Any one have any experience playing a commoner in pathfinder? I am looking to play one in an upcoming game...

Any one have any experience playing a commoner in pathfinder? I am looking to play one in an upcoming game. Any advice or ideas?

Why are you wanting to play a commoner?

I wanna play a farmer/merchant but not min max it

Yeah. It sucks. NPC classes are for NPCs

Have you asked the GM what the upcoming game will focus on, and the kind of characters he wants?

Memes probably.

>not min max it
Define your definition of min/max so we're all on common ground. Lots of people have different definition of what this actually means, and to what extent it goes to.

You can't do that with a different class, like a rogue, ranger, monk, etc? You might end up detrimental to the rest of the party/game, OP.

Pretty much I wanna see how long I can keep a peasant alive and what things I can do with them. Like taking a yugo on the highway for kicks and giggles.

I was thinking originally about playing a bard and amassing wealth via diplomatic trade shenanigans but in all honesty I just wanted to meme.

Stop trying to be the specialist snowflake and play a useful character who won't piss off the rest of the players.

I feel like my play group will get a kick out of it. I have a real backup character planned but I just wanted to have fun.

Just go for it if you think so then.

I'd ask everybody first just to make sure.

Clear it with everyone first. It might seem funny and you might think your friends are cool with it, but double check. Believe me, nothing's worse than gearing up for an epic campaign only to find out someone decided to be a gigantic useless burden on the group. And make no mistake, you WILL be useless to the group beyond being the pack mule or torchbearer.

>but in all honesty I just wanted to meme.
At least you're honest.
I had a guy come to me to review a character idea he had. Essentially, a buffed-up wizard's familiar (rat) where the wizard had been Baleful Polymorphed into a rat as well. Immediate two questions were 1) Are you doing this to subvert the familiar mechanic and 2) Are you trying to find a way to play an animal without taking the usual Awakened (red flag) approach?
The guy worked some inconsistent answers (mental gymnastics warning sign) out for me, after trying to avoid the questions, and I refused the character.

Farmers can work fine however, for fluff and crunch, as no one raises an eyebrow over you carrying a scythe or pitchfork around. Combine with Rogue (3.5 Ravenloft PHB does state Rogues can be merely a sharp townsfolk, talk with your GM) for ez and socially acceptable sneak attacks.

Run away while you still can.

> Wanting to be a commoner
> Special snowflake

RPGs are weird when you think about it.

You can play a peasant without having "peasant" be your character class. Make some class that Pathfinder already discriminates against but not to the same obnoxious degree as NPC classes, like a Fighter or Monk.

Merchants are nobles by default. Commoner is specifically an unskilled laborer. Nevertheless, I hope OP has a wizard or some other tier 1/2 class to offset the ability deficit. I mean, it's not that much worse than playing a Samurai or Fighter in the grand scheme of things.

>Merchants are nobles by default
Bullshit. Most merchants would be commoners or experts.

Not really, that's pretty standard for entertainment media. Nobody wants to hear about ordinary people doing ordinary things. Even history books gloss them over to get to the interesting bits.

Not him, but hold up. Are we talking what a merchant is in general, or in Pathfinder specifically? Just so we're all on the same page.

I'd assume PF based on the OP, but you know how assumptions go.

Yeah, I don't know why people would want to play a martial either.

Oh silly frogposters.

You're average merchant is not a rich man who owns multiple shops in the affluent capitol and rules his mini trade empire from his villa estate right outside the palace. He's basically a vagabond who lives out of his covered wagon and constantly trades spices for textiles for iron for spices most of his life till he can retire before he strokes out at 45.