonardo was definitely an 18, or maybe even 19 Intelligence. His historical echo is still resoundly resonating in our EuroAmerican culture.
I don't know enough biographical history about him to posit a guess as to his Charisma, but I seriously doubt that a Charisma-based spellcasting class like sorcerer, druid, bard, or favored soul fits him.
I'm sure he had a very high Wisdom score, but that any deity-based divine class also does not fit him, unless maybe it would be Oghma.
Bard doesn't work though, because the bard character class is supposed to be, role-playing wise, a ne'r do well, "unemployed poet and musician", like Alan-a-Dale from Robin Hood, or "the Narrator" of epic tales, such as Homer, Shakespeare, or Plato (who gave us stories of Socrates to promote his philosophy.)
Rebellion against an organization perceived as "evil" does not necessarily constitute a "chaotic" alignment, though you could make an argument that it does move the rebelling individual to neutral good at best, if that individual has an ordered mind, but uses it to make a moral decision to rebel against an unjust hierarchy.
He's a gnome rogue (thief)/illusionist/gnome artificer.
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Caravaggio, Michelangelo...
Seeing as how I just rolled a 95 CN beserker, I'm going in my own direction.