1st level Ninja (UC)
N small humanoid (Tiefling, Rakshasa-Spawn)
Init +4; Senses Darkvission 60ft, Perception +4
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AC 16, t 14, ff 13
hp 9 (1d8 +1 Favoured class)
Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +0
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Spd 30 ft (6 squares)
Melee spiked gauntlet (cats claws) +1 (1d3+1) or Katana +1 (1d6+1) or Wakizashi +1 (1d4+1)
Ranged shuriken +3 (1+1) or sling +3 (1d3+1)
Base Atk +0 CMB +0 CMD +14
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Str 13
Dex 17
Con 10
Int 13
Wis 10
Cha 16
Age 17 Height 3'4 Weight 38lbs
Eyes Brown Hair Blond Skin Pale
Appearance Small, cute, and very androgynous Ren is either a very cute girl or a very pretty boy. Ren has long hair, sharp canines and incisors, and big round childlike eyes. Because of Ren’s innocent childlike appearance, the ninja finds it easy charming and fooling people. Although Ren most closely resembles a halfling, the ninja’s blood is tainted with that of the diabolical Rakshasa and as a direct result Ren has an unholy compulsion to dress and act like a cat. Much of Ren’s clothing reflects this motif. Ren’s gauntlets look like cat paws complete with claws and Ren’s hat has cat’s ears built in. The only major indication that Ren isn’t halfling is a catlike tail. Ren’s tail is very expressive and sometimes unknowingly betrays Ren’s emotions.
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Tiefling (Rakshasa-Spawn) Racial traits:
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+2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma, –2 Wisdom: Deft and charming, these bestial tieflings inherit much of the subtlety and guile of their proud rakshasa progenitors.
Small: Ren is a Small creature and gains a +1 size bonus to AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a –1 penalty to Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.
Darkvision: Tieflings see in the dark up to 60 feet.
Skilled: Tieflings have a +2 racial bonus on Bluff and Stealth checks.
Fiendish Resistance: Tieflings have cold resistance 5, electricity resistance 5, and fire resistance 5.
Languages: Tieflings begin play speaking Common and either Abyssal or Infernal. Tieflings with high Intelligence scores can choose any of the following: Abyssal, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Infernal, and Orc.
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Class Features:
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Poison Use: At 1st level, a ninja is trained in the use of poison and cannot accidentally poison herself when applying poison to a weapon.
Sneak Attack: If a ninja can catch an opponent when he is unable to defend himself effectively from her attack, she can strike a vital spot for extra damage.
The ninja's attacks deal extra damage anytime her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the ninja flanks her target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and increases by 1d6 every two ninja levels thereafter. Bonus damage from sneak attacks is precision damage. Should the ninja score a critical hit with a sneak attack, this precision damage is not multiplied. Ranged attacks count as sneak attacks only if the target is within 30 feet.
With a weapon that deals nonlethal damage (such as a sap, whip, or unarmed strike), a ninja can make a sneak attack that deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. She cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal nonlethal damage in a sneak attack, even with the usual –4 penalty.
The ninja must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot, and must be able to reach this spot. A ninja cannot sneak attack while striking a creature that has concealment.
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Feats Two Weapon fighting
Traits
Buccaneer’s Blood: One of your ancestors was an infamous Free Captain of the Shackles, whose very name struck fear in the hearts of those who sailed the seas in search of an honest living. Piracy is in your blood, and you’ve always longed to follow in your forebear’s footsteps and plunder the shipping lanes. You gain a +1 train bonus on Intimidate and Profession (sailor) checks. In addition you gain a one-time +1 trait bonus to your Disrepute and Infamy scores (see “The Life of a Pirate” in Pathfinder Adventure Path #55 for details on the Infamy system).
You went to a tavern called the Formidably Maid, a notorious pirate hangout in Port Peril, eager to start your career as a buccaneer. While you were there, however, a dashing and flirtatious corsair caught your eye, and after a whirlwind night of booze and romance, your found yourself beaten senseless and stuffed in a sack, carried off to who knows where.
Fast-Talker: You had a knack at getting yourself into trouble as a child, and as a result developed a silver tongue at an early age. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Bluff checks, and Bluff is always a class skill for you.
Personality Ren is loveably stupid and only a small portion of his stupidity is an act. Ren is easily swayed by handsome pirates and usually forms opinions based on how attractive the person forming the plan is. Although a ball of energy doing something Ren likes, the tiefling can be extra ordinarily lethargic doing something that Ren doesn’t care for, however Ren is quite good at avoiding notice and is usually capable of doing just enough to avoid punishment.
Ren usually talks in the third person, using the pronoun “it” in place of him/her or he/she, and that combined with Ren’s androgynous appearance often leaves folks confused. Ren is usually surprised when people can’t figure out the tiefling’s sex.
History
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Ren’s grandfather was a notorious pirate by the name of Remis “The Blackcat” Ossalot. Originally a halfling slave to a cruel Cheliax Admiral Remis used the confusion and chaos of the Cheliaxian civil war to sew the seeds of mistrust which would eventually allow him to stage a successful mutiny. Remis killed the admiral himself. Although he Remis wasn’t originally interested in piracy or the civil war it turned out that the late admiral was a member of house Thrune and thus fate conspired to turn the former slave into the terror of the sea. For close to fifty years the Blackcat stalked the waters around the Shackles, taking modest tributes from merchant ships, but brutally plundering ships flying Cheliaxian flags, and killing and torturing any Cheliaxian military he captured.
Numerous tales about the Blackcat circulated, but one that couldn’t be disproved was the halfling’s tendency to use anything and everything at his disposal to defeat his enemies, and this included dealing with outsiders like devils and rakshasa. One story even had Remis trading the life of his first born child in exchange for victory. If that story is true or not is a mystery, but Ren Ossalot was told that Remis was the tiefling’s grandfather, and this sparked the young tiefling to travel across the world in search of whatever family heritage might be found. Ren doesn’t know if Remis truly is a relative or not, but Ren can’t deny the fact that Ren feels an unquestionable draw to the sea . . . even though Ren’s cat like rakshasa blood hates the water.
