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Rackham Pulsifer III “The Eldritch”
LG male human wizard 3
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 13, Con 8, Int 17, Wis 16, Cha 12
HP: 19 (3d6 + 2 – 3 + 2); BAB/Grapple:+1/+1; Saves: Fort +0, Ref +2, Will +4
AC: 11 (+1 Dex)
Feats: Scribe Scroll (bonus), Arcane Strike, Eschew Materials
Attacks: quarterstaff +1 melee (1d4)
Skill ranks: Craft (woodworking) (6 ranks) +9, Knowledge (arcana) (6 ranks) +9, Knowledge (religion) (6 ranks) +9, Knowledge (dungeoneering) (6 ranks) +9, Spellcraft (6 ranks) +9
FX abilities: cantrips, bonded item
Possessions: +1 quarterstaff (bonded item), outfit, wooden holy symbol (Iomedae), carving knife, belt pouch, parchment, quill, ink, small wood block, string of prayer beads; total: 12 lbs
Spells per day: 0 – 4; 1 – 2; 2 – 1
School: Evocation (prohibited: Necromancy, Illusion)
School powers: Intense spell (Su) (+1/2 wizard level to spell damage), magic missile x6/day (Sp)
Preferred spells:
0 – Acid Splash, Detect Magic, Read Magic, Daze, Dancing Lights, Flare, Light, Mage Hand, Open/Close, Prestidigitation, Ray of Frost
1 – Shield, Mage Armor, Obscuring Mist, Identify, True Strike, Burning Hands, Magic Missile, Shocking Grasp, Feather Fall, Floating Disc, Ice Dagger, Ray of Flame, Persistent Blade, Lesser Cold Orb
2 – Ray of Ice, Snowball Swarm, Fog Cloud, Continual Flame, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Scorching Ray, Shatter, Darkvision, Knock, Levitate, Pyrotechnics

Copper shot staff, masterwork quarterstaff
Damage: 1d6/1d6, Crit: x2, Bludgeoning, Weight: 4 lb
Stored spell: shocking grasp, CL 3rd
Carved from the conductive wood of the hull of The Intractable, this traveler’s staff can conduct shocking grasp when it hits Touch AC (the usual bonus of +3 against metal armor applies). In addition, if it hits full AC the staff also does normal 1d6 bludgeoning damage.

The man that is Rackham Pulsifer was once a paladin of great renown. Performing miracles, smiting the evil, healing the sick, cleansing the realm, and all that. No foe could stand up to him. Except for one. And really, that's all it takes.

On what was supposed to be a simple scouting mission, Rackham and his band of adventuring crusaders was attacked by Zogmar, an old green dragon. In one blow, the paladin was struck dead. His followers, not knowing what to do, now that their leader had fallen, took Rackham's body and ran into the dark heart of the Lurkwood.

After days of lugging Rackham's putrefying body through the dense brush, the band of adventurers came upon the hut of an old green hag. The hag offered to bring Rackham back from death, but would require a sacrifice. The moment one of Rackham's followers agreed, the hag slew them to a man.

Rackham returned to life abandoned in the Lurkwood, riddled with a crippling weakness, and severed of his divine connection. What had seemed only moments of blackness had been nearly twenty years.

Over the next few weeks, Rackham managed to summon the strength to travel to the nearest town. Using the party wizard's spellbook, he began to teach himself the ways of the arcane, to perform great feats of magic in Iomedae's name, convinced that it could return him to favor in the eyes of his god.

Soon, "The Magic Man", also known as "Mr. Eldritch" began his crusade against wickedness. When before he had used divine fury and the way of the sword, now his magic missiles and rays of flame tore evil from its shell.

After close to a year of his arcane crusade, Rackham Pulsifer came to the small town of Sandpoint at precisely the wrong time. Within days, pirates raided the town. The arcane crusader fought valiantly, but in the end was taken captive...

Rackham is tall and broad, but leans heavily upon a simple oaken staff for support. His weathered skin is sallow, and his long, dead-looking gray hair is pulled into a long braid. Rackham's eyes, though, appear to be those of a much younger man; clear, blue, and piercing. He typically dresses in simple traveler's garb, only a small leather pouch and his staff. His only distinctive possession is a large wooden holy symbol of Iomedae strung around his neck on a string of prayer beads. This intricately carved rosary serves as Rackham's spellbook.
Rackham Pulsifer is usually reserved and polite, the quintessential 'good cop'. However, he has no tolerance for evil in any of its forms- anything from profanity to the killing of innocents. He never speaks ill of anyone, save for the most evil of villains, and obeys laws to the letter.