GM Spazmodeus presents Age of Worms in Golarion Table 1 (Inactive)

Game Master Spazmodeus

A genderfluid sex worker at one of the brothels in Diamond Lake - by choice. Through their kind and caring nature, the community of the marginalized and dispossessed rallies around them - she is the voice of the unheard. A worshipper of Calistria, but not a proponent of revenge; rather, a protector with a strong sense of fairness and a proponent of personal freedom. That being said, some people want to be hurt, and others need to be hurt. He can deliver withering lashings, verbal and otherwise.

Support and out of combat utility: debuffing enemies with demoralize, disarm, trip; monster knowledge; face skills; some party buffing.

Qedesh Harim Himeros
Human (Chelaxian) inquisitor of Calistria 1 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player's Guide 38)
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +3; Senses Perception +7
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Defense
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AC 16, touch 13, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +3 Dex)
hp 11 (1d8+3)
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +5
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee dagger +3 (1d4/19-20) or
. . morningstar +0 (1d8) or
. . whip +3 (1d3 nonlethal)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (15 ft. with whip)
Special Attacks judgment 1/day
Inquisitor Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +4)
. . 1st (2/day)—bless, divine favor
. . 0 (at will)—detect magic, guidance, light, resistance
. . Domain Conversion inquisition[UM]
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 10
Base Atk +0; CMB +3 (+5 dirty trick, +5 disarm, +5 reposition, +5 steal, +5 trip); CMD 13 (15 vs. dirty trick, 15 vs. disarm, 15 vs. reposition, 15 vs. steal, 15 vs. trip)
Feats Agile Maneuvers, Deft Maneuvers, Enforcer[APG]
Traits memorable, Haunted By Destiny (+1 AP)
Skills Bluff +7, Diplomacy +7, Intimidate +10, Knowledge (arcana) +6, Knowledge (nature) +6, Knowledge (planes) +6, Knowledge (religion) +6, Linguistics +3, Perception +7, Profession (courtesan) +7, Sense Motive +8
Languages Common, Infernal, Varisian, [free slot]
SQ finesse weapon attack attribute, monster lore +3, stern gaze +1
Other Gear studded leather, dagger, morningstar, whip, backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, flint and steel, holy text (Calistria)[UE], manacles, masterwork tool, silk rope (50 ft.), soap, spell component pouch, torch (2), trail rations (5), waterskin, wooden holy symbol of Calistria, 66 gp, 1 sp, 8 cp
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Special Abilities
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Agile Maneuvers Use DEX instead of STR for CMB
Deft Maneuvers You don't provoke attacks of opportunity when tripping.
Enforcer If you deal nonlethal damage with a melee weapon, make a free Intimidate check to demoralize.
Finesse Weapon Attack Attribute Finesse weapons use Dexterity on attack rolls.
Inquisitor Domain (Conversion Inquisition) Deities: Any deity.

Granted Powers: You are a powerful persuader. A honeyed tongue empowered by divine argumentation sways the indifferent and adversarial to your side.
Judgment (1/day) (Su) Variable bonuses increase as the combat continues.
Monster Lore +3 (Ex) +3 to Knowledge checks when identifying the weaknesses of creatures.
Stern Gaze +1 (Ex) +1 to Sense Motive and Intimidate.

Qedesh Harim (Qiddi to friends) has lived in Diamond Lake for all their life. Their parents used to be both sex workers, so Qiddi made a career out of that, rather than something to be forced in by poverty or desperation. They grew around a community of diverse characters, united by the stigma against them, but some of them also taking pride in their craft. In time, Qiddi specialized into more niche services, catering to those who wanted to surrender themselves for a while.
Hooks:
- Protector: Qiddi is very attached to their community, and fiercely protective of them. They'll do anything in their power to help them, or get them out of trouble. If one of them is hurt, Qiddi will go on a crusade to take care of the perpetrator, not out of revenge, but so that they cannot hurt anyone else. In more general terms, Qiddi will side with anyone they perceive as being the underdog.
- Nagging parents: Qiddi's parents don't see their past profession as a good future for their child, so they've been pestering Qiddi to look for something else.
- Helper: Qiddi has difficulty saying no to requests for help or assistance, and is by nature empathetic and caring.
- Curiosity/wanderlust: Qiddi feels like they've exhausted all that Diamond Lake has to offer in terms of learning experiences, but leaving their family and community behind is difficult.

I can post multiple times a day during the week (aside from exceptionally busy days at work), and generally once a day during the weekend; my timezone is GMT+1. I get along with anyone who is open-minded. I clearly communicate my limits and boundaries. If needed, I will adjust the character build or aspects of the concept to fit better with the party and/or setting. I roleplay over rollplay. I'm a decent writer and collaborative storyteller.

Kersk is a ranged or melee striker with the ability to do some scouting and trap disarming (though he will not be able to detect magic until and unless an item allows for it.) He’ll develop a closer and closer ties to the earth as the campaign continues, as well as branching out to other elements to suit our needs as a party.

Kersk is a somewhat degenerate dwarf. His family has been exiled from lands he never knew for an unknown breach of honor committed by his maternal grandfather. He wasn’t born in Diamond Lake, but he arrived there very young and watched his parents continue to fall into bad habits and debt before dying in a mine accident. It’s given him a fatalistic view of things and a tendency to keep his head down and persist, not trusting others to have his back and generally looking the other way when things are going wrong that don’t affect him directly. He’s not one much for humor, not having had the chance to participate in it much throughout his life, and not having close connections to use it with, but on the occasions he does decide something is valuable he’ll fight hard for it.

His recent awakening of his power and subsequent work with Nogwier are opening his eyes to the importance of fighting for a cause bigger than just what’s valuable to himself, but it’s going to be a journey to get there giving his starting place.

Kersk is a (miserable, downtrodden,) product of Diamond Lake just waking up to the idea that there might be other options out there.

“You want to know about how the earth talks to me? What exactly I hear and how it guides me? Can’t say I really understand that so well yet, but maybe I can tell ya how I come to hear them. Guess I’d best start with how I come to be here at all.

“Ma and Pa weren’t from round here. They left their dwarf lands round when I was born because of somethin’ Grampa Ord, that’s Ma’s Pa, did. Don’ know what it were, but it was bad’nough that we had to change our name to Hammullslagdam. Used to jes be Hammull. Don’t mean much to me, but I know it bothered Ma specially, though she’d never say why, exactly.

“Anyhow, after leavin’ the old lands Ma and Pa wandered the wilderness as they’d say, fore they came to Diamond Lake here and settled in to make a life best they could. Turns out maybe tha warn’t the best choice, but nothin’ to be done bout it now,is there? They found work in the mine fer Dourstone, though he was doin’ em a favor at the time, but learned fast‘nough that he don’ do no favors to anyone. I was left on me own to make what I could o’ the town and the packs of kids. Tried some to fit in, goin’ near that old dead tree when the others did on a dar and spendin’ the night in the Whispering Cairn to show em I was worth it, but none of em ever liked me much. Most jes let me be if I didn’t bother em, but a few a the bigger ones’d seek me out fer a beatin’ when they felt like it.

“In any case, Ma and Pa didn’t make much in the mine. I did what I could out in town, findin’ food and stuff to try to help us get by, but it seemed like every month they jus owed more to Dourstone and the company store. I learnt to be clever with me hands, openin’ locks to get at stuff when no one was around, or fixin’ broke tools fer other miners and the like. I know Ma and Pa skrimped out every copper they could in the mine and other odd jobs as well, but nothin’ we could do seemed to help ease that debt in any real way.

“An then there was the cave in down deep in the mine. Trapped both Ma and Pa and Dourstone didn’t do nothin’ to help em out. Stead, he jes came and told me that as their son their debt was mine now, so I’d best get to the mine myself and start workin’ it off. Didn’t have no choice, did I? So that’s what I did.

“Don’t know if you ever tried it, but minin’s hard work. Yeh get used to the lack a light and the stuffy air. Yer body builds up over time too, but it never gets easy. And the quotas Dourstone sets, well, I could meet em some days, but you’d miss em now and then and less some other miner had some ta spare it was that much less to pay off the company store. Not many miners in there had any ta spare most days, though when they did they were better about it than the kids up in town had been. Can’t say I made friends down in the mine, but at least those stuck down there with me treated me as someone worth workin’ with.

“And then it happened to me to, same as it did to Ma and Pa. I was way back in one of the deeper shafts on account of I could be there without needin’ to burn a torch and use up the fresh air better’n most of the others. The supports in some of them older shafts is jes rotten, specially where the water seeps in and I hadn’t noticed how ready to go one was. Somethin’ musta knocked it, cause next thing I knew it gave way and I had me very own cave in trappin’ me all on my own, with no one goin’ to come dig me out.

“I tried to dig from my end of course. Had my pick and shovel, but there was too much water; and everything I did seemed to cause more rock to fall, given’ me less and less space to work with. I could get some air from cracks to some other space deeper in, but my diggin’ was gonna get me killed if I kept at it, so I stopped. I stopped and I sat there fer what felt like days. Prolly, was, though I didn’t have no way of knowin’ the time exactly. I think I slept once, maybe twice? I was in there fer a spell fer sure, I can tell ya that.

“And that’s when it happened, when I was sittin’ there alone, waitin’ fer the air to run out, or fer hunger and thirst to take me. That’s when the rocks started to tell me what I needed to do. They didn’t use words of course, not exactly. Can’t say there were even sounds, but them rocks was whisperin’ to me, tellin’ me wha to poke at and where to dig. Some of em even started movin’ fer me, movin’ where I needed em to go. Some of the time rocks still do. The details get a bit fuzzy, but somehow I made my way out of the mine, through the cave in and back out into the fresh air of the night.

“After that I didn’t head back to town. Instead I made my way into the woods. I knew enough about gettin’ by out there from when I was young that I could survive fer a bit at least. Made my way out there fer a bit before old Nogwier found me somehow and took me back to Bronzewood Lodge. That old druid’s been talkin’ to me since then. He says that what I’m hearin’, what I can do now, has somethin’ to do with the Old Faith crumblin’. He says that I’m bein’ called to do something about the comin’, well, I’m not quite clear on what’s supposed to be comin’. He’s got his people out searchin’ fer some sort of unkillable zombies and I’ve gone to help a couple times. Never found anything yet, but we seen things out there that make me think he’s not wrong that somethings comin’.

“Anyhow, I’m back here near Diamond Lake jes to see what’s what, ya know? I’m stayin’ clear of the mines and Dourstone. Old dwarf’d probably try to send me right back into the mine to pay off me tab and I ain’t up fer that jes now. I can still move the rocks around and I can still, feel I guess you’d call it, em talkin’ to me, tellin’ me I got something I need to do. So that’s what people mean when they say the earth talks to me. Now I jes gotta figure out what to do about it.”

Kersk Hammullslagdam
NG Male Dwarf Kineticist 1
Medium humanoid (Dwarf)
Init +5; Senses: Perception +13, Darkvision 90 ft.
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Defense
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AC 15, Touch 13, Flat footed 12 (+2 Armor, +3 Dex)
hp 12 (1d8 + 4)
Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +2

Special Defenses: +2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison, spells, and spell-like abilities
Weaknesses: Dazzled in bring light, –2 penalty on saving throws against effects with the light descriptor
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Offense
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Speed 20 ft
Melee
(light) Kinetic Blade: Earth Blast (B, P or S) +3 (1d6 +5)
Heavy Pick (P) +0 (1d6/x4)
Dagger (P or S) +3 (1d4/19-20 x2)

Ranged
Earth Blast (B, P or S) +3 (1d6 + 5) Range: 30 ft.
Dagger (P or S) +3 (1d4/19-20 x2) Range Increment: 10 ft.

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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 16, Con 19 (17 +2 race), Int 10, Wis 14, (12 + 2 race), Cha 8 (10 -2 race)
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 13 (plus Stability)
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Powers
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Burn: Max Burn: 7, Max Burn per turn: 1
Craftsman: +2 on profession and craft checks related to metal or stone
Gather Power: Move Action to reduce blast wild talent burn by 1, Full action to reduce blast wild talent burn by 2.
Hardy: +2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison, spells, and spell-like abilities
Kinetic Blade Infusion: Use a kinetic blast for a melee attack
Kinetic Blast: Earth Blast at a range of 30 feet for 1d6 +5 (B, P or S)
Minesight: Dazzled in bright light, –2 penalty on saving throws against effects with the light descriptor
Slow and Steady: Speed never modified by armor or encumbrance
Trapfinding: Can Disable Magic Traps, +1 to detect traps and disable device checks
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Feats
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Weapon Finesse (Elephant in the Room)
Additional Traits (Level 1)
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Skills
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Disable Device: +9 (1 Rank, +3 Class, +3 Dex, +1 Trait, + 1 Trapfinding)
Linguistics: +1 (1 Rank)
Perception: +6 (1 Ranks, +3 Class, +2 Wis) +1 to find traps, +2 to notice unusual stonework
Profession (Miner): +6 (1 Rank, +3 Class, + 1 Wis) +2 to checks related to metal or stone
Stealth: + 9 (1 Ranks, +3 Class, +3 Dex, +2 Race)
Survival: + 9 (1 Rank, +3 Class, +2 Wis, +2 Race, +1 Trait)

Languages: Common, Dwarven, Terran
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Traits
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Child Explorer (Campaign): Some years ago, it was a shibboleth for the children of Diamond Lake to have one of their number spend the night in various old picked-clean tombs—in particular, one called the Stirgenest Cairn, and another called the Whispering Cairn. You took part in that tradition. The custom ended when one girl went missing overnight in the latter dungeon and was never heard from again. However, your time “exploring” the already-looted areas did teach you a thing or two about how the mechanisms work.

Benefit: You gain trapfinding, as per the rogue ability. If you already have trapfinding, you gain a +2 bonus on Perception checks to spot hidden mechanisms.l

Poverty Stricken (Social): Your childhood was tough, and your parents always had to make every copper piece count. Hunger was your constant companion, and you often had to live off the land or sleep in the wild.

Benefit: You gain a +1 bonus on Survival checks, and Survival is always a class skill for you.

Reactionary (Combat): You were bullied often as a child, but never quite developed an offensive response. Instead, you became adept at anticipating sudden attacks and reacting to danger quickly.

Benefit: You gain a +2 trait bonus on initiative checks.

Vagabond Child (Regional, Urban): You grew up among the outcasts and outlaws of your society, learning to forage and survive in an urban environment.

Benefit: Select one of the following skills: Disable Device, Escape Artist, or Sleight of Hand. You gain a +1 trait bonus on checks with that skill, and it is always a class skill for you.

Criminal (Social): +1 Disable Device, Disable Device a Class Skill
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Racial Traits
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Base Speed: (Slow and Steady) Dwarves have a base speed of 20 feet, but their speed is never modified by armor or encumbrance.
Craftsman: Dwarves are known for their superior craftsmanship when it comes to metallurgy and stonework. Dwarves with this racial trait receive a +2 racial bonus on all Craft or Profession checks related to metal or stone. This racial trait replaces greed.
Hardy: Dwarves gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison, spells, and spell-like abilities.
Minesight: Dwarves with this racial trait increase the range of their darkvision to 90 feet; however, they are automatically dazzled in bright light and take a –2 penalty on saving throws against effects with the light descriptor. This racial trait replaces darkvision.
Slag Child: Dwarves from dishonored families must append “-slag,” “-slagsun,” or “-slagdam” to their surnames to indicate their shameful status. These dwarves are commonly banished or ostracized; they are forced to eke out a living at the fringes of dwarven settlements or in bleak wilderness areas. They gain a +2 racial bonus on Stealth and Survival checks. This racial trait replaces defensive training and hatred.
Stability: Dwarves gain a +4 racial bonus to their Combat Maneuver Defense when resisting a bull rush or trip attempt while standing on the ground.
Weapon Familiarity: Dwarves are proficient with battleaxes, heavy picks, and warhammers, and treat any weapon with the word “dwarven” in its name as a martial weapon.
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Kineticist Features
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Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Kineticists are proficient with all simple weapons and light armor, but not shields.

Elemental Focus (Su): Earth

Burn (Ex): At 1st level, a kineticist can overexert herself to channel more power than normal, pushing past the limit of what is safe for her body by accepting burn. Some of her wild talents allow her to accept burn in exchange for a greater effect, while others require her to accept a certain amount of burn to use that talent at all. For each point of burn she accepts, a kineticist takes 1 point of nonlethal damage per character level. This damage can’t be healed by any means other than getting a full night’s rest, which removes all burn and associated nonlethal damage. Nonlethal damage from burn can’t be reduced or redirected, and a kineticist incapable of taking nonlethal damage can’t accept burn. A kineticist can accept only 1 point of burn per round. This limit rises to 2 points of burn at 6th level, and rises by 1 additional point every 3 levels thereafter. A kineticist can’t choose to accept burn if it would put her total number of points of burn higher than 3 + her Constitution modifier (though she can be forced to accept more burn from a source outside her control). A kineticist who has accepted burn never benefits from abilities that allow her to ignore or alter the effects she receives from nonlethal damage.

Kinetic Blast (Sp): Earth Blast (Physical; B, P or S)

As a standard action, the kineticist can unleash a kinetic blast at a single target up to a range of 30 feet. She must have at least one hand free to aim the blast (or one prehensile appendage, if she doesn’t have hands). All damage from a kinetic blast is treated as magic for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. Kinetic blasts count as a type of weapon for the purpose of feats such as Weapon Focus. The kineticist is never considered to be wielding or gripping the kinetic blast (regardless of effects from form infusions; see Infusion), and she can’t use Vital Strike feats with kinetic blasts. Even the weakest kinetic blast involves a sizable mass of elemental matter or energy, so kinetic blasts always deal full damage to swarms of any size (though only area blasts deal extra damage to swarms). A readied kinetic blast can be used to counterspell any spell of equal or lower level that shares its descriptor. A kinetic blast that deals energy damage of any type (including force) has the corresponding descriptor.

Physical blasts are ranged attacks that deal an amount of damage equal to 1d6+1 + the kineticist’s Constitution modifier, increasing by 1d6+1 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st. Spell resistance doesn’t apply against physical blasts.

Gather Power (Su): If she has both hands free (or all of her prehensile appendages free, for unusual kineticists), a kineticist can gather energy or elemental matter as a move action. Gathering power creates an extremely loud, visible display in a 20-foot radius centered on the kineticist, as the energy or matter swirls around her. Gathering power in this way allows the kineticist to reduce the total burn cost of a blast wild talent she uses in the same round by 1 point. The kineticist can instead gather power for 1 full round in order to reduce the total burn cost of a blast wild talent used on her next turn by 2 points (to a minimum of 0 points). If she does so, she can also gather power as a move action during her next turn to reduce the burn cost by a total of 3 points. If the kineticist takes damage during or after gathering power and before using the kinetic blast that releases it, she must succeed at a concentration check (DC = 10 + damage taken + effective spell level of her kinetic blast) or lose the energy in a wild surge that forces her to accept a number of points of burn equal to the number of points by which her gathered power would have reduced the burn cost. This ability can never reduce the burn cost of a wild talent below 0 points.

Infusion (Su): At 1st level, a kineticist gains an infusion wild talent from the list of options available based on her elemental focus. She gains additional infusions at 3rd, 5th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 17th, and 19th levels. By using infusions along with her kinetic blasts, a kineticist can alter her kinetic blasts to suit her needs. Infusions come in two types, each of which changes a kinetic blast differently: a substance infusion causes an additional effect, while a form infusion causes the kinetic blast to manifest in a different way. Each infusion can alter only certain kinds of kinetic blasts, which are listed in its Associated Blasts entry. Each time the kineticist uses one of her kinetic blast wild talents, she can apply up to one associated form infusion and up to one associated substance infusion.

Some infusions change the action required to activate a kinetic blast or entirely transform the kinetic blast’s normal effects.

The burn cost listed in each infusion’s Burn entry is added to the burn cost of the kinetic blast the infusion modifies.

The DC for a save against an infusion is based on the associated kinetic blast’s effective spell level, not the level of the infusion. The DCs for form infusions are calculated using the kineticist’s Dexterity modifier instead of her Constitution modifier. When a kineticist modifies a kinetic blast with a form infusion and a substance infusion that both require saving throws, each target first attempts a saving throw against the form infusion. If a target succeeds and a successful save negates the infusion’s effects, the entire kinetic blast is negated; otherwise, the target then attempts a saving throw against the substance infusion. If a kineticist’s form and substance infusions both alter the kinetic blast’s damage, apply the substance infusion’s alteration first.

At 5th, 11th, and 17th levels, a kineticist can replace one of her infusions with another infusion of the same effective spell level or lower. She can’t replace an infusion that she used to qualify for another of her wild talents.

Kinetic Blade Infusion: Type form infusion; Level 1; Burn 1; Associate Blasts: any

You form a weapon using your kinetic abilities. You create a non-reach, light or one-handed weapon in your hand formed of pure energy or elemental matter. (If you’re a telekineticist, you instead transfer the power of your kinetic blast to any object held in one hand.) The kinetic blade’s shape is purely cosmetic and doesn’t affect the damage dice, critical threat range, or critical multiplier of the kinetic blade, nor does it grant the kinetic blade any weapon special features. The object held by a telekineticist for this form infusion doesn’t prevent her from using gather power.

You can use this form infusion once as part of an attack action, a charge action, or a full-attack action in order to make melee attacks with your kinetic blade. Since it’s part of another action (and isn’t an action itself), using this wild talent doesn’t provoke any additional attacks of opportunity. The kinetic blade deals your kinetic blast damage on each hit (applying any modifiers to your kinetic blast’s damage as normal, but not your Strength modifier). The blade disappears at the end of your turn. The weapon deals the same damage type that your kinetic blast deals, and it interacts with Armor Class and spell resistance as normal for a blast of its type. Even if a telekineticist uses this power on a magic weapon or another unusual object, the attack doesn’t use any of the magic weapon’s bonuses or effects and simply deals the telekineticist’s blast damage. The kinetic blade doesn’t add the damage bonus from elemental overflow.
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Equipment:
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Armor: Leather Armor

Weapons: Dagger, Heavy Pick

Other Gear: Monk’s Kit (backpack, a belt pouch, a blanket, rope, soap, torches (10), trail rations (5 days), and a waterskin), Thieves' Tools

Treasure: 2 gp
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Future Plans
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Utility Wild Talents: Elemental Whisper Wild Infusion (Hare Familiar) (level 2), Earth Climb (Climb Speed) (Level 4)
Infusions: Extended Range (level 3)
Feats: Precise Shot, Weapon Focus (Kinetic Blast)

close range and after 4th lv reach two handed fighter with spears for range

Buffy the vampire slayer with la femme nakita assassin who will start killing people from her job as a dancer in the tavern and worshipping Norgorber to go on a slow journey of redemption

Those were the impressions that come to mind when he reflects on his last 10 years.

His impoverished samurai parents were proud and overjoyed when a hooded Tengu and his interpreter servant visited their home. The Tengu were legendary instructors in martial arts and swordsmanship, and surely handing over their youngest boy into the instruction of such august teachers was a great honour, and would lead to a bright future. Tears were shed, hugs exchanged, documents signed and chopped and just like that, the boy was no longer their son. They believed they had done the right thing.

They forgot that for every happy and pleasant fable there is a dark and terrible legend. They forgot that while there were benevolent Tengu, there are also malevolent Kenku. They also take and train children, but those taken seldom have a bright future.

Lord Hanmāchaimu (Hammer Chime) and his clan had established their own warrior order to act as body guards and oppress their fiefdom. The order of the Blood Raven took in these children and beat them into loyal samurai to serve their Kenku masters. Every man to be given their due, no insult received without appropriate response and to dominate their foes by intimidation and fear. The training focused on swift application of extreme violence, destroying the enemy with armed and unarmed combat.

The Order was a secretive one. Beyond service to dark Kenku, they are also sworn in service to Vecna, the Undying King, and not the traditional gods of Minkai. The rites were brutal and callous. Many of his fellows fell to darkness, taking joy in the sacrifices, torture and oppression of others. Somehow Shōsai managed to hold onto his humanity, just focused on surviving and did what was necessary to avoid dying himself.

Lord Hanmāchaimu desired to travel west, to attend a conclave of Kenku cult members in far off Varisia. The journey was swift, thanks largely to magical assistance provided by allies along the way.

The betrayal of Lord Hanmāchaimu was nearly as swift.

It was less than a day before cries of "Kill the Heretics" rang through the halls of the hidden temple. Most of his brothers and sisters fell but Shōsai was able to fight free and into the stews of Diamond Lakes slums. Accosted by street thugs... or maybe desperate adventurers, he acquired some gold, a cloak and pack of equipment.

He knows he needs allies, and a way out... and as a survivor he's not choosy about the method.

Male human (Tian-Min) samurai (brawling blademaster) 1 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Martial Arts Handbook 10, Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Combat 18). Fav Class Swashbuckler.
N Medium humanoid (human)
Init +4; Perception +1, Sense Motive +5

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Defense
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AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +3 Dex)
hp 12 (1d10+2)
Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +2
Defensive Abilities resolve 1/day

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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee cold iron katana +4 (1d8+4/18-20) or
dagger +5 (1d4+2/19-20) or
unarmed strike +5 (1d6+2) or
wakizashi +5 (1d6+2/18-20)
Ranged shortbow +5 (1d6/×3)
Special Attacks challenge 1/day (+1 damage, +1 dam while only you threaten)

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Statistics
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Str 14, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 14
Base Atk +1; CMB +5; CMD 15/17
Feats: * Agile Maneuvers, * Combat Expertise, * Deadly Aim, Improved Unarmed Strike, * Power Attack, Slashing Grace[ACG], * Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (katana)
Traits: Ebon Exile, indomitable faith

Skills: Bluff +6, Intimidate +6, Knowledge (religion) +4, Sense Motive +5
Background: Linguistics +0, Lore (Cult of Vecna) +3

Languages Common, Minkaian, Sakvroth (Sign Language),Tien
SQ Order of the Blood Raven (order of the cockatrice)
Gear caltrops; [UC], arrows (20), cold iron katana[UC], dagger, shortbow, wakizashi[UC], bedroll, belt pouch, flint and steel, masterwork backpack[APG], mess kit[UE], torch (3), trail rations (5), waterskin, lamellar (leather) armor, 15 gp, 8 sp, 8 cp

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Special Abilities
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*Agile Maneuvers Use DEX instead of STR for CMB with Dex Weapons
Animal Companion Link (Ex) Handle or push Animal Companion faster, +4 to checks vs. them.
Cockatrice's Challenge +1 (1/day) (Ex) +1 to damage target, -2 AC vs. others when used, +1 damage when you are the only one threatening the target.
* Combat Expertise +/-1 Bonus to AC in exchange for an equal penalty to attack.
* Deadly Aim -1/+2 Trade a penalty to ranged attacks for a bonus to ranged damage.
Improved Unarmed Strike Unarmed strikes don't cause attacks of opportunity, and can be lethal.
* Power Attack -1/+2 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Resolve (1/day) (Ex) Your resolve can remove effects or reroll saves.
Slashing Grace (Katana) Treat chosen weapon as 1-handed piercing weapon and can add Dex instead of Str to dam.

*Elephant in the room feats
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Gilwill Amethystdigger was often spotted by his strange head covering. The fisherman's cap pulled low so as to hide his features while he skulked about the mine. No one had ever seen the little piker fish, but then no one ever wanted to see Gilwill either. If you ever saw the bright red of his eyebrows and hair you were far too close to him. It meant he had probably overheard anything you said in the last hour. Gilwill was always curious of gossip, listening in to find out things that were none of his business. On more than one occasion the snoopy little gnome had been caught and beaten until his oddly frail body laid broken on the floor. On others people would notice him sneaking away, the telltale glint of brightly colored metal lures all that could be spotted in the dim light. Most people did their best to steer clear of him.

That didn't stop people from making fun of him though. Often people had a good laugh regaling each other with the time a female gnome had taken an interest in him. She had tried to follow him around, without much success, and when she finally cornered him in the tavern one night she had run screaming out a moment after getting a good look at him. Fish gills Gilwill never seemed to mind though. Despite his apparent love of being an annoying pest he seemed altogether happy to keep away from others in his personal time.

Of course, no one knew the real reason for this. Gilwill was not a gnome. Gilwill was Kib Redtail. A misbegotten kobold who snuck out from his tribe's cave one day and returned to find they had left him and his dangerous daytime explorations behind them. He had gone into the dark after them, gotten lost, and ended up crawling back to the surface a different way! Finding himself among the various miners of Diamond Lake, the panicked kobold enacted a brilliant disguise. To blend in with those around him, he dug the ore like those around him! Then, as the shift ended and the miners shuffled out with their loads Kib reluctantly followed. The next thing the confused kobold knew he was being paid. Not fully understanding (But not arguing with his good fortune!) he scampered merrily out and even managed to get some delicious salted fish!

Learning to live on the surface was scary. All the enemies of his race lived and moved about him in numbers he couldn't believe! Kib liked digging though. Kib liked secrets too. Kib especially liked getting paid money to dig and learn secrets! He got to eat fish regularly, and on rare occasions could even afford alchohal. The latter led to more than one mistake on his part, and his disguise had slipped once or twice. Thankfully, he had never been without his disguise and his telltale hat at the same time. Barring one unfortunate time he had been found out by a female gnome. Gno worries though! She had run screaming away and never returned!

Avion Flintheart
Male Human Inquisitor of Abadar 1
LN Medium humanoid (dwarf)
Init: +3; Senses: Darkvision 60’, Perception +6
Speed: 30, Languages: Common, Dwarven, Undercommon, Goblin

Defense
AC 18 (chainmail +6, buckler +1, dex +1) Touch 11 FF 17
HP 11 (1d8+3)
Fort +4 Ref +1 Will +3 (+2 vs poison/disease, +2 vs spells/SLAs)

Offense
Melee: battleaxe +4 (1d8+4 20/x3)
Ranged: light crossbow +1 (1d8 19-20/x2) Range 80, Ammo 20
BAB 0 CMB +4 CMD 15 (19 vs trip)

Statistics
Abilities: Str 18 Dex 12 Con 14 Int 12 Wis 12 Cha 10
SQ: Slow & Steady, Defensive Training, Hardy, Stability, Greed, Stonecunning, Hatred, Favored Class (Inquisitor: HP), Monster Lore (+1 to ID monsters), Stern Gaze (+1 to Intimidate/Sense Motive)
SA: Agile Feet (4/day), Judgement (1/day)
Traits: A Little Bird Told Me, Reactionary
Feats: Intimidating Prowess
Teamwork Feats:
Skills: Appraise +5, Diplomacy +4, Intimidate +11, Knowledge (local) +5, Knowledge (religion) +5, LinguisticsB +5, Perception +6, Sense Motive +5, Survival +5
Combat Gear:
Scrolls:
Equipment: chainmail, buckler, battleaxe, dagger, light crossbow, bolts (20), backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, flint & steel, mess kit, rope, soap, spell component pouch, torches (10), trail rations (5), waterskin, holy symbol
Coin
Spells Known: CL 1, DC 13+Spell Level; Domain (Travel)
Orisons: Detect Magic, Disrupt Undead, Create Water, Brand
1st: 2/day Cure Light Wounds, Keep Watch

Description Avion is thin for a dwarf, with a muscular frame and large hands. He stands around 4’6” tall, and masses approximately 235 lbs. He wears nondescript clothing over well maintained armor and equipment, and with his hood pulled up he could fit into any dwarven community on Golarion. He favors light colored clothes in grays and khakis, and wears a wooden carved symbol of Abadar tucked into his belt. He stands ready for most activity in a given day, armed with a traditional battleaxe, dagger, and a well-used and maintained crossbow slung over his shoulder.

Background: Avion is an immigrant to Diamond Lake, coming to the city a decade or so ago, after finding his calling from Abadar. He felt the pull to head out into a newly formed civilization and the need to assist its leaders and citizens. He strives to be fair and just, but his stark demeanour, ability to hear and understand all too much of what is said, and willingness to sell that information for coin has not ingratiated him to the community at large. He doesn’t much mind, though, seeing his task as one of building the city at large, rather than helping any one individual themselves.

Mia Curseborn
Female demon-spawn tiefling ranger 1 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Blood of Fiends 20, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 264)
LG Medium outsider (native)
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +7
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Defense
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AC 19, touch 13, flat-footed 16 (+4 armor, +3 Dex, +2 shield)
hp 11 (1d10+1)
Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +1
Resist cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee gladius +2 (1d6+3/19-20) or
. . heavy shield bash +4 (1d4+3) or
. . longsword +4 (1d8+3/19-20) or
. . quarterstaff +4 (1d6+4) or
. . shortspear +4 (1d6+3) or
. . unarmed strike +2 (1d3+3 nonlethal) or
. . 2 claws +2 (1d4+3)
Ranged longbow +4 (1d8/×3)
Special Attacks favored enemy (undead +2)
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Statistics
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Str 16, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 15
Base Atk +1; CMB +4; CMD 17
Feats Combat Expertise, Deadly Aim, Power Attack, Precise Shot
Traits - custom trait -, talented
Skills Climb +3, Knowledge (religion) +1, Perception +7, Perform (sing) +7, Profession (soldier) +5, Stealth +7, Survival +5, Swim +3; Racial Modifiers +2 Perception
Languages Abyssal, Common
SQ finesse weapon attack attribute, prehensile tail[ARG], track +1, wild empathy +3
Other Gear chain shirt, heavy wooden shield, arrows (40), gladius[UC], longbow, longsword, quarterstaff, shortspear, backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, cutting board, wooden (2 lb), explorer's outfit (2), flint and steel, hemp rope (50 ft.), knife, cutting (0.5 lb), ladle (0.5 lb), mess kit[UE], pot, pot, seasonings, local (0.5 lb), skewer (1 lb), skillet[UE], soap, soldier's uniform[UE], tinder packet (0.5 lb), torch (10), trail rations (5), tripod, iron (3 lb), waterskin, 52 gp
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Tracked Resources
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Arrows - 0/40
Shortspear - 0/1
Torch - 0/10
Trail rations - 0/5
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Special Abilities
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Combat Expertise +/-1 Bonus to AC in exchange for an equal penalty to attack.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Deadly Aim -1/+2 Trade a penalty to ranged attacks for a bonus to ranged damage.
Energy Resistance, Cold (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Cold attacks.
Energy Resistance, Electricity (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Electricity attacks.
Energy Resistance, Fire (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Fire attacks.
Favored Enemy (Undead +2) (Ex) +2 to rolls vs. undead foes.
Finesse Weapon Attack Attribute Finesse weapons use Dexterity on attack rolls.
Power Attack -1/+2 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Precise Shot You don't get -4 to hit when shooting or throwing into melee.
Prehensile Tail Your tail can retrieve small objects on your person as a swift action.
Track +1 Add the listed bonus to Survival checks made to track.
Wild Empathy +3 (Ex) Improve the attitude of an animal, as if using Diplomacy.

Mia's parents were demonic cultists in Cheliax. The cult was massacred by an Asmodean and Hellknight inquisition. Mia was the only survivor, spared thanks to Bishop Giovianni wanting to conduct an experiment and see if it was possible to "tame the beast."

Mia spent her early childhood learning to keep quiet and never disobey her betters. She coped by bottling up her anger and fear.

Around the time Mia turned seven, she was assigned a roommate. The girl was the daughter of a merchant who sold her to the Hellknights to pay some of his debts. The girl, Astra Mercer, was kind and sweet, having been raised by her much more goodly mother, and quickly befriended Mia.

As they approached their fourteenth birthdays, Astra and Mia were assigned to a cohort of green recruits and given training as scouts, thanks to their light feet and small size.

A year after they began their training, their cohort was sent out to stop a band of roving undead. Since this was their first fight, Astra and Mia were to fight in the shieldwall.

The cohort's commanders turned out to be incompetent lack-wits and a series of disasters lead to the cohort breaking ranks and running. Astra and Mia stayed together, but some magic went awry and before they could keep themselves from getting separated, the magic engulfed them.

Mia woke outside of Magnimar and spent several days looking for Astra. Alone, afraid, and fast running out of food, she turned to the city to see what she could do to find her friend.

Over the course of the next few months, Mia withdrew and stopped looking for Astra as the pressures of surviving grew. Few would trust a hellknight, no matter their rank, and fewer still would trust one with her inhuman features.

Mia joined up with a caravan heading for Diamond Lake to earn some coin, but the caravan master kicked her out as the grumblings from the other scouts and guards grew.

Mia tried to find honest work, but no one, not even the lowiest of the miners, were willing work along side her.

As winter closed in, Mia found herself scrounging food wherever she could and sleeping on the street.

Madame Mezziana found her at this point. Intrigued by her appearance and always on the lookout for new product, she offered Mia a place to sleep and food if she'd work for her.

Mia began working for Madame Mezziana as a bodyguard for those in her employ at her bordello, but Madame Mezziana had something more she wanted from Mia and began her campaign to coax the young girl into doing what she wanted.

About the same time, Mia found herself in charge of the orphans that Madame Mezziana cared for as a way to make herself more respectable. The truth is that she uses her charitable enterprise as a way to nab new product for her bordello before the others have a chance.

Over the next three years, Mia became increasingly mired in Madame Mezziana's illict business affairs. At first it was just running messages and finding those who were behind on their payments. It steadily escalated until she was escorting those that were brought in to the chamber they were to face torture in.

At the same time, Madame Mezziana has been putting more and more pressure on Mia to become one of her products at her bordello. Mia has so far managed to keep from caving in, but she's growing desperate for a way out for herself and the children she watches over.

Bishop Giovianni
An adherent to the Asmodean faith and one of its higher ranking inquisitors, Bishop Giovianni is not known for his kindness or mercy. He is a shrewd man and well versed in the arts of breaking others into doing his biding. He is also an ambitious man and the inconclusive ending to his experiment with Mia bothers him. If he ever caught wind of Mia's survival, he'd find a way to bring her back under his influence and complete what he'd started.

Madame Mezziana
If there's anyone in Diamond Lake less scrupulous than Madame Mezziana, they haven't been found. The obese toad of a woman runs a bordello infamous for catering to those with what might politely be called esoteric tastes. She has her hands in several illicit ventures, such as information brokering, smuggling, protection rackets, drug dealing, gambling, and forgery. She has contacts with several prominent members of Diamond Lake, including a cozy relationship with Sheriff Cubbins. She takes particular delight in breaking others down and many know that crossing her is a sure way to find yourself beaten or worse.

Astra Mercer
Mia has learned that she can never really open herself up to others, with the one exception of Astra Mercer. Astra was Mia's only and closest friend. It was thanks to that friendship that she managed to survive her childhood. Astra is the one person that Mia fears disappointing the most. Mia doesn't know if Astra survived the magical mishap that lead to her waking up outside of Magnimar or even where she is, but whenever she finds herself thinking about her long lost friend, Mia is deathly afraid of what Astra would think of her now.

The Orphans
Madame Mezziana currently has a little over half-a-dozen orphans under her care. A couple are orphans due to Madame Mezziana's machinations, though they don't realize it. Since taking over their care, Mia has been trying to find a way to get them out of Diamond Lake, but she's sure that the coin she has isn't going to be enough. She also has a time limit. Two of the eldest are almost of age and Mia's not so naive or blind as to miss the way their supposed guardian has been eyeing them.

Hooks
- Any job that promises good pay is likely to get Mia's attention.
- Any job that could get her and the orphans under her care out of Diamond Lake is also likely to get Mia to do everything she can to get it.
- Any hints of Astra's whereabouts would draw her more out of the survival mindset she's adopted since waking up near Magnimar three years ago.
- Beyond that, Mia's shame is at a point that she's almost as desperate for any way to prove she's not just a thug to herself as she is for a way out.

From Ash's Guide to RPG Character Personalities and Backgrounds.
I expect that some of these will shift as Mia grows and the game develops. This is how she is at the moment, not where I'd like her to be.

Primary Motivators: Survival, Beneficence
Secondary Motivator: Adoration

Emotional Disposition: Ashamed
Moodiness: Labile

Outlook: Slightly Pessimistic
Integrity: Conscientious
Impulsiveness: Spontaneous
Boldness: Very Cautious
Agreeableness: Very Agreeable
Interactivity: Very Reserved
Conformity: Conventional

Sense of Humor: Prankster

Note, this isn't a perfect match for the avatar. The avatar was just what I felt like fit her the best.

Mia is a short girl with long, straight, white hair and ash-gray skin. Her eyes are bright red, like the color of flames, and she has a slender, dexterous tail that is a pretty good indication of her mood. Her pointed and mobile ears are also a tell to her emotions. When she smiles, her small fangs are clear to see.

Mia is a fair scout and can see what's ahead of the party. She's good at both melee and range. She's not the tankiest tank that ever tanked, but that'll probably be getting better as she gets up to higher levels.

The current plan is to have her alternate between Paladin(Chosen One) and Fighter(Unbreakable) until eighth level where she'll go Paladin(Chosen One) the rest of the way. It's not an optimal build by any stretch of the imagination, but I am hoping that it will mimic her character arc as she is called and slowly accepts the call and that she's not the horrible person she thinks she is. (Although if I'm being completely honest, I'm also after Armor Training 1, believe it or not. Sneaky character with Mithral Full-plate and no speed penalties? Yes please!)

So, yeah, using leveling plans to mirror a character's growth. I really hope I get the chance to try it out. :)