From a young age, Kallista Aerin had always felt constrained by the limitations of her own body. As a young girl, her parents discovered that she had a talent for alchemy, and quickly found a tutor for her, to ensure that their daughters interests were fully supported. Kallista progressed quickly under her teachers guidance, but, still relatively young, lacked an awareness of the dangers of over-reaching beyond your own abilities, especially when dealing with Alchemy. During her own time, Kallista created a serum of her own design, designed to heighten her physical abilities, while retaining her developed mental skills. The idea had been borrowed from reading about the children of the forest, people that could change shape seemingly at will, but sadly, the mutagen failed to work properly. Kallista discovered that in terms of activating her physical abilities, the mutagen was a complete success, however Kallista began suffering side effects. The most troublesome side effect, was a quiet whisper at the back of her mind, whispering dark promises.
Kallistra had now found herself in a difficult situation. One the one hand, she knew that drinking her mutagen transformed her into something…other. She knew she was not her usual, intelligent, well-reasoned self, yet at the same time, the feeling of such power was…intoxicating. Kallistra struggled to resist the urges to return to her mutagenic form, worrying that she would become addicted to the power it offers, as well as being aware that she was not herself in her mutagenic form, that she was in some way a lesser being, yet, she couldn’t quite bring herself to stop taking her mutagen, because if truth be told, she liked to fight, loved the feeling of unlocking powers she would never usually have, loved the pure feeling of free power.
Torn between the two ideals, Kallistra decided to take the middle ground, researching a cure for lycanthropy, in the hope that she could potentially discover a link between turning into a werewolf, and changing form after consuming a mutagen, Kallistra remains unsure if she will have the strength to actually apply this research to her own mutagen even if she was successful, but for now it serves as a distraction to occupy her. In her spare time, she researches healing potions and remedy’s , striving above all to be fundamentally good, so that if all else failed, and she lost her willpower to resist, at least she might be remembered as the person she was, rather than the person she might become.
At long last, striving to search for the privacy she sought to test her knew serums, Kallistra journeyed to the Stolen Lands, seeking at the very least, a private lab, at the very most, greater access to the ingredients she needs to discover a link between her mutagenic form, and herself.
And all the while, the voice whispers…
The Crunch:
Kallista Aerin
Female Human Alchemist (Beastmorph) 3
NG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +2; Senses Perception +5
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Defense
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AC 14, touch 10, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor)
hp 36 (3d8+12)
Fort +5, Ref +3, Will +3
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Ranged bomb +3 (2d6+2 Fire)
Special Attacks bomb 5/day (2d6+2 fire, DC 13)
Alchemist (Beastmorph) Spells Prepared (CL 3rd; concentration +5):
1st—enlarge person (2, DC 13), shield, true strike
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Statistics
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Str 20, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 15, Wis 8, Cha 8
Base Atk +2; CMB +7; CMD 17
Feats Brew Potion, Iron Will, Power Attack, Throw Anything, Toughness
Traits indomitable faith, reactionary
Skills Craft (alchemy) +10 (+13 to create alchemical items), Disable Device +4, Fly +4, Knowledge (arcana) +8, Knowledge (nature) +8, Perception +5, Spellcraft +8; Racial Modifiers alchemy
Languages Common
SQ beastform mutagen, discoveries (feral mutagen), mutagen, poison use, fast poisoning
Combat Gear mutagen (feral), potion of barkskin +2, potion of mage armor, potion of magic fang; Other Gear chain shirt, alchemist's lab, alchemy crafting kit, backpack, 273 gp
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Special Abilities
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Alchemy +3 (Su) +3 to Craft (Alchemy) to create alchemical items, can Id potions by touch.
Beastform Mutagen Mutagen gives beastial features but grants one alter self ability.
Bomb 2d6+2 (5/day) (DC 13) (Su) Thrown Splash Weapon deals 2d6+2 fire damage.
Feral Mutagen (Su) Mutagens grant claw and bite attacks, and a bonus to intimidate.
Mutagen (DC 13) (Su) Mutagen adds +4 to a physical & -2 to a mental attribute, and +2 nat. armor for 30 min.
Poison Use You do not risk poisoning yourself accidentally while poisoning a weapon.
Poisoning (Standard Action) (Ex) Normal: Apply poison to a weapon as a standard action.
Power Attack -1/+2 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Throw Anything Proficient with improvised ranged weapons. +1 to hit with thrown splash weapons.
Appearance and Personality:
Kallista is a brown haired, brown eyed human female, with fairly tanned skin. Her well muscled arms hint that she spends a large amount of exercise working on her upper body strength, but Kallista herself does little to openly promote this assumption, preferring to dress in simple clothes with long sleeves, appearing to try and hide her strength. Kallista is fairly intelligent, and especially driven in regards to her research, which she can spend long hours working on, however this tends to translate into a small amount of social awkwardness, due to spending the majority of her time alone, and thus lacking confidence in social situations. In addition, close observation appears that Kallista appears to be slightly...distracted during conversation with others, almost as if she is focussing on something else...
