Wrath of the Corrupted (Inactive)

Game Master bigrig107

Level: Gestalt 1. If you aren't sure about any gestalt interactions or rules, feel free to ask me!
Ability Scores: 20 point buy, nothing below an 8 after racial adjustments.
Alignment: any non-good. You are not heroes. You do not have to be villains, and can be neutral, but it'll be more of a hard sell as to why you work with active cultists and demons.
Classes: any Paizo, minus Paladin.
Races: any and all Paizo are accepted, as the crusaders aren't picky.
Traits: three total. Two can be unrelated, but the third needs to be deeply connected to why you ended up in this prison, regardless of how you did. Be descriptive!
Wealth: maximum for your highest of the two classes.

This is an obviously different campaign angle than a lot of other ones, and that means a bit more detail should be put into the background stories. Sure, it'd be easy to have the random slaughtering CE villain characters, and I'm sure there will be at least some of that in the party. But that's not interesting.

What I want is a party of interesting villains that are willing to work aside demons and cultists of demon lords, for whatever reasons. Revenge, hate of all life on this planet, whatever. Just sell me on your villainous intentions.

1. What is your character’s name?
2. How old is your character?
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)?
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)?
5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living?
7. Do you have any other family or friends?
8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids?
9. What is your character’s alignment?
10. What is your character’s moral code?
11. Does your character have goals?
12. Is your character religious?
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs?
14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?
15. Why does your character adventure?
16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)?
18. How does your character get along with others?
19. Is there anything that your character hates?
20. Is there anything that your character fears?

This is not really the game for the faint of heart. I will be playing up the brutality of a demon invasion, which will include a lot of violence. Don't worry, I'm not going to touch upon any of the particularly undesirable topics unless it's necessary. But, there will be a lot of blood and gore in descriptions of fights and scenery, as a demon invasion would bring. It just goes with the territory of the type of game I want to run.

This was the warning for my Righteous campaign. This evil-leaning one will obviously be worse, and depending on the party's alignment and goals, a lot of cruel and evil acts could be taking place> I won't go into super detailed descriptions of anything extra, but do be prepared for a lot more violence and evil themes.

1. What is your character’s name?
Annara_Utoxier-Lee she adds on the Ambassador as to her it means Ambassador of Asmodeus, Nobility and power
2. How old is your character?
72 but looks 28
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)?
Why a beautiful noble lady, Goldeneyes, skin, and hair, well-dressed and with impeccable manners.
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)?
She has a melodic laugh, which she uses when burning others to death.
5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
Her noble family on the lands of Cheliax, O the same of having a mixed angel blood in the family, so form a young age she was educated to be as whicked and cruel as could. Which she took too. Like a match to kindling.
6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living?
The Baron Untoxier-Lee, The old Baroness seeing her child had angel sent her mad, and she jumped out of a window so they say. Her new stepmother Baroness hated her, but that was not for long as Annara at the age of 12 set fire to her rooms and the hag burned to death. The next stepmother Baroness was much the same but she know the bond between The Baron and his child was strong. As the Baron had promised Annara to Asmodeus, in payment for some boon or other.
7. Do you have any other family or friends?
Yes, many, she has seven sisters and their offspring [one of which is dead, under suspicious cercomstances] and an older Bastered half-brother [who was her lover for a time, but he got old] She ages slower than they and so the family is large. Well, the ones not killed off by others members of the family. hen a large number of ex-lover and those of the church.
8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids?
Great Asmodeus, Single of course. She had a child who is now married with 3 children of her own. One of which is also an Aasimar like her, but she only found out when she heard her daughter had run off with the child to Asmodeus knows where. Annara is not that bothered, let her have a break of freedom, but she will be back. You can't get away from the family.
9. What is your character’s alignment?
She is LE and gifted to Asmodeus, and as a faith, she sees it has her birthright and port of being from the upper class.
10. What is your character’s moral code?
One's word is one's bond, Pay your debts no matter the cost, The rule of law gives mining to life. Suffer not Choas for it dose not respect the natural order of things like Class and position.
11. Does your character have goals?
She is a lesser noble child without title from Cheliax, there is ONE goal, to gain position and title thereby serving Asmodeus.
12. Is your character religious?
The church of Asmodeus.
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs?
There is an order to things, with those on the top and those below. It is not for those below to question this. Their only use and value are to serve their betters. Just as she serves Asmodeus. Anywho question this do not know their place and are beyond contempt. And can be dealt with as one sees fit.
14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?/i]
She likes animals and fusses over them, yet in cold blood happily kills women and children. She is a little OCD about being clean and well presented as a noble should be at all times. To the point of casting magics to keep clean multiple times a day and will refuse to be presented unless spotless.
She has a temper when others question her place, being known to just strike down a peasant for disrespecting her.
[i]15. Why does your character adventure?
To gain money, fame, power, and to serve Asmodeus.
16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
She is the brains, and always will be, others may have the right to lead but she is the one thinking 10 steps ahead.
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birthmarks, scars, deformities)?
Other than being beautiful, having bright yellow eyes and flames that play over her skin when her temper is up no, not really.
[i]18. How does your character get along with others?
As long as they do as they are told swimmingly. But she knows that sometimes others can be hard work, so the telling may have to be subtle.
19. Is there anything that your character hates?
Weakness, sentimentally and over-attachment, as well as trumped-up commoners seeing to rule their betters.
20. Is there anything that your character fears?
Losing what little position she has and falling to good.

1. What is your character’s name?
Dairiya
2. How old is your character?
25 years, give or take
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)?
Five foot six inches, attractive, tiefling, red toned skin, pointed incisors, black hair, smooth red tail, chain shirt, crossbow
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)?
Smooth talking, charismatic
5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
She was born in the Worldwound, raised initially by her parents in a small village, sold to slavers by her parents at a young age who sold her to a brothel
6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living?
Her parents were settlers in the Worldwound, the village where she was born has vanished without a trace when she returned to kill her parents
7. Do you have any other family or friends?
The madame in the brothel where she grew up was a priestess of Nocticula
8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids?
Dairiya is single and cannot have children
9. What is your character’s alignment?
Chaotic Evil
10. What is your character’s moral code?
Never trust anyone unless they're afraid of you and you can destroy them
11. Does your character have goals?
She desires power and station as the consort of a demon lord
12. Is your character religious?
She is a priestess and assassin in the service of Nocticula
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs?
Never trust anyone, the world is a dark place, demons are just honest about it
14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?
She is paranoid that everyone is going to stab her in the back
15. Why does your character adventure?
Wealth, power, and glory for her mistress Nocticlua
16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
Manipulating fools, casting divine magic, and assassinating enemies at a distance, stealth/lock picking/trap finding/healing
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)?
Red skin, pointed incisors, small horns, tail
18. How does your character get along with others?
She smiles at others while plotting to stab them in the back
19. Is there anything that your character hates?
Loss of freedom and control of her life.
20. Is there anything that your character fears?
Loss of her connection to Nocticula and divine gifts

Step 1: Write 5 background and concept elements that you feel are important to your image of the character. These can be a concept overview, a list of important life events, a physical description, a personality profile...whatever you need to get an image in your mind. 5 is just a minimum...more elements are encouraged!

* Dairya is an attractive tiefling with red skin, budding horns, pointed incisors, and a smooth red tail.
* Dairya was sold to a brothel in Iz at a young age (12 years old) by her own parents.
* She was raised by a madame in the brothel (Elinnila) who is a priestess of Nocticula. She initiated Dairiya into the cult.
* She escaped from the brothel but still bears a brand on her left shoulder marking her as property.
* She joined the cult/assassin's guild of Nocticula in Undarin, training as a priestess and killer. In a dark, underground temple beneath Undarin, Dairiya offered herself as a living vessel for Nocticula.
* She returned to the village where she was born to kill her parents, but the village had been wiped from the earth like it never existed.
* She was sent to Keneabres to assassinate a visiting merchant. She killed her target but was captured before she could escape. The city watch doesn't realize she is a priestess of Nocticula.

Step 2: List at least two goals for the character. At least one of these goals should be one that the character has, while another should be one that you, as a player, want to see developed over the course of the game.

* Killing Mazlax, the cambion who still thinks he owns her as a slave.
* Becoming the consort of a demon lord.

Step 3: List at least two secrets about your character. One is a secret the character knows, one is a secret that involves him but that he is not actually aware of yet. This will help me in creating plots that center around your character.

* Dairiya's parent's are still alive.
* No one realizes it, but when Dairya escaped from the brothel she could have freed the other slaves. She left them because they were too weak and stupid to escape on their own.

Step 4: Describe at least three people that are tied to the character. Two of them are friendly to the character, one is hostile. If you like, you can include an enemy of yours here as well, so I have an instant NPC nemesis to throw at you.

* Mazlax – A cambion who is the owner of the demonic brothel in the Worldwound where Dairya grew up. He still feels he has claim of ownership over her.
* Elinnila – the madame at the brothel where she grew up. She is a priestess of Nocticula and initiated Dairiya.
* Qinaela – A succubus who is Dairya's current high priestess and the head of the assassin's guild. She will be disappointed that Dairya was caught in Kenaebres after she killed the elven weapon merchant.

Step 5: Describe three memories, mannerisms, or quirks that your character has. They don't have to be elaborate, but they should provide some context and flavor.

* Dairya still remembers fondly the first man she killed in the service of Nocticula. She fooled the man into thinking she was interested in him and then gutted him with a concealed switch blade knife. She still has the knife.
* When she is angry and preparing to kill someone, she runs her tongue along the fangs in her mouth. Men find this attractive, and then she stabs them.
Dairiya typically wears perfume to cover her faint natural smell of brimstone. Demons find this attractive.

Dairiya Priestess of Nocticula
Demon-spawn tiefling cleric (fiendish vessel) of Nocticula 1/slayer (sniper) 1/gestalt 1
CE Medium outsider (native)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +8
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Defense
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AC 17, touch 12, flat-footed 15 (+4 armor, +2 Dex, +1 shield)
hp 12 (1d10+2)
Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +4
Resist cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee longsword +2 (1d8+1/19-20) or
. . switchblade knife +2 (1d4+1/19-20)
Ranged light crossbow +3 (1d8/19-20)
Special Attacks studied target +1 (1st, move action)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +4)
. . 1/day—shatter (DC 15)
Cleric (Fiendish Vessel) Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +3)
. . 1st—divine favor, obscuring mist, sleep[D] (DC 13)
. . 0 (at will)—detect magic, enhanced diplomacy, read magic
. . D Domain spell; Domains Evil (Demon[APG] subdomain), Darkness (Night[APG] subdomain)
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Statistics
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Str 13, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 16
Base Atk +1; CMB +2; CMD 14
Feats Blind-fight, Selective Channeling
Traits abyssal eavesdropper, criminal, fiendish sniper
Skills Bluff +7, Diplomacy +7, Disable Device +6, Disguise +7, Perception +8, Profession (courtesan) +6, Sleight of Hand +0, Stealth +3 (+8 to hide following a sniping attack); Racial Modifiers +2 Disable Device, +2 Perception
Languages Abyssal, Common
SQ accuracy, channel evil, fiendish summonining, fury of the abyss, night hunter, prehensile tail[ARG]
Other Gear chain shirt, buckler, crossbow bolts (10), light crossbow, longsword, switchblade knife, backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, candle (10), courtesan's outfit, flint and steel, holy text (Nocticula)[UE], mess kit[UE], perfume, common[ISWG] (20), reversible cloak[UE], soap, spell component pouch, thieves' tools, trail rations (5), wooden holy symbol of Nocticula, 7 gp, 7 sp
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Special Abilities
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Tiefling:
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
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.
Prehensile Tail Your tail can retrieve small objects on your person as a swift action.

Slayer:
Accuracy (Ex) Halve range penalties with bows, crossbows, and firearms.
Studied Target +1 (move action, 1 at a time) (Ex) Study foe as a Move action, gain +1 to att/dam & some skills vs. them.

Feats:
Blind-Fight Re-roll misses because of concealment, other benefits.
Selective Channeling Exclude targets from the area of your Channel Energy.

Cleric:
Channel Evil 1d4 (6/day, DC 13) (Su) Heals evil creatures and sickens and harms good creatures in a 30-ft radius.
Cleric (Fiendish Vessel) Domain (Demon (Evil))
Cleric (Fiendish Vessel) Domain (Night)
Fiendish Summonining You can only summon fiendish creatures and evil outsiders of your patron's alignment.
Fury of the Abyss (+1, 5/day) (Su) For 1 rd -2 AC and gain bonus to melee att/dam/CMB
Night Hunter (1 round, 5/day) (Su) Become invisible to all but darkvision in dim light or darkness.

Full Name : Armstrong
Race: Android

Classes/Levels : Fighter/Ranger Gestalt 1/1

Gender : M

Size : M

Age 18

Special Abilities :

Alignment: CN

Deity : Gorum

Location : Worldwound

Languages : Common
Occupation : Warrior

Strength 16 (+3)
Dexterity 12 (+1)
Constitution 14 (+2)
Intelligence 12 (+1)
Wisdom 14 (+2)
Charisma 8 (-1)
Height: 6'4" Weight: Hair: Bald Eyes:Grey
Favored Class: Fighter/Ranger (hp)
EXP: 0
Hit Points: 13
Spd: 30
Init: +5
AC: 16 ( +5 armor shield +1 Dex)/Touch 11/FF 15)
BAB: +1
CMB:
CMD:
Saves: Fort +4 Ref +3 Will +2

Weapons:
Greataxe +5 1d12+4 x3 crit
Spiked Gauntlet +4 1d4+3

Skills: 7/level
Perception (1+2+2+3) 8
Survival (1+2+3) 6
Climb (1+3+3) 7
Swim (1+3+3) 7
Heal (1+2+3) 6
Ride (1+1+3) 5
Know-Geography (1+1+3) 5

Feats: Weapon Focus-Great Axe(+1 hit)
Traits:Campaign Vengeful Whenever you strike the last creature that damaged you in the past 24 hours, you gain a +1 trait bonus on damage rolls against that creature.
Blood Algorithm You gain a +2 trait bonus on saving throws against spells with the pain descriptor. Additionally, once per day when you are healed by a spell that targets constructs (such as a make whole spell), you heal 1 extra hit point per level of the spell.
Rest for the Wicked: You heal temporary ability damage at a rate of 3 points per day of complete bed rest. A normal night of rest (8 hours) still heals you at a rate of only 1 point of temporary ability damage per night of rest.

Android Abilities
Alert +2 Perception
Emotionless -4 Sense Motive
Darkvision 60 ft.
Low-Light vision
Constructed For the purposes of effects targeting creatures by type (such as a ranger’s favored enemy and bane weapons), androids count as both humanoids and constructs. Androids gain a +4 racial bonus on all saving throws against mind-affecting effects, paralysis, poison, and stun effects, are not subject to fatigue or exhaustion
Nanite Surge: An android’s body is infused with nanites. Once per day as an immediate action, an android can cause her nanites to surge, granting a bonus equal to 3 + the android’s character level on any one d20 roll +4; this ability must be activated before the roll is made. When an android uses this power, her circuitry-tattoos glow with light equivalent to that of a torch in illumination for 1 round (3 RP.)
Fighter Abilities Bonus Feat: Improved Initiative (+4),
Ranger Abilities
Favored enemy: At 1st level, a ranger selects a creature type from the ranger favored enemies table. He gains a +2 bonus on Bluff, Knowledge, Perception, Sense Motive, and Survival checks against creatures of his selected type. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon attack and damage rolls against them. A ranger may make Knowledge skill checks untrained when attempting to identify these creatures.Evil Outsiders +2
Track: Add level to survival checks to follow tracks. +1
Wild Empathy: +1

Equipment:

Scale Mail (50 gp) (+5 AC +3 Dex -4 ACP)
Spiked Gauntlet (5 gp)
Greataxe (20 gp)
Fighter's Kit (9 gp)
backpack
bedroll
belt pouch
flint and steel
iron pot
mess kit
rope
soap
torches (10)
trail rations (5 days)
waterskin.
216 gp
Description:

Armstrong stands well over six feet and his greyish-silver skin bulges with synthetic muscles and is utterly hairless, such additions having been erased when he was built. His face
seems to always be in a scowl and his hygiene leaves something to be desired even though his equipment is always kept well maintained.

1. What is your character’s name?
Armstrong
2. How old is your character?
18
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)?
Tall and muscular male with grey-silver skin and no body hair. He is often clad in scale mail and
carries a great axe.
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)?
Suspicious glaring and basic misthropies that puts off casual talk. When things get more stressful, like an upcoming
battle, he is more animated and willing to talk.
5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
Numeria, from an android birthing capsule. His 'parent' was a Technic League slaver who saw him as a tool and weapon
6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living?
No parents in a traditional sense. Was kept by a slaver who ended up being killed by Armstrong.
7. Do you have any other family or friends?
None
8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids?
Single and alone
9. What is your character’s alignment?
CN
10. What is your character’s moral code?
Perfect mind and body in order to survive. Allies can be helpful to aid in survival but do not trust
them. Don't be a raging jerk since that draws attention, but keep your thoughts and words
to yourself.
11. Does your character have goals?
Survive, find a way to be able to survive alone.
12. Is your character religious?
Knows of the gods and pays respect to Gorum.
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs?
Other people can be utter monsters, always keep at arm's length and don't
be surprised when you get betrayed.
14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?
Anti-Social
15. Why does your character adventure?
To hone his skills and get as far away from Numeria as possible.
16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
Break bones, rend flesh. Be the chopping block of the enemy.
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)?
Hairless and grey-silver skin.
18. How does your character get along with others?
Grudgingly if forced to. Works better if part of the military since the routine is comforting.
19. Is there anything that your character hates?
Slavers
20. Is there anything that your character fears?
Being enslaved again

Goresk Trulk
CE Human Fighter(Weapon Master) 1/Antipaladin of Deskari 1
Init +3; Senses Perception +2

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Defense
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AC 16, Touch 11, Flat-Footed 15 (+5 armor, +1 dex)
HP 13 (1d10+3)
Fort +4; Ref +1, Will +3

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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.; 20 ft in armor
Melee scythe +5 (2d4+7/x4) or gauntlet +4 (1d3+3/x2)
Ranged shortbow +2 (1d6/x3) 60ft
Special Attacks smite good 1/day (+3 attack rolls, +3 deflection, +1 damage rolls, +2 on first damage roll versus outsider with good subtype, good-aligned dragon, or a good creature with levels of cleric or paladin, bypasses any DR)
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Statistics
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Str 17, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 16
Base Atk +1; CMB +4; CMD 15
Feats Power Attack, Furious Focus, Weapon Focus (Scythe)
Skills bluff [1] +7; perception [1] +2
Background Skills handle animal [1] +7; engineering [1] +3
Languages common, hallit, abyssal
Traits Region: Abyssal Eavesdropper; Race: Wary of Danger; Combat: Armor Expert
SQ smite good, code of conduct, detect good, aura of evil, skilled
Favored Class +1 HP
Combat Gear scythe, scale mail, shortbow, arrows (20), acid flask (3)
Other Gear masterwork backpack, bedroll, canteen, flint & steel, unholy text, unholy symbol, mess kit, trail rations (5), silk rope, explorer's outfit, belt pouch containing 72 gp 4 sp

1. What is your character’s name? My name is Goresk Trulk, son of Dren Trulk.
2. How old is your character? I have seen 26 bitter winters.
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)? Did your men not jot this information down? I am a five-foot, eleven human. I normally keep my head shaved but, your guards have allowed it to grow out some. I bet that I would have a darker complexion if I spent less time…working at night. My armor was made to look like bug chiton, the helmet with horns like that of a beetle. I'm guessing both the armor and the helm have been sold off to fund your war effort.
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)? Look, just because I didn't get a fancy education like you nobles playing knights doesn't mean I can't be persuasive when I wanna. Maybe it's my rippling muscles, or the way I roll my r's. Could be that they sense that I'm a "salt of the earth" kinda guy.
5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who? I was born right here in Kenabres. I've spent my entire life watching as crusaders flood my city under the false pretense of saving the world from the demon horde. After the murder of my parents, I was left to fend for myself in a city of self-righteous heroes who didn't care for an orphan child on the streets.
6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living? When I was young my parents were falsely accused of worshipping baphomet. I watched from the shadows as people prayed to Iomedae while lashing my parents' arms to a pair of horses. I wept as Shelynites sang songs while my parents' legs were tied to two other horses. And my blood boiled as Abadar's clergy recited laws while the horses were urged to run in 4 different directions.
7. Do you have any other family or friends? There are others who share my opinions but you'll have a tough time trying to get their names from me.
8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids? What sort of creature would willingly marry me? I think I'd not wish to meet such a being...no, I am not married. Kids? I would never do something so cruel as to bring another life into this world.
9. What is your character’s alignment? You mean you haven't brought in your paladins and your clerics to find that out? Fine, if you want it from me directly, chaotic evil.
10. What is your character’s moral code? Interested in Deskari's scripture, are you? Fine. The Lord of the Locust Host tells us that the needs of the many far outweigh the needs of the few. What does matter if a few dozen vermin are crushed if the swarm survives? I would prefer to see His plans come true, I will gladly give my life if it means the swarm grows stronger.
11. Does your character have goals? I long to see your crusaders crushed beneath the weight of the horde. To watch as they are fed to Deskari's swarms and used to strengthen his numbers. Perhaps one day Deskari may even bless me personally.
[B12. Is your character religious?[/b] I meet with others who share my beliefs. We play dice and sip tea while our children play with puppies...If you're asking where our temple is, I won't betray their trust and tell you.
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs? Most good people are not. People, especially humans, will abandon any morals to save their own skin. I'd be fine with that fact if they didn't spend every waking moment preaching self-sacrifice.
14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)? I have no "quirks". I'm a perfect example of a true believer.
15. Why does your character adventure? To spread Deskari's influence, of course. I've seen the eggs implanted among Mendev and I've heard of some implanted elsewhere as well. I just want to give them the best nest to hatch into.
16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer? Maybe in a different life I could have followed my parents' footsteps and served the holy warriors. I could've been like them and washed the blood and ichor from linens or mended banners. And I too could've been falsely accused of working against the crusaders. No, no I think I much prefer this life.
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)? No, I bear no scars or markings. My flesh is perfectly normal. And it disgusts me.
18. How does your character get along with others? For the swarm to survive, we must work together.
19. Is there anything that your character hates? When the "devout" hide behind ideologies in order to commit atrocities under the guise of holiness.
20. Is there anything that your character fears? I fear rotting in the cell, forgotten and serving no purpose, while the world continues on without me.

What? You want me to confess my crimes? Was it not enough that I was caught at the scene of the crime? Fine. I suppose in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter anyway.

Four years ago I heard that the man who originally accused my parents of their demon worship had finally come back to Kenabres. No, I won't say his name. He doesn't deserve to have his name recorded. Yes, I see you, scrivener, scratching away on your paper. Jotting down everything I say. I don't care if you were just trying to keep an accurate record. I won't say his name.

It didn't take long for me to track him down. I overheard him at a tavern talking about how the last time he was here he routed out a pair of cultists. F~*#ing idiot. But then he went on about how over the years when he was away from the city he found a pretty wife and he had two pretty children and they all wore very pretty clothes.

But something had to be wrong in that family, right? I mean, who drags their family along to the edge of the Worldwound? Unless there was a reason to leave your family alone.

I started by sewing the seeds of doubt about his wife's faithfulness. A rumor here, a too-personal note left there. It was pretty easy. See, the thing they don't tell you about people who are constantly hunting secrets: they wind up finding phantom secrets too. So, when he found the secret journal she kept tucked away which detailed her love for another man and how she prayed to Asmodeus that he never would discover their daughters' true father it threw him into a wonderful fit of rage. Of course this tiefling, their "real father", didn't exist. But you know, nothing quite like a little bit of holy racism to help things along.

After the Mrs. had her unfortunate fall - you know, the one where she definitely wasn't shoved over the balcony - he became a grieving widower and the sole parent to two pretty children. I don't know if he was just worried that the deaths of the kids would create too much suspicion or if he really did feel some sort of parental bond to them but, it took another year or so of pushing and prodding for me to get him to off them too. And boy oh boy did he do it with flair! Some sort of cleansing ritual that involved burning the corruption out of the living flesh. To children no less! And I thought the demons were the evil ones.

Then it was just a matter of letting his wounds fester. For two years I watched with glee as he became a hollow shell of the upstanding citizen that he once was. His friends grew suspicious and left him. The ones he had once hunted demons with, abandoned him. And none of the mercenary bands would take him on. And when his coin dried up he had no way of leaving the city. He was trapped and alone and it was delicious!

Anyway, I followed him home (home being a pile of burlap blankets tucked under a bridge) from the tavern one night. He was still sober mind you. A day’s worth of begging in this city only earns a small amount. No matter how much charity you hear about. He crawled under into his little nest like the vermin he was and I watched from the shadows. I watched as he shivered and tried to sleep. Hours went by and I watched. Whenever his body would relax and exhaustion was about to take him I’d poke his feet with a little knife.

Eventually, I grew tired of the game. I grabbed him by his ankles and dragged the wriggling worm from his nest. I stood over him and told him everything I had done. Everything he had done. When he asked “Why?” I told him. But, if i’m being honest with you, by that point it was more about my enjoyment over seeing my plans finally hatching so successfully and less about revenge. When he started weeping, I knelt beside him. I wanted to see the fear, the anguish, the hate in his eyes!

Once I had my fill, I gripped his matted hair with my fist and slammed the back of his head into the cobblestones. Over and over. But he didn’t fight me! The bastard didn’t even have the decency to fight back! And I lost my temper. I kept slamming his skull into the stones. Over and over and over. How long? Oh, I can’t be sure but it must’ve been for some time. After all, when your men found me the sun was beginning to peak over the rooftops.

So, there you have it. Anything else you would like from me? Can I go back to my cell now? I slept better last night than I have in a very, [i]very[/] long time.

What do you mean “Now you’re never leaving”? I didn’t think that was an option. I murdered a man in the streets! ...Oh...yes, I imagine the punishment for “interfering with a crime scene” is far less severe than murder. How was I supposed to know that they hadn’t seen what I had done? Can you please just take me away now? This is...embarrassing.

Power Attack - Feat Tax
You can make exceptionally deadly melee attacks by sacrificing accuracy for strength.
Prerequisites: Str 13, base attack bonus +1.
Benefit: You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.

Deadly Aim - Feat Tax
You can make exceptionally deadly ranged attacks by pinpointing a foe’s weak spot, at the expense of making the attack less likely to succeed.
Prerequisites: Dex 13, base attack bonus +1.
Benefit: You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all ranged attack rolls to gain a +2 bonus on all ranged damage rolls. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every +4 thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.

Furious Focus
Even in the midst of fierce and furious blows, you can find focus in the carnage and your seemingly wild blows strike home.
Prerequisites: Str 13, Power Attack, base attack bonus +1.
Benefit: When you are wielding a two-handed weapon or a one-handed weapon with two hands, and using the Power Attack feat, you do not suffer Power Attack’s penalty on melee attack rolls on the first attack you make each turn. You still suffer the penalty on any additional attacks, including attacks of opportunity.

Weapon Focus (Scythe)
Choose one type of weapon. You can also choose unarmed strike or grapple (or ray, if you are a spellcaster) as your weapon for the purposes of this feat.
Prerequisites: Proficiency with selected weapon, base attack bonus +1.
Benefit: You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.
Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new type of weapon.

Weapon Versatility
You can use your favored weapons in unconventional ways.
Prerequisites: Weapon Focus, base attack bonus +1.
Benefit: When wielding a weapon with which you have Weapon Focus, you can shift your grip as a swift action so that your weapon deals bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage instead of the damage type normally dealt by that weapon. You may switch back to the weapon’s normal damage type or another damage type as a swift action. If your base attack bonus is +5 or higher, using this feat is a free action instead.

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Abyssal Eavesdropper
Category Region
Requirement(s) Sarkoris or the Worldwound
Having grown up near the Worldwound, you have a rough understanding of the demons’ guttural babble. You add Abyssal to your list of languages known, though you take a –2 penalty on Diplomacy, Intimidate, and Bluff checks made while speaking Abyssal, as well as a –2 penalty on Linguistics checks made to read Abyssal text. If you gain Abyssal as a language again at a later time (such as by taking a rank in Linguistics and selecting Abyssal as a learned language), these skill check penalties become +2 trait bonuses instead.

Wary of Danger
Category Race
Requirement(s) Human—Kellid
Your people are beset on all sides by threats, and you have developed a keen sense for danger. You gain a +2 trait bonus on initiative checks

Armor Expert
Category Combat
You have worn armor as long as you can remember, either as part of your training to become a knight’s squire or simply because you were seeking to emulate a hero. Your childhood armor wasn’t the real thing as far as protection, but it did encumber you as much as real armor would have, and you’ve grown used to moving in such suits with relative grace.
Benefit: When you wear armor of any sort, reduce that suit’s armor check penalty by 1, to a minimum check penalty of 0.

At 1st level, when using a firearm or siege engine that targets an area rather than a specific creature, the siege gunner can spend 1 grit point to focus the brunt of the blast on a single creature within the target area. The target creature takes 1 additional point of damage for each level the siege gunner possesses. This is precision damage and is not multiplied on a critical hit. At 5th level and for every 5 levels the siege gunner possesses beyond that, she can select an additional creature to target with this bonus damage. Targets must be selected before any attack rolls or saving throws are made.

The spellslinger gains the Exotic Weapon Proficiency (firearms) feat, and one or two of his firearms can be arcane guns. Arcane guns are normal one-handed or two-handed firearms in the hands of others, as they were normal firearms before the spellslinger imbued them with magic. In a spellslinger’s hands, they both fire projectiles (bullets and pellets) and cast magic. At 1st level, the spellslinger decides whether he wants to have one or two arcane guns at a time. If the spellslinger chooses to have only one arcane gun at a time, spells fired through the arcane gun that require an attack roll have a ×3 critical hit multiplier.

A spellslinger can cast any ranged touch attack, cone, line, or ray spells through his arcane gun. When he casts through the arcane gun, the gun’s enhancement bonus (if any) is a bonus to the spell’s attack rolls or to the spell’s saving throw DCs. Yet there are dangers inherent to this method. If any of the spells’ attack rolls result in a natural 1 (a misfire), or a natural 20 is rolled on any saving throw made against the spell by a target (an overload), the arcane gun gains the broken condition. If the arcane gun already has the broken condition, the gun explodes. When a gun explodes, it lets loose a blast of force, or if the spell has the acid, cold, electricity, or sonic descriptor, it deals that type of energy damage instead. In the case of spells with multiple descriptors, roll randomly among the descriptors to determine the type of damage dealt by the blast. The blast is centered on a single intersection within the spellslinger’s space (spellslinger’s choice) and deals 1d6 points of the appropriate energy damage or force damage per level of the spell cast. Any creature within the blast other than the spellslinger can make a Reflex saving throw to halve the damage. The Reflex save DC is calculated using the spell level of the spell being sacrificed.

A spellslinger can attune his arcane guns at the start of each day. That attunement lasts until the spellslinger attunes to a new gun, even if a formally attuned gun is destroyed.

At 3rd level, if the siege gunner has at least 1 grit point, she can increase the effectiveness of scattering shots from hand-held firearms and blast shots from siege engines. The cone radius of scattering shots or blast shots increases by 5 feet for every three levels the siege gunner possesses (to a maximum of 30 feet at 18th level).

1. What is your character’s name?
--- Cevendyl Akirion

2. How old is your character?
--- 19 years old

3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)?
--- It’s not that Cev’s eyes are just blue; they exude ‘blue’ “Primal Blue”

4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)?
--- It would absolutely be noticed, quickly, that Cevendyl does NOT speak Taldane. He knows several elemental languages, his leading speech when meeting someone is Elven. He is working on learning both Taldane & Abyssal.

5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
--- Born & raised in Iadara, the capital of Kyonin, Ceven proves it really does sometimes “take a village” with several generations of his parents relatives contributing to help him focus his unique skills.

6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living?
--- Cevendyl’s parents are both also Half-Elves, both alive, but both a little on the absentee side. They have adventured in Varisia a great deal recently, once they had Cev situated with his occult mentors in Kyonin.

7. Do you have any other family or friends?
--- All of Cevendyl’s elven relatives have helped raise him, but his maternal grandmother has helped him the most. An aerokinetic dedicated to Findeladlara, she showed him the power of elements very early, and became his greatest inspiration.

8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids?
--- Divorced, no kids …

9. What is your character’s alignment?
--- Chaotic Neutral

10. What is your character’s moral code?
--- Consistent with Question #9 but with a healthy mix of selfish pragmatism; it’s my way, or we fight to determine if it’s my way, but it’s hardly going to be anyone else’s way unless there is clear & present danger in starting a confrontation.

11. Does your character have goals?
--- Absolutely. His entire motivation around explaoiting the 5th Crusade conflict is that he believes he will amass the skills and power to liberate the Tanglebriar in southern Kyonin from its occupation by the demon lord Treerazer. He wants that to be like his opus of power to all Elves.

12. Is your character religious?
--- Devoutly. He knows it is impossible to have this much magic within him without the blessing of Nethys, yet the drive and will power in his blood come from Gorum. He is proud to be an Elf, but he is prouder that he has found the way of power.

13. What are your character’s personal beliefs?
--- That it is a heavy burden to be so handsome AND so powerful ;)

14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?
--- Ceven is for sure no stranger to a mirror … when he looks in his own eyes, he feels like he is drawn to the ooccult powers, and the aether itself, and his wild adoration for his god.

15. Why does your character adventure?
--- He doesn’t. He foments Chaos. But he knew that going to Mendev would be a singular experience to help him grow much much more powerful than seclusion in the city, like so many of his relatives.

16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
--- It is an extraordinary opportunity, and he is going to take it for all it has to give.

 
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)?
--- See Question #3 you’re either drawn to or averting your gaze from the Primal Blue; there isn’t really a middle ground. Especially when using magic and it seems to overflow thru Cevendyl’s eyes.

18. How does your character get along with others?
--- Cev loves people, and really wants them to love him, as tough as that is sometimes. He is willing to shake them …

19. Is there anything that your character hates?
--- Weak demons … and people who ally with them and think like them. Being self focused is a great thing, doing so at the expense of others means you are getting ahead faster. A little collateral damage in your life path, well, no one told you to stand there …

20. Is there anything that your character fears?
--- Not so much ‘failure’ per se, but failure and what it would mean to HIM: loss of power, not realizing his dream of flying like his grandmother, being vulnerable to lesser people.

21. Is there anything that your character loves?
--- Flying. Almost since birth, and very much against his father’s wishes, Cevendyl’s grandmother has taken him into the sky every year on his birthday. The exhilaration spilled out him every time he flew, and allowed everyone to see that the sky allows Cevendyl to be above it all: above people, above places, and able to rain power down on all of it.