Santa Claus PF2 Build - Rise of the Guardians

 Happy Holidays Everyone!

I rewatched Rise of the Guardians for Christmas morning and was inspired to revisit I did back in the playtest days. Below I made a build inspired by Nicholas St. North aka Santa from Rise of the Guardians movie and some reach into the books. If you like a better look at the sheet or use the build you can get that here (<-hyperlink). How would you build Nicholas St. North in PF2 or another system?

Here I used Ranger to Get two weapon fighting and focused on picking up Crafting feats to make toys and other magic items. I loaded him out with min gear and no real exploration on what he could build but plenty of left over gold for someone to explore that. Fighting style wise he a Two weapon combat!

Nicholas St. North

Male human ranger 6 (Advanced Player's Guide)

Medium, Human, Humanoid

Heritage skilled human

Background bandit

Perception +10

Languages Common, Elven, Fey, Gnomish, Jotun

Skills Acrobatics +11, Arcana +13, Athletics +12, Crafting +13, Diplomacy +10, Forest Lore +11, Intimidation +10, Nature +8, Society +11, Stealth +13, Survival +8, Thievery +11

Str +4, Dex +3, Con +1, Int +3, Wis +0, Cha +2

Items +1 hide armor, +1 striking longsword, +1 striking shortsword, artisan's toolkit, basic crafter's book, cold-weather clothing, doubling rings, purse (131 gp, 6 sp)

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AC 24; Fort +11; Ref +13; Will +10

HP 74

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Speed 25 feet

Melee [1] +1 striking longsword +15 (versatile P, magical), Damage 2d8+4 S

Melee [1] +1 striking shortsword +15 (magical, versatile S, agile, finesse), Damage 2d6+4 P

Focus Spells 1 Focus Point, DC 18; 3rd Gravity Weapon

Ancestry Feats General Training

Class Feats Initiate Warden, Quick Draw, Twin Parry, Twin Takedown

Skill Feats Alchemical Crafting, Arcane Sense, Crafter's Appraisal[APG], Group Coercion, Magical Crafting, Seasoned[APG], Trick Magic Item

Other Abilities hunt prey, hunter's edge, trackless journey

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LEGO Seasonal Santa 40206 Set Review for MF0

The Set

I picked this up from Barnes and Noble but I believe I also saw it at TRU. According to the box there is also an elf shop set but I have not seen it.

Season Frame?

Can you build some sort of creation right away? 

Yes, I made this not bad frame and most likely could of pushed out a station along with easy Cover. +5

Parts 1

Parts 2

Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.

$9.99 / 155 = $0.06 per piece going under ratio for +5 points!

Parts 3

Parts 4

If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? 

Several useful frame parts but not really in the SNOT range though. +5 points.

Parts 5

Parts 6

Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? 

Sort of an even mix bag of a set so will go with a 0 points score on this question.

The Set

For Fun, Santa meets Abstract Horror Santa

Total: So all together we get an A set which is cool though mostly red but also kind of a fun set to have around your house but most will probably just want the parts to build frames which is what this is all about.

LEGO Creator Jolly Santa 30478 Set Review for MF0

The Bag

I picked this one up at Target sitting randomly on the end cap; laying on the shelf. I have a feeling this might be a fee be back left out early or maybe it should be hanging in the Xmas section?

The Clause

Can you build some sort of creation right away?

I got this red and white frame which I am actually really proud of; +5 points to the review and a point for me!!

Parts 1

Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.

I believe this set was $3.99

$3.99 / 74 = $0.05 per piece! Amazingly under ratio for +5 points!

Parts 2

If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? 

This is an easy yes for +5 points!

The Set - Abstract Santa Nightmare Fuel...

Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?

Lots of small plates here but they can surprisingly useful in the right builds, specially for IO...+5 points.

Total: This makes an A+ in some basic common colors but that can still be quite useful!