Mihaela Ardeluc's page

Mihaela Ardeluc
Female tiefling alchemist (grenadier) 1
CN Medium outsider (native)
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +6
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Defense
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AC 15, touch 14, flat-footed 11 (+1 armor, +4 Dex)
hp 10 (1d8+2)
Sanity 40, threshhold 4, edge 20
Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +2
Resist cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee dagger +4 (1d4/19-20)
Ranged bomb +5 (1d6+4 fire) or
light crossbow +4 (1d8/19-20)
Special Attacks bomb 5/day (1d6+4 fire, DC 14)
Alchemist (Grenadier) Extracts Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +5)
1st—heightened awareness, targeted bomb admixture
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 18, Wis 14, Cha 8
Base Atk +0; CMB +4; CMD 14
Feats Agile Maneuvers, Martial Weapon Proficiency (longbow), Precise Shot, Throw Anything
Traits pragmatic activator, reactionary, teacher's pet
Skills Acrobatics +2, Appraise +2, Bluff -1, Climb -2, Craft (alchemy) +8 (+9 to create alchemical items), Diplomacy -3, Disguise -3, Escape Artist +2, Fly +2, Heal +0, Intimidate -3, Knowledge (arcana) +8, Knowledge (local) +10, Knowledge (nature) +8, Perception +6, Ride +2, Sense Motive +0, Sleight of Hand +8 (+12 to hide objects on your body (doesn't stack with heavy clothing but does with bonuses for attempting to hide small objects)), Spellcraft +8, Stealth +7, Survival +6, Swim -2, Use Magic Device +8; Racial Modifiers +2 Bluff, +2 Stealth
Languages Abyssal, Common, Infernal, Orc, Varisian
SQ alchemy (alchemy crafting +1), finesse weapon attack attribute, meticulous, mutagen (+4/-2, +2 natural armor, 10 minutes), pass for human
Other Gear haramaki, dagger, light crossbow, alchemist starting formula book, alchemy crafting kit, backpack, bandolier[UE], bandolier, bedroll, belt pouch, canteen, flint and steel, ink, inkpen, pocketed scarf, spring-loaded wrist sheath, trail rations (5), 9 gp, 21 sp, 1 cp
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Special Abilities
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Agile Maneuvers Use DEX instead of STR for CMB
Alchemy +1 (Su) +1 to Craft (Alchemy) to create alchemical items, can Id potions by touch.
Bomb 1d6+4 (5/day, DC 14) (Su) Thrown Splash Weapon deals 1d6+4 fire damage.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Energy Resistance, Cold (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Cold attacks.
Energy Resistance, Electricity (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Electricity attacks.
Energy Resistance, Fire (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Fire attacks.
Finesse Weapon Attack Attribute The “light weapons” category has been renamed to “finesse weapons.” Characters can choose to use either their dexterity bonus or their strength bonus to hit with these weapons, no feat required. “Finesse” is also now a weapon attribute like "brace" or "trip," allowing a weapon in another category to be finessed (like the rapier).
Meticulous -2 on all untrained skill checks
Mutagen (DC 14) (Su) Mutagen adds +4/-2 to physical/mental attributes, and +2 nat. armor for 10 minutes.
Pass for Human You can pass for human, and count as a humanoid (human) for all purposes.
Precise Shot You don't get -4 to hit when shooting or throwing into melee.
Throw Anything Proficient with improvised ranged weapons. +1 to hit with thrown splash weapons.

Mihaela is a woman of average height with brown hair, violet eyes and olive skin. She carries herself with confidence and has a slightly wild look in her eyes and smells faintly of the alchemical components she handles. She favours dark clothes of sturdy but fine material where stains don't show easily. She disregards what she perceives as hindering clothing, such as dresses and skirts, and instead wears trousers and blouses, often with a waistcoat. In addition, she wears bandoliers full of vials across her chest and a crossbow on her back, having lost her longbow a few months back. Her only flash of colour is a colourful scarf she wears around her neck, which is a memento of happier times.

Her personality is at the same time a bit sad and a bit manic, with a tendency towards rash decisions when put under stress.

Born to Ustalavian parents of Varisian heritage in the Ustalavic capital of Caliphas, Mihaela and her parents, Mihael and Elena, relocated to Ardis when Mihaela was less than a year old. Her parents were both alchemists and were seeking their fortune in the city. Though at first glance she appeared normal, it wasn’t long after their move to Nex that her otherworldly heritage began to show, especially when she became impassioned or angry. At those times, her eyes began glowing red with a malicious light, marking her a tiefling. Her parents did their best to keep Mihaela calm, so as to minimise the risk of her being discovered, but all the same, as she grew older, rumours started circulating about her. As these rumours grew into outright bullying, Mihaela, who had secretly started experimenting with alchemy, retaliated by burning down the house of the most prominent bully. Mihaela was never officially charged with the crime, but her parents felt that it might be best to get her away from Ardis and sent the then twelve-year old off to live with relatives in Caliphas.

During the following twenty-odd years, she has only seen her parents and her younger brothers (Alexandru and Ioan) a few times. Mihaela’s relatives, a cousin of her mother’s and his wife, took her in, but were always slightly wary of her and encouraged her to start formal training as an alchemist. At fifteen, she was taken on as a apprentice to a local alchemist who peddled alchemical wares to the local people who needed it. In this way, a few years passed.

As he was in Caliphas for one of his many lectures, Professor Lorrimor inspired Mihaela and after she contacted him with an expressed interest in learning more from him, their voluminous correspondence concerned the local legends, customs and traditions of Ustalav, something that had always fascinated Mihaela, but which she’d never before had had any opportunity to study. Even after their intense debates ended, they still kept in touch occasionally and Mihaela often thought fondly of the old man and his keen intellect.

After finishing her apprenticeship with the old master alchemist in her early twenties, Mihaela set up her own shop in Caliphas. It was during this time that she met Tomah, her future husband. He was a moderately successful silversmith who owned a shop in the same neighbourhood. The following ten years went by in blur of happiness, that came to an abrupt end when Tomah contracted lycanthropy from an attack on the outskirts of town. He couldn’t face living with the condition and took his own life. The death sent Mihaela into a spiral of grief and madness, from which she’s never fully recovered.

During all of this, Tomah’s unwed sister Eliska, who'd lived in the same house as the married couple and continued to live there after her brother’s death, was the only one that seemed to care about Mihaela. Mihaela was grateful for the care shown by Eliska and feels that she is the only person she can fully trust, now that her husband is gone. After her husband’s demise, Mihaela’s greatest fear is lycanthropy and what it can do yo you. She doesn’t hate lycanthropes, but she pities them and fears their ability to confer their condition on others who might not have chosen to receive it.

Following Tomah’s death, Mihaela started travelling across Ustalav and experimenting extensively in her basement, with little regard for her own safety, in the hope of finding a cure for lycanthropy, so that others won’t have to experience the same anguish she has. If she during her travels were to come across the lycanthrope, a werewolf named Vladislav, who attacked her husband, so much the better. Then she could extract her revenge on the man who took her husband from her. It was when she returned home from one of these travels that she received a letter informing her of the death of Professor Lorrimor. Mihaela was both surprised and pleased to learn that she’d been invited, even requested, to attend the funeral, something she would probably have done anyway, even without an invitation. With the invitation safely tucked away in her belt pouch, Mihaela packed her alchemical extracts and started along the road towards Ravengro.

Goal: Find a cure for the curse that claimed her husband and, possibly, extract revenge on Vladislav.
Reputation: Known as having lost her husband to lycanthropy and in the process quite possibly a piece of her mind.
Friend: Tomah’s sister Eliska.
Home: A house in Caliphas that has fallen into some disrepair since the loss of her husband.
Signature Item: Colourful filter scarf that was a gift from her late husband.
Problem: Trying to find enough money to keep her research going and also trying to help Eliska keeping the house from succumbing to the elements.
Secret: Committed arson to get vengeance on her bullies.
Reason to Be Brave: The search for an alchemical cure for lycanthropy can cause Mihaela to brave her fear of the curse. Otherwise, she will most likely try to stay away.