Pipernortin's page

Bardic Performance:
9 rounds/day (4 +4 Cha + 1 favored class)

Bardic Knowledge (Ex)

A bard adds half his class level (minimum 1) to all Knowledge skill checks and may make all Knowledge skill checks untrained.

Animal Friend (Ex)

An animal speaker selects a particular kind of animal, such as apes, badgers, bears, boars, cats, snakes, and so on. The bard gains a +4 bonus on Handle Animal checks to influence animals of his chosen kind. Animals of this kind have a starting attitude of at least “indifferent” toward the bard and never attack him unless he attacks them first.

Chosen Animal Types: Dogs

Animal companions and magically controlled animals of the bard’s chosen kind can be directed to attack the bard if the controlling creature wins an opposed Charisma check against the bard (this check can be made once per round until it succeeds, after which no further checks are needed). Supernatural versions of animals (such as animals with the fiendish template) can attempt an opposed Charisma check against the bard with a +4 bonus on its roll to overcome this hesitation. This ability has no effect on creatures other than animals.

This ability replaces fascinate.

Summon Nature's Ally

At 1st level, the animal speaker adds summon nature’s ally I to his bard spell list and bard spells known as a 1st-level spell. At 4th level (when he gains access to 2nd-level spells) he adds summon nature’s ally II to his spell list and spells known as a 2nd-level spell, and so on every 3 levels thereafter, until 16th level when he adds summon nature’s ally VI to his 6th-level spell list and spells known.

This ability replaces mass suggestion.

Shortsword
Mithral Shortsword (Key-Shaped Teeth)

Dagger

Light Crossbow
20 Bolts

Leather Armor
Traveler's Outfit

Bard's Kit
This includes a backpack, a bedroll, a belt pouch, a common musical instrument [Fiddle], a flint and steel, ink, an inkpen, an iron pot, a journal, a mess kit, a mirror, rope, soap, torches (10), trail rations (5 days), and a waterskin.

228 GP

Race:
Size: Gnomes are Small creatures and thus gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a –1 penalty to their Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.

Defensive Training: Gnomes gain a +4 dodge bonus to AC against monsters of the giant subtype.
Illusion Resistance: Gnomes gain a +2 racial saving throw bonus against illusion spells and effects.

Keen Senses: Gnomes receive a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks.

Gnome Magic: Gnomes add +1 to the DC of any saving throws against illusion spells that they cast. Gnomes with Charisma scores of 11 or higher also gain the following spell-like abilities: 1/day—dancing lights, ghost sound, prestidigitation, and speak with animals. The caster level for these effects is equal to the gnome's level. The DC for these spells is equal to 10 + the spell's level + the gnome's Charisma modifier.

Explorer Many gnomes are obsessed with seeing as much of the world as possible, rather than perfecting some specific talent or vocation. These gnomes gain a +2 racial bonus on Climb checks and checks for one Knowledge skill (nature). This racial trait replaces hatred and obsessive.

Weapon Familiarity: Gnomes treat any weapon with the word “gnome” in its name as a martial weapon.

Low-Light Vision: Gnomes can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.

Pipernortin was born to like minded-folks—a gnome family that made their home in northern Taldor most of the time. Living most often as merchants, "Pip", as he quickly became known, got to see a large portion of Taldor, including the grand city of Oppara, as well as several other nations, visiting both Almas and Absalom on multiple occasions. Had wanderlust not already been birthed into his blood, the amazing sights saw and people he met during his travels certainly lighted that flame. He knew that he, too, would travel the world!

Pip's talents were not in mercantile pursuits, however, and he found himself drawn to the musical songs of the bards. He sought enrollment in Oppara's famous Rhapsodic College, only to find that he lacked both the experience and the coin they sought in applicants. Convinced he'd find a better education in the bardic arts across the Inner Sea itself, he set out to not only make his mark, but find some of the coin he needed for tuition...

...Which led him to the merchant Silas Gribb. He'd never met the man before, but he knew merchant-types pretty well. They dealt in money, and money was exactly what Pip needed. Plus, a bit of an adventure off to some podunk town in northern Taldor would be a great learning experience! He hopped aboard the caravan with a few colorful other folks, on the way to this little town of Belhaim...

Standing at about three and a half feet, Pipernortin has the curse of gnomedom—the inability to sit still. Wild golden hair explodes out from beneath an oversized hat. His clothes are worn, though they still manage to be bright and mismatched. Extra buttons are sewn on in places where there is apparently nothing to button, and a scarf-like object has been affixed to the cloak dangling on his back. He holds a fiddle in his hand and a grin on his face, though a strange looking flute-like instrument peeks out from his pack.

As whimsical as the First World from which the gnomes hail, Pipernortin practically boils over with too much energy. Often finding more in common with animals than the various multitude of humanoids roaming the world, he's taken to enjoying the company of canines in particular. Despite this, though, he's still got a good soul— and is willing to help out anyone who needs it, regardless of whether they want it. He's stubbornly loyal (much like the dogs he seems to befriend at every turn), particularly to his traveling companions, and is especially willing to go the extra mile for an old friend. Though he has a streak of hardheaded kindness in his blood, he always carries a few little tricks up his sleeve, should someone rub him (or his friends) the wrong way.