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Avamedes
Human bard (demagogue)/oracle 1 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player's Guide 42, Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic 26)
CE Medium humanoid (human)
Init +2; Senses Perception +4
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Defense
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AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 10 (1d8+2)
Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +2; +1 trait bonus vs. divinations, domination, and effects that would compel you to speak the truth
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee dagger +2 (1d4/19-20)
Ranged shortbow +2 (1d6/×3)
Special Attacks bardic performance 8 rounds/day (countersong, distraction, fascinate [DC 14])
Bard (Demagogue) Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +5)
. . 1st (2/day)—charm person (DC 16), ear-piercing scream[UM] (DC 15)
. . 0 (at will)—daze (DC 15), ghost sound (DC 14), mage hand, message
Oracle Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +5)
. . 1st (4/day)—bane (DC 16), command (DC 16), cure light wounds
. . 0 (at will)—bleed (DC 14), enhanced diplomacy, resistance, stabilize
. . Mystery Outer rifts
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 18
Base Atk +0; CMB +2; CMD 12
Feats Agile Maneuvers, Mask Of Virtue, Spell Focus (enchantment)
Traits demonic persuasion, planar savant, secret-keeper
Skills Bluff +9, Diplomacy +8 (+10 vs. creatures of the demon subtype), Intimidate +8 (+10 vs. creatures of the demon subtype), Knowledge (arcana) +6, Knowledge (history) +6, Knowledge (planes) +9, Knowledge (religion) +6, Perception +4, Perform (sing) +8, Spellcraft +5
Languages Abyssal, Common
SQ bardic knowledge +1, famous, finesse weapon attack attribute, oracle's curse (covetous), revelation (unearthly terrain)
Other Gear studded leather, dagger, shortbow, backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, candle (10), courtier's outfit, flint and steel, jewelry[UE], mess kit[UE], pot, soap, trail rations (5), waterskin, 65 gp, 1 sp
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Special Abilities
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Agile Maneuvers Use DEX instead of STR for CMB
Bardic Knowledge +1 (Ex) Add +1 to all knowledge skill checks.
Bardic Performance (standard action, 8 rounds/day) Your performances can create magical effects.
Covetous Must wear non-magic clothing/jewelry or are sickened. Also sick if valuable item stolen.
Famous +1 (Worldwound Cultists) With natives of selected region gain bonus to Bluff & Intimidate.
Finesse Weapon Attack Attribute Finesse weapons use Dexterity on attack rolls.
Mask of Virtue Your alignment is concealed.
Spell Focus (Enchantment) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC.
Unearthly Terrain (1 rd, 7/day) (Su) As a standard action, turn one 20-foot square into difficult terrain for 1 rounds.

1. What is your character’s name? Avamedes
2. How old is your character? 23
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)? Avamedes is a slim, attractive man of fairly middling height. His mouth is usually curled into a sly smile and there’s a barely perceptible glint of viciousness in his dark eyes. His dirty blonde hair is slicked back and he wears flashy, ostentatious clothes whenever possible.
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)?
Avamedes speaks with the accent of a low-class Mendevian, though he carries himself with the confidence of a man of much higher status.
5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
He was born in Kenabres to a family of blacksmiths, though from an early age he had always dreamt of joining the crusade. At 10 he became a page, and at 13 became a squire. He was totally devoted to the cause of the crusade, and served for 2 years as a squire. All that changed when his patrol was ambushed by cultists of Pazuzu. He was separated from the patrol, and though they could’ve rescued him, they didn’t. They tormented him for a while, subjecting him to the horrific degradation that most demonic cults visit upon their prisoners. In time, they found a new captive, and by then Avamedes had totally lost his faith in the crusade. He was willing and eager to submit the new captive to the same torment he’d been through. The cult opened their arms to him, and he found a new, twisted family to be a part of. He has not looked back.
6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living?
His parents were blacksmiths. Truly, Avamedes cares little if they’re alive or not. The boy they raised died long ago, and a new servant of Pazuzu has taken his place. If they are dead, they will at least be spared the pain of that realization.
7. Do you have any other family or friends?
Avamedes is particularly close to a fellow cultist named Kaetok. Far from having shown him kindness, Kaetok was especially cruel to him when he was first captured, tormenting him more than any other cultist. When Avamedes was inducted into the cult, however, Kaetok took special interest in him and the two men became steadfast companions and occasional lovers from then on.
8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids?
Avamedes is unmarried, and has no children.
9. What is your character’s alignment?
He is chaotic evil, though not in the way one would typically expect. He is cruel and vicious, and believes that the weak should dominate the strong. Unlike many demon cultists, he is subtle about it. He wishes to corrupt, to defile, to seduce the goodly into willing service to evil.
10. What is your character’s moral code?
Might makes right over all else. One must do anything within their means to assert their dominance over lesser beings. For Avamedes this means using his substantial personal charisma and magical abilities to deceive and manipulate others into doing what he wants them to.
11. Does your character have goals?
Some. His covenant with Pazuzu instilled him with an insatiable desire for a lavish lifestyle, and he seeks wealth to feed that. He also wants to improve his prestige among the cult of Pazuzu and among the demonic hosts as a whole. Additionally, he wants to maintain his cover as an innocent bystander for as long as possible.
12. Is your character religious?
Deeply. Avamedes is totally devoted to Pazuzu, though his faith manifests in odd ways. Far from a standard cleric, he combines Pazuzu’s mastery of the Abyss with the temptations and social prowess that Pazuzu so loves and commands these powers in an almost instinctual way. However, his gifts came with a curse. Just as Pazuzu commands him to spread desire, so too does Avamedes feel an endless desire for wealth and luxury.
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs?
Along with what’s been covered in previous questions, Avamedes sees Pazuzu as the rightful ruler of the Worldwound. Deskari, after all, is Pazuzu’s son and nominal subject, and so dominion over the region is Pazuzu’s by right. Though cults to the King of the Wind Demons are at best scattered in the Worldwound, Avamedes believes, nay, knows that it is the destiny of the Worldwound to fall under Pazuzu’s dominion. With the eons-old feud between the cult of his master and that of Lamashtu, Avamedes is also set on destroying Lamashtu’s cult wherever it may be.
14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?
As mentioned before, Avamedes has an insatiable hunger for wealth and luxury. He’s also incredibly skilled at lying and deception, along with most other social graces. Just because he’s a cruel, heartless demon cultist doesn’t mean he can’t have a bit of class and subtlety.
15. Why does your character adventure?
Avamedes adventures to enhance his power and prestige and to spread the cause of evil and depravity across the land.
16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
He sees it as a religious calling from Pazuzu. His attempts to sway prospective converts have brought him to Kenabres, where he has been imprisoned for seditious behaviour and rabble-rousing. Nothing has been proven as result of one of Pazuzu’s gifts masking his true alignment, but he’s been trouble for the authorities and they figured he’d be easy to handle in jail.
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)?
Though he never shows it, his chest bears a scar in the shape of Pazuzu’s holy symbol, a taloned hand grasping a longsword.
18. How does your character get along with others?
Avamedes gets along quite well with others when he’s trying to. If they irk him or he knows he can get away with it, however, he is as cruel and vicious as one would expect a demon worshipper to be. There is nothing sweeter to him than gaining someone’s trust before finally betraying them, twisting the knife as he revels in their feeling of pain and shock.
19. Is there anything that your character hates?
Avamedes hates Mendev and Iomedae and everything that the crusade stands for. They are hypocrites, claiming to offer salvation and purity while they abandoned him, a devoted and loyal servant. He wants to see it burn, all sacrificed to his dark lord.
20. Is there anything that your character fears?
Deeply and truly, Avamedes fears he might be wrong. He fears that his abandonment may have been an accident, that his platoon did try to get him back and simply failed, laying down their lives to say him. He fears that all his rage and hatred and pain has been for nothing.