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Name: Lam Ai Lua

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The Red Petal Sharp Against The Moonlight
Female human (Tian-Dan) bard (arcane duelist) 5/evangelist 6
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Init 5; Senses darkvision 10 ft., low-light vision; Perception +17 (+21 to avoid surprise)
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Defense
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AC 32, touch 17, flat-footed 27 (+9 armor, +2 deflection, +4 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 natural, +4 shield)
hp 93 (11d8)
Fort 5, Ref 13, Will 9
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee +1 returning starknife (her petal) +17/+12 (1d4+11 P/×3) or
. . mwk cold iron starknife +17/+12 (1d4+10 P/×3)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 11th; concentration +25)
. . 3/day—longstrider
Bard (Arcane Duelist) Spells Known (CL 10th; concentration +24)
. . 4th (2/day)—virtuoso performance[UM]
. . 3rd (5/day)—displacement, good hope, haste, see invisibility
. . 2nd (6/day)—glitterdust (DC 19), honeyed tongue[APG], mirror image, pilfering hand[UC], raiment of command (DC 19)
. . 1st (7/day)—ears of the city, fastidiousness, feather fall, feather step[APG] (DC 18), liberating command[UC], tap inner beauty, windy escape[ARG]
. . 0 (at will)—dancing lights (at will), ghost sound (at will) (DC 17), mage hand (at will), mending (at will), message (at will), oath of anonymity (at will), open/close (at will) (DC 17), prestidigitation (at will), spark (at will)[APG] (DC 17)
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Statistics
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Str 8, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 24
Base Atk +8.25; CMB 7; CMD 24
Feats Arcane Strike, Combat Casting, Cunning, Dazzling Display, Deific Obedience, Disheartening Display[ACG], Disruptive, Divine Fighting Technique (Desna's Shooting Star), Enforcer[APG], Favored Prestige Class, Hero's Display[UC], Improved Dirge Of Doom[ACG], Magnum Opus, Signature Skill, Spellbreaker, Weapon Focus (starknife)
Traits mock gladiator, stage magic
Skills Acrobatics +22, Appraise +4, Bluff +21, Climb +3, Diplomacy +25, Disguise +11, Escape Artist +7, Fly +7, Heal +5, Intimidate +26 (Immediate action demoralize after scoring a critical hit with the chosen weapon), Knowledge (nobility) +9, Knowledge (religion) +10, Linguistics +5, Perception +17 (+21 to avoid surprise), Perform (act) +21, Perform (dance) +21, Profession (gladiator) +10, Ride +7, Sense Motive +15, Sleight of Hand +7, Stealth +7, Survival +5, Swim +2, Use Magic Device +11
Languages Common, Draconic, Hon-la, Minkaian, Senzar, Tien
Combat Gear maiden's helm, wand of ant haul (50 charges), darkflare (5), desnan candle firework (5), firecracker (5), iron pellet grenade[UE] (4), smoke pellet[APG] (5); Other Gear +3 mithral agile breastplate[APG], +3 mithral buckler (her moon), +1 returning starknife (her petal), mwk cold iron starknife, amulet of natural armor +2, belt of incredible dexterity +2, boots of elvenkind, cloak of resistance +2, cracked magenta prism ioun stone, cracked mossy disk ioun stone, headband of alluring charisma +4, ring of protection +2, adventurer's sash, silver holy symbol of Desna, tindertwig (5), 26 gp, 7 sp
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Special Abilities
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+4 to Perception to avoid surprise +4 to Perception to determine if you are aware of foes just before a surprise round.
Arcane Armor - Medium
Arcane Bond - Weapon (1/day)
Arcane Strike As a swift action, add +1 damage, +1 per 5 caster levels and your weapons are treated as magic for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
Bardic Performance (move action, 29 rounds/day) Your performances can create magical effects.
Combat Casting +4 to Concentration checks to cast while on the defensive.
Darkvision (10 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Dazzling Display (Starknife) Intimidate check to demoralize can affect those within 30' who see you.
Deific Obedience Purify yourself daily to prove devotion to a deity and gain benefits.
Disheartening Display (Starknife) Increase the fear of Dazzling Display by one step.
Disruptive +4 DC to cast defensively for those you threaten.
Divine Fighting Technique (Desna's Shooting Star) Starknife att/dam is Charisma based. Advanced: full-rd thrown starknife deals 1d4 hits.
Draconic Heritage (Ex) Ignore Cha pre-reqs of Eldritch heritage chain of feats.
Enforcer If you deal nonlethal damage with a melee weapon, make a free Intimidate check to demoralize.
Hero's Display Gain +2 on performance combat checks; may demoralize opponents
Improved Dirge of Doom +30 ft. to dirge of doom range, shaken creatures become frightened.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail.
Magnum Opus Whenever you take 10 on Perform (act) skill checks, treat it as if you rolled 15.
Pallavi of Nirvana’s Blossoming
Spellbreaker If an enemy you threaten fails to cast defensively, they provoke an AoO from you.
Starlit Caster (Su) +2d6 spell damage when standing in starlight.
Traveler’s Tricks (Sp)
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Name: Lam Ai Lua

Large-scale arena gladiators are like modern-day rock stars, and The Red Petal Sharp Against the Moonlight is one of those rock stars. Ai Lua (her real name) is stylized to be the witty, graceful, Desnian samurai warrior inspiring terror in her opponents on the battlefield, and a proper Tain-Dan young woman with the blood of the dragons coursing through her veins off the battlefield... until the arena after parties start and she partakes way too much then she's just Lua. Her main goal for joining the tournament is the additional fame victory will grant her (story feat Magnum Opus, though secretly she has another as well). Desna, adoring crowds, red bean cakes, and a really good sake are her Likes. Disease, uncleanliness, loved ones dying, and shellfish are her great dislikes. Quirks are she prays before every battle, not for victory, which she does crave, but in hopes no one dies. Even her opponents.
She is a human Tain-Dan arcane duelist bard/evangelist concentrating on buffing and demoralizing, who truly needs a team to shine (and survive), either one she has performed with repeatedly over the years or a brand new one cobbled together by their sponsor. She's been in arenas all her adult life so happy to work on meshing backstories or alter mechanics to fill in gaps.

Background: Lua's mother always said "The spirits have blessed you with the Blood of Dragons", smiling with pride at her only daughter. Lua loved her mother so smiled back, inwardly wishing the spirits would focus their blessing on making them less poor. No father, troublesome older brothers, and a mother with her head in the clouds led to frequent nights with only broth for dinner.
One thing the 'Blood of Dragons' rumor got her, was approached by an arena promoter for some tiny street pit, who needed something new to draw spectators. Lua scoffed, thinking it was her pretty face he was hoping for more than the blood, but his coin was real, and having five older brothers meant she wasn't a complete novice at fighting.

Somehow, the skinny slip of a girl beat her opponent, then against two older girls at once, and then two older boys at once! Breathless, Bruised, stunned, and EXHILARATED, she open-mouthed smiled at the cheering masses, a crowd that had grown and grown at every victory.

That is when simple Ai Lua, with whispered blood of dragons, took her steps to become The Red Petal Sharp Against the Moonlight.

Quirks/Likes/Dislikes/Phobias: While she enjoys the fighting aspects of the arena, she LOVES the crowds, and has become an entertainer more than anything. Her sharp insults, her graceful dancing across the field of battle, and her style meant to break an opponent's will instead of kill, all part of playing to the crowd.

Outside of battle, while she plays the proper young Tain-Dan woman, she enjoys fame, attention, drink, parties, ALL of it way too much.

Likes Desna: the freedom, the traveling, the love of life, without the desire to take another's. She is quietly devoted to her goddess since when the promoter was offering her that opportunity at change, she had been about to say no. At that moment, three of the most vivid butterflies she had ever seen settled on the man's head, so she found herself nodding dumbly instead.

Disease scares her. Having lived in impoverished conditions most of her young life, and especially having lost her father to a plague, she has seen horrible drawn-out death from sickness. Because of that, she is a VERY clean person.

She also seems to be allergic to shellfish and has a near addiction to red bean cakes.

Goal: To win the Ruby Phoenix Tournament. She doesn't care about the prize, she wants the victory... at least that is what she says. In the back of Lua's mind, a tiny little version of herself is sitting at a tea set, waiting patiently for her father to get well and have the tea party he had promised her if she was good. And she wonders, ever so slightly, if there is something in that vault that would give her that moment back. Somehow, someway. anyway... please.

She doesn't dwell on that want, since it doesn't matter until she wins, and she will win. Until then she lives the life of an arena rock star.

Combat: The Red Petal Sharp Against the Moonlight performs best in a team. She concentrates on inspiring them to greatness, bringing the crowd to their side, and demoralizing their opponents. She does not specialize in bringing them down quickly or holding out against a prolonged onslaught.

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