About Ani LucnaStill tweaking feats. Rest is updated. Feats:
(1st) weapon focus (Morningstar) (5th) Craft Wondrous Item (9th) craft shadow piercing Spells:
0 lvl (9)
1st lvl (5)
2nd lvl (5)
3rd lvl (4)
4th lvl (4) arcane eye**, blessing of fervor, hallucinogenic smoke, healing warmth, shadow barbs, wandering star motes* [spoiler=Curse]Deep One Revelations Guiding Star (Su):
As the heavens mystery revelation. You must take this revelation at 1st level. Whenever you can see the open sky at night, you can determine your precise location. When the night sky is visible to you, you may also add your Charisma modifier to your Wisdom modifier on all Wisdom-based checks. In addition, once per night while outdoors, you can cast one spell as if it were modified by the Empower Spell, Extend Spell, Silent Spell, or Still Spell feat without increasing the spell’s casting time or level. Prophetic Armor (Ex):
You are so in tune with your primal nature that your instincts often act to save you from danger that your civilized mind isn’t even aware of. You may use your Charisma modifier (instead of your Dexterity modifier) as part of your Armor Class and all Reflex saving throws. Your armor’s maximum Dexterity bonus applies to your Charisma, instead. Star Chart (Ex):
As the heavens mystery revelation. You must take this revelation at 7th level. Your copious notes contain a working model of the night sky expressed in artistic scribbles and arcane mathematical formulae. Once per day, you may spend 10 minutes contemplating your star chart to gain the benefit of the spell commune. You must be at least 7th level to select this revelation. Backstory:
She gazed into the starry sky, stealing this early morning moment for herself. There would be a full day of work for them, but this time was hers.
He’d come home drunk again. His poor excuse for a wife wouldn’t be back from the city for another few days. The hovel they lived in was even more of a disaster than normal. Her only reprieve was that he was so drunk that he was soundly asleep. She wouldn’t have to worry about him bothering her while she tended to the mess. The luxury of folding the laundry underneath the night sky was not lost on her. It was rare that she could do so without skulking off to the ledges that abutted their small seaside village. The local healer Ampha, a kind old woman told her that the water called to her. She was more interested in the stars – reflected almost perfectly in the waters – when they were calm. The only reason this previous year of life was marked by anyone other than her was because of the change. He’d beaten her quite harshly because of what it meant. She could bear children now. She couldn’t let that happen he yelled, no matter what he did. As far as she was concerned she already cared for two children, her father and his wife. They hadn’t cared for her for as long as she remembered. Ampha had gifted her with a telescope. Apparently the tinkerers in the city had crafted them from metal and fine glass lens made from the sand that seemed to be everywhere these days. The creation was a miracle as far as she was concerned. Ampha said Ani had earned it. She’d been helping the aging woman for years as a way to get away from home. And as long as her father kept getting more than his fair share of what she earned and kept the hovel clean he didn’t hit her too often for ‘neglecting her family.’ When she looked through the telescope for the first time it was almost like she could touch the stars. It went with her whenever she could steal moments within view of those glowing orbs. Ani had kept impeccable care of the infernal contraption. He would have taken care of the thing sooner, but she had hidden it well. His third curse had found it when she was packing her things. Apparently she had had enough of him. Since the years of drinking had finally taken their toll on his manly abilities his wife had become more and more impatient with him. Even as old as she was, she was still a beauty. It was only a matter of time that she would find someone more capable than him in the city. And so Ani would suffer. He could no longer pleasure himself with her so she would take no pleasure in ogling the night sky with this silly metallic tube. He took great pleasure in snapping the thing in half. Ani didn’t crumble the way he expected. The rage in her eyes was unexpected. And she was so much taller than he remembered. When she reached for what remained of the thing he was sure her nails seemed longer than he remembered. Maybe he should have spent a bit more on the drink he’d brought home. The cursed moon was so bright. All the same he nearly tripped as he stumbled through the door. He never made it to his bed. The constable couldn’t figure out how a wolf had gotten into the village without anyone noticing. No one thought to ask Ani. Everyone assumed she left with her stepmother. That was how little this little village was. Ampha knew better. She’d read the portents and done what she could to steer Ani away from that path. The rage had been too strong. It had been easy to give herself over to the rage. The old man hadn’t even seen her coming. The pleasure of feeling his neck snap between her teeth was almost enough to make up for the putrid taste of his blood. She ran free that night. Truly free for the first time in her life. Free beneath the brightest full moon she had ever seen. It was a shame he’d broken her telescope. She’d find a way to buy another. All the same, something nagged at her. As if there was something at the edge of her memory that just wouldn’t come to the surface. Ampha followed her for years, thwarting Ani’s rage whenever she could. At times it cost Ani the lives of those she’d grown to trust. But mostly, it just seemed like bad luck. Until that morning. He’d been everything Ani’s father hadn’t been. Charming and intelligent. Patient and at times – even wise. Ani was naturally cautious, but Ampha watched powerless as he brought her daughter into his circle. He directed her carefully, making sure not to ask too much of her. Letting her see only what he wanted her to see. In time, Ani came to see his enemies as her enemies. It was then that Ampha had to intervene. The small village was not all that different from where Ani had grown up. Instead of the shore of an ocean it was nestled under the shadow of a moment. The villagers had mined it’s riches for generations, careful to respect the natural balance of the area that had been guarded by a druidic enclave that had remained unseen for even longer than that. But Triton had made sure Ani didn’t see any of those details. All she saw was the greedy leaders that were keeping the villagers impoverished. He had taken the memories of her father and used them to turn her into a cruel weapon. By morning nearly all the elders of the village were gravely wounded. So too was Ani. Her face was familiar somehow. The memory, along with the feeling of the burns were seared into Ani. Triton’s anger was nearly as harsh. She did everything she could to make him happy, but in the end she realized he was not unlike her father. Even in her rage he was too powerful. Her only choice was to run… The lass was something else. Quite a task to track, even for a dwarf with his knack for tracking. He’d tried to warn her about Triton, but she’d been smitten. Alas, even after he found her he had too much heart to hand her over to Triton. Thankfully the man had the attention span of a goblin. As patient as he claimed to be the next young thing that came into town had him prancing about like a young buck out to stud. He’d met some frivolous humans over his many years, Triton was something else. But boy, he sure did pay well. That too didn’t last. It was nearly unheard of that good ol’ Grimsby didn’t track down his quarry. Eventually Triton began to suspect that the dwarf hadn’t been completely honest with him. It was all the excuse Grimsby needed to look for work elsewhere. And he even had a chance to check in on Ani now and then. |
