LUMBERJACK CLASS FOR C&C by Brian Miller

miller6 · Post by **miller6** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:56 am

Lumberjack

A new class by Brian Miller

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay (Michael Python, Lumberjack)

I sleep all night and I work all day. (Monty Palin, Lumberjack)

Lumberjacks are found in ancient forests where titanic trees stand within rolling distance of a steep slope which provides quick access to a river with a medium to strong current. As fighters, they specialize in swinging, juggling or lobbing hatchets and axes, sawing or cleaving wooden objects in half in a single blow, balancing on rolling objects such as tree trunks or barrels, climbing trees, eating great quantities of food and drinking tremendous quantities of ale. Some utilize their lumberjack abilities competitively while others view the profession as a means to earn a living spending virtually all of their daylight hours in the great outdoors. Lumberjacks fill an essential niche in society by providing nearby towns with enough lumber to construct buildings, ships, wagons, siege and smaller weapons and even walls while keeping the stoves lit and the fireplaces aglow. Unlike most fighter types, lumberjacks consider the use of swords to be childs play regardless of their size or weight. They are skilled at chopping through doors in a single blow and can just as easily make quick work of all but the strongest enemies.

Lumberjacks have knowledge of all common forms of trees and woodland animals, and are known for hunting larger beasts to provide an ample supply of meat for the tables of their lumberjack lodge. Low level Lumberjacks begin their career as apprentices in small to large-scale logging operations until they save up enough money to purchase a plot of forested land so they can cut their own swath through the woods. Higher level Lumberjacks eventually construct and preside over their own lumberjack lodge. They can be any race, but the most common are humans, half-orcs, half-ogres and dwarves. Halflings and gnomes are simply too small to effectively wield large axes and to elves Lumberjacking is considered the rape of nature.

Prime Attribute: strength

Alignment: any except lawful

Hit Dice: d12

Weapons: hatchet (d6 damage), axe (d8 damage), great axe (d12 damage), Throwing circular sawblade (d4 damage), metal mallet (d6 damage), and maul (d20 damage).

Armor: Leather or Fur

Abilities: Specialization, climbing, log rolling, forest lore, eating, drinking, cleave.

LVL HD BtH EPP

1 d12 +0 0

2 d12 +1 2501

3 d12 +2 5001

4 d12 +3 10,001

5 d12 +4 20,001

6 d12 +5 40,001

7 d12 +6 80,001

8 d12 +7 160,001

9 d12 +8 320,001

10 d12 +9 500,001

11 +4 HP +10 750,001

12 +4 HP +11 1,000,001

1 3 +4 HP +12 1,250,001

1 4 +4 HP +1 3 1,500,001

15 +4 HP +1 4 1,750,001

16 +4 HP +15 2,000,001

17 +4 HP +16 2,250,001

18 +4 HP +17 2,500,001

19 +4 HP +18 2,750,001

20 +4 HP +19 3,000,001

Lumberjacks gain a specialization in a type of axe, mallet or maul, gaining +2 to hit and damage in that weapon and can cut through a wooden door in 1 round or any other source of wood at a rate of 1 ft. per round.

Lumberjacks can climb trees as a rogue of equal level climbs walls and can balance on and roll any round object using their feet by making a dexterity check at -1 per 10 ft. of movement attempted.

Lumberjacks can consume twice the normal amount of food or beverage with no ill effect other than passing gas.

At 5th level, Lumberjacks gain forest lore and can identify any type of enchanted or normal tree on sight or normal woodland or enchanted animal by sound or footprint though they have no skill at tracking them down. They can also construct a log cabin.

At 7th level, Lumberjacks can consume four times the normal amount of food or beverage with no ill effect other than passing gas.

At 10th level, Lumberjacks can cleave a target, causing double damage on a successful hit with their claws (as a bear) or their weapon of specialization.

At 10th level, Lumberjacks can construct a lumberjack lodge and log slide and attract followers to assist in their logging operation.

1-10% 1d10 Fighters

11-20% 1d6 Thieves

21-30% 1d4 Humanoids

31-90% 1d4 Lumberjacks (Roll 1d6, 1=Humanoid, 2-3=Human, 4-5=Dwarf, 6=other demi-human)

91-100% 1 Special

(Roll 1d4, 1-2=Druid, 3-4=Ranger)

At 12th level Lumberjacks can summon a pet bear, but can never retain more than one at a time.

At 15th level Lumberjacks can turn into a bear 3 times per day for 1 round per level each time.

Here's the link to the pdf with the character class
http://24.159.235.164:8000/miller6%20we ... cation.pdf

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moriarty777 · Post by **moriarty777** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:34 am

You know... I saw this very early this morning... and I *still* have that blasted song in my head now!!!

Once a Monty Python fan... always a Monty Python fan.

Thanks for sharing!

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pineappleleader · Post by **pineappleleader** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:22 am

"At 15th level Lumberjacks can turn into a bear 3 times per day for 1 round per level each time." - Actually, this is only a legend. It has to do with how they act on the morning after a big blow-out party.

Is this a Canadian Lumberjack or an Oregon Lumberjack?
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pineappleleader · Post by **pineappleleader** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:49 am

"At 15th level Lumberjacks can turn into a bear 3 times per day for 1 round per level each time." - Actually, this is only a legend. It has to do with how they act on the morning after a big blow-out party.

Is this a Canadian Lumberjack or an Oregon Lumberjack?
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miller6 · Post by **miller6** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:13 am

pineappleleader wrote:
"At 15th level Lumberjacks can turn into a bear 3 times per day for 1 round per level each time." - Actually, this is only a legend. It has to do with how they act on the morning after a big blow-out party.

Is this a Canadian Lumberjack or an Oregon Lumberjack?

Well, the one I ran last night was a dwarven Scot'ish baastad.
Get out off muh waaay! I've gut wood to hew!

Had a blast!

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miller6 · Post by **miller6** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:19 am

[quote="pineappleleader"]
"At 15th level Lumberjacks can turn into a bear 3 times per day for 1 round per level each time." - Actually, this is only a legend. It has to do with how they act on the morning after a big blow-out party.

Without a doubt. ...but bears in flannel, hiking boots and a tuke.
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cuchulainkevin · Post by **cuchulainkevin** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:29 am

Sounds like he's ok...

the kind of guy that would work all night and sleep all day...
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miller6 · Post by **miller6** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:44 am

cuchulainkevin wrote:
Sounds like he's ok...

the kind of guy that would work all night and sleep all day...

Did I get that backwards?

I blame the dead parrot.
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:43 pm

*drops a 16-ton weight on the thread and Brian Miller, for being part of the silliness, whilst wearing a red Inquisition outfit...*

Right! That's enough of that!

Nelzie · Post by **Nelzie** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:04 pm

pineappleleader wrote:
"At 15th level Lumberjacks can turn into a bear 3 times per day for 1 round per level each time." - Actually, this is only a legend. It has to do with how they act on the morning after a big blow-out party.

Is this a Canadian Lumberjack or an Oregon Lumberjack?

Sounds a bit like a Michigan Lumberjack.
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irda ranger · Post by **irda ranger** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:55 pm

serleran wrote:
*drops a 16-ton weight on the thread and Brian Miller, for being part of the silliness, whilst wearing a red Inquisition outfit...*

Right! That's enough of that!

And now for something, completely different.
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Julian Grimm · Post by **Julian Grimm** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:57 pm

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Lurker · Post by **Lurker** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:11 pm

Just like his dear Ma ma.....
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miller6 · Post by **miller6** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:55 am

Right. then...I've got 3 lumberjack PCs logging in my campaign. Anyone else roll one up? And if so, how did it go?

"I would chop down 'at tree as you like were it not fer the woods which is bloocking muh way."

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miller6 · Post by **miller6** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:58 am

Nelzie wrote:
Sounds a bit like a Michigan Lumberjack.

You mean there's a difference between yupers and canadians?

It's all the same in my neck of the woods. LOL.
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