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And at 14: (Note: if you don't want red eyes for her, I'd make 'em black. :-)
Lady Carmilla 14
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And at 10: Lady Carmilla 10
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And at Level 5 (Profile deleted to save space): Lady Carmilla 05
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Here's Lady Carmilla at level 1: Lady Carmilla 01
To be born into fading glory is to learn the art of preservation. Her childhood was a lonely, curated thing: hushed corridors, porcelain dolls, formal tutors, and bloodless conversation. She took to study not out of duty, but out of yearning—to understand the forces that gave beauty form and permanence. In time, her magical talent surfaced, unbidden and unsettling. Her power did not flare or flash; it bled. Her spells crept in like a whispered rumor, shaped to disarm, to distort, to entrance. Magic, for Carmilla, was not force—it was intention refined to the point of elegance. Where others were repulsed, Carmilla saw meaning. In blood, she found structure, expression, honesty. She began to paint in it. First small patterns, then entire scenes. Each death she orchestrated became a study in balance, texture, and mood. Her victims—never random—were carefully selected for composition. A disloyal servant posed in a prayerful sprawl. A rival’s lover arranged among thorned roses, face just so. It was art, she insisted. And it was beautiful. She carries her title like a blade: ceremonial, gleaming, and always visible. She makes no apology for her rank, and she expects no questions. Among the shorter-lived peoples, she passes herself off as an eccentric socialite—too refined to question, too remote to suspect. And when she travels, it is not to seek fortune or justice, but to find new subjects, new palettes, new themes. Every ruin holds potential. Every ally is a witness. Every monster she slays is a canvas, waiting to be posed. Carmilla does not kill out of hunger. She kills with purpose. Murder is her medium. Blood is the paint upon her brush. Magic is the frame that holds it all together. Even her allegiance to Zura is more philosophical than religious—an appreciation for what the Crimson Mistress understands: that ecstasy, agony, and beauty are all shades of the same red. She speaks often of transformation, of transcendence. Undeath, to her, is not escape but culmination. She reveres Zura not as a goddess to be worshipped, but as an ideal to be refined toward. Death, she believes, can be survived with the right vision. Immortality must be earned, and she carves her path to it in blood, elegance, and perfect form. She is not cruel for cruelty’s sake, but she is deeply unkind. Lesser mortals amuse her, for a while. She speaks to them gently, encourages their little hopes, and then—if they interest her enough—immortalizes them in the only way she knows how. Her reputation trails behind her in whispers and red-inked rumors. A patron of unsanctioned galleries. A collector of antique blades and preserved hearts. A noblewoman who never ages, never forgets, and never forgives. Carmilla Vaelith is not a villain in her own mind. She is a curator of fleeting moments. A sculptor of endings. Her life is her gallery, and she walks through it unhurried, elegant, and waiting for her next piece to begin. SPELLS KNOWN
Rank Qty Cost Total Spell Cost
SUM 3,268 / 2 = 1,634 gp (halved due to Magical Shorthand and no chance of failure) Hero Lab and the Hero Lab logo are Registered Trademarks of LWD Technology, Inc. Free demo available at https://herolab.online
I like this one! Had a couple problems making her in HLO. Submitted bug reports. We'll see.
SUM 3,268 / 2 = 1,634 gp (halved due to Magical Shorthand and no chance of failure) AoN lists different numbers: Rank Qty Total Cost
For a total cost, after halving, of 1780. I wonder why the difference? I searched the Arcane spell list for Common spells from Rank 1 to 5 (AoN lists Cantrips as Rank 1) from PC1 or PC2. By my calculations, she's about 123 GP short of being able to buy all these spells at level 14.
I'm with thaX.
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome. :-)
Still watching. This one is gonna cost me about 400 bucks. :-(
<Grammar Police, Pet Peeve Department>
Sunday is "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" at Tinseltown, followed by dinner at Monte Alban. No gaming this weekend.
Your correct link gives the same "access denied" error as the original.
First watch ended. Now I watch for the box to arrive.
We have a store here you might like. It's called "Beers Of The World". :-)
I had a pretty good drive to the office, though. Once I got past the idiot from my subdivision who was far too much of a wuss. Not to mention the a-hole bus drivers who deliberately get in the way of people trying to exit the subdivision. Is it deliberate, or are they just obliviots?
His name's Dave. :-)
Marilyn Monroe, faced with Matzoh Ball Soup at a White House dinner: "Don't they ever serve any other part of the Matzoh?" Allegedly. :-)
Pre-Easter dinner tomorrow.
Improving the forums when discord / reddit etc exist doesn't seem like the best use of resources in my opinion. Personally I very rarely if ever go to reddit. I do go to discord for some things, but where there are decent forums I much prefer them.
When I started with this game, I had subs to the pathfinder rules line and the player companion line. Now, looking at the "My Subscriptions" list in Account Settings, I have twenty subscriptions across both Pathfinder and Starfinder, some of which are defunct (Pathfinder Tales, anyone?) In most cases I have both the regular sub and the special edition sub. My original reason for that was to avoid wear and tear on the special editions. Still valid, imo, but I spend more time in the pdfs than in the hardcopies these days. I also get (so far anyway) all the pocket editions, even though these old eyes have trouble with them. Cost has not been a problem so far, but it's getting to the point that it may become one, all things considered, even though I don't have to worry about international shipping (I'm in New York State). Then there's the "where do I put it?" question. I can't use my dining room table right now; it's covered in books, and there are piles here and there in the living room. So I'm seriously considering cancelling some of my subs. Not all, certain things (maps, for instance) IMO need to be hardcopy. OTOH, I don't play much any more, and if I do I can play on Foundry, so maybe I don't need hardcopies there either. One choice is to cancel all my subs and just hit the store once a month and look for whatever's new and buy the pdf. Pretty sure Paizo would rather I not do that, but I might. Would save me money in the long run, and space too. But I like books, and that's why I haven't made that jump. Also, manually searching for what's new would be a pain in the butt, and besides, I might miss something. :-( Ah, well, the saving grace, sort of, is that I'm old enough that there will come a time in the foreseeable future when I won't care, 'cause I'll be dead. <shrug>
And so it begins again. :-)
The Starfinder Galaxy Guide is part of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Special Edition subscription?
Well, I did manage to stay awake for the whole bridge tournament today. Not that it mattered. We were dead last anyway. I'm beginning to think that either I've lost the ability to play the game, or my choice of partners needs revision. Not sure which.
I am re-watching seasons one and two of Bosch: Legacy before I watch season three.
Bridge Tournament tomorrow. Hope I can stay awake. :-)
We have arrived at the point where people in the news today were born well after I became "over the hill". :-(
Hm. Interesting idea. Unfortunately, I'm lousy at art. Any art.
I got a Ninja Air Fryer for Christmas. One of these days I'll get rid of the 12 year old Breville Toaster Oven sitting on my counter and set up the Ninja.That Breville was really useful in my classroom at my old school, because I could do baking projects with the children, like making mini-muffins for snack. And when the school cook went on vacation, we would make pizzas. If I had room for it, I'd keep both.
"No, no, he inserted his face in front of my birdshot. Not my fault."
I got a Ninja Air Fryer for Christmas. One of these days I'll get rid of the 12 year old Breville Toaster Oven sitting on my counter and set up the Ninja.
Current: Slam Bidding Made Easier, Marty Bergen
On deck: lots of stuff.
What the heck is fufu?
Got my pdfs and shipping notice on Monday. Watch now shifts to "where's my stuff?" :-)
I stopped going to my former favorite eating spot this week. It's a bar and grill about 3 minutes from home, with some really good specials most days. But a week ago last Tuesday I walked in for lunch about 3:30. Two tables with folks eating. No wait staff. So I sat myself down, as I usually do -- I was told I should do that years ago -- and waited. Fifteen minutes of nobody checking the room, I got up and went home. Then this Tuesday I walked in, there was a guy I didn't know at the door, told me to sit anywhere - I took my usual spot. New waitress (at least, I didn't know her) comes out, says "no specials for you - it's almost four o'clock". This was annoying; I said so. Mentioned last Tuesday's disappointment. She gave me a lecture about "don't seat yourself, wait for someone to seat you". Then she said "I'll give you time to look at the menu", and headed for the kitchen. A couple of steps from the table she said "We don't need your business here anyway". So I got up, went home, and did something I've never done before: posted an adverse review on their facebook page. To Hell with 'em; there are other places to eat. Huh. I guess I'm still a little steamed. OTOH my good friend Donnie reminded me that he and The Lovely Susan quit going to the place two years ago. So maybe I'm just a little slow to catch on. Anyway, had lunch at Tom Wahl's (local pretty decent burger joint) today. :-)
As does mine.
Shooter. Is that the one about Bob Lee Swagger?
We played in our game last Saturday, and I had fun hanging with my friends but to be honest the game was dull as dishwater. It was a five hour long combat as the PCs and townsfolk tried to hold off an army of dire wolf-riding barbarians AND werewolves. I'm honestly not even sure if anyone won. We were given enough XP to advance to 5th level as a sort of Christmas gift and apology for not playing since October. No word yet on when the next game is. The very first D&D game I played, ca. 1977, had the party of six first level characters stuck in a walled town surrounded by 100,000 orcs. GM asked "what do you do?" Somebody said "open the gates and attack the orcs". GM rolls a couple of dice. "You win. You are now third level." I'm like "wtf just happened?!"
I've always been interested in heraldry. I wonder how accurate (in terms of English and/or mainland European heraldry -- they're different) this implementation will be. Looking forward to reading it when I have time.Heads up on this, it isn't a heraldic rule set. It's a series of lists of images that can go together and can be rolled on to create symbols that look like heraldry. If you want heraldry rules, you could use your own knowledge. It's all surface, any depth has to be GM provided. I see. Oh, well. :-(
"I'm the thing that monsters have nightmares about." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
I've always been interested in heraldry. I wonder how accurate (in terms of English and/or mainland European heraldry -- they're different) this implementation will be. Looking forward to reading it when I have time.
Got the shipping message. Battle Cards JPG file doesn't download. Click on it, nothing happens.
Did you remember to check the closets? :-)
I should reorganize mine. Both of them. :-)
Ah, that's better.
Invaders From Mars, the 1986 version, was a remake of the 1953 original, which scared the crap out of me when I saw it. I was six.
As has mine.
Reading and more reading. Mostly Timothy Ellis' stuff. I'm currently on the "Undone" series, where Lyla Cowan, who was cashiered from the Imperium military for royally screwing up and "nearly getting a dozen people killed" has just found out that she didn't screw up at all -- she was framed. Andostre: heat. :-)
Your daughter's anger is irrational. :-) |