Helena
Female human (Azlanti) fighter (steelbound fighter, tactician) 2 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Haunted Heroes Handbook 22, Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Combat 47)
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +4; Senses Perception +7 (+6 when adjacent to open flames or on fire)
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Defense
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AC 21, touch 13, flat-footed 18 (+5 armor, +3 Dex, +3 shield)
hp 24 (2d10+8)
Sanity 39 (currently 36), threshhold 3, edge 19
Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +1; -1 vs. fire effects, -1 when adjacent to open flames or on fire, +2 trait bonus vs. [emotion], [fear], or [pain] spells
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Melee +1 silver longsword +9 (1d8+5/19-20)
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Statistics
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Str 20, Dex 16, Con 17, Int 17, Wis 12, Cha 10
Base Atk +2; CMB +7; CMD 20
Feats Psychic Sensitivity[OA], Shield Focus, Weapon Focus (longsword)
Traits darkest before dawn, sensitive mind (perception), untapped potential
Skills All skills* -1 when adjacent to open flames or on fire
Acrobatics -3 (-7 to jump), Appraise +4, Bluff +0, Climb +3, Diplomacy +0, Disguise +0, Escape Artist -3, Fly -3, Heal +1, Intimidate +0, Knowledge (arcana) +4, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +8 (+10 to navigate underground), Knowledge (engineering) +8, Knowledge (geography) +8, Knowledge (nobility) +7, Knowledge (planes) +4, Knowledge (religion) +4, Perception +7, Profession (architect) +5, Ride -3, Sense Motive +7, Stealth -3, Survival +6 (+8 to avoid becoming lost(compass)), Swim +3, Use Magic Device +1
Languages Azlanti, Common, Draconic, Infernal, Sylvan
SQ burned, dowsing (survival), gatefinder (perception), gatekeeper (knowledge [planes]), phrenology (knowledge [arcana]), prognostication (sense motive), psychometry (appraise), read aura (perception), steelbound weapon
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Special Abilities
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Burned -1 to save vs. fire, -1 attacks, saves, skill checks if you are adjacent to or on fire.
Dowsing (Survival, 1/day) You can produce mysterious writing that pertains to the immediate future.
Gatefinder (Perception) DC 20 Perception to find soulgates whose alignment is compatable with your own.
Gatekeeper (Knowledge [Planes]) Once you are aware of a soulgate, DC 30 Knowledge (planes) check to open it.
Phrenology (Knowledge [Arcana], 1/day) Examine a creature's skull to learn it's psychological attributes.
Prognostication (Sense Motive, 1/day) You are skilled in means of folk divination.
Psychometry (Appraise, 1/day) Read the psychic impressions left on objects or in places.
Read Aura (Perception, 1/day) Read the psychic impressions left on objects or in places.
Steelbound Weapon (Longsword) (Ex) When not carrying chosen weapon, take -2 Wis and lose all fighter abilities.
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Helena was born on an isolated island in the Steaming Sea called Hermea. She was born of hearty stock and is exceptionally strong, stronger than most men. However, her strength does not deprive her of any agility or intellect as is common amongst many with her strength. After all, she was bred that way.
Helena has the general complexion and look of a Chelaxian & dark auburn hair, but it is her eyes that mark her as different. A deep violet reminiscent of the Azlanti of old. In fact, her lineage is one of the few who can claim to have Azlanti decent. After all, she was bred that way.
As a child, Helena had the best education, and lived a happy and calm life. At age 16 she passed all the required tests to be come a full citizen of Hermea. She had an aptitude for engineering and architecture and was apprenticed to the builders where she worked for many years.
Until that night...
Most of the night is still hazy to her memory. She recalls working late, trying to finish the plans for the roof of the new observatory. She recalls waving to Mengkare, the island nations benevolent ruler as he flew over head. She new she was risking staying out past curfew, but this way they could begin construction first thing in morning. On her run home, she remembers hearing shouting and an angry roar coming from beyond the treeline. Thinking Mengkare was under attack she ran thru the trees to the beach. And that is were her memories fracture. She remembers the feelings of shock, revulsion and betrayal. She remembers the look that flashed in the dragons eyes, sadness and regret. And she remembers the fire.
A fire so vivid in her memory, she still wakes up many nights sweating, her body recalling far too well the feel of those flames.
She next recalls awakening in a bed in a home of a group of Milani freedom fighters, somewhere in Kintargo Cheliax. She was told she had been found washed up on the beach. With the recent political clashes going on in the city, the group that had found her had assumed she was one of their own.
They nursed her back to health while she slowly regained her memories. She had a great mind for strategy and tactics that the Milani freedom fighters put to good use. In exchange for her assistance and planning, they taught her combat and weapon proficiencies.
They instructed her thru all forms of weaponry, as she had never used any weapons beyond an axe for woodcutting. But when she first picked up a longsword, it felt different. Right. Like she was born to have this weapon in her hands. Without instruction she had been able to wield it with precision and grace. Is this perhaps another product of the breeding experiments of her birth?
