Wrath of the Righteous for Paladins (Inactive)

Game Master trawets71

Name: Torfinna Juve
Race: Human (Ulfen)
Class: Paladin (Holy Tactician) 1
Sex: Female
Alignment: Lawful Good
Religion: Torag
Initiative +2
Perception +1

=Defense=

AC 10 + 2 Dex +5 Armor = 17
TAC 12
FF 15
HP 10 + 1 Con = 11
Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2
Special Defenses: Child of the Crusades (1 per day)

=Offense=

Melee
Bardiche +3 (1d10 +3 S,19-20 x2, brace, reach)
Dagger +3 (1d4 +2 S or P, 19-20 x2)
Warhammer +3 (1d8 +2(3) B, x3)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.

Ranged
Dagger +3 (1d4 +2 S or P, 19-20 x2, Range 10 ft.)
Longbow +3 (1d8 P, x3, Range 100 ft.)

=Statistics=

STR 14 (+2)
DEX 14 (+2)
CON 12 (+1)
INT 14 (+2)
WIS 10 (+0)
CHA 13 +2 R= 15 (+2)
BAB +1 CMB +3 CMD 15
Move 20 feet

=Powers=

Aura of Good (Level 1)
Child of the Crusades (1 per day)
Combat Reflexes (3 AOO)
Detect Evil (At Will)
Power Attack (-1 to hit, +2 damage)
Weal’s Champion (1 per day)

=Feats=

Combat Reflexes Human Bonus Feat
Power Attack Level One

=Traits=

Child of the Crusades (Campaign; Mythic [Marshal]): Your parents were members of the crusades. The righteousness of the crusades sometimes feels as if it runs in your very blood, and it bolsters you against demonic influence.
Benefit: Once per day when you fail a saving throw against an effect created by a demon that would possess or incapacitate you mentally, you may immediately reroll that saving throw as a free action. You must take the second result, even if it is worse.

Defensive Strategist (Religion [Torag]): Your study of dwarven history has trained you in defensive strategy.
Benefit: You aren’t flat-footed during a surprise round that you don’t get to act in or before you get to act at the start of a battle.

=Skills=

2 Class +2 Int +1 FCB + 1 Race + 2 Background = 8 ranks
Acrobatics +2 Dex -5 ACP= -3
Appraise +2 Int = +2
Bluff +2 Cha = +2
Climb +2 Str -5 ACP = -3
*Craft +2 Int = +2
*Diplomacy +2 Cha +3 Class +1 Rank = +6
Disable Device +2 Int = NA
Disguise +2 Cha = +2
Escape Artist +2 Dex -5 ACP = -3
Fly +2 Dex -5 ACP = -3
*Handle Animal +2 Cha = NA
*Heal +0 Wis = +0
Intimidate +2 Cha = +2
Knowledge (Arcana) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Engineering) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Geography) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (History) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Local) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Nature) +2 Int = NA
*Knowledge (Nobility) +2 Int +3 Class +1 Rank = +6
Knowledge (Planes) +2 Int +1 Rank = +3
*Knowledge (Religion) +2 Int +3 Class +1 Rank = +6
Linguistics +2 Int = NA
Perception +0 Wis +1 Rank = +1
Perform +0 Cha = +0
*Profession (Soldier) +0 Wis +3 Class +1 Rank = +4
*Ride +2 Dex -5 ACP = -3
*Sense Motive +0 Wis +3 Rank +1 Class = +4
Sleight of Hand +2 Dex -5 ACP = NA
*Spellcraft +2 Int +3 Class +1 Rank = +6
Stealth +2 Dex -5 ACP = -3
Survival +0 Wis = +0
Swim +2 Str -5 ACP = -3
Use Magic Device +2 Cha = NA

=Languages=

Abyssal, Common, Dwarven

=Racial Traits=

Bonus Feat: Humans select one extra feat at 1st level.
Skilled: Humans gain an additional skill rank at first level and one additional rank whenever they gain a level.

=Holy Tactician Class Features=

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Paladins are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor (heavy, medium, and light), and with shields (except tower shields).

Aura of Good (Ex): The power of a paladin’s aura of good (see the detect good spell) is equal to her paladin level.

Detect Evil (Sp): At will, a paladin can use detect evil, as the spell. A paladin can, as a move action, concentrate on a single item or individual within 60 feet and determine if it is evil, learning the strength of its aura as if having studied it for 3 rounds. While focusing on one individual or object, the paladin does not detect evil in any other object or individual within range.

Weal’s Champion (Su): Once per day as swift action, a holy tactician can call on the powers of good to aid her against evil. Against evil targets, the holy tactician gains her Charisma bonus (if any) on her attack rolls against evil creatures, and if she hits, she adds 1/2 her paladin level on her weapon damage rolls as well. These bonuses last for 1 round for every two paladin levels the holy tactician has attained (minimum 1 round). In addition, for 1 round after the holy tactician successfully strikes an evil creature, all non-evil allies within 30 feet of her gain a competence bonus on attack rolls equal to 1/2 her Charisma bonus against that creature as well as a +1 competence bonus on damage rolls. The bonus on damage rolls increases by +1 for every five levels the holy tactician attains (to a maximum of +5 at 20th level). She can grant this bonus against more than one creature at a time. To gain this benefit, the holy tactician’s allies must be able to see or hear her, and she must be conscious.
At 4th level, and every three levels thereafter, the holy tactician may use weal’s champion one additional time per day (to a maximum of seven times per day at 19th level).
This ability replaces smite evil.

=Equipment=

Enc: 96 lbs. Light Load 0-58, Medium Load 59-116, Heavy 117-175
Armor: Chain mail (+6 AC, Max Dex +2, ACP -5, 40 lbs. 150 gp)
Weapons: Bardiche (13 gp, 14 lbs), Dagger (2 gp, 1 lbs.), Longbow (75 gp, 3 lbs.) w/ 20 arrows (1 gp, 3 lbs.), Warhammer (12 gp, 5 lbs.)
Other Gear: Paladin’s Kit, (11 gp, 30 lbs.) This kit includes a backpack, a bedroll, a belt pouch, a cheap holy text, a flint and steel, an iron pot, a mess kit, rope, soap, torches (10), trail rations (5 days), a waterskin, and a wooden holy symbol.

Treasure: 36 gp

Jirak Regillus can date back his history to a rather unusual group of crusaders: Rahadoum.

His ancestors were one of the many sects of Azir who sought to overthrow the godless nation, albeit in less violent terms. As followers of the God of humanity, they hoped to unite the nation under the guise of Aroden. With that said, they had away been fond of the inheritor Iomedae. Thus, the transition to the Inheritor was easier for his great grandparents than most with Aroden's death.

His great-grandparents thought their work would be to grerator use taking up the crusade against the demon horde, and they were one of the first to leave Azir on route to Mendev. There, they have been a part of every crusade since. Many of his ancestors have lost their lives to the cause, but losing their lives for the hope of a better future for the region was worth it for him.

Jirak is a fourth generation crusader who has a rather unusual way of fighting. While most members of his family are familiar with the longsword, Jirak prefers to hone his physical body for close-range combat. Rergardlss, he is seen as noble as any Iomedaean with a surprising sense of humor. All he hopes is that he can bring an end to the crusade once and for all. For him, fixing at least one consequence of the Age of Lost Omens could bring hope for a better tomorrow...

Torfinna Juve hails from the Lands of the Linnorm Kings. Her grandfather, Heral Juve, Paladin of Torag, set forth with a band of Ulfen and Dwarven crusaders to assist when the Church of Iomedae launched The Third Mendevian Crusade. Although Heral was able to find some glory in combating the Demonic Horde he returned from the Crusade a much more cyinical, critical man, having witnessed the armies of good spend so much of their efforts infighting and witch hunting rather than advancing any real progress against the forces of the Worldwound. This didn’t stop him from giving his blessing to his son, Jarelle, and daughter-in-law Naomi when they set to answer the call of the Fourth Crusade. The couple left their young daughter in his care, and when Naomi returned more than a decade later, alone and weary, the reunion was bitter-sweet.

While her parents were gone, Heral raised Torfinna with the martial training that he and other former crusaders, both human and dwarven, could provide. They taught her the fundamentals of combat, strategy and tactics, and sought to make sure she knew of the mistakes they had witnessed in the Third Crusade so that she could avoid them. When Naomi returned she helped with the teaching and provided what insight she had learned from participating in the grueling experience that was the Fourth Crusade. Torfinna has taken these lessons to heart, and knowing the toll the Worldwound has taken on her family, she has set out to be part of the next generation to try to end its threat.

While not as physically imposing as other crusaders, Torfinna is a presence on the battlefield, able to share her lifetime of tactical training with those willing to listen. She seeks to unite the forces of good, keeping the threat of the demonic host in front of them central in her calculations. She is determined to avoid the mistakes of mistrusting allies that hamstrung the efforts of her grandfather’s generation, and seek a more bold, inspired route than the one that her parents slogged their way through. She has now arrived at Kenabres to take stock of the situation before joining the crusaders there in their fight.

Name: Torfinna Juve
Race: Human (Ulfen)
Class: Paladin (Holy Tactician) 1
Sex: Female
Alignment: Lawful Good
Religion: Torag
Initiative +2
Perception +1

=Defense=

AC 10 + 2 Dex +6 Armor = 18
TAC 12
FF 16
HP 10 + 1 Con = 11
Fort +3 Ref +2 Will +2
Special Defenses: Child of the Crusades (1 per day)

=Offense=

Melee
Bardiche +3 (1d10 +3 S,19-20 x2, brace, reach)
Dagger +3 (1d4 +2 S or P, 19-20 x2)
Warhammer +3 (1d8 +2(3) B, x3)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.

Ranged
Dagger +3 (1d4 +2 S or P, 19-20 x2, Range 10 ft.)
Longbow +3 (1d8 P, x3, Range 100 ft.)

=Statistics=

STR 14 (+2)
DEX 14 (+2)
CON 12 (+1)
INT 14 (+2)
WIS 10 (+0)
CHA 13 +2 R= 15 (+2)
BAB +1 CMB +3 CMD 15
Move 20 feet

=Powers=

Aura of Good (Level 1)
Child of the Crusades (1 per day)
Combat Reflexes (3 AOO)
Detect Evil (At Will)
Power Attack (-1 to hit, +2 damage)
Weal’s Champion (1 per day)

=Feats=

Combat Reflexes Human Bonus Feat
Power Attack Level One

=Traits=

Child of the Crusades (Campaign; Mythic [Marshal]): Your parents were members of the crusades. The righteousness of the crusades sometimes feels as if it runs in your very blood, and it bolsters you against demonic influence.
Benefit: Once per day when you fail a saving throw against an effect created by a demon that would possess or incapacitate you mentally, you may immediately reroll that saving throw as a free action. You must take the second result, even if it is worse.

Defensive Strategist (Religion [Torag]): Your study of dwarven history has trained you in defensive strategy.
Benefit: You aren’t flat-footed during a surprise round that you don’t get to act in or before you get to act at the start of a battle.

=Skills=

2 Class +2 Int + 1 Race +1 FCB + 2 Background = 8 ranks
Acrobatics +2 Dex -5 ACP= -3
Appraise +2 Int = +2
Bluff +2 Cha = +2
Climb +2 Str -5 ACP = -3
*Craft +2 Int = +2
*Diplomacy +2 Cha +3 Class +1 Rank = +6
Disable Device +2 Int = NA
Disguise +2 Cha = +2
Escape Artist +2 Dex -5 ACP = -3
Fly +2 Dex -5 ACP = -3
*Handle Animal +2 Cha = NA
*Heal +0 Wis = +0
Intimidate +2 Cha = +2
Knowledge (Arcana) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Engineering) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Geography) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (History) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Local) +2 Int = NA
Knowledge (Nature) +2 Int = NA
*Knowledge (Nobility) +2 Int +3 Class +1 Rank = +6
Knowledge (Planes) +2 Int +1 Rank = +3
*Knowledge (Religion) +2 Int +3 Class +1 Rank = +6
Linguistics +2 Int = NA
Perception +0 Wis +1 Rank = +1
Perform +0 Cha = +0
*Profession (Soldier) +0 Wis +3 Class +1 Rank = +4
*Ride +2 Dex -5 ACP = -3
*Sense Motive +0 Wis +3 Rank +1 Class = +4
Sleight of Hand +2 Dex -5 ACP = NA
*Spellcraft +2 Int +3 Class + 1 Rank = +6
Stealth +2 Dex -5 ACP = -3
Survival +0 Wis = +0
Swim +2 Str -5 ACP = -3
Use Magic Device +2 Cha = NA

=Languages=

Abyssal, Common, Dwarven

=Racial Traits=

Bonus Feat: Humans select one extra feat at 1st level.
Skilled: Humans gain an additional skill rank at first level and one additional rank whenever they gain a level.

=Holy Tactician Class Features=

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Paladins are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor (heavy, medium, and light), and with shields (except tower shields).

Aura of Good (Ex): The power of a paladin’s aura of good (see the detect good spell) is equal to her paladin level.

Detect Evil (Sp): At will, a paladin can use detect evil, as the spell. A paladin can, as a move action, concentrate on a single item or individual within 60 feet and determine if it is evil, learning the strength of its aura as if having studied it for 3 rounds. While focusing on one individual or object, the paladin does not detect evil in any other object or individual within range.

Weal’s Champion (Su): Once per day as swift action, a holy tactician can call on the powers of good to aid her against evil. Against evil targets, the holy tactician gains her Charisma bonus (if any) on her attack rolls against evil creatures, and if she hits, she adds 1/2 her paladin level on her weapon damage rolls as well. These bonuses last for 1 round for every two paladin levels the holy tactician has attained (minimum 1 round). In addition, for 1 round after the holy tactician successfully strikes an evil creature, all non-evil allies within 30 feet of her gain a competence bonus on attack rolls equal to 1/2 her Charisma bonus against that creature as well as a +1 competence bonus on damage rolls. The bonus on damage rolls increases by +1 for every five levels the holy tactician attains (to a maximum of +5 at 20th level). She can grant this bonus against more than one creature at a time. To gain this benefit, the holy tactician’s allies must be able to see or hear her, and she must be conscious.
At 4th level, and every three levels thereafter, the holy tactician may use weal’s champion one additional time per day (to a maximum of seven times per day at 19th level).
This ability replaces smite evil.

=Equipment=

Enc: 96 lbs. Light Load 0-58, Medium Load 59-116, Heavy 117-175
Armor: Chain mail (+6 AC, Max Dex +2, ACP -5, 40 lbs. 150 gp)
Weapons: Bardiche (13 gp, 14 lbs), Dagger (2 gp, 1 lbs.), Longbow (75 gp, 3 lbs.) w/ 20 arrows (1 gp, 3 lbs.), Warhammer (12 gp, 5 lbs.)
Other Gear: Paladin’s Kit, (11 gp, 30 lbs.) This kit includes a backpack, a bedroll, a belt pouch, a cheap holy text, a flint and steel, an iron pot, a mess kit, rope, soap, torches (10), trail rations (5 days), a waterskin, and a wooden holy symbol.

Treasure: 36 gp

A night in Mendev
Soaked in sweat young Markos sit up in his bed, breathing heavily and trying to shake the bad dream out of his thoughts. But the screams and the smell of Smoke dont seem to go away. Soon he realizes that it was not a dream after all, but the village was under attack by the Abbyssal forces.

He jumps out of bed and cries out for his mother when he is relaizign that he is not alone in the room. A small red devil with claws for his hands is sliding through the window seaching for prey. Markos panically runs for the door, but is to slow. Shortly before he reaches the doorhandle he feels a heavy weight in his back and is slammed forward into the ground. The attacker is sitting on his back and its claws grab for Markos' head trying to twist it off.

Fueled by his fear Markos pushes up and runs backward, crushing the devil into nearby wall, forcing the devil to release his hold shortly, leaving a huge Clawmark on Markos cheek.

Running as fast as he can Markos reaches the door and turns the handle. But when the door opens a huge shape in standing in the doorframe and grabs the boy.
"Nicodemos I found a survivor! Please come he is bleeding heavily."

Aftermath
A small Battalion of crusaders had reached the village and was soon able to scatter the invaders, but Markos PArents where among the Victims.

But Nicodemos had found a liking to the boy and he has travveled with the Crusaders for some time learning the art of Knightly Combat and looking for a way to take revenge for his parents.

Archetype
Knights Disciple (Silver Crane)
Exposed to Awfulness

STR 17 DEX 10 CON 14 INT 10 WIS 11 CHA 15

Weapon Longsword + Heavy Shied
Armor Splint Armour

Skills
Diplomacy
Know religion
Sense Motive
Intimitate

Sarvin is the son of Elena and Hamidi. His young human mother was part of a merchant caravan into Mendev. She was only 15 years old and worked as a maid to a noble woman. His father was a native, who fell madly in love with the young woman. However, this was not mutual and Sarvin's mother being overwhelmed with and much too young for the responsibility left her child with its father and returned home. She was also pressed by her superiors to give up the fiend-spawn child. She would eventually atone and become a nun.
The demon-spawn child was too much for the community and deemed an evil omen. Father and son were exiled. Hamidi loved his child above everything and fearing for their lives fled into the forests, where he was sheltered by strangely benevolent spirits and fey creatures. They helped him feed and caress the newborn until it was strong enough to travel on. Finally, near the Numerian border Hamidi and his son settled down and he made a living as a mercenary. The area was a dangerous place for everyone. The Worldwound was just around the corner and the demons raided and pillaged at will. Sarvin was only five years old, when his father fell to a demon's claw in protection of the settlement. He was taken in at the local orphanage that belonged to a small church of Iomedae. Haji respected his education and the Iomedaean believe, but for now never became a true follower.
Sarvin was a difficult child. The abandonment of his mother and the death of his father made him deeply troubled and angry. He was constantly picking fights with other kids or getting in trouble for running away. It took the local priest, Father Muril, all his efforts to be a guide, teacher and surrogate father.
When he got older, Sarvin was so full of anger that he needed a focus. He started martial training. First on his own, later with the local crusaders. He was still picking fights, but now it was with monsters around the village or with trouble-seeking, drunken soldiers. Almost every night he'd come home with at least a bruised eye that he got in a bar fight. The priest was of course not pleased, but supported Sarvin nevertheless, because this at least kept him in check.
Eventually Sarvin left. His need to do good and his anger for his lost father made him a crusader after all. So he went after them. One-by-one he banished demons or brought their mortal cultists to justice. For the latter, he prefered non-lethal methods. He knew, if he ever stepped over and killed unneccesarrily, he'd be a lost soul. In addition to the physical pain he endured on his crusades, he was tortured by the violence he had to inflict on others. But he could not stop as it was his duty to help the innocent and protect the village that gave him and his father refuge many years ago.
Sarvin feels no fear and never stops. Every night he has nightmares. They come from the struggles he had to live with, the guilt of never being able to save everyone.
One day, a powerful demon lord decided to take revenge and imprisoned him. For months he and his cultists tortured the paladin and made him take part in demonic rituals. Whatever the rituals' purpose may have been, it didn’t work out the way the captors envisioned. Rather than corrupting Sarvin's soul, he absorbed the rituals' energy and made it his own. Sarvin never stopped, never gave up. Pure determination eventually led to his escape barley alive. Ever since, he's been haunted by strange nightmares about the ritual.
After his escape, he somehow managed to reach his home and it took him weeks to recover. The moment he could walk on his own feet, he started his hunt for the cult, who he knew would return for him and his friends. Two weeks later, he returned from an unsuccessful investigation only to find his village burned to the ground, the ashes still warm. Father Muril dies in his arms within the orphanage's ruins.
With his bare hands he burried all 250 villagers before leaving his blighted home and never return. He finally swor to Iomeda and decided to visit Kenabres and officially join...

Sarvin
LG male Tiefling Paladin 1 Archetypes Tortured Crusader
Mythic Path Champion planned
Deity Iomedae
Init +2
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DEFENSE
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AC 19, touch 12, flat-footed 17 (+5 armor, +2 dex, +2 shield)
hp 12 ((1d10)+2)
Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +2
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OFFENSE
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Speed 20 ft.
Melee Longsword +3 (1d6+2/19-20)
Melee Longsword/Shield-bash +1/+1 (1d6+2/19-20 / 1d6+2)
Ranged Longbow +3 (1d8 /x3)
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STATISTICS
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Str 15, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 8
Base Atk +1; CMB +3; CMD 15
Feats Two-Weapon Fighting
Skills Knowledge (Planes) +5, Perception +6, Survival +6, Stealth +8, Use Magic Device +3
Background Skills Lore (Iomedae) +2, Profession (Soldier) +6
Traits Stolen Fury, Shield-Trained
Languages Common, Abyssal
Gear cold-iron Longsword, heavy wooden shield, Longbow, 40 arrows, Scale Mail, 11 gp
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
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Racial
Fiendish Resistance Tieflings have cold resistance 5, electricity resistance 5, and fire resistance 5.
Skilled Tieflings gain a +2 racial bonus on Bluff and Stealth checks.
Light from the Darkness Tieflings who deny the evil of their heritage to go on to become heroes refuse to use the dark magic of their blood, but their struggle grants them uncanny resilience against evil’s touch. As long as they retain a good alignment, they gain the aasimar’s incorruptible alternate racial trait. This racial trait replaces the spell-like ability racial trait.
Incorruptible Occasionally, aasimars arise with the ability to further ward away evil. Aasimars with this racial trait can cast corruption resistance against evil once per day as a spell-like ability. If an aasimar uses this ability on herself, the duration increases to 1 hour per level.
Prehensile Tail Many tieflings have tails, but some have long, flexible tails that can be used to carry items. While they cannot wield weapons with their tails, they can use them to retrieve small, stowed objects carried on their persons as a swift action. This racial trait replaces fiendish sorcery.

Class
Torment A tortured crusader’s great suffering in the face of inevitable horror strengthens her faith and resolve, even as it makes her introverted and far less personable than most paladins. A tortured crusader uses Wisdom instead of Charisma as her key spellcasting ability score (to determine her spell DCs, bonus spells per day, bonus on concentration checks, and so on), and to determine the effects of lay on hands. This ability alters the paladin’s spellcasting, smite evil, and lay on hands.
Eye for Forgeries At will, a knight of coins can concentrate on a single item within 30 feet as a move action. When she does, the knight of coins can detect if it is magical, as per the spell detect magic. The knight of coins cannot concentrate on more than one item in this way at a time. This replaces detect evil.
Self-Sufficient A tortured crusader adds Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (dungeoneering), Knowledge (planes), Perception, Stealth, Survival, and Use Magic Device to her list of class skills, instead of Diplomacy and Handle Animal. She gains a number of skill ranks equal to 4 + her Intelligence modifier at each level, instead of gaining a number of skill ranks equal to 2 + her Intelligence modifier. This ability alters the paladin’s class skills and skill ranks per level.
All Is Darkness Everything around a tortured crusader is so bleak that detecting evil only reminds her that the odds are always against her. A tortured crusader doesn’t gain the detect evil or divine grace class features. At 1st level, a tortured crusader gains the smite evil ability, but she doesn’t add her Charisma bonus to attack rolls or a deflection bonus equal to her Charisma bonus to her AC against the target of her smite. At 2nd level, she adds a +4 bonus to attack rolls and a +4 deflection bonus to AC against the target of her smite. This ability replaces detect evil and divine grace and alters smite evil.

Traits
undecided Magical Knack, Shield-Trained, Purity of Faith, ...
Stolen Fury You were forced to take part in a demonic ritual as a youth after having been captured by cultists. Whatever the ritual’s purpose may have been, it didn’t work out the way your captors envisioned—rather than corrupting your soul, you absorbed the ritual’s energy and made it your own before you escaped to safety. Ever since, you’ve been haunted by strange nightmares about the ritual, and have long felt that the energies it bathed you in have changed you. Recently, those energies have changed— it’s as if you’ve finally managed to come to terms with your past and have turned the ritual’s aftereffects to your advantage, following the old adage of what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. You’ve been unable to learn more about the ritual or what it was for, but the question lingers in the back of your head to this day. This nagging has instilled in you a fury against demonkind. Today, when you face demons in combat, those energies bolster your fury, granting you a +2 trait bonus on all combat maneuver checks against demons. Associated Mythic Path: Champion. Multiple Characters: You and any other PC who takes this trait were all part of the same ritual, and it was only by working together that you managed to escape—further, the support of your fellow ritual survivors has played a key role in your coming to terms with it, and you retain a close bond of friendship (or perhaps a friendly rivalry) to this day.

Ian was born and raised in Kenebra, his parents being crusaders. His father Elek a paladin of Iomedae whose family came to fight the world wound generations ago. At that time the Passeri family were Cheliaxian clergy of Aroden. When Aroden died and the world wound opened, they came to fight the growing evil, eventually becoming worshipers of Iomedae. His mother Valda is a Celestial touched Sorceress who's family hails from Kenabres. His parents met on the battlefield and eventually fell in love. Ian was the second child of five. His older sister Lynnette, himself, his two younger brothers Lyndon and Angus followed by his little sister Jennifer. When their parents weren't in Kenebra the kids stayed with their fathers sister, Naomi.

Ian was always large for his age and physically gifted. He would spend a lot of time flaunting his abilities and picking on his younger brothers and cousins. Though being trained for combat by the different orders of the church of Iomedae, Ian thought he would go south away from the worldwound, where his talents could be appreciated.

All of that changed one fall night late in the month of Lamashan. Ian had snuck out, not only of aunt Naomi's house but out of the city as well, to go to a party with older youths in one of the camps. In the darkness he had gotten lost and was attacked. He did not see the demon until it was right on him. The creature stood only a few feet tall, and seemed as surprised as Ian. Instead of running, the arrogant lad drew his shortsword and slashed at the creature. Surprisingly the beast caught Ians hand in it's mouth, while it raked his chest with it's right claw. The pain in his hand and chest caused him to start to grow faint. The demon biting hold of Ians right hand grabbing his arm in it's left claw tossing Ian to the ground, ripping his right hand appart. As Ian went unconscious the last thing he saw was a bright light illuminating from his own chest.

Ian awoke forty eight days later. He learned that the attack had been a group of Dretch that found a way into the area. They had all eventually been killed, but that held little comfort for the boy. The lone dretch that he faced left him scared physically and mentally.

The wound on his chest had almost killed him. The three talloned claw mark started at his left ear, tearing the bottom of the lobe off, going down the left side of his neck, crossing his chest, ending in deep marks in his abdomen. Harder to deal with was the damage to his right hand. The demon had bitten off the ring finger, pinky, and lower portion of his hand. Ian could no longer use the hand to do anything of any grip or strength requirement. He could still manipulate a quill pen or fork, but he could not steadily hold much else. The attack also awakened something else in Ian. He learned he shared his mother's celestial bloodline and it had manifested itself in the light that appeared from his chest.

Due to the nature of Ian’s wounds he would never fully recover. However, with the help of the clerics and instructors of Iomedae’s church he learned to function after a manor. He learned to appreciate the effort of others, patiently helping him relearn things that he had excelled at previously. He learned more about his Aasimar heritage and what tools it provided to fight evil. He learned to value the effort given more than the results. He learned to love the family that supported him through the difficult times.

Eventually, Ian blamed no one but himself for what happened to him. He realized it was his own arrogance and pride that led him out of the city into danger. Gone was the child who prided himself on his own strength and talent demanding respect and fear from his own peers. In that youths place stood a different young man. A young man who desired to help others. A young man who desired to protect the ones he loved. A young man who desired to serve Iomedae. A young man who desired to fight the evil that had harmed others so much more than it had harmed him.

Wearing his squire tabbard, splint mail, kite shield and kettle hat Ian looks like many of the tall fit young men in the camps training for war. But nothing that would separate him apart. Oh, you notice some oddities, he wears his shield on his right arm and has sword and mace positioned to draw with his left. You notice he carries no ranged weapon, just a pouch of the odd Vudrani chakrams. You notice his facial features: Aquiline nose, square jaw, high forehead. dark shoulder length hair, pale skin and green eyes, reflect Chelaxian decent. but still not uncommon. His youthful appearance and quick smile, though appealing, are not that different from others.

No, looking at Ian you'll only notice a couple of things that reflect his decision to become a paladin of Iomedae. The easiest to see is a row of scars starting at his mutilated left ear, winding down his jaw line onto his neck, disappearing below his neck guard. Harder to notice, and only if you look into this green eyes long enough for the smile to disappear, you will see the pain, the loss, the need, the love that drew him to this cause.

When in armor he hides the fact his right hand is mutilated. when relaxing with friends it is a comfortable topic that he shares and jokes about.

Ian believes people can learn from their mistakes. When he was young he was gifted and handsome other children would follow him, wanting to be a part of whatever he was doing. He was also arrogant, proud, violent and a bully. Through a life changing event, he learned humility, patience and a desire to help others. What he has lost in magnetism, he has gained in confidence in himself and those he trusts.

On the Myers Briggs scale Ian is a Consul

Petsha Banica has always had dreams of a great white stag. When he told his parents of his dreams they explained that he was seeing a herald of Erastil which filled Petsha with a sense of comfort. Growing up in the wilds of the River Kingdoms the young Petsha learned the woods, how to care for them and how they could provide all that was needed for his family and his community. As a young man Petsha was seen as a hunter, provider and protector in the nameless village he called home.

Petsha’s dreams of Old Deadeye have continued to this day, and lately in his visions he has felt drawn to some duty elsewhere to the north. Never one to ignore the call of his God, Petsha set out from the woods he knew his entire life, making his way first to Numeria, and up the Sellen River to Chesed, his last stop before what he now knows is the Mendevian Crusades. There is something in Kenabres that Erastil needs him to do, and he is now here to discover what that is.

Petsha Banica
Human (Varisian) Paladin of Erastil (Divine Hunter, Tempered Champion) 1
Str: 14 Dex: 18 Con: 12 Int: 10 Wis: 10 Cha: 13
Feats: Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Weapon Focus (Longbow)
Traits: Touched by Divinity (Bless), Deadeye Bowman
Racial Traits: Bonus Feat, Practiced Hunter (Members of some human cultures train from youth to find and follow the trails of vital game and at the same time hide the evidence of their own passage. These humans gain a +2 racial bonus on Stealth and Survival checks, and Stealth and Survival are always class skills for them. This racial trait replaces skilled.)

Skills: Craft (Bows) +4, Handle Animal +5, Perception +1, Stealth +8, Survival +4

A night in Mendev
Soaked in sweat young Markos sit up in his bed, breathing heavily and trying to shake the bad dream out of his thoughts. But the screams and the smell of Smoke dont seem to go away. Soon he realizes that it was not a dream after all, but the village was under attack by the Abbyssal forces.

He jumps out of bed and cries out for his mother when he is relaizign that he is not alone in the room. A small red devil with claws for his hands is sliding through the window seaching for prey. Markos panically runs for the door, but is to slow. Shortly before he reaches the doorhandle he feels a heavy weight in his back and is slammed forward into the ground. The attacker is sitting on his back and its claws grab for Markos' head trying to twist it off.

Fueled by his fear Markos pushes up and runs backward, crushing the devil into nearby wall, forcing the devil to release his hold shortly, leaving a huge Clawmark on Markos cheek.

Running as fast as he can Markos reaches the door and turns the handle. But when the door opens a huge shape in standing in the doorframe and grabs the boy.
"Nicodemos I found a survivor! Please come he is bleeding heavily."

Aftermath
A small Battalion of crusaders had reached the village and was soon able to scatter the invaders, but Markos PArents where among the Victims.

But Nicodemos had found a liking to the boy and he has travveled with the Crusaders for some time learning the art of Knightly Combat. But sooner or later the restlessness and the discomfort caused by his hideous wounds drove him to search for a more solitary way of revenge.

Archetype
Faithful Wanderer
Exposed to Awfulness
Weapon finesse

STR 12 DEX 17 CON 11 INT 10 WIS 13 CHA 15

Weapon Rapier and bow
Armor Studded Leather

Skills
Perception
Stealth
Know Nature
Survival

Petsha Banica has always had dreams of a great white stag. When he told his parents of his dreams they explained that he was seeing a herald of Erastil which filled Petsha with a sense of comfort. Growing up in the wilds of the River Kingdoms the young Petsha learned the woods, how to care for them and how they could provide all that was needed for his family and his community. As a young man Petsha was seen as a hunter, provider and protector in the nameless village he called home.

Petsha’s dreams of Old Deadeye have continued to this day, and lately in his visions he has felt drawn to some duty elsewhere to the north. Never one to ignore the call of his God Petsha set out from the woods he knew his entire life, making his way first to Numeria, and up the Sellen River to Chesed, his last stop before what he now knows is the Mendevian Crusades. There is something in Kenabres that Erastil needs him to do, and he is now here to discover what that is.

Petsha Banica
Human (Varisian) Paladin of Erastil (Divine Hunter) 1
Str: 14 Dex: 18 Con: 12 Int: 10 Wis: 10 Cha: 13
Feats: Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Weapon Focus (Longbow)
Traits: Touched by Divinity (Bless), Deadeye Bowman
Racial Traits: Bonus Feat, Practiced Hunter (Members of some human cultures train from youth to find and follow the trails of vital game and at the same time hide the evidence of their own passage. These humans gain a +2 racial bonus on Stealth and Survival checks, and Stealth and Survival are always class skills for them. This racial trait replaces skilled.)

Skills: Craft (Bows) +4, Handle Animal +5, Perception +1, Stealth +8, Survival +4

I am the voice for those who go unheard, be they spirits who cannot speak or those whom society has judged as broken or insane. I shall open the doors for others to listen to the voiceless when I can, and when I cannot, I will speak in the words of the voiceless, not my own.

I am the eyes for those who cannot understand the truths of others who are not like them. I shall teach others how to accept, support, and celebrate those who think and speak differently than they do.

I am the guide for mortal minds and souls. I shall offer kindness and aid to the lost, the frightened, the confused, and the dead. I shall calm restless spirits, and I shall banish violent ones with what compassion I can provide without endangering others.

A different perspective can bring both fulfillment and pain. I do not judge those who wish to remain as they are, no matter what disadvantages it may bring them, nor do I judge those who suffer and wish to be changed.

There is no shame in madness, and so I do not make madness shameful by imposing it on my enemies as a punishment. Though darkness and attacks on the mind are tools I may use to vanquish the unjust, my actions will never force lasting insanity upon my foes.

In absence of her father Chun-Hei grew up in the care of her grandmother on mother's side. She was a Riftwarden like her own daughter but one focused more on the theoretical part of things which had kept her out of harm's way. She also grew up with all her father's things, including the many religious treatises on Tsukiyo, Shizuru and other deities from the distant dragon empires. While her father had been a devout follower of Shizuru, like most who come to Mendev from the Dragon Empires, it were Tsukiyo's teachings that drew her in. They spoke of comfort, care and understanding something she found sorely lacking in a nation so focused on what was beyond the northern border, for good reasons, that they rarely looked within.
As such all she took from the books was Tsukiyo's teachings, though she did also use the books to teach herself the language of her father. From her grandmother she got lessons in the structure of the outer planes, grandma's area of expertise, and Chun-Hei took to it with gusto and an intuitive talent for it. A talent almost as strong as her talent for speaking to others and bringing comfort.

As she grew older Chun-Hei started martial training, as she figured a way to defend yourself was essential if living in Kenabres and she didn't have her mother's profound talent for the arcane. The rest of her time was spent caring for those damaged by the crusade, either directly or indirectly. She worked to bring comfort to the many orphans the crusades produced and offered patient understanding to the crusaders that came back traumatised by what they had seen in the Worldwound. Reactions were very mixed. Some, especially those in command, said there was no place or time for such frivolities as mental care. The orphans needed to harden up and learn to vent their frustrations on the demons and cultists while the damaged crusaders should stop whining and just head back to die heroically if they couldn't handle things.
Others, especially those who were less blinded by zeal, actually saw hers as a worthwhile endeavour and sponsored her so she could keep doing this and still keep herself fed and have a roof over he head.
All the talks with crusaders coming back were also partially motivated by self interest: in every conversation she dug for clues to figure out what had happened to her parents.

Gnome Divine Hunter

Str: 10 +0
Dex: 16 +3
Con: 14 +2
Int: 10 +0
Wis: 11 +0
Cha: 16 +3

Deity: Gozreh
Traits: Balanced Offensive (1/day can use domain elemental blast which would be icicle or lightning arc because of Gozreh's domains), Riftwarden Orphan (WotR trait, archmagi, +2 concentration checks)
SQ: Darkvision; 4/day dancing lights, flare, prestidigitation, produce flames; +1 size bonus to attack and AC

1st Divine Hunter: feats-precise shot, extra Gnome magic (+3 uses/day)
2nd Divine Hunter:
3rd Divine Hunter: feat-point blank shot
4th Divine Hunter:
5th Divine Hunter: feat-symbolic mastery (use holy symbol to cast an elemental bolt of energy)
6th Divine Hunter:
7th Divine Hunter: feat-vital strike (to increase symbolic mastery damage)

OR if you're cool with multiclassing, she'll go vanilla cleric for 2nd level forward and will use lots of lighting arc and icicle as well as her produce flame to be more of a "blaster caster"

Backstory: "Gunny," as she is commonly called, grew up as an orphan. She was always seen as a bit of a peculiarity. One reason was her blue hair, a feature brought about by her Gnomish blood which stood out in a dominantly human neighborhood, but more telling was the oddly intricate marking on her forehead. It swirled in strange shades of blues, blacks, and had odd flickers of silver. It looked like the sort of thing one might find on the cover of a book about magic. The foster parents who raised her were kind and nurturing and continually strove to help her have an enjoyable childhood. One of her favorite childhood memories were their walks and picnics in nature. Being amongst the trees, hearing a babbling brook, feeling the sun warm her skin and the wind cool it off again. This balance and beauty was brought her to the worship of Gozreh, and her desire to restore the beauty of the nature upset in the Worldwound is a strong reason she's bound there. But the feeling deep within her that the person, or thing, responsible for her parents' death is an even stronger pull. Balance must be restored. A life for a life.