Low crouched and grounded, this elder tengu's feathered are checkered salt and pepper, a small wooden shield with writing on it's inside adorns his back, an overlong sword and jingle-staff criss-crosses his back, he sports a utility belt with assorted maps aggressively annotated with multicolor inks, diagrams and templates overlaying the actual terrains depicted.
Every so often, he suddenly pops squat, sitting abruptly on the ground, and unravelling one or more parchments, makes additional tracings and insignia, talking in a quiet voice to himself, until nodding his head in satisfaction, he stuffs it back into his effects and rises with a little hop and step.
Senses
Perception (*) +10 w/ Lowlight Vision
Languages ➤ Common, Shoanti, and Tengu
Defense
AC 21 lattice or 22 shield (hard 5), HP 42
Fortitude (**) +9, Reflex (*) +7, Will (**) +12
Offense
Animist Spellcasting DC 20
Martial Weapons (*), Medium Armor (*)
Speed 30 feet, Bulk xx/8.0
Reactive Strike
Animist Spellcasting
Prepared Cantrips (□□) @ Guidance, Shield
Prepared First Rank (□□) @ Blessing of Vigor, Malediction
Prepared Second Rank (□□) @ Heal, Spiritual Armament
Ω Apparition Spellcasting Ω
Spontaneous Cantrips (□□) @ Sigil, Telekinetic Hand, Tangle Vine, Ignition, Prestidigitation or Rousing Splash
Spontaneous First Rank (□) @ Mending, Ill Omen, Charm, Interposing Earth, Dizzying Colors or Hydraulic Push
Spontaneous Second Rank (□) @ Knock, Invisibility, Create Food, Exploding Earth, Laughing Fit or Mist
Focus (□□) @ Traveling Workshop, Discomforting Whispers, Nymph's Grace, Earth's Bile, Trickster's Mirrors or River Carving Mountains
Apparition Attunement:
Primary "Skirmisher" Attunement (□) @ Vanguard of Roaring Rivers
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Secondary "Mechanic" Attunement (□) @ Crafter in the Vault
Secondary "Harrier" Attunement (□) @ Imposter in Hidden Places
Secondary "Controller" Attunement (□) @ Monarch of the Fey Courts
Secondary "Tank" Attunement (□) @ Reveler in Lost Glee
Secomdary "Blaster" Attunement (□) @ Steward of Stone and Fire
Default: Skirmisher Blaster
Ω Crafter in the Vault Ω
Lore: Architecture and Engineering
Cantrips: Sigil
Rank One: Mending
Rank Two: Knock
Vessel: Traveling Workshop (Training in Crafting and Thievery)
Ω Imposter in Hidden Places Ω
Lore: Fortune-Telling and Underworld
Cantrips: Telekinetic Hand
Rank One: Ill Omen
Rank Two: Invisibility
Vessel: Discomforting Whispers (Will vs misfortune attacks 1d6 void 5-emanation)
Ω Monarch of the Fey Courts Ω
Lore: Art and Fey
Cantrips: Tangle Vine
Rank One: Charm
Rank Two: Create Food
Vessel: Nymph's Grace (Incapacitation Will vs confused enemies w/in 10-emanation)
Ω Steward of Stone and Fire Ω
Lore: Mountain and Volcano
Cantrips: Ignition
Rank One: Interposing Earth
Rank Two: Exploding Earth
Vessel: Earth's Bile (30-ft 10-burst 2d4 blunt 2d4 fire 1 persist vs Basic Reflex)
Ω Reveler in Lost Glee Ω
Lore: Circuis and Fortune-Telling
Cantrips: Prestidigitation
Rank One: Dizzying Colors
Rank Two: Laughing Fit
Vessel: Trickster's Mirrors (Mirror images absorb blows and retaliate when broken w/ Will @ mental damage)
Ω Vanguard of Roaring Rivers Ω
Lore: Mountain and River
Cantrips: Rousing Splash
Rank One: Hydraulic Push
Rank Two: Mist
Vessel: River Carving Mountains (Lesser cover vs ranged and Sustain to Stride w/ +10s speed and vacated squares Difficult Terrain)
Hollow Peak (ability text):
Aerial Cloak (↺)
Circle of Spirits (◆)
Host Spirit
Aerial Cloak w/ Fall Gently (↺) Usage: worn cloak
This blue cloak is surprisingly light for its length and seems to catch wind bursts in its tail, flying out behind the wearer while cushioning falls and easing jumps. The sides of the cloak are slightly weighted, making it easy to grab ahold of when it fills with air. This cloak grants you a +1 item bonus to Athletics checks to Leap and a +1 item bonus to Acrobatics checks to Balance or Maneuver in Flight.
Activate—Fall Gently [↺] (concentrate, air); Frequency once per day; Trigger You're falling; Effect The cloak catches the air and you grab onto its edges, utilizing the draft to guide you to safety. Treat your fall as 30 feet shorter and glide to a space of your choice at the bottom of your fall, which must be within 20 feet of where you would've landed.
Circle of Spirits
(◆, concentrate)
Frequency: Once per round
With a thought, word, or gesture, you reach your mind out to another spirit. Choose another apparition from among those you've attuned to; it becomes your primary apparition, replacing your current one.
Host Spirit
(exploration, necromancy, occult)
Frequency: once per day; Effect: You attempt one skill check to perform an exploration activity, even if it normally requires you to be trained to do so. You're trained in the skill just long enough to make that single check (to a maximum of 10 minutes). Whether or not the check succeeds, in the next 24 hours you must perform a minor favor to appease the spirit who aided you, determined by the GM (usually something sensation related, such as tasting a certain food, listening to a specific song, or smoking a pipe). You can't Host Spirit again until you've performed the favor. If you haven't completed it after 24 hours, you're fatigued until the obligation is fulfilled.
Special Note: For organized play purposes, the spirit doesn't ask for things that are beyond your means or that would be disruptive to the flow of the adventure (for example, they don't require you to provide a gourmet meal while your group is on the road). Since organized play games typically do not track the costs of every meal that characters eat, you do not need to pay additional money to procure sensory experiences for the spirits.
Skills (6+2+1)
Acrobatics (*) +7 or +8 to Balance or Maneuver
Athletics (**) +11 or +12 to Jump; Assurance [18], Lead Climber
Apparition Lore: varies (*) +6 each
Lore: Spirit (*) +6
Nature (*) +10
Religion (*) +10
Survival (*) +10
Willing Host (*) +6 plus modifier
Level Two
(#3-01) "Intro: Year of Shattered Sanctuaries" (4xp, 22.00gp) @ 10/26/2022
(#Q-04) "Port Peril" @ (1xp, 5.50gp)
(#1-01) "The Absalom Initiation" (4xp, 22.00gp, 7 days retraining) @ GM
(#SOG) "The Summer That Never Was" (4xp, 22.00gp)
= 13xp, 69.50gp
Level Three
(#SOG) "The Summer That Never Was" (8xp, 76.00gp)
(Q) Quest (1xp, 9.50gp)
(#DA-1) "The Beast of Birchfrost" (2xp, 19.00gp)
() From Family Lost (1xp, 9.50gp)
= 12xp, 114.00gp
