"Go there and see if you find a dog worth of the 2 silver." The woman replies crossing er arms. "And if you make it out alive, you come and tell me that I'm wrong." she adds with a offended stare.
The woman leans closer to Saul, her hand on the counter. "At day there are some stray dogs there, but at night, even they leave. You sear strange noises, like when screaming cats would use words. And when a night is especially silent, you can hear the muffled sound of a flute." she tells half whispering as if not wanting to anger someone by saying it aloud. She stands upright again, and with her hand gone from the counter, so is the coin.
"Haha, what owner? Tis thing's abandoned ever since the war!" the old woman, probably of varisian heritage laughs.
"You should get the ghosts out that haunt the stables, or your horses might be scared to death when you come in the morning." She pilfers the coin from the counter.
Sense Motive:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
The woman looks at the group with disbelief. "Who are you?" she asks. "No, matter. Come, buy me something to drink and I'll tell you." she adds. She closes the door and walks to the taverns front room, sits down at a table and waves Amaiko over.
"I found a new donor. Bring me the usual." she tells. As her audience has settled too she tells the story.
"I was on a journey as I noticed smoke rising from the abbey and detoured from my path to investigate. As I approached, I found a strange, small pointed cap of crimson felt that appears to have been soaked in blood."
"A moment later, a boulder - the size of a horse - landed not 10 feet from me. The giant that threw it at me was at least 40 foot tall. I fled, but I'm still not quite sure how I survived other than that I'm always been good at running away from monsters."
Full Name
Telion
Race
Solarian 3 | HP 9/25, SP 21/21 | Fort +1, Ref -1, Will +0 | EAC 13, KAC 14 | Perc. +1 | Init -2
Solarian 3 | HP 24/25, SP 21/21 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +2 | EAC 14, KAC 15 | Perc. +3 | Init +1
Strength
16
Dexterity
13
Constitution
10
Intelligence
10
Wisdom
8
Charisma
16
About Telion of Castrovel
Additional Daily Resources:
Current clip: 8/9
Additional small arms rounds: 37/60
Detect thoughts: 0/1
Resolve: 2/4
Backstory:
While Telion never really excelled in school, and his choice in his development reflects that, he did manage to pass well enough to graduate. Once he had finished school, he actively pursued what he liked to call "aggressive biology research." For the most part, that looked an awful lot like hunting down whatever nasty creature made its way in from the jungles surrounding his home.
Two years ago, Telion joined the crew of a kasatha research scientist named Devros Enga looking for some extra protection on his next expedition to some of the less charted sections of the diaspora, chasing rumors of a massive worm that could carve tunnels in debris. While they never did find the worm, the months they spent together, and the stories Devros told of his people, resonated with Telion. When the expedition came to a close, a much calmer Telion boarded a small single person shuttle heading back towards Castrovel.
As fate would have it, Telion's shuttle never arrived at Castrovel. Shortly after his departure, a stray asteroid struck the rickety shuttle and disabled both its engine and communication systems. Telion drifted for a week in his disabled craft, and with dwindling air and power, his shuttle's navigation computer lit up. He was approaching Absalom station, but at his present course he would pass by the station and likely not even register on sensors due to his ship's low power state. Telion quickly sought out something he could use to give the ship the smallest nudge towards the station, but there was nothing useful. As he watched the station's indicator on his ship's computer grow closer, his antennae twitched. Something his kasatha companion had said in one of his stories, how some of his people could align themselves with the rhythms of the universe, the stars and the spaces between bubbled up in his memory. With nothing else to try, Telion sat in his messy cockpit, closed his eyes and felt... nothing. He was so used to reaching out to the minds of people near to him, he thought surely this was no different. As his desperation grew, he began to strip away any assumptions he had made, just reached and felt and then... something. A tug, not in his mind as he expected, but deep in his chest. The faintest pull, just off to his left. He opened his eyes, then quickly squinted as his eyes struggled to focus after looking into so bright a light. "Brilliant Telion, you've discovered the sun," he muttered to himself. But he had felt the sun's gravity. He closed his eyes again, and instead of reaching out, just allowed himself to float, alert, but free. Gradually, other tugs and pulls became noticeable, so faint compared to that of the sun before him. Finally, Absalom station was nearing its closest approach and he could feel the massive space station's pull. Tentatively, Telion reached for the invisible strand that connected him to the huge station and to his surprise, it thrummed and pulsed at his mind's touch. Emboldened, and desperate, Telion gathered his will, and yanked on that thread with all his power.
Telion awoke two days later in one of Absalom Station's medbays with a bruised antenna and the worst headache he'd ever had. The nurse told him that he had been recovered from a derelict shuttle that had nearly crashed into the station after he had somehow slammed his head into the side of the cabin. A shirren scientist had been in to inspect him due to confusion on how headbutting a wall on a spacecraft from inside it could have had so radically changed its trajectory, but the medical staff had chased him away.
That was four months ago. Rather than find a new way home to Castrovel, Telion decided to stay on Absalom Station for a while where he feels closer to the stars and explore his newfound connection to them.
Stats:
Telion
Male Lashunta solarian 3
Theme: Xenoseeker
NG Medium humanoid (lashunta)
Init +1; Senses Perception +3
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Defense
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EAC 14, KAC 15
hp 25
sp 21
Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +2
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee solar fist +6 (1d6+6)
Ranged tactical semi-auto pistol +4 (1d6+1)
Solar Revelations (DC 14)
--Black Hole, Supernova, Stellar Rush
Spell-like abilities
At will
. . daze (DC 13 Will negates)
. . psychokinetic hand
1/day
. . detect thoughts (DC 14 Will)
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Statistics
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Str 16, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 8, Cha 16
Base Atk +3
Feats Coordinated Shot, Heavy Armor Proficiency, Weapon Specialization (small arms, basic melee weapons, advanced melee weapons)
Skills Acrobatics +0, Athletics +6, Bluff +7, Diplomacy +11, Disguise +3, Engineering +8, Intimidate +3, Life Science +4, Mysticism +4, Piloting +0, Sense Motive -1, Stealth +0, Survival -1
Note: Reduce DC to identify rare creatures with life science by 5
Languages Common, Lashunta
SQ stellar mode (graviton +1 reflex, photon +1 damage)
Gear kasatha microcord 1, graphite carbon skin, 100 ft. titanium alloy cable line, tactical semi-auto pistol (capacity 9, use 1), 60 small arms rounds, personal comm unit, flashlight, 3 healing serums, engineering toolkit, 1362.2 credits, backup generator
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Special Abilities
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Black hole (Su, Graviton Zenith, DC 14 Fort negates) Standard action, select and pull any number of creatures within 20 ft. towards you 10 ft.
Supernova (Su, Photon Zenith, DC 14 Ref half) Standard action, explode and deal 2d6 fire to all creatures within 10 ft.
Stellar Rush (Su, Photon, DC 14 Ref half) Standard action, charge without penalty. While attuned, can bull rush instead of melee attack, target takes 2d6 fire damage(Ref half), +1d6 at 6th level and every 2 levels after.
Sidereal Influence (Su) 1 minute, while not in combat, gain +1d6 on either graviton skills (Mysticism) or photon skills (Diplomacy). Bonus ends if you enter combat, fall unconscious, sleep or change to the other type.
Coordinated Shot Allies attacking a creature you threaten but don't provide soft cover to gain +1 on ranged attacks against that target.
Telepathy 30 ft. (Su) You can communicate telepathically in any language you know.
