About Ingrid BaltDwarf Cleric 3
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-------------------- SPECIAL ABILITIES -------------------- Domains: Protection(Defense) and Travel Protection (Ex): You receive a +1 resistance bonus on saving throws. This bonus increases by 1 for every 5 levels you possess. Deflection Aura (Su): Once each day, you can emit a 20- foot aura for a number of rounds equal to your cleric level. Allies within the aura gain a +2 deflection bonus to AC and combat maneuver defense. Agile Feet (Su): As a free action, you can gain increased mobility for 1 round. For the next round, you ignore all difficult terrain and do not take any penalties for moving through it. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier. Channel Energy (Su): Channeling energy causes a burst that affects all creatures of one type (either undead or living) in a 30-foot radius centered on the cleric. The amount of damage dealt or healed is equal to 1d6 points of damage plus 1d6 points of damage for every two cleric levels beyond 1st (2d6 at 3rd, 3d6 at 5th, and so on). Creatures that take damage from channeled energy receive a Will save to halve the damage. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the cleric's level + the cleric's Charisma modifier. Creatures healed by channel energy cannot exceed their maximum hit point total—all excess healing is lost. A cleric may channel energy a number of times per day equal to 3 + her Charisma modifier. This is a standard action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity. A cleric can choose whether or not to include herself in this effect. A cleric must be able to present her holy symbol to use this ability. --------------------
•Defensive Training: Dwarves gain a +4 dodge bonus to AC against monsters of the giant subtype.
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Background:
Ingrid was raised in the archetypal dwarven society - dark, traditional, and community-oriented. Always looking to please her betters, she became a paragon of these facets, perhaps too much so. Her studies in the faiths of the dwarven pantheon were of endless hours, her father being a cook at the local temple. Her mother was a respected engineer, and she pushed her daughter to succeed at the more detail-oriented areas in life. Ingrid did both, her social life slipping away from her into blackness as she became more learned and progressed in her achievements.
Donning the mantle of the clergy, she became a priestess of Torag. However, her precise and exacting nature led her to point out various mistakes made by the priesthood - usually points of minutiae that made even the stodgiest cleric roll his eyes. Yet she insisted the traditions be done to the letter, escalating her grievances. Though she was always technically right - the best kind, she would say - many of those around her avoided her out of scorn, disdain, or even fear of erring in her view. Her mother was tolerant of the name she was making for herself, but her more clay-hearted father wished she would not make such an outcast of herself - for her own good. This pattern continued for decades. Eventually, during an important ceremony with the passing of rulership, Ingrid noticed an error in the yet-to-be annointed ruler's speech. She rose to her feet to make a protest, but High Priest Rorshpock had suspected such antics from her as he had dealt with her for many long years; the magical silence he'd prepared worked wonders. Furious, Ingrid blasted him with a scathing tirade when it had worn-off after the ceremony. It was at this point Rorschpock knew she had to go. Ingrid was a narrowly-focused woman, but she was full of merit and potential. He called on his contacts in Druma and secured her a place there as a judge. Though well-respected, Ingrid worked many long hours. A nation of enterprise and trade, there were innumerable disputes that came to her office. She was happy to discard her previous devotion for a fervor in Abadar's stripe, his church much more concerned with progress than ritual. Yet there was much new print to learn, and the hours she worked took her toll on her; one day, she overlooked a clause in a property agreement when she made a ruling. A month later, the furious victim of her mistake came back with something Ingrid never thought she'd see: a counter-write from a higher judge. In disbelief, she flipped through her texts, looking for a way to exonerate herself, but there was nothing. She had made a mistake, and she had wasted that person's time and money. For once in her life, she apologized profusely, offering to pay the man the costs he'd suffered. Though he accepted curtly and left, it was not his manners that had bothered Ingrid; instead, she'd failed to meet the bar she'd set for herself: perfection. Though the rational side of her knew it had to happen sooner or later, the bottled-up emotional part of Ingrid's nature did not allow her to forgive herself. The guilt manifested in her accepting a request for arbitration in nearby Lastwall; there existed a boundary dispute about the area near Belkzen and Ustulav, and Druma was known for being the most impartial moderators about. She accepted the journey to Arwyll Stead, seeing the trip as a penance of sorts, but also an opportunity for advancement - Druma didn't care for non-humans in the highest council positions. There was also a nice bonus promised as she was a dwarf - their stonecunning was indispensible in a mining town, and mineral veins had a funny way of working their way into property boundaries. She had been trained to defend herself as all dwarves were but brushed-up on her martial skills on the way to the Stead. Ingrid's steps into the world were fateful ones, full of purpose and resolve... Driving desires:
Ingrid is a practical person, but for all her years of legal expertise, she is inept at making friends and the like. Firstly, though she would not admit it to anyone, she longs for companionship - romantic and otherwise. Next, she disguises this loneliness under a very real veneer of focus on career advancement; her desire to amass personal wealth and status is real as is usual for those of her race. Lastly, though she doesn't know the first desires play into it well, she seeks to impress her parents. They are her family after all, and she - an only child - loves them dearly. |
