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With those type of creatures the chances of even an intrigued based campaign to succeed are almost nil as they are bound to have magical senses or might simply kill first and ask questions later. I'd say we go after the Blood Maiden. We could warm up, maybe get some intel on the Hertless Queen as the witches are bound to know more about the others, and see where we go from there. I do not fancy being squished by an Ancient Green Great Wyrm or some such on my first foray.
So you would probably end up being buddies with Doc... Which means you know Xerxes... Which means that I know of you. Probably, yes. She wouldn't really be too scared by Xerxes though, I mean she's accompanied by a talking raven that used to be a human being. Out of curiosity, does anyone speak Aklo by any chance? It's what Maena will be ranting in during combat or other stressful situations.
Like I mentioned before, Maena could have sought people out to help her fulfil her personal quest. As for which witch to hunt down first, that doesn't really matter to Maena. She's after the hag from her background so whatever brings her closer to her would suit Maena. If she someone gets her hands on information that (seemingly) ties said hag to one of the witches that would be her first target. As for location, Maena is a small town girl and while she can adjust to cities just fine it isn't where she comes from.
I agree with Doomed on us becoming very powerful if we go gestalt. I'd say it would be more interesting to eventually get some mythic ranks (upon killing one of the 5 or some such). Just looking at Maena, she'd probably be Oracle|Sorcerer as gestalt, basically an Arcane Heirophant on steroids. That's scary stuff. As for her past and how they connected: Maena is a visionary. Her sight in the real world may be limited but she does see beyond it. She could have actually sought out some of the others as a result of some vision. EDIT: Just to be clear, I'm not against gestalting, I'm neutral on the point, just warning that it isn't all fun and actually has some pretty ugly downsides.
So Maena is one of the responsible adults at 21? Oh boy
My gestalt end would be a Tattooed Sorcerer with the Imperious Bloodline. Fluff wise the origin of the bloodline would connect with my original idea for Maena which is that she comes from a line of well known and respected monster hunters and that the aunt and uncle that saved her are both monster hunters. As for the Tattooed Sorcerer archetype, for some reason I think the Varisian flavor from Golarion really fits the people of your world, probably the gypsy idea. That and I just really like the archetype. I'd keep the feats as is though the Arcane Bond from Eldritch Heritage would become an item as I'd get a familiar from Tattooed Sorcerer.
Maena would actually also bring another companion, her raven familiar named Fletch. His story is also in my background. I changed her to being Dual-Cursed by the way, with both Clouded Vision and Tongues, the latter not progressing. EDIT: Hmm, I haven't grabbed a story feat yet, lets see if any of them fits Maena.
Background: For a moment it looked as if Maena's presence on this earth was not to last as a hag tried to steal her from her crib while her parents were sleeping and then replace her with her own child. Had it not been for her aunt and uncle she would have no doubt ended up in the hag's kettle. The two of them were visiting and staying in the family's living room where the hag hadn't bothered to check and as such she only ensorcelled Maena's parents. While they did manage to surprise the hag and drive her of they were cursed by the vile witch, as was Maena.
The curse on Maena became apparent as soon as she was picked up from her crib as her eyes had turned a milky white. While her vision did not seem to be impeded at first the full effects of this curse did not show until she was old enough to leave the house and as such it was initially assumed to only affect her looks.
Despite these impediments Maena's childhood were relatively uneventful. Her sight developed in strange ways as while she could not see far into the distance she did have neigh perfect sight during the night. Her stress predicament did not change though, as she'd still slip into that eldritch language whenever situations got hairy. The truly strange things did not start to happen until her 18th birthday. From that day on she'd wake up at night, hearing strange sounds like a friendly old woman calling for someone, promising something good. The voice did not call her though, it called someone else but she could hear it. The strange thing was that she seemed to be the only one who could hear them apart from the family dog, who crawled away under Maena's bed every night the calls came. The calls first came once a week but as time went on they became more frequent until they came every night. Then, just as sudden as they started, the calls stopped. While most people would be happy by such an event she became worried. Through research she conducted through interviewing dozens upon dozens of people, from village elders to monster hunters to hedge witches, she came to the conclusion that somehow her curse linked her to the hag's changeling child. The calls she had heard had been intended for this child, to call her home to her hag mother. The end of them meant that either the girl had come to her mother to be turned into a hag herself or the mother had died. Maena figured that she needed to know what went down for, perhaps, she could be relieved of her curse. Together with a hunter she went to search for the mother Hag's den. This hunter volunteered to come along, claiming he had lost a wife and daughter to a hag. Together they found the den but it did not contain what the had expected. Inside they found a dead hag, torn limb from limb by large claws. What they also found was a loose skin, looking like that of a girl Maena had known who lived one town over as well as the remains of a ritual. As they continued to search the hovel Maena suddenly heard a shriek coming from outside. She hurried outside but also she found there was a pile of clothes, the hunter's clothes. Crawled up in this pile she found a raven, a raven with the same scar running across his beak that the hunter had had on his face. As she picked it up she heard a laughter in the distance, filling the forest. A laughter that sounded faintly familiar.
I don't see why anyone would actually like hags. Maena is very curious about what happened with the Changeling child that was meant to replace her though, even if she has become a hag by now.
And I'm just someone who wants to get rid of these accursed visions Also, it's Cuàn here. As for the campaign trait: Hag Ridden:
Figured that'd be in line since while it's equal to 2 levels of some favored class bonuses it is a one time effect. EDIT: Character isn't done yet and neither is her background. |