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About Carina Sinicka

Female Aasimar (emberkin) Arcanist (occultist) 1
NG Medium outsider (native)
Init +1; Senses Perception +1

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Defense
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AC 11, touch 11, flat-footed 10 (+1 Dex)
hp 7 (1d6+1)
Fort +2, Ref +1, Will +3
Resist acid 7, cold 7, electricity 7

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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee dagger +0 (1d4/19-20)
Ranged light crossbow +1 (1d8/19-20)
Arcanist Exploits (Reservoir: 3/4)
• [1] Conjurer's Focus - Cast summon monster I as standard action lasting 1 minute
Arcanist Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +5)
• 1st (3/day)—grease (DC 15), sleep (DC 15)
• 0th (at will)—daze (DC 14), detect magic, message, prestidigitation
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st)
• At Will—light*
• 1/day—pyrotechnics (DC 16)

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Statistics
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Str 11, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 19, Wis 12, Cha 19
Base Atk +0; CMB +1; CMD 11
Feats
• Spell Focus (conjuration) - +1 to saving throw DCs for all spells from the Conjuration school
Traits
• Illuminator - +2 trait bonus on Diplomacy checks, Diplomacy is a class skill
• Rostlander- +1 trait bonus on all Fortitude saves
• Unscathed - +2 bonus to each type of energy resistance
Skills (2 base, +4 Int, +1 favored class)
• Appraise +8 (1 rank, +3 trained, +4 Int)
• Diplomacy +10 (1 rank, +3 trained, +4 Cha, +2 trait)
• Knowledge (arcana) +8 (1 rank, +3 trained, +4 Int)
• Knowledge (nature) +8 (1 rank, +3 trained, +4 Int)
• Knowledge (planes) +10 (1 rank, +3 trained, +4 Int, +2 racial)
• Spellcraft +10 (1 rank, +3 trained, +4 Int, +2 racial)
• Use Magic Device +8 (1 rank, +3 trained, +4 Cha)
Languages Celestial, Common (Taldane), Draconic, Dwarven, Gnome, Sylvan
SQ
• Consume Spells (class) - [move action] expend spell slot to gain 1 point of Arcane Reservoir per spell level
• Celestial resistance (race) - acid resistance 5, cold resistance 5, and electricity resistance 5
• Halo (race) - as light, and +2 circumstance bonus on Intimidate checks against evil creatures and on saving throws against becoming blinded or dazzled
• Skilled (race) - +2 racial bonus on Diplomacy and Perception checks
Combat Gear dagger, light crossbow, crossbow bolts (20)
Other Gear abacus, bedroll, belt pouch, canteen, cold-weather outfit, compass, grappling bolt, masterwork backpack, signal horn, silk rope (50 ft.), silver holy symbol (Sarenrae), spell component pouch, spellbook, waterproof bag
Carried by Heavy Horse ("Agrafina") bit & bridle, chronicler's kit, feed (20 lbs), merchant's scale, mess kit, riding saddle, saddlebags, soap, spare cold-weather outfit, trail rations (5 lbs)
Wealth 85 gp, 5 sp, 9 cp

Spellbook
Cantrips All known
1st Level Spells color spray, crafter's fortune, enlarge person, grease, magic missile, mount, sleep

Background
Carina Sinicka's parents met in the Mendevian Crusades, her father a Brevic paladin of Abadar and her mother a ranger descended from the people of Sarkoris who saved his life when he became separated from his company after a fight against the demons of the Worldwound. After having served the cause of fighting the demons for a full decade in the lull between the Third and Fourth Crusades, they chose to move to her father's home in Silverhall when her mother became pregnant. Her golden eyes, strange birthmark, and affinity for flames marked her as different from birth, and initially her parents worried that her mother had somehow been tainted by the Worldwound, but Carina never showed any further sign of corruption, and her parents did their best to hide their daughter away from the more superstitious folk who might have been less accepting.

Her mother died in childbirth, giving her life to see Carina's younger sister into the world, and thus the two girls were raised by their father. As a paladin of Abadar and veteran of the Crusades, he was able to secure an appointment as magistrate, administering justice in the small villages on the outskirts of House Lebeda's seat of power, and bringing his two daughters along. Carina never showed any great interest in the law or combat, but took a keen interest in the affairs of the merchants who were often the aggrieved party in disputes her father was called upon to deal with, and an aptitude for magic that always vaguely unsettled her father. Nonetheless, her father begrudgingly financed her apprenticeship to a wizard living in Silverhall after more than a year of begging and pleading to be allowed to study magic formally.

The man she apprenticed under, Pyotr Lebeda, is a third cousin once removed from Duchess Sarrona Lebeda, and often would be called away on errands needing his arcane skills and the trust of a family member (albeit a somewhat distant one), resulting in Carina often spending days or even as long as a couple weeks bereft of his tutelage. Those constant absences had a marked effect on her education, and spending so long practicing just the most recent spell she had learned allowed her to develop a level of versatility more akin to a sorcerer's. Yet she also had more than a few accidents, her spells getting out of hand and only her strange resistance to the elements saving her from permanent scarring. This was all somewhat unnerving to Pyotr, but he could not deny her results, and he has recently declared her apprenticeship complete. Uninterested in competing against established wizards like her former master, Carina decided to travel Brevoy for a year and see whether there might be less competition in other cities.

After a quick visit to New Stetven, she's made her way to Restov, where she's learned that the Aldori Swordlords are financing expeditions into the Stolen Lands to the south. Joining means fewer comforts than she's been accustomed to the last several years, but she grew up accompanying a magistrate, and though she's found far more solace in the teachings of Sarenrae than those of Abadar, she's still handy with a crossbow should her magic fail. If the expeditions lead to new settlements, she's sure that will provide a wonderful opportunity for her, far better than she could find in some tiny little village or in an established city with equally entrenched masters of the arcane.

Description
A tall, slender woman of mixed Kellid and Taldan heritage, Carina's skin is the deep bronze tone one might expect, but she has golden eyes and short auburn hair that she keeps mostly tucked out of sight under a dark grey woolen pillbox hat. Her most striking feature is a long white birthmark in the shape of a ragged scar that stretches from her forehead down between her nose and left eye to her chin. She wears a long woolen overcoat dyed green with dark red trim over warm winter clothes and sturdy leather boots that look to still be brand new.