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About Thorjo of the Burning Death

Favored Class: Magus
Initiative: 5 = 1 (Dex) + 4 (feat)

DEFENSE
AC: 15 = 10 + 4 (armor) + 1 (Dex), touch 11, flat-footed 14
HP: 10 = 1d8 + 2 (Con)

Fort: 4 = 2 (Mag1) + 2 (Con)
Ref: 1 = 0 (Mag1) + 1 (Dex)
Will: 4 = 2 (Mag1) + 2 (Wis)

CMD: 16 = 10 + 0 (BAB) + 5 (Str) + 1 (Dex)
Concentration: 3 = 1 (Mag1) + 2 (Int) + 2 (trait)

OFFENSE
Speed: 30
BAB: 0 (-2 to all ranged)
CMB: 5 = 0 (BAB) + 5 (Str)

Flail: +5 1d8+5 (x2)
Short sword: +5 1d6+5 (19-20/x2)

SPELLS
Spells prepared per day: 0: 3, 1st: 1+1

ABILITIES
Darkvision
Ferocity
Alternate Racial Trait: Dayrunner (instead of light sensitivity)
Arcane Pool (INT + 1/2 Arcanist level)
Spells/Cantrips
Spell combat

TRAITS
Arcane Temper, Elemental Pupil (fire)

SKILLS
Knowledge (arcana) 6 = 1 + 2 (Int) + 3
Knowledge (dungeoneering) 6 = 1 + 2 (Int) + 3
Perception 3 = 1 + 2
Profession (soldier) 6 = 1 + 2 (Wis) + 3
Ride 5 =1 + 1 (Dex) + 3
Spellcraft 6 = 1 + 2 (Int) + 3

Languages: Orc, Common, Dwarven, Undercommon

FEATS
Improved Initiative

EQUIPMENT
Weapons and armor: flail, short sword, chain shirt
General: Backpack (common), Bedroll, Blanket, Candle (x10), Horn (signal), Pouch (belt), Pouch (spell components), Rations (orc trail, x5), Rope (hemp, 50 ft.), Sack, Tindertwig (x5), Torch (x10), Waterskin
Magic items: Alchemist's fire
Wealth: gp 33, sp 3
XP: 333

BACKGROUND
Growing up in an orcish village, Thorjo was raised to fight. He was taught that when fighting, an orc never holds back, and his goal should be the utter destruction of his enemy. As he pondered this philosophy while sitting around the communal bonfire each night, he realized that bludgeoning a being until they were dead was only the first step in utterly destroying them. As he watched the flames in front of him turn anything they fed off of into ash, Thorjo realized that he must also wield fire to truly become the best warrior he could be.

Taking flint and steel to corpses on the battlefield was time consuming and earned his strange looks from other orcs. Torches broke more often than not when you hit someone with them. Alchemist's fire was too expensive to use after every battle. Thorjo continued his search for the means of sublime destruction.

His answer appeared one day when his raiding party captured some humans heading towards Sembia. Thorjo saw one of these men defend himself with arcane magic, and after a few days' trial it became apparent that this weakling would make a poor slave. Before they could toss the man into the cook pots, Thorjo claimed the slave as his own. He gave up one year of his share of raid loot to claim the man. The other orcs, used to Thorjo's eccentricities by now, acquiesced.

Thorjo asked the man if he could produce fire with his magic. The man, terribly afraid for his life, raised a shaky hand and produced a small spark of flame. Thorjo promised the man's release if he would teach him fire magic. The lessons began immediately. Thorjo was a quick student over the next few years. Being a warrior at heart, Thorjo couldn't help but incorporate his new skills into combat. He grew to appreciate the destructive capabilities of the other elements, but his favorite was always fire.

When Thorjo felt that he could learn all that he could from the man (who's name he never bothered to learn), he marched him a day's journey from his village, gave him a waterskin and a day's worth of rations, and released him. Now, Thorjo spends equal time honing his combat skills and pondering his new magical skills and how to enhance them.

Description:
Thorjo has long black hair, gray skin, and black eyes. He tries to stand tall despite an orc's penchant for hunching forward. He doesn't laugh much, but occasionally he smiles when he sets things on fire.