Rise of the Runelords AE

Game Master Vuvu

"Who am I?"

"A question with many answers and none. I'm a daughter of Pharasma, in whose arms lies life and death. I'm the daughter of Leo Leonardi, carpenter and coffin-maker. I'm the child of my mother Tina, grandmother Valeria, and many more beyond memory, all priestesses of Pharamsa. At my birth, when the rites were invoked, my fate was told by the She Who Speaks for the Dead. Though magic would fill my life, I would not walk with the gods in it; I was doomed to mortal magic only. My older sister Tina would continue the line of priestesses. The High-Priestess and my parents were content enough, I could be a mystic singer for the dirges at the funerals. I grew up with the temple the center of my life. But as time went on it became clear that the arts of performing escaped me, the temple bards said I could learn magic but not feel it. My family was not wealthy but managed to get a wizard to take me as an student to see if I could learn that art. Perhaps I could but the fates of others found mine, destroyed mine, and build mine anew."

"My Lady is not an exclusive god, any may invoke her gifts, faithful or faithless. One day came, like any other, where Grams, and mother, and my sister were midwifing in the poor districts of Magnimar. Just past sixteen years, they brought me along to assist, my mundane skill in healing having progressed enough. Coming back toward the temple late, before reaching a safer district, we were accosted by those so desperate or cruel as to attack healers. We fought, but they caught us unprepared and cut us down. After seizing loot they fled into the night. I was hurt but not so bad. Grams was really dead, obvious when I saw her ghost standing over the bodies of her child and grandchildren. 'Grams,' I cried, 'It's wrong for you to be here, move on the Boneyard, Our Lady is waiting.' She said, 'Hush child, your mother and sister are not yet dead, save them.' I worked with my weak skill on them but with the supplies gone I could do nothing. 'I can't do it, Grams, they're gone.' Grams looked solemn, more than ever before, 'There is a way, we will need to sacrifice-everything, the path of your fate will change forever.' I trembled from the fear for my family, myself, but said, 'I swear, by the Lady of Graves, to make whatever sacrifice is needed,' At that a raven landed, on my mother's shoulder, and I saw Grams ghost enter in. 'Ar-wark, bond with me, child, I will teach you what you need to know.' I did as asked and the knowledge of healing entered into me. With it I woke my mother and sister. There was no saving Grams from her sacrifice for now, if my life was to be lived at fated. My small spell book was taken by the brigands but I no longer needed it. Grams was my spellbook now."

"I'm sent to this hinterland at Foxglove's manor, to study under another with this fate. The healer of a remote place. The only culture, if you could call it that, is in some dusty sea-town called Sandpoint. I've been here five years now. I'm so bored, some-days I think I'm losing my mind. I'm glad there are a few interesting people in the town but I rarely meet them. Can't wait for the festival."

"What am I?"

"You thought me an adept or priestess of Pharasma did you not? No, that can never be. Not my fate. I'm a witch. That's the sacrifice, you see. No talent for the arts, no communing direct with the gods for me, but I needed the power to heal. Wizards can't do that, see. That left one answer and Our Lady of Graves gave it to me."

Why-?

"You ask a why? I ask, why bother? Do you want to hear true lies, or a sorrowful truth? You ask again why? Why is my life this way? But the real question you want is why is your life the way it. Ask a Goldfinger, he'll tell you that you haven't enough gold, ask a Hunter of the Father of Forest, he'll tell you that love of kin, community and the gods is the answer, they are all right and all fools. Don't bother asking. I don't give straight answers? Do you want the lies of the Harrowers that tell of the good but leave out the bad? Life isn't simple, stop asking. My you're persistent, You want simple, simple this. The purpose of life is to live it. That's it. Now go, fool and leave another donation for your foolishness."

To herself, "Who am I? I don't know, time to find out."

@MiniGM - work in progress
No equipment. Much tweaking to do.

Name: Oria
Race: Human (Chelaxian)
Player: Veshly
Classes: Witch2
Hit Points: 14
Experience: 2000 / 5000
Alignment: Neutral
Vision:
Speed: Walk 30 ft.
Languages: Aquan, Celestial, Common, Varisian
Deity: Pharasma

Stat Score Mod
STR 10 (+0)
DEX 14 (+2)
CON 14 (+2)
INT 16 (+3)
WIS 14 (+2)
CHA 10 (+0)

-------------------------- Skills --------------------------
Skill Total Rnk Stat Msc
Acrobatics 2 0.0 2 0
Appraise 6 0.0 3 3
Bluff 0 0.0 0 0
Climb 0 0.0 0 0
Craft (Alchemy) 12 2.0 3 7
Craft (Untrained) 3 0.0 3 0
Diplomacy 0 0.0 0 0
Disguise 0 0.0 0 0
Escape Artist 2 0.0 2 0
Fly 2 0.0 2 0
Heal 7 2.0 2 3
Intimidate 0 0.0 0 0
Knowledge (Arcana) 8 2.0 3 3
Knowledge (History) 8 2.0 3 3
Knowledge (Nature) 8 2.0 3 3
Knowledge (Religion) 9 2.0 3 4
Perception 4 0.0 2 2
Perform (Untrained) 0 0.0 0 0
Ride 2 0.0 2 0
Sense Motive 4 0.0 2 2
Spellcraft 8 2.0 3 3
Stealth 2 0.0 2 0
Survival 2 0.0 2 0
Swim 4 0.0 0 4

-------------------------- Feats ---------------------------
Extra Hex (2x)
Alertness (From familiar)
You get a +2 bonus on Perception and Sense Motive skill checks. If you have 10 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +4 for that skill.

Brew Potion(From Hex)
-------------------- Special Abilities ---------------------

------------------------- Traits ---------------------------
Child of the Temple (Knowledge (Religion)) [Paizo Publishing LLC -Advanced Player's Guide,
p.328]
You have long served at a temple in a city, and not only did you pick up on many of the nobility's customs, you spent much time in the temple libraries studying your faith. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Knowledge (Nobility) and Knowledge (Religion) checks, and Knowledge (Religion) is always a class skill for you.

Focused Mind [Paizo Publishing LLC -Advanced Player's Guide,
p.329]
Your childhood was either dominated by lessons of some sort (be they musical or academic) or by a horrible home life that encouraged your ability to block out distractions to focus on the immediate task at hand. You gain a +2 trait bonus on concentration checks.

Student of Faith: While you have personally dedicated your life to a single deity, you study all religions and mortal faiths. Upon hearing that the town of Sandpoint recently completed a cathedral dedicated to the six deities most popular in
the area, you had to see the place for yourself, and have arrived in time for the consecration of this holy edifice. Because of your strong faith and broad range of study,you cast all cure spells at +1 caster level, and whenever you channel energy, you gain a +1 trait bonus to the save DC of your channeled energy.

Special Qualities
Familiar - Grams - A Raven.

Witch's Familiar [Paizo Publishing LLC -Advanced Player's Guide,
p.67]
You form a close bond with a familiar, a creature that teaches you magic and helps to guide you along your path. Your familiar also aids you by granting you skill bonuses, additional spells, and help with some types of magic. These special abilities apply only when you and your familiar are within 1 mile of each other. The familiar stores all the spells that you know.

-------------------------- Combat --------------------------
Total / Touch / Flat Footed
AC: 12 / 12 / 10
Initiative: +2
BAB: +1
Melee tohit: +1
Ranged tohit: +3
Fortitude: +2
Reflex: +2
Will: +5
Unarmed attack:
to hit: +1
damage: 1d3
critical: 20/x2
Concentration check: +5
--------------------- Special Abilities --------------------

Hexes

Cauldron (Ex) [Paizo Publishing LLC -Advanced Player's Guide,
p.66]
The witch receives Brew Potion as a bonus feat and a +4 insight bonus on Craft(alchemy) skill checks.

Flight (Su) [Paizo Publishing LLC -Advanced Player's Guide,
p.66]
The witch grow lighter as you gain power, eventually gaining the ability to fly. The witch can use feather fall at will and gain a +4 racial bonus on Swim checks.

Healing (Su) [Paizo Publishing LLC -Advanced Player's Guide,
p.66]
The witch may heal with a touch, this acts as a cure light wounds spell, using the witch's caster level.

Slumber (Su) [Paizo Publishing LLC -Advanced Player's Guide,
p.66]
If the creature fails a will save, it falls into a deep, magical sleep for 2 rounds. This hex can affect a creature of any HD

------------------------- Equipment ------------------------
Name QTY LBS
Total weight carried:
Current load: Light
Encumbrance
Light: 33
Medium: 66
Heavy: 100
--------------------------- Magic --------------------------

Innate Spells
Feather Fall (Transmutation, AirSchool) - At Will per day
Saves: Will negates (harmless) or Will negates (object);
DC: 10
Casting: 1 immediate action
Duration: Until landing or 1 rounds
Range: Close (25 ft.)
Components: V
SR: Yes (object)
Effect: The affected creatures or objects fall slowly.
Target: 1 Medium or smaller freefalling objects or creatures, no two of which may be more than 20 ft. apart

Spells Known
All witch cantrips.

❏❏❏❏❏Cure Light Wounds
DC: 14, Will half (harmless); see text 1 standard action Instantaneous Touch V, S CRB: p.263
School: Conjuration (Healing) SR: Yes (harmless); see text Target: Creature touched Caster Level:2 Concentration:+7
Effect: When laying your hand upon a living creature, you channel positive energy that cures 1d8+2 points of damage.
❏❏❏❏❏Diagnose Disease
1 standard action Instantaneous Close (30 ft.) V, S UM: p.216
School: Divination SR: No Target: One creature, one object, or a 5-ft. cube Caster Level:2 Concentration:+7
Effect: Detect and identify diseases.
❏❏❏❏❏Mount
1 round 4 hours [D] Close (30 ft.) V, S, M CRB: p.315
School: Conjuration (Summoning) SR: No Target: One mount Caster Level:2 Concentration:+7
Effect: You summon a light horse or a pony [your choice] to serve you as a mount.
❏❏❏❏❏Remove Fear
DC: 14, Will negates (harmless) 1 standard action 10 minutes; see text Close (30 ft.) V, S CRB: p.332
School: Abjuration SR: Yes (harmless) Target: 1 creatures, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart Caster Level:2 Concentration:+7
Effect: You instill courage in the subject, granting it a +4 morale bonus against fear effects for 10 minutes.
❏❏❏❏❏Remove Sickness
DC: 14, Fortitude negates (harmless) 1 standard action 20 minutes; see text Close (30 ft.) V, S UM: p.234
School: Conjuration (Healing) SR: Yes (harmless) Target: One creature Caster Level:2 Concentration:+7
Effect: Suppress disease, nausea, and the sickened condition.
❏❏❏❏❏Sleep
DC: 14, Will negates 1 round 2 minutes Medium (120 ft.) V, S, M CRB: p.344
School: Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting] SR: Yes Target: One or more living creatures within a 10-ft.-radius burst Caster Level:2 Concentration:+7
Effect: A sleep spell causes a magical slumber to come upon 4 HD of creatures.
❏❏❏❏❏Unseen Servant
1 standard action 2 hours Close (30 ft.) V, S, M CRB: p.364
School: Conjuration (Creation) SR: No Target: One invisible, mindless, shapeless servant Caster Level:2 Concentration:+7
Effect: An unseen servant is an invisible, mindless, shapeless force that performs simple tasks at your command

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Level 0
Light (Evocation) - 1 per day
Message (Transmutation, AirSchool) - 1 per day
Stabilize (Conjuration) - 1 per day

Level 1
Cure Light Wounds (Conjuration) - 1 per day
Sleep (Enchantment) - 1 per day

------------------------ Description -----------------------
Height: 5' 1" Weight: 100 lbs. Gender: Female
Eyes: Very Dark Brown, Black Hair: Black,Long Skin: Fair
Dominant Hand: Right Quirks: ,
Speech style: Quotable:
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