Bountiful (Ad)venture: DM Yttras's Ruins of Azlant Table 1

Game Master Yttras

Years passed, and Bethany learned that her mother was ill. She returned to Almas, intending to say goodbye. Her mother told her of the Bountiful Venture Company’s attempt to settle a colony. She wanted to get a merchant in, and felt Bethany’s skills as a sailor and priest would earn a spot among the tough competition. Bethany refused. They went to the church of Abadar. Bethany’s Mother had made a huge donation to the church, and would receive powerful magical healing, guaranteeing her life for many years to come. Inside, the church, Bethany spotted the branch of Gozreh’s lightning that Eric had lost. Bethany made a deal with her mother. Buy the branch, and Bethany would join the Bountiful Venture Company’s voyage.

Personality: Bethany prefers the company of animals and nature to people and cities, but is used to serving with a crew. To those she accepts as a crew, she will be protective and straightforward with.

Appearance: Bethany has blonde hair in a short style. She’s a tall human with tanned skin. She wears Scale mail adorned with the holy symbol of Gozreh.

Init 2; Senses Perception: +6

DEFENSE

AC 19, touch 12, flat-footed 17

hp 11

Fort 5, Ref 2, Will 7

OFFENSE

Speed 20 ft.

Melee Trident +5 (1d8+1 ),
Ranged Light Crossbow +2 (1d8)

Cleric spells prepared (CL 1; concentration +6)

1st (3+1/day)- Bless (DC 16); Murderous Command (DC 16); Obscuring Mist (DC 16); Protection from Evil (DC 16);

0th (at will)- Create Water (DC 15); Guidance (DC 15); Vigor (DC 15);

STATISTICS

Str 13, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 13, Wis 20, Cha 12

Base Atk + +0; CMB +1; CMD 13

Feats Channel Smite; Guided Hand;

Traits: Athlete (acrobatics), Strong swimmer

SQ Aura; Channel Energy (Cleric) +1d6; Speak with Animals; Surge; Domains: Animal; Water (Oceans);

Skills Acrobatics (0) +3 Handle Animal (1) +2; Knowledge (history) (1) +5; Knowledge (nature) (1) +5; Knowledge (religion) (1) +5; Perception (1) +6; Spellcraft (1) +5; Swim (1) +4
Equipment
Trident (15)
Scale mail (50)
Heavy wood shield (7)
Cleric Kit (16) (This includes a backpack, a bedroll, a belt pouch, candles (10), a cheap holy text, a flint and steel, an iron pot, a mess kit, rope, soap, a spell component pouch, torches (10), trail rations (5 days), a waterskin, and a wooden holy symbol.)
Light Crossbow (35)
20 Bolts (2)
15 GP

People talk when they drink. And they need to talk. We need to know who is upset, who is planning something bad, who has heard rumors... the barkeeper hears a lot."

Brother MacLaren wishes for Talmandor's Bounty to have a strong spirit of community, and he knows that many might chafe at the old-fashioned ways of Erastil or Abadar. Many in Andoran prefer the free-spirited ways of Cayden Cailean. Even so, he is on good terms with Eamon Caranth, and is at least polite with Kurvis Nurpico (it helps that his father's pub had a reputation for spotless bookkeeping and prompt payment of taxes). He intends to build a pub in the Colony and listen for gossip. That's what a barkeeper does, right?

If "yes you are fine", would the Vaporous Potion work with this?

I am also a player that likes to help round out a part. As such the Wisdom in the Flesh trait (which is making a Dex or Str based skill work off of Wis and makes it a class skill: Currently stealth, but if we have no one with a good disable device I would take that and help there if needed as well.

CG female (Tian-Shu) human sorcerer (psychic bloodline) 1
Init +2
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Defense
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AC 13, touch 13, flat-footed 10 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge)
hp:7 (1d6)
Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +3;
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee: Quarterstaff +0 (1d6x2)
Ranged: Light crossbow +2 (1d8/19x20)
Statistics
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STR 10
DEX 14
CON 11
INT 10
WIS 13
CHA 18
Base Atk +0; CMB 0; CMD 12
Sorcerer Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +4)

0th- Detect Magic, Prestidigitation, guidance, light
1st—magic missle, color spray (4/day)

Skills: Bluff +8, Diplomacy +8, Intimidate +8, Sense Motive +5, Knowledge (arcana) +7 Knowledge (history) +1, Spellcraft +4
Traits: Set Mind, Deft Dodger

Feats: Dodge, Skill Focus (Diplomacy)

Languages: Common

Items:: Backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, candles (5), chalk (5 pieces), flint and steel, ink, inkpen, ioun torch, journal, magnifying glass, mess kit, scroll box, silk rope (50 ft.), spell component pouch, trail rations (5 days), waterskin, 3 gp.

Psychic Strike (Su)

At 1st level, you can overwhelm the minds of those nearby. You can target one creature within 30 feet that you can see; that creature must succeed at a Will saving throw (DC = 10 + 1/2 your sorcerer level + your Charisma modifier) or it takes 1d6 points of damage + 1 point for every 2 sorcerer levels you possess and becomes shaken for 1 round. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier.

Lily is a cheerful person who tries her best to convey positivity. She strives to empathize with other people's plights, helpful for her job as a psychiatrist. She is a people-pleaser, sometimes to a fault that it negatively effects her. With that said, she does have a mean streak in combat and often enjoys the heat of battle. That extends to others if pushed hard enough, though it is rare for her to act out in anger on her friends.

The family's most prominent trait were their psychic powers, something that most people in the family possess. Lily's powers manifested not only later but also worked differently, depending on her natural charisma rather than her intellect.

That didn't stop her from delving into her studies. One thing in particular that interested her were subjects of the mind. She found the concept of how people think interesting and hoped that her skills may help people feel better about themselves. Thus she began her own business as a mind doctor, talking with people about their mental health.

It was this unique position that got her chosen on the voyage. Still, she was more than happy to go on a journey of a lifetime to explore new places and meet new people.

NAME Tálan of Cormentyn
RACE Human (Chelish)
CLASS Psychic (Faith - Aroden)

STR 11 INT 19
DEX 12 WIS 15
CON 12 CHA 11

BAB +0
HD 8 (1D6+CON+FCB)
F +4 / R +1 / W +4

Feats
1 Great Fortitude
H Skill Focus: Knowledge History

Skills
1 Perception +6
2 Swim +6
I Spellcraft +8
I Knowledge Local +9
I Knowledge Arcana +8
I Knowledge Religion +8
BG Knowledge History +12
BG Linguistics +8
bonuses: +1 on Knowledge Local and UMD, +2 on Swim and Prof Sailor, +4 on Knowledge History

Languages
Common, Azlanti, Aquan, Elven, Celestial, Infernal

Traits
1 Azlanti Scholar (+1 bonus on History, Local and UMD checks. UMD is a class skill. Gain Azlanti as a bonus language.)
2 Resilient (+1 bonus on Fortitude saves)

Spells
0: Daze, Detect Magic, Light, Virtue
1: Sleep, Magic Missile, Bless, (Cure Light Wounds*)

Spells Per Day:
0: unlimited
1: 4

Special
Class
-Bonus Spells: bless (1st), spiritual weapon (4th), magic vestment (6th), guardian of faith (8th), commune (10th), psychic surgery (12th), greater scrying (14th), greater planar ally (16th), miracle (18th).
-Deity (Ex): At 1st level, choose a deity to worship: Aroden. Your alignment must remain within one step of your deity’s or you lose access to all this discipline’s bonus spells and discipline powers.
-Divine Energy: You can channel spell energy into cure or inflict spells. This ability functions similarly to the cleric’s ability to spontaneously cast cure or inflict spells, and the type of spells you can convert depends on your alignment in the same way. The cure or inflict spells don’t count as being on your psychic spell list for the purposes of any other effects. Each day, you can convert up to one spell from each spell level you can cast. Each time you use this ability to convert a spell, you regain 1 point in your phrenic pool. The maximum number of points you can regain in this way per day is equal to your Wisdom modifier.
-Knacks: can cast cantrips
-Phrenic Pool (Su): 2 (half level plus WIS mod). Replenished after 8 hours of rest or meditation.
-Phrenic Amplifications:
-Perfect Body: can spend 1 point from her phrenic pool to gain a +2 bonus on her next Reflex or Fortitude save after casting a transmutation spell.
Race (Human)
-Focused Study: gain Skill Focus at levels 1, 8 and 16th.
-Heart of the Sea: +2 on Profession Sailor and Swim checks, both are class skills. Can hold breathe twice as long. Gain a +4 bonus on concentration checks when attempting to cast spells underwater.

Both blessed and cursed with access to Aroden’s Eye, Tálan is not the first in his family born with psychic powers. While not a gifted psychic, his granduncle taught him the basics of the craft. Many a swim was had in the cold waters of Cormentyn to awaken Tálan’s inner focus, but eventually his granduncle told him to seek guidance elsewhere if he wanted to master his gift. He simply had nothing more to teach.

Over the years more and more former temples and shrines to Aroden were demolished, repurposed or worse, rededicated to Asmodeus. Those who dared to raise their voice were made to shut up, and what little remained of Aroden’s faith was snuffed out like a candle in the night. When the inquisitors came for the family’s prayer books, Tálan knew he had to escape Cheliax.

Tálan left Cheliax to try his hand at a scholarship in Andoran, the fabled land of freedom. He had always dreamt of studying the history of Golarian, digging into ancient tomes and manuscripts, and hopefully one day, writing a revelatory work on Aroden and his imminent return. But now, through life’s harsh lessons, he knows that preserving knowledge and tradition is invaluable.

While in Andoran he managed to acquire a scholarship. He passed the entry test, got enough financial backing from his family to make it work, and earned some money on the side translating documents and texts. At the university, he swears it was fate, he ran into an elderly Vudrani tutor who agreed to help him understand more of his powers in return for opening his mind to the teachings of Irori. Diligent and dutiful, and bursting with ambition, Tálan threw himself into his academic and psychic studies, unaware of how fast days and weeks were going by.

The wakeup call that pulled him out of his flow came in the way of a call for adventurers and colonists by the Bountiful Venture Company. The academical world was buzzing with speculation of what could be find overseas, and whether or not it was too early for academics to go over there right away. But if he’d wait, wouldn’t someone else go first?

While technically being neither colonist nor adventurer, Tálan knows he’ll have to embrace aspects of both if he wants to have a chance at unearthing the secrets of lost Azlant and get his chance at fame and glory. Not that he necessarily cares for either, but deep down in his soul he can feel how this venture is important.

And so he signed up.

Character sheet

Backstory:
Karsten was born on the Ironbound archipelago, his father a sailor for a ship pledged to a Linnorm King and his mother a herbalist. He spent many years journeying around the islands, often hearing stories about the Mordant Spire elves and the great ruins beneath the sea. His father teaching him to fight while his mother the practical use of mixtures to help gave him the first taste of the potential magic offered.

Curious by nature and hardy he took to swimming and studying what ruins he could find close to their island. Though one day he was swept out to sea further than he had been as he dived for treasures amidst the rocks. Swimming as hard as he could he managed to not drown and washed up on a small island. It was here he found his first ruin. A small cave hidden beneath the craggy rocks led to the remains of some structure long buried. It was here he found writing on the wall. He examined it and miraculously it sprang to life, emitting light. He watched as words danced across the walls and he began to understand them. It was later that he realized he somehow had learned the ancient Azlanti language. With newfound ability to read the walls he found a carving of a hawk. That spoke of a loyal ally and friend. Again curious he examined it as a flash of light happened and he found a hawk sitting atop his arm. Somehow the bird was calm and even friendly to him. And he felt connected as he read the stone it said it’s name was Drusu, with enough a adventure for the boy he returned to see the seas had calmed. Swimming back he retold his story to his parents.

Taking it as a good omen his mother began to teach him more about not just herbalism but some of the history of the islands and what she knew. His father helping him by having the villages Seer teach the boy to sharpen his mind. It was with this information he set off, and began to explore the cave, eventually finding more about Azlant and of a great continent to the west. Unsure of how to reach it he set out and eventually heard of the discovery of islands amid the Steaming Sea. Desperate to learn more he made his way southward until he met a man asking for volunteers to go West to the work the colony of Talmandor’s Bounty. Hoping that the islands this colony rested on might hold secrets or even better actually be Azlant he signed on as an extra sword hand.

Personality:
Karsten looks and acts very much the 29 year old, eager to learn and quick to pick things up he has spent most of his life learning. Whether it be swordsmanship, basic herbalism, to history. He has a voracious appetite for knowledge. Friendly to all he gets along with most people though he doesn’t take kindly to thinking him dull despite the way he looks. Built rough from years in the cold and worn by sea salt he is the picture of a Ulfen man. His hair however belies a growing wisdom from what he’s learned. Magic despite what it gave him is not always benevolent. And he hopes that learning all he can will help to keep others safe, something that he always admired about the Mordant Spire elves.

Drusu despite seeming a normal Hawk is very intelligent and comfortable with people. However he holds a bit of pride and resents others assuming they can touch him. Lover of attention and of snacks it’s not difficult to win his trust. There is something uncanny though about him that can’t be shaken though.

Build and Ideas:
Generally he will be a sword and board fighter helping tank and providing help when he can. Nothing particularly noteworthy about his fighting style just I may work in intimidate stuff to add some debuff. I would like to get magic on him if possible or atleast magical like abilities so eldritch heritage or something along those lines may be in the cards.

For his familiar I plan to take improved familiar eventually and if possible would like to flavor and somehow work into the story or the background that he is woke kind of ancient familiar or magical creature eventually revealing itself as such.

The mutagens I would also like to flavor as less him coming up with concoctions but learning an azlanti magic meant to improve oneself and eventually achieve perfection via potions or incantations or whatever.