DM_Keddah - Kingmaker (Inactive)

Game Master Keddah

DEFENSE

AC 16 (+4 Shield, +1 Dex, +1 Dodge), touch 11, flatfooted 14
HP 7
Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +2 (+2 vs Fey magics)

OFFENSE

Melee Quarterstaff +0 (1d6)
Ranged (touch) Ray +1
SQ Tanglevine Disarm, trip or steal at +5 CMB

STATISTICS

Str 10, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 18
BAB +0 CMB +0 CMD 10
Traits: Focused Mind, Noble Born (Medvyed)
Feats *Eschew Materials, Nimble Moves, Dodge
Skills Knowledge (Arcana) +5, Knowledge (Nature) +5, Knowledge (Nobility) +5, Spellcraft +5
Languages Known Common, Sylvan

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Bloodline Arcana: Whenever you cast a spell with a range of personal, your skin toughens, granting you a natural armor bonus equal to the spell’s level for 1d4 rounds. This bonus does not stack with any other natural armor bonuses you might have.

Bloodline Powers:

Tanglevine (Sp): At 1st level, as a standard action, you can create a 15 foot long, animated vine that springs from your hand. This vine lasts for 1 round and can be used to make a single disarm, steal, or trip combat maneuver, using your sorcerer level plus your charisma modifier in place of your normal CMB. You can use this power a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier.

SPELLS KNOWN

(caster level 1st, concentration +7, melee touch +0, range touch +1)

1st (4/day) Ray of Sickening (DC 15), Shield
0 (unlimited) Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Message, Ray of Frost, Read Magic

Tityanna is a diminutive, svelt scion of Brevoy's House Medvyed. She speaks softly, and rarely, choosing to savor her words rather than bandy with them as most nobles will.

Childhood was difficult for Tityanna. Her cousins were each hale and strong individuals who succeeded in light ranging without seeming to apply much effort to the martial arts, while Tityanna struggled with the draw on a child's bow, and had no sense of direction save for the obvious passing of the sun. Reliant upon themselves for survival, House Medvyed consistently produced the most capable rangers in all of Brevoy, but before the age of ten, despite giving all of her effort to learn, it became clear that Tityanna was not fit to follow in this tradition.

Tityanna's sole source of comfort in these times was her mother, Leila. Leila and her father had never married, and the man was rarely seen much less active in her life. What little influence Layla maintained as a scion was used to provide Tityanna with capable tutors who examined her and found that she had every ability to serve her House, but in a much different capacity than her cousins. Rather Tityanna's will, which had been bound and frustrated by her inability to serve in the traditional occupation of House Medvyed, would come to express itself in the innate ability to manipulate the reality of nature. In fact, it was said, she would come to be an extremely valuable asset to the family with proper training.

And so it was that for the first few years of her adolescence, Tityanna was instructed in topics in topics including the laws of magic, and the fundamental laws of nature, but also in the structure of the Brevoyan court. Tityanna found the structure of her studies made up for a lack of such in her home life, with her father being all but a haunted look on her mother's face when she asked after his identity.

When Tityanna came of age, her father and grandmother visited Leila's modest home and gifted Tityanna with a chest full of fine dresses, jewelry, and almost as though added as recourse at the last moment, histories of the wood which she had been raised in. While Tityanna's father stood at an aggressive attention, avoiding acknowledging Leila in the least, the elder woman informed Tityanna that a place had been secured for her at court. She was to represent the interests of the House beside her father and his wife Ilyena, and be introduced as their daughter.

Tityanna knew better than to refuse the request of senior members of her house, and so it was with a heavy heart that she quitted her childhood home and attended court beside her step-mother as her lady maid. She quickly found the pagentry and politics a bore, and even more so the wandering eyes of the young pages and scions of other houses who pretended at martial ability to impress. Tityanna was introduced at balls, and spent many hours uncomfortably bouncing atop far too grand mares on mockeries of hunts chasing after the pretty scions as a matter of duty, retiring late in the evening to pen a journal of her outings to her mother, which they passed between them at regular intervals so that they might continue to share their lives. Gradually, Tityanna became aware of her parents intent to marry her to such a useless fop, as her beauty and arcane ability created an attractive draw for any house save her very own, at least so far as she was able to secure a political alliance with another through marriage.

It was all that Tityanna could take. She confronted her father, and calmly and rationally explained to him that it was her sense of duty to her house and him for giving her life that she had endured the idle chatter of the court, but she would not stand to be played for a fool in this manner. She had heard of the charter to settle the Stolen Lands and insisted that if she could not serve her house in an official capacity by bringing them honor in hunts or ranging, then she would spread their influence into a new land, and make them stronger. Having no decided interest in either outcome, her father agreed, and allowed Tityanna to sign herself to the charter.

Tityanna's primary motivation to be in the Stolen Lands, pursuing the charter is to prove her worth to her family. As an arcanist among rangers and outriders, her homelife was somewhat difficult. Although she made frequent study of the wood, and accompanied her brothers and cousins on rangings for the experience, her lack of physical presence is something that could not readily be accounted for by the host.

Rather than simply be married off to increase some pull in politics, Tityanna chose to come to the Stolen Lands to carve her own way in life.

While she has not trained diplomacy, I can see Tityanna assuming the roles of either Councilor or Diplomat, if those have not already been filled or looked to by the party yet. If they have, a third option would be magister. She has an extremely lawful personality, where she will defer to the party leader, but it is in her interests, and everyone's interest to promote order, so that all can achieve their ends in a structured and secure way.

AC: 16
Touch: 11
Flat-Footed: 15
hp 10
Fort: 4
Reflex: 1
Will: 6
Armor: Scale Mail

Melee: Great Sword + 4 (2d6+6/19-20/x2)
Domain: Destruction

Str: 18
Dex: 12
Con: 12
Int: 10
Wis: 15
Cha: 9

Appearance:
Age: 26
Height: 6' 2”
Weight : 180
Skin Color: Pale
Hair: Shoulder Length Brown Hair.
Eye Color: Blue
Body Type: lean

Ormr trained with his father for years before his mother finally asked him to join the church of Iomedae. Ormr having heard all his life the teachings of Iomedae did not feel that she was a right fit as a god for himself. He thought carefully for many months on the matter before he had a dream of a being in armor that fought like the heroes of old he had always wished to be like. When he awoke he asked his mother about the dream she told him the figure in the dream must have been Gorum the Lord of Iron. Feeling this might be the answer to his thoughts on which god to follow Ormr leaves his home to find out more.

After traveling for a few months Ormr finds a temple of Gorum and begins to learn the ways of Gorum. How to never back down from a fight, to always push forward towards the enemy, to never attack a weak or weaponless foe. Ormr finally felt that this is the god he must follow. He stayed at the temple for years learning how to call upon the powers of Gorum. Many of the clerics however did not feel that he was meant to be part of their order and trained him in others ways. This training greatly helped him as a warrior and the spells he received from Gorum also benefited him as well.

This went on until Ormr felt that he needed to prove himself as the others did. So he went traveling hoping to find worthy foes to face. While traveling he heard of the plan to take back the stolen lands. Feeling that this might be his chance he went to try to become one of the members of the group.

As a child he was frequently abused by the other children, who knew he was adopted and called him changeling and freak. His mother, fearing that the boy would only hurt himself, scolded him whenever he tried to face the children, so he grew up shy and introverted. Only his forays with his father brought joy to the kid; although he couldn't properly hunt, the woodsman would tell stories about the boy's "father", a proud and brave swordsman, who fought to defend ladies' honor and the lives of the smallfolk. Alexei would spend days wielding sticks and fighting imaginary enemies, hoping to some day become a duelist so deft, strong and courageous as to be accepted in the ranks of the Aldori.

Nevertheless, the boy lived a fairly simple life: he served tables at the local tavern, and never got his hands on a real sword. That is, until the night of the assault.

The neighboord boys had grown into men, and they kept pushing Alexei around. They made a habit of ambushing the young man as he left the tavern, and they would rob his tips and humiliate him. When asked by one of his regular customers about the cuts and bruises, he confided to her. For some reason, late night in the tavern, he opened his heart to the woman, a mature half-elven by the name of Jamandi Aldori. All his pent-up anger, his frustration at not being able to fight back suddenly emerged, and the woman offered him a few words of wisdom and courage. That night, when the gang ambushed Alexei, he refuse offering them his money. There were seven of them, and they were armed. It was as if a spirit possessed the young man, for he closed his eyes, assumed the stance of a true Aldori swordlord, and managed to beat the robbers with a wooden stick.

Afterwards, he said goodbye to his parents and joined the city guard. What lack of skill he possessed was overcame by his drive to learn and some sort of wisdom too ancient for the young man to rightfully possess. He feels the great heroes of the past acting through him, as if to return the Aldori to their former glory. Their assistance manifests itself as uncanny swordsmanship for his young years and subtle magic, capable of closing wounds and lending supernatural power to his already powerful voice.

Alexei managed to climb quickly the steps of the city guard, his gifts and leadership easing his way, but he feels shackled, doomed to spend his life chasing down petty robbers and thieves. He is searching for a way to prove himself to the swordlords, and perhaps, to his unknown Aldori parent.

He is joyful and outgoing, enjoying the camaderie of traded words over a campfire and offering supporting words to raise spirits. His impulsiveness and eagerness to prove himself are his weak spots.

He has a personal code of honor, which includes bits and pieces of Gorum, Cayden Cailean and Erastil's dogmas. He believes in fighting to protect one's home and family, showing bravery in the face of danger and enjoying peace fully while it lasts. By following that code and preaching its strenghts, he worships these deities, and he believes they allow him to contact the spirits of warriors in the past.

I believe he could serve well as a good General, High Priest or even Ruler.

14 str
12 dex
12 con
12 int
12 wis
17 cha with the human +2

int: +7

Bab:1
+3 melee+2 ranged

cmb: 3
cmd: 14/13 FL

AC: 16 with Scalemail armor
Weapon: Longsword +4 t hit dmg- 1d8+2 19-20 S
Smite evil 1/day

Traits:
Birthmark
Sword Scion
Natural Born Leader

Feats:
Improved Initiative
Noble Scion of war

Skills trained:
+7 diplomacy
+5 heal
+7 know Nobility
+5 know reli
+5 sense motive

Saves:
+3 Fort
+1 reflex
+3 will

Grandabbleberry or "Dabble" as most people call him comes arrived in Restov 3 years ago. He was originally from Korvosa, or maybe Magnimar, possibly Absalom, or was it Oparra. Each person asked gets a different story, and they all seem just as true as the last.

He spends his days selling his jewelry in the market. None of it is particularly valuable, made from various beads and stones, but it is remarkably beautiful. He seems to have an unlimited supply as everyday there are new baubles to be had.

The main we he has gained most of his more elaborate bobbles is theft, or borrowing as he would call it. Dabble loves to sneak into the masnions of the wealthy and take inconsequential knickknacks which he turns into jewelry. He feels that since the people he "borrows" from can replace anything missing with ease, he has done nothing wrong. He has taken money and valuable loot from nobles he's met that are particularly nasty, but he always donates those items to orphanages and such.

Lately, a wealthy merchant's wife has been coming back to his table on a daily basis. On her sixth visit, she brought her husband along, and pointed out one of his more costly pieces. "See Danno, that looks like my missing ring." The merchant dismissed it as flight of fancy, apologized and left. That night, Dabble left the bauble on her doorstep, packed up his belongings and headed south. It was time for a new adventure anyway.

Appearance
Dabble stands just over 3' tall, and always has a delighted smile on his face, even in the midst of battle. His hair sticks out in every direction, and mostly a deep scarlet, but has highlights of dark purple thorughout, that matches his brilliant purple eyes. His skin appears tan from a distance, but up close you see ribbons of red, blue, and purple throughout.

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He grew-up in Silverhall, where he was treated fairly, albeit without any love – the branch of the family to which he was assigned had no time to coddle the bastard son of a distant relative. However, they did not stint in his education, and he was raised alongside the other scions of the house; although not naturally inclined to book-learning, he was instilled with the importance of recognising conflicts that one could not win, whether in business, politics or war, and how to avoid them.

Geoffrey became adept at spotting weaknesses, and how to exploit them, and discovered that he had a knack for noticing things that others generally missed, and was adept at passing unnoticed. In time, he gravitated towards assisting with some of the family’s more clandestine activities.

It was after one such task went wildly wrong, and an innocent bystander was badly hurt (It was supposed to be a simple task of sabotage, embarrassing a rival, no more; after all, generally, you would expect that people would move out of the way of an out-of-control cart of beer barrels, wouldn’t you?), that Geoffrey decided he needed to ‘spread his wings’ and find a new stomping ground.

The current push to re-settle the so-called 'Stolen Lands' seemed like a perfect opportunity to give him some distance from his 'problem', and to even, maybe, prove that despite his shameful beginnings, he is worthy of the noble blood that flows in his veins...

By the time Edmond was a teenager, the school had become a success. Although the boy displayed natural talent for the blade,and though his father had hoped his son would live as a swordsman, Edmond originally pursued a life as an engineer working for the city of Restov. He had always had a calculating mind, and displayed an aptitude for mathematical equations associated with his first career. He married the daughter of an Accomplished engineer on his 18th birthday and was taken under his father-in-law's wing. Life was good for the young man, and was as such for nearly half a decade.

Tragedy struck when Edmond and his wife Ava were in the Stolen Lands. The couple were staying in a small encampment while Edmond helped oversee the construction of a nearby bridge. The job was the largest he had been involved with, and Ava had recently discovered she was pregnant. Life was moving along smoothly for the ambitious couple. It wouldn't last however.

A group of bandits who made their living ambushing travelers further down the river feared the bridge would threaten their livelihood, took action, and burnt the bridge, and raided the encampment under the cover of night. Against his wife's protests, Edmond picked up his Aldori Dueling sword and rushed to fight back. Overwhelmed, brash, and overconfident, Edmond took a blow to the head from a club and was knocked unconscious early in the fight. The hired muscle of the camp were able to finally repel the attackers, but not before numerous lives were lost, and the bridge was damaged beyond repair. Edmond awoke to the smell of charred wood and the news that the life he had known had quickly been dismantled by this bandit attack. Ava, and his unborn child, had been murdered in cold blood, as she tried to pull his unconscious body to cover. So it goes.

In the weeks and months following the incident, Edmond fell into a deep depression. He felt ultimately responsible for the death of his family, had he not been so weak, he could have saved them, he told himself. His father invited the now 25 year old back to his Dueling School, and although Edmond took months to escape his self pity, eventually he accepted the offer, and began his martial training.

Edmond has displayed an unparallelled devotion to the Aldori Dueling blade in the last three years and has quickly became his father's star pupil. His father was asked to send his best student to the ball in Restov where several groups will be brought before being sent to tame the wild Stolen Lands, and Edmond was the obvious choice.

spoiler=Rune]I like the character. I have a couple of questions Does he believe his powers come from the several gods he follows or has he a different opinion on their origins?. And a question not about the character, could you please explain what happened in the past with Raventhorn? Was there a problem between you two or was it with a different player? And if it was between you both, do you think you two could play in the same game? Thanks for the interest!

do you intend to take the Aldori Swordlord archetype?

That's the plan, I think it looks really cool and fits the build/concept.

What are his reasons to want to join the quest to tame the Stolen Lands?

Kind of took some liberties and I'm saying that his father's dueling school is of some moderate prestige in Restov, and as Edmond is his father's legacy, and also his current star pupil( and I hope that's not too much of a stretch of the imagination, given he's a 1st level fighter and not even an optimized one, heh), Edmond is sent forth as the best his family has to offer. Besides that, Edmond has a few of his own motivations. I gave him the sword scion trait, and as such, he hopes to live and emulate the Sword Lords he grew up hearing so much about. He sees himself as the next in line of great Swordlords to unite Brevoy, and plans to make his Name in the Stolen lands. Also, his last excursion into the Stolen Lands resulted in the death of his family, and although he does his best to avoid feeling vengeful, Edmond has an undeniable score to settle with the more bloodthirsty cut throats that hide away in the Stolen Lands.

However, I could probably spin him as being Neutral Good - someone who acted for the Good of the Family, as they attempted to navigate the byzantine web of Politics, without paying too much attention to the technical letter of the law.

That said, does Geoffrey know of his ascendency? And if so, how would he feel if it came back to him?
Geoffrey knows that he comes from a Noble Family in a distant nation called 'Cheliax', but is hazy upon the details beyond that. Given that he is determined to prove the worth of the Noble blood that runs in his veins, achieving some sort of legitimate title would certainly appeal to him :-)

Oh, and by the way, the half-elven bonus feat must be a Skill Focus feat.
I had taken EWP, because I had taken the half-elf alternate race feature 'ancestral arms' from the APG (which replaces skill focus with an EWP or MWP of your choice). However, I am perfectly happy to take skill focus instead :-)

Thanks for the interest!
No trouble at all. Let me know if you have any more feedback :-)

The other two traits I have selected are focused mind for a +2 to concentration checks, and Resilient for a +1 bonus to Fortitude saving throws to reflect her youth in the wood.

Tityanna would become a ruler if that is what the group decides is her best use, and if they will accept her leadership. I prefer to let roleplay dictate her function. If another leader type presents him or herself through play, and the group would feel more comfortable with that character being the leader, so be it. I do not assume because my character has great charisma she will automatically be the ruler.

Finally, yes, I can separate player knowledge and character knowledge quite effectively.

However, I am happy to swap it out for skill focus (Perception) (thematically, that would probably make more sense).

EDIT: The most recent version is apparently no longer able to be used with Weapon Finesse, so I will definitely switch over to skill focus :-/

Will expand background in a few mins. But about Rune his player and mine didnt argue was more with the other players.

I was uncomfortable with the loot system they proposed. They wanted the person to buy the loot from the party. so that everyone would end up with equal gold silver copper. This was uncomfortable with m e because in "real" life this could never happen. Now i was playing a wizard I would never get the amount of loot that a sword wielder would have and if I did I would have to give all my gold and always be in debt. Just was wierd and un realistic system. Was more like I was back playing WOW and not playing Pathfinder Roleplay. sorry if that helps or not.

also with all the sword scions I dont want to seem like another jump on the boat kind of player so I can switch to a noble house if needed or pioneer or even rostlander all three make sense.

Also is the emphyreal knight arch type ok for you?

Pharasma is a True Neutral goddess, which is a fair way from LG. You could still be a Paladin of an 'ideal', but Golarion as written by Paizo doesn't have a Paladin Order of Pharasma.

Opinions may vary, but just felt it was useful to point it out. If Keddah doesn't have an issue with it then it's probably all fine.

If you do allow a Paladin of Pharasma, then Empyreal Knight isn't a good fit. They are concerned with Celestials (Archons and Angels), whereas the outsiders attached to Pharasma are Psychopomps (first detailed in Carrion Crown).

Not trying to be difficult or negative, but just offering an opinion :)

I am fully aware that summoners can be a pain in the butt as far as PbP play goes, so I would be willing to work with you to ensure that everything operates smoothly. Full statted profiles for any summons would be readily accessible in my profile page, and I would seek to handle their actions lumped in on my initiative so things don't slow down.

I'd also tend to only summon single creatures at a time - so the map wouldn't get cluttered up with lots and lots of additional foes.

Only reason he isn't mentioned above is that he's a minor god. There won't be many temples devoted to him, but he's perfectly valid as a choice

Also a reason for being at the ball could be is a simple representation of the church. To just show the churches support in the city as well as the charter. His teacher could also have tasked him with signing on to the charter in attempts to bring their God, into the light to draw more attention and converts. sound good?

He doesn't have loyalty to anyone in particualr right now, and seems outwardly to be only self-interested. He has no malice towards any group, but feels the wealthy should share more with the less well to do, hence his borrowing of their trinkets and donations he makes on their behalves. Once he makes friends with his compatriots, he will have loyalty to the group, but will still hold his own needs higher.