9/level
Appraise 13 (6 ranks)
Climb 5(7 with mutagen) +8 with climbing shift.
Craft Alchemy 18 +2 with Alchemist's lab
Disable Device 11 (6 ranks)
K Nature (doubles as Heal) 13 (6 ranks)
K Arcana 13 (6 ranks)
K Planes 7 (3 ranks)
K Religion 7 (3 ranks)
Perception 11 (12 if shifted) (6 ranks)
Spellcraft 13 (6 ranks)
Survival 11 (12 if shifted) (6 ranks)
UMD 13 (6 ranks)
Formulae:
1st- 6 - Deathwatch
Cure Light**
Enlarge*
Jump
Expeditious retreat
Disguise Self
Ant Haul
Endure Elements
Shield*
Identify
Comprehend Languages
Detect Undead
Crafter's Fortune
2nd - 4 (1 open)- Cure Moderate*
False Life
Invisibility
Blur
Blood Transcription
Fire Breath
Bull, Cat, Bear, Fox, Eagle, Owl
Resist Energy
Lesser Restoration
Barkskin*
Communal Ant Haul
Aid
Gentle Repose
Equipment:
+1 Mithral Shirt (2000,10)
Bag of Holding, type 1 (2500,15)
-Alchemists Kit (40,25)
-Alchemist's Lab (200, 40)
-10 days rations (5,10)
-Folding Ladder (2,16)
-Crowbar (2,5)
-Hammer (.5,2)
-Drill (.5,1)
-Filter hood (10,4)
-Grappling hook, 100 silk rope (14,9)
-100 ft string
-Small tent (10,20)
-Wand of Cure Light Wounds, 31 charges left
-5 Enlarge Person Potions
-1 Barkskin Potion
-10 Alchemist's Fire
-10 Acid
-3 deoderizing Agents
-3 Antiplague
-3 Antitoxin
-3 Bloodblock
-3 Bodybalm
-Mk Thieves Tools
-Healer's Kit
1,406
Background:
"Run" his friend screamed. A large figure was crashing through the woods toward them. The pair ran as fast as they could, but they were just boys against a beast. The beast caught up to them, felling his friend Jason in one blow. The beast came upon Garrak, biting into his arm. But before it could tear him to shreds, a sliver tipped bolt hit it in the side. A Hunter of Monsters, the one called Wolf. Barely conscious, the boy Garrak was brought back to his village. And by the time he woke up, the man had left. A month later, however, the attacks started to occur. Tales of a beast boy started brewing. Garrak was infected by the curse of the beast. It was nearly three months by the time Garrak was stopped. By the same hunter that saved him before. The hunter, rather than killing him, decided to try to cure the boy, giving him wolfsbane. But because Garrak had gone through several moons as a bear, he wasn't quite successful, unbeknownst to the hunter. A piece of the curse still carries within his blood, or perhaps merely awakening what was already there, giving him the ability to partially shift into a werebeast.
As the boy grew into a man, he learned to control the shifts and the rage of his beast. He began to study alchemy, hoping to separate the remainder of the curse from him, or give him control of it. For years now, Garrak has moved from town to town, following rumors about hunters and monster alike, trying to gain more knowledge on the subject and helping those he could. But that help was often not welcome in the end as once they knew the extent of his powers, the villages often turned on him, blaming him for what ills had befallen him, branding him a monster as well.
Eventually, he stumbled onto a portal to the Dark Forest. For days he wandered through it, braving its perils. But when facing a particularly group of trolls, he was once again in danger. And once again he was saved by Wolf, who told him of the division of worlds and taught him for a time. He now crosses between the planes, serving as much the same capacity as Wolf had - a scholar and hunter of monsters. Last month he received a summons- Wolf was starting a group of hunters. He now answers the summons.
Gerhard grew up in the 15th century Germany/Denmark, during its renaissance. He attended the University of Vienna after his encounter with Wolf in the Dark Forest, earning his degree in Natural Sciences. He has only been venturing between the two worlds for a few years, so he is still learning about various monsters and planes. Gerhard has learned much about magic, monsters, and darker things in this time, but he remains largely ignorant of much of the inner workings of the magical world.
Description:
In his straight human form, he is a tall, burly man with long blonde hair kept tied back in a simple pony tail. He wears explorers clothes, functional clothes, with the glint of a mithral shirt underneath. In this form, he speaks mildly and intelligently, though sometimes with a hint of sarcasm.
However when he shifts, or imbibes in his mutagen, he unlocks the beast in his blood. Fur grows in patches along his body, claws erupt from his fingers, and his teeth and mouth grow into a bearish snout, revealing his monstrous nature. He fights nigh uncontrollably, animalistically. Even when he is in control, when he is shifted, he finds in difficult to maintain focus or clarity, more easily slipping into rage.
Despite his beastial nature, he is a scholar at heart. In his off time, he can be found dissecting corpses of mundane or magical beasts, learning about their anatomy, learning about how they work, or reading medical texts.
He isn't good per se, he is more concerned with furthering his own knowledge then really helping people, but he doesn't commit acts of explicit evil. He is far more driven be curiosity and obsession than anything else. In this organization, he serves as healer and scholar.
