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Jolene
Female kitsune bard (court bard) 7 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player's Guide 81, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 175)
NE Medium humanoid (kitsune, shapechanger)
Init +5; Senses Perception +10
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Defense
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AC 20, touch 14, flat-footed 17 (+5 armor, +1 deflection, +3 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 39 (7d8+7)
Fort +5, Ref +10, Will +8; +4 vs. bardic performance, language-dependent, and sonic
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Ranged blowgun +8 (1d2) or
. . light crossbow +6 (1d8/19-20)
Special Attacks bardic performance 22 rounds/day (move action; countersong, distraction, fascinate [DC 19], mockery -3, satire -2, suggestion [DC 19])
Bard (Court Bard) Spells Known (CL 7th; concentration +13)
. . 3rd (2/day)—confusion (DC 21), good hope
. . 2nd (5/day)—blistering invective[UC] (DC 18), cacophonous call[APG] (DC 20), gallant inspiration[APG] (DC 18), mirror image
. . 1st (6/day)—beguiling gift[APG] (DC 19), charm person (DC 19), hideous laughter (DC 19), saving finale[APG] (DC 17), silent image (DC 17)
. . 0 (at will)—detect magic, light, lullaby (DC 18), mage hand, message, prestidigitation
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 22
Base Atk +5; CMB +5; CMD 19
Feats Greater Spell Focus (enchantment), Realistic Likeness[ARG], Spell Focus (enchantment), Spellsong[UM]
Traits charming, indomitable faith, strike first, strike ruthlessly and thus be victorious
Skills Acrobatics +0 (-4 to jump), Bluff +19 (+20 vs. characters who could be attracted to you), Diplomacy +19 (+20 vs. characters who could be attracted to you), Disguise +21 (+31 circumstance to fool others with impersonation), Intimidate +19, Knowledge (arcana) +11, Knowledge (local) +14, Knowledge (planes) +11, Knowledge (religion) +11, Perception +10, Perform (comedy) +19, Perform (oratory) +19, Spellcraft +11, Stealth +10
Languages Celestial, Common, Sylvan
SQ change shape, heraldic expertise +3, versatile performances (comedy, oratory), wide audience
Combat Gear pearl of power (1st level), potion of inflict light wounds, potion of inflict light wounds, potion of inflict light wounds, potion of inflict light wounds, potion of inflict light wounds, potion of inflict light wounds, wand of cure light wounds (50 charges); Other Gear +1 chain shirt, blowgun, light crossbow, amulet of natural armor +1, circlet of persuasion, cloak of resistance +2, handy haversack, headband of alluring charisma +2, ring of protection +1, disguise kit, ear trumpet[UE], hollow-heeled boot, manacles, masterwork (barbed)[ARG], manacles, masterwork (barbed)[ARG]
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Special Abilities
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Bardic Performance (move action, 22 rounds/day) Your performances can create magical effects.
Change Shape (Human) (Su) Assume a single human form.
Greater Spell Focus (Enchantment) +1 to the Save DC of spells from one school.
Heraldic Expertise +3 (2/day) (Ex) You add half your bard level to Diplomacy, Knowledge (history), Knowledge (local), and Knowledge (nobility) checks.
Realistic Likeness Change shape can mimic individuals you've met, gain a +10 bonus to Disguise to impersonate.
Spell Focus (Enchantment) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC.
Spellsong Combine spellcasting and bardic performance
Versatile Performance (Comedy) +19 (Ex) You may substitute the final value of your Perform: Comedy skill for Bluff or Intimidate checks
Versatile Performance (Oratory) +19 (Ex) You may substitute the final value of your Perform: Oratory skill for Diplomacy or Sense Motive checks
Wide Audience (+0 targets / 30' radius / 60' cone) (Su) Bardic performance abilities may affect +0 targets or a 30'radius or a 60' cone.

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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can

Jolene wasn’t always this way, once upon a time Jolene was pure, mind untainted by greed and envy. There was a boy she loved with her whole heart, and he loved her too or so she thought. And then one day Helen came along with her curvaceous figure and her knowing smirk and her holier than thou attitude. She caught Niles hook line and sinker and Jolene was cast off, forgotten, unloved. As Jolene brooded, Niles took his vows and became Ser Niles. Helen sneered at Jolene with disdain whispering that she knew her little secret and that if she ever spoke to Niles again she’d ensure the authorities found out about her thieving and Ser Niles’s sword would be the one that removed her head. Besides Helen said, how could a great man like Niles ever see anything in a plain girl like Jolene?!

In truth Jolene did have a little secret, she was Kitsune and had no family or money at all. Yes she stole but that was so she could eat and she always tried to repay the merchants when she could. But Holier than thou Helen’s intervention sent her into a self destructive spiral of jealousy, insecurity and rage. Jolene decided that if she couldn’t have love, she wanted power. Turning her back on her original human form she stole Helen’s appearance, one no man could resist! She now had the looks but she had no money, and Kenabres was no place for a pauper. With few other options she fell into the underworld which despite the Clergy of Mithra's best efforts is ever present. For a while she feared she'd have to sell body but she came to the attention of a hidden sect of Asmodeans and ended up selling her soul in stead.

1. What is your character’s name?
Jolene.

2. How old is your character?
Mid twenties.

3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)?
That’s complicated! Jolene maintains several personas* but in her second and favored human form she has flaming locks of auburn hair, with ivory skin and eyes of emerald green, a smile like a breath of spring and a voice soft like summer rain.

She has no visible weapons or armor, but looks can be deceiving… She carries a hand crossbow in her purse, and her hair pins are sharpened to a needle point.

* Enabled by Realistic Likeness and a disguise check which she is very good at.

4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)?
An observant person might notice that Jolene’s voice swiftly changes to sound like them, copying their accent and mannerisms. Many people don’t really notice but find her flattering, astute people may find this disturbing as if she was studying them with the predatory intensity of a doppelganger.

A really observant person might notice some slight tells that something is amiss, her ears are ever so slightly pointed and her eyes sometimes flash a shade too green to be natural.

5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
Joloene was born in a back alley in Kenabres. After her parents died she was raised on the street and fed by the kindness of the various temples and by stealing when times were hard.

6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living?
She was raised by her kitsune parents but they were victims of one of the purges and died when she was small. She only ever knew of them as mom & dad.

7. Do you have any other family or friends?
Once she had friends but that was before Helen and her subsequent fall from grace. Now she has acquaintances and colleagues - people she might use.

8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids?
Single. After losing Niles Jolene made her heart go cold and promised herself she will never risk getting hurt by loving again.

It’s extremely unlikely he would but there could be a redemption arc if Niles ever changed his mind.

9. What is your character’s alignment?
LE. She's a follower of Asmodeus, so this is to be expected!

10.What is your character’s moral code?
Jolene doesn’t think she’s a monster, she won’t kill or harm without reason. She is the knife in the dark, the sting that might change the world but it has to be for a higher purpose. If that means working with others whose long term goals are dubious at best, so be it, they’re a means to an end.

She is capable of casual cruelty to her marks, but in private I can see her being kind to children and the elderly in a self indulgent way the way one can be to a pet.

She’d likely make a good red mantis assassin.

11. Does your character have goals?
Seducing Ser Niles and having him cast Helen out. This is basically impossible so becoming personally powerful and wanted/needed by her ‘allies’ will have to do instead. She has a particular dislike of Mithra’s faithful and luring them into falling would be right up her street.

The world as it leaves much to be desired, if she was in a position of power, events might be shaped according to her design.

12. Is your character religious?
She’s a follower of Asmodeus although this is mostly a means to an ends for her since her true devotion is for power.

13. What are your character’s personal beliefs?
I am not evil but if I can’t have love I want power.

They say the pen is mightier than the sword, I want to be mightier still, the one who whispers poison in the ear of a king binding him and his kingdom to my will.

When it comes to men I see what I want and take what I see, yet they mean nothing to me!

These boots are made for walkin'
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you!

14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?
She is an arrogant opportunist and maneater. She puts on a tough image but is a complete mess inside, rejection has made her vulnerable and she aims never to let it show.

15. Why does your character adventure?
It is the means to power, without the pursuit of power she would have no purpose in life.

16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
She is an adrenaline junkie, she relishes it, there is no experience like watching a mark fall for your lies hook line and sinker knowing if things had gone the other way you would have been uncovered and killed.

17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)?
She always has red in something she wears or about her person. If she’s ever slipshod with her disguise (only happens when in great distress) her ears are sometimes pointed like a fox’s.

18. How does your character get along with others?
She can be very good company. However on a mission she would be boringly professional and to the point.

19. Is there anything that your character hates?
The followers and clergy of Mithra, especially Hellen.

20. Is there anything that your character fears?
Rejection, especially from Niles. Putting on so many faces she worries she might lose herself entirely. Part of her wants that desperately.