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Astrid Rianasdottir
Female human skald (urban skald) 12 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Heroes of the Street 25, Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 49)
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Hero Points 1
Init +5; Senses Perception +15
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Defense
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AC 27, touch 16, flat-footed 22 (+9 armor, +1 deflection, +5 Dex, +2 natural)
hp 93 (12d8+16) (currently 86)
Fort +12, Ref +12, Will +11; +4 vs. bardic performance, language-dependent, and sonic
Defensive Abilities evasion, improved uncanny dodge
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee dagger +10/+5 (1d4+1/19-20) or
. . short sword +10/+5 (1d6+1/19-20)
Ranged +2 adaptive seeking composite longbow +17/+12 (1d8+3/×3)
Special Attacks rage powers (elemental blood[ACG], greater elemental blood[ACG], lesser elemental blood 1d6 fire[ACG], furious draw), raging song 29 rounds/day (move action; controlled inspired rage, inspired rage, humiliating defamation, infuriating mockery, song of strength), spell kenning 2/day
Skald (Urban Skald) Spells Known (CL 12th; concentration +16)
. . 4th (4/day)—cure critical wounds, freedom of movement, greater invisibility, secure shelter
. . 3rd (5/day)—cure serious wounds, haste, mad monkeys[UM], see invisibility
. . 2nd (6/day)—alter self, blindness/deafness (DC 16), cure moderate wounds, hold person (DC 16), invisibility, mirror image
. . 1st (6/day)—cause fear (DC 15), comprehend languages, cure light wounds, ear-piercing scream[UM] (DC 15), feather fall, identify, vanish[APG] (DC 15)
. . 0 (at will)—detect magic, light, mage hand, mending, prestidigitation, read magic
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Statistics
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Str 14, Dex 20, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 18
Base Atk +9; CMB +10; CMD 26
Feats Deadly Aim, Greater Skald's Vigor[ACG], Intimidating Performance[ACG], Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Scribe Scroll, Skald's Vigor[ACG], Weapon Focus (longbow)
Traits frontier healer, nomadic (bas'o)
Skills Acrobatics +16, Appraise +9, Climb +7, Heal +8, Intimidate +19, Knowledge (arcana) +22, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +13, Knowledge (engineering) +13, Knowledge (geography) +16, Knowledge (history) +16, Knowledge (local) +15, Knowledge (nature) +18, Knowledge (nobility) +13, Knowledge (planes) +18, Knowledge (religion) +13, Linguistics +12, Perception +15, Perform (oratory) +8, Perform (sing) +17, Perform (string instruments) +19, Sense Motive +5, Spellcraft +18, Survival +10
Languages Aklo, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Goblin, Ignan, Mwangi, Orc, Skald, Sylvan
SQ back of the crowd, bardic knowledge +6, hero points, lore master 1/day, masterpieces (death of heroes), versatile performances (expanded versatility, martial performance [string], string)
Combat Gear scroll of comprehend languages (CL 6th), scroll of identify (x5) (CL 5th), scroll of secure shelter (x2), scroll of see invisibility (x5) (CL 6th); Other Gear celestial armor, +2 adaptive seeking composite longbow, arrows (100), dagger, short sword, amulet of natural armor +2, belt of incredible dexterity +4, cloak of resistance +3, handy haversack, headband of mental prowess +2 (Int, Cha), ring of evasion, ring of protection +1, bedroll, belt pouch, flint and steel, hemp rope (50 ft.), lyre, mess kit[UE], mirror, pot, soap, spell component pouch, torch (3), trail rations (5), waterskin, 313 gp, 9 sp, 4 cp
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Special Abilities
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Back of the Crowd +2 (Ex) Gain a bonus to AC while adjacent to 2 or more allies.
Bardic Knowledge +6 (Ex) Add +6 to all knowledge skill checks.
Climb (20 feet) You have a Climb speed.
Deadly Aim -3/+6 Trade a penalty to ranged attacks for a bonus to ranged damage.
Death of Heroes (3rd-level spell slot, DC 20) Target within 30 ft is shaken and can't see or hear any allied creatures, Will neg.
Elemental Blood (Su) Gain fire resistance 10 when raging.
Elemental Blood, Greater (+30 ft Base Speed) (Su) Gain extra movement based on element when raging.
Elemental Blood, Lesser (1d6 fire, Fire, 3/day) (Su) Melee attacks do extra energy damage for 1 round.
Evasion (Ex) If succeed on Reflex save for half dam, take none instead.
Expanded Versatility (, Use Magic Device) (Ex) Add another skill to those affected by a versatile performance ability.
Furious Draw (Ex) Gain quick draw.
Greater Skald's Vigor Allies share fast healing from Skald's Vigor.
Hero Points Hero Points can be spent at any time to grant a variety of bonuses.
Improved Uncanny Dodge (Lv >= 16) (Ex) Retain DEX bonus to AC when flat-footed. You cannot be flanked unless the attacker is Level 16+.
Intimidating Performance When start a perf as mv or swift act, use Perform to demoralize or Dazzling Display.
Lore Master (1/day) (Ex) Can take 10 on any trained knowledge checks. Activate to take 20 as a standard action.
Martial Performance (String, Proficient, Longbow) (Ex) Gain proficiency or Weapon Focus with chosen weapon.
Point-Blank Shot +1 to attack and damage rolls with ranged weapons at up to 30 feet.
Precise Shot You don't get -4 to hit when shooting or throwing into melee.
Raging Song (move action, 29 rounds/day) (Su) Song can inspire allies in a variety of ways.
Rapid Shot You get an extra attack with ranged weapons. Each attack is at -2.
Skald's Vigor (Fast healing 4) While maintain raging song, gain Fast Healing 4.
Spell Kenning (2/day) (Su) Spend a skald spell to duplicate a bard, cleric, or sorcerer/wizard spell.
Versatile Performance (String Instruments) +19 (Ex) You may substitute the final value of your Perform: String Instruments skill for Bluff or Diplomacy checks
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Played by Jasika Nicole.

[spoiler=Character Info]
Parents:
Gunnar Magnussen, father (Ulfen naari, deceased)
Riana Hami, mother (Vidrian)

Siblings:
Akida Magnussen (Brother, younger)
Loki Hami (Sibling, younger)

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Born 15 Calistril, 4680 AR.

Riana was a merchant's daughter from Vidrian (then Sargava). Unhappy with her country's turmoil and the violent racism that plagued her country, Riana fled across the sea, catching first a pirate vessel and then an "honest" merchant's vessel out of Bloodcove headed for Absalom. However the ship was raided halfway to her destination, and Riana and the other passengers were taken by Ulfen raiders of the Blood Crow Kingdom as slaves.

The enslavement was thankfully short-lived, however, because the Ulfen ship was attacked by a different Ulfen Kingdom--that of King Rogar of Froststone, a smaller fiefdom that often harries the Blood Crows. Rogar's Raiders slaughtered the Blood Crows and set their prisoners free. Riana was grateful for the rescue, and having no other particular plan in place, decided to settle in Froststone.

The Lands of the Linnorm Kings were a far cry from her homeland, but Riana made do as a merchant with the skills she'd picked up from her father. She soon met a handsome bowyer named Gunnar, and the two married after a passionate but brief courting stage. Less than a year later, Astrid was born.

Oldest of three siblings, Astrid quickly learned she had much to live up to. Her mother was well-educated and sharp as a knife, and her father was boisterous, dexterous, and full of wild tales of the frosty northern realms.

Sadly, she didn't get to know her father as well as she would have hoped; he died during a raid on their village from the Blood Crows. Astrid found herself helping her mother raise her brother and sibling at the age of twelve, as Riana spent much of her time running her small shop. Astrid, having learned bowyery from her father, put in work there when she could. Her brother, Akida, and sibling, Loki, were a handful, but things slowly began turning around when her siblings were old enough to help around the store.

The local school wasn't up to Riana's standards, so she whiled away the time between customers by teaching her three children herself. None of the siblings were by any means stupid, but Astrid far outsttripped her siblings in pure academic aptitude. She soaked up information like a sponge on topics from geology, to Kyonin history, to Kellid creation myths, to arcane runes. When she turned twenty, Astrid decided it was time to find her own way in the world. She kissed her mother, Akida, and Loki goodbye, shouldered the master-crafted longbow she'd spent the last year perfecting, and headed out into the world.

After adventuring in Varisia, Razimir, Vidrian (a pilgrimage her mother found rather amusing in their correspondence), Mzali, and Vudra, Astrid finally returned to Avistan and eventually took an extended sabbatical in Kraggodan. When she heard about the troubles in Phaendar, she worried that the capital might be next. She made the long pilgrimage through hobgoblin-infested lands with a small band of Chernesardo before finding herself stuck at Longshadow when the Legion hit. She comported herself admirably defending the walls and helping tend to the injured, her belting song strengthening the bow arm of her companions on the walls.

Now, however, she's stuck in Longshadow without a guiding force, mostly working as Catie's harrassed and overworked assistant in the healer's tents where the worst of the injured still recuperate.

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