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About Aberus Ocellio

Pronounciation: {ab'-er-uhs} {oh-sel'-lee-oh}

Reference Image: Cleric of Sarenrae, by Silvia "Epantiras" S.

Background (Short Version)

Aberus was born in Nerosyan, and like most who lived there he was raised in the church of Iomedae. His parents, Laenus and Statia, were devout followers but it was the evolution of his father's faith that had the greatest influence on him. Inspired by the church's tireless fight against the demonic incursions from the Worldwound, and Iomadae's own ascension from mortality, his father gradually assumed a more active and direct role in the church's efforts, eventually training to take up arms. When Aberus was 12 years old his father joined the Fourth Crusade as a paladin of his goddess.

Aberus's world, and his faith, collapsed when his father did not return from his first incursion into the Worldwound. The next several years added hardship to grief with only Statia's meager income to support them. Both he and his mother felt betrayed and then abandoned by the church, and blamed it for sending Laenus into a battle for which he had been ill-prepared. They turned away from Iomedae and never returned.

While Statia would eventually reject all religion, Aberus felt an emptiness and loss that he could not fill without faith, and a chance encounter with a cleric of Sarenrae set him on a new path. The more time he spent in her church, the more he understood that this was where he belonged: the path to her church had always been there, he had just not been able to see it before.

Despite what had happened to his father, he still felt a pull to the Crusades against the Worldwound. It was not right to turn away from that fight just because it had claimed Laenus's life, and Iomedae was not necessarily at fault for her church's failings: it was just that the clergy in Nerosyan was overzealous and lacked guidance. Too many of its elders had a direct role in the struggle, and not enough were at home instilling a responsible approach to the same. As a cleric of Sarenrae, he felt he could help the next Crusade by offering some temperance, and a compassion for the soldiers that Iomedae's clergy often lacked. And, of course, he could provide some much-needed healing in the hopes that it might save the life of someone else's mother or father.

While his anger at the church of Iomedae has faded, there is a lingering bitterness that will always be there.

General appearance

Aberus is a tall, Taldan man, standing just shy of 6 feet in height, with brown eyes and tussled brown hair that comes down far enough to just cover his ears. He wears a simple white tunic with gold accents, and a sky blue cloak adorned with gold sunbursts. A silver ankh hangs from a leather chain around his neck.

Aberus Ocellio
Male human (Taldan) cleric of Sarenrae 6/Hierophant 1
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +0; Senses Perception +5
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Defense
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AC 16, touch 10, flat-footed 16 (+5 armor, +1 shield)
hp 50 (6d8+16)
Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +11 (+2 trait bonus vs. divine spells of different faith than you); +2 trait bonus vs. fear, +2 trait bonus vs. emotion spells and effects
Defensive Abilities hard to kill
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Melee cold iron heavy mace +5 (1d8+1) or
. . morningstar +5 (1d8+1) or
. . scimitar +5 (1d6+1/18-20)
Ranged light crossbow +4 (1d8/19-20)
Special Attacks channel positive energy 5/day (DC 17, 3d6), divine surge (inspired spell), faith's reach[MA], inspired spell[MA], mythic power (7/day, surge +1d6)
Domain Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th; concentration +9)
. . 6/day—touch of glory (+6)
Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 6th; concentration +9)
. . 3rd—blindness/deafness (DC 16), heroism[D], invisibility purge
. . 2nd—align weapon, bless weapon[D], silence (DC 15), sound burst (DC 15)
. . 1st—bane (DC 14), bless (2), protection from evil (2), shield of faith[D]
. . 0 (at will)—create water, detect magic, light, resistance
. . D Domain spell; Domains Glory (Heroism[APG] subdomain), Healing (Restoration[APG] subdomain)
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Statistics
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Str 12, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 17, Cha 15
Base Atk +4; CMB +5; CMD 15
Feats Combat Casting, Extra Mythic Power[M], Iron Will, Selective Channeling, Toughness
Traits courageous, disdainful defender, grief-filled, touched by divinity
Skills Acrobatics -5 (-9 to jump), Appraise +7, Bluff +3, Diplomacy +11, Heal +10, Knowledge (history) +10, Knowledge (planes) +11, Knowledge (religion) +11, Linguistics +8, Perception +5, Profession (gambler) +7, Profession (peddler) +7, Sense Motive +8, Spellcraft +8
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Daemonic, Dwarven, Infernal
SQ healer's blessing, restorative touch
Combat Gear cold iron crossbow bolts (50), scroll of remove disease; Other Gear scale mail, buckler, cold iron heavy mace, crossbow bolts (20), light crossbow, morningstar, scimitar, cloak of resistance +1, terendelev's scales (resistance), 35 gp
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Special Abilities
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Cleric Channel Positive Energy 3d6 (5/day, DC 17) (Su) Positive energy heals the living and harms the undead; negative has the reverse effect.
Cleric Domain (Heroism)
Cleric Domain (Restoration)
Combat Casting +4 to Concentration checks to cast while on the defensive.
Faith's Reach (Su) Your touch divine spells have a range of 30 ft.
Hard to Kill (Ex) Automatically stabilize when dying, and only die at neg Con x 2.
Healer's Blessing (Su) Your cure spells are empowered for free.
Inspired Spell (Su) Use 1 power, cast one divine spell from your class spell list at +2 CL, it doesn't need to be known/memorized.
Restorative Touch (6/day) (Su) Remove the dazed, fatigued, shaken, sickened, or staggered conditions by touch.
Selective Channeling Exclude targets from the area of your Channel Energy.
Surge (1d6) (Su) Use 1 power to increase any d20 roll by the listed amount.
Touch of Glory +6 (6/day) (Sp) Grant +6 to a CHA-based skill or ability check.