Akosua
Female human (Mwangi) cleric of Gozreh 1
NG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +0; Senses Perception +3
Aura enlarge
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Defense
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AC 16, touch 10, flat-footed 16 (+4 armor, +2 shield)
hp 9 (1d8+1)
Fort +3, Ref +0, Will +5; +2 trait bonus vs. charm and compulson
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee cold iron longspear +3 (1d8+4/×3) or
. . cold iron trident +3 (1d8+3)
Special Attacks channel positive energy 9/day (DC 12, 1d6)
Domain Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +4)
. . At will—speak with animals (4 rounds/day)
Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +4)
. . 1st—cause fear (DC 14), enlarge person[D] (DC 14), magic weapon
. . 0 (at will)—detect magic, guidance, light
. . D Domain spell; Domains Animal, Plant (Growth subdomain)
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Statistics
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Str 16, Dex 10, Con 12, Int 8, Wis 16, Cha 14
Base Atk +0; CMB +3; CMD 13
Feats Extra Channel, Extra Channel
Traits birthmark, river rat (marsh or river)
Skills Diplomacy +6, Knowledge (nature) +3, Profession (herbalist) +7, Profession (tanner) +7, Swim +4
Languages Common, Polyglot
Other Gear lamellar (leather) armor[UC], heavy wooden shield, cold iron longspear, cold iron trident, backpack, bedroll, box of fishing tackle (2 lb), buttons (0.1 lb), chewing stick, comb (0.2 lb), conditioning oil for leather (0.4 lb), file, small (0.1 lb), fishing pole, simple (1 lb), flint and steel, hairbrush (0.3 lb), holy text[UE], leather paring knife (0.5 lb), leather straps (0.4 lb), mess kit[UE], metal polish (0.3 lb), mirror, nail file (0.1 lb), pyrography kit[UE], scissors (0.3 lb), sewing needle, soap, soft cloth (0.1 lb) (2), spell component pouch, sponge, tooth powder (0.1 lb), trail rations (5), 3 gp, 15 sp, 1 cp
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Special Abilities
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Cleric Channel Positive Energy 1d6 (9/day, DC 12) (Su) Positive energy heals the living and harms the undead; negative has the reverse effect.
Cleric Domain (Animal) Granted Powers: You can speak with and befriend animals with ease. In addition, you treat Knowledge (nature) as a class skill.
Cleric Domain (Growth) Enlarge (6/day) (Su) Swift action: Enlarge person on yourself.
Speak with Animals (4 rounds/day) (Sp) You can use speak with animals as a spell-like ability.
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Appearance:
A slender but well muscled woman with large knowing eyes and thick black brows which somehow suit her and render her face particularly expressive. Over her left eye she has what appears to be a tattoo of a falling leaf, though in actuality this is a birthmark. Akosua has long straight beautiful raven black hair that descends to her lower back, but keeps the sides of her head shaved and generally wears a head scarf.
Her leather armor and shield are partially covered with intricate patterns of entwining leaves and flowers burned into the leather and wood, which she adds to periodically. Whenever possible she gathers local flowers while searching for herbs and likes to tie them into her hair creating a cascade of flowing colour as she moves.
Background:
Akosua was born and raised in Bloodcove, to a large Matriarchal family ruled over by her Great Great Grandmother the ancient Bonuwat (A Mwangi seafaring ethnicity) Wave Witch Shimshem. She was raised in the family business spending the majority of her childhood beach combing, or diving in the kelp beds, for sea weeds that could be used in her families much sort after potions, lotions, and salves.
At age fourteen she was hired out by her family to serve as healer aboard the Pirateship Blood-dart and fell in love with its dashing Taldan Captain, Garim Trant. By the time she returned to Bloodcove she was Married and pregnant, but the furious Shimshem, not understanding the purity of her love to the thirty five year old Captain killed Trant and all of the senior members of the crew before forcing Akosua to ingest Black Leaf Powder, ridding her of the child in her belly.
Akosua has since found consolation in her faith in Gozreh. She had travelled on numerous ships serving as healer, and occasional combatant, avoiding her family as much as possible - though her mother and aunts visit her frequently on Shimshem's orders to check in on her. When in Bloodcove she spends her time at the Shorething Brothel helping the girls and providing salves and healing in exchange for free board and a small stipend. Unofficially she also serves as a bouncer, using Gozreh's gifts to grow to the size of a giant and hurl belligerent Johns out on their ears.
In her free time Akosua fishes and uses the powers granted her by Gozreh to speak with the fish and sea birds. It is these conversations that have brought the perversion of her faith to her attention, and set her on a course to correct their error by reason or if needed force.
Personality:
Akosua is a jaded, but fiercely caring person who tends to dwell on the nurturing aspect of her god and nature. Fearing she has lost her ability to carry a child she has stayed away from men since her ill fated teenage Marriage and tends to regard them with suspicion - though she is fair minded enough this is unlikely to last long.
She finds books and learning frustrating and difficult - having failed to pick up the skills of witch craft at an early age -preferring to learn by doing, and tends to prefer decisive action to prolonged debate. While slow to anger Akosua can be ruthless and formidable when driven to it.
