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About Derrig Blackhands

Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +6
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Defense
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AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 12 (1d10+2)
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +2; +2 vs. poison, spells, and spell-like abilities
Defensive Abilities defensive training
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Offense
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Speed 20 ft.
Melee bec de corbin +5 (1d10+4/×3) or
cestus +5 (1d4+3/19-20) or
cutlass +5 (1d6+3/18-20)
Ranged amentum +4 (1d6+3) or
javelin +4 (1d6+3)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with bec de corbin)
Special Attacks favored enemy (goblinoids +2), hatred
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Statistics
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Str 16, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 7
Base Atk +2; CMB +4; CMD 16 (20 vs. bull rush, 20 vs. trip)
Feats Breadth Of Experience[APG], Precise Shot
Traits kraggodan castaway, monster stalker

Skills Acrobatics +0 (-4 to jump), Crafts (weapons) +3, Handle Animal +2, Heal +6, Knowledge (arcana) +3, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +7 (+9 to navigate underground), Knowledge (engineering) +3, Knowledge (geography) +7, Knowledge (history) +3 (+5 on checks that pertain to dwarves or their enemies), Knowledge (local) +3, Knowledge (nature) +7, Knowledge (nobility) +3, Knowledge (planes) +3, Knowledge (religion) +3, Perception +7, Profession (librarian) +4, Profession (sailor) +4, Profession (soldier) +8, Spellcraft +5, Stealth +4, Survival +7 (+9 to avoid becoming lost), Swim +5;

Racial Modifiers lorekeeper[APG]
Languages Common, Dwarven, Goblin, Varisian
SQ rock stepper[ARG], track +1, wild empathy

Other Gear armored coat[APG], amentum[UC] (2), bec de corbin[APG], cestus[APG], cutlass, javelin (2), backpack, bedroll, blanket[APG], compass[APG], dwarven trail rations[UE] (3), flint and steel, grappling hook, hemp rope (50 ft.), waterskin, 150 gp
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Special Abilities
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Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Defensive Training +4 Gain a dodge bonus to AC vs. monsters of the Giant subtype.
Favored Enemy (Goblinoids +2) (Ex) +2 to rolls vs. goblinoids foes.
Hatred +1 Gain a racial bonus to attacks vs. Goblinoids/Orcs.
Lorekeeper +2 for Knowledge (History) checks relating to dwarves and their enemies. These checks can be made untrained.
Rock Stepper Ignore rubble, broken ground, or steep stairs when taking 5 ft step.
Track +1 Add the listed bonus to survival checks made to track.
Wild Empathy +1 (Ex) Improve the attitude of an animal, as if using Diplomacy.
Combat style: Archery
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For over 70 years, Derrig Blackhands has kept the library in the Sky Citadel of Kraggodan, occasionally venturing forth from the citadel to perform his own research on the Darkblight. During his most recent expedition, the Molthune army lay siege to Kraggodan, and Derrig found himself cut off from both his home and his vocation. It was quite inconvenient.

With little warning and less money, Derrig relies on his woodcraft skills to earn a living, foraging for rare herbs for a young herbalist he'd met during some of his research in Crystalhurst. Unfortunately, he is also forced to rely on a far older set of skills, those earned during the 30 years he spent fighting the orcs, goblins, and other enemies of Kraggodan. He was pleased to see his skill with a polearm hasn't atrophied, Derrig was less happy to feel his old hatreds return. He had done so well, burying his years as a goblin hunter under all the books and scrolls in the library.
Perhaps, if he avoids trouble, he can wait out the siege and get back to his library, before his ink-stained hands turn red from blood…again.

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It's always difficult to guess the exact age of dwarves, but it's a good bet that Derrig Blackhands is one of the oldest ones in Nirmathas. Some of the founders of Phaendar remember Derrig the Librarian from the town's early days, but none of them remember him looking young: his beard has always been gray, his pate always bald, his face always wrinkled. He's quiet and unassuming, preferring to sit in the corner reading and watching.

Despite his advanced age, Derrig's eyes are bright and alert, and he moves with more grace than one would expect. He seems lost without his books and scrolls, and the weapons he's started carrying lately seem awkward and out of place.

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Ranger 2 | AC 16 T 12 F 14 | HP 16/21 | F+5 R+5 W+2 (+2 vs poisons, spells, spell-like abilities) | Init+2 | Per +7, Darkvision, 10 ft. Scent vs. Fey