Beauty… A blessing or a curse? Reyondelee Irbrandir understands that it is both, and neither. When she was young, a toddler, and she was the only reminder to her father of his dead wife, it was a blessing. He doted on her then. When she was older, a teen flowering, it was a curse. Her father saw too much of her dead mother in her then, and missing her caused him terrible heartache. He despised her then, and so he used her beauty. Used it as a distraction for the crowds he performed in, so he could steal, used her as a tool to set up business with innkeepers and chamberlains. Then he used her as his bargaining chip to finally gain the favor of a rich patron. That night, as Lord Estlethwait lay atop her unconscious, bloated and sweating, she hated her beauty, and she hated her father for his weakness, and his inability to adapt. So it was that her life of adventure began. It wasn’t hard for her to steal money, weapons, jewels; her father had taught her enough about that to make her more than adept. It wasn’t hard for her to find a place to stay, her beauty, her voice, her dance, her music, all won her favor and friendship wherever she went, not to mention as much coin as any woman needed. Beauty then became her blessing again for it afforded her a way to live. Yet even then it was still a curse. Unwanted male attention meant, at first, it wasn’t easy to defend herself. So she’d fallen in with a clan of gypsies for protection. Her matron amongst the gypsies, Deanya Irbrandir, a fortune teller, was the one that taught her how to use a whip. She had been enthralled with Deanya’s use of the tool. In Deanya’s hands it was like a living snake, an extension of her arm. It was a weapon, yes, but Deanya taught her to use it as so much more. Yet even with all these adventures, she still felt empty. She still felt like something was missing. Until one evening when some of the young men amongst the clan discovered a long forgotten cave amongst the hills. It wasn’t anything mind-blowing, but within its few ancient chambers, within its carved walls, amongst ancient runes she longed to understand, and dusty tomes, she longed to read, Reyondelee found her soul. Secrets. Her father once said, “the heart of every woman is a trove of secrets.” She thought he’d said it because his life was filled with meaningless relationships, flings, affairs, secret rendezvous, but never love, never except for her mother. She realized, there in that cave, that perhaps her father had been wiser than she thought, perhaps even wiser than he’d even known.
Now Reyondelee searches all the world for secrets. Secrets of men’s hearts. Secrets of the universe. Secrets of the gods. It is these secrets that she runs to find even now. Somewhere in the Storval Plateau whispers are spreading of an ancient tomb, a crypt full of the knowledge of a once powerful cult of sorcerers. So Reyondelee seeks more secrets, and seeks to make proud the only mother she’s ever known. The mother that told her once the key to power over anyone, or anything, is “to know more than they do.”
Reyondelee
Female half-elf bard 14
CG Medium humanoid (elf, human)
Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +23
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Defense
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AC 25, touch 17, flat-footed 21 (+8 armor, +3 deflection, +4 Dex)
hp 73 (14d8)
Fort +8, Ref +17, Will +15; +2 vs. enchantments, +4 vs. bardic performance, language-dependent, and sonic
Immune sleep
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee +3 rapier +17/+12 (1d6+6/18-20) or
. . +3 whip +18/+13 (1d3+6)
Ranged +2 light crossbow +16 (1d8+2/19-20)
Special Attacks bardic performance 44 rounds/day (swift action; countersong, dirge of doom, distraction, fascinate [DC 24], frightening tune [DC 24], inspire competence +4, inspire courage +3, inspire greatness, soothing performance, suggestion [DC 24])
Bard Spells Known (CL 14th; concentration +23)
. . 5th (3/day)—greater dispel magic, greater heroism, song of discord (DC 22)
. . 4th (5/day)—break enchantment, dimension door, freedom of movement, greater invisibility
. . 3rd (6/day)—daylight, dispel magic, invisibility sphere, see invisibility, tiny hut
. . 2nd (7/day)—acute senses[UM] (DC 19), blindness/deafness (DC 19), glitterdust (DC 19), silence (DC 19), sound burst (DC 19), trail of the rose
. . 1st (7/day)—alarm, detect secret doors, feather fall, grease, identify, touch of gracelessness[APG] (DC 18)
. . 0 (at will)—dancing lights, detect magic, mage hand, mending, read magic, summon instrument
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Statistics
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Str 16, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 24
Base Atk +10; CMB +13; CMD 30
Feats Extra Performance, Harmonic Spell[ISWG], Improved Whip Mastery[UC], Lingering Performance[APG], Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (whip), Whip Mastery[UC]
Traits criminal, focused mind
Skills Appraise +10, Craft (mapmaking) +9, Disable Device +17, Knowledge (arcana) +19, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +19, Knowledge (engineering) +19, Knowledge (history) +19, Knowledge (planes) +19, Perception +23, Perform (dance) +20, Perform (oratory) +20, Perform (sing) +20, Perform (string instruments) +22, Spellcraft +14, Survival +5, Swim +5, Use Magic Device +16; Racial Modifiers +2 Perception
Languages Common, Draconic, Elven, Giant
SQ bardic knowledge +7, elf blood, jack-of-all-trades, lore master 2/day, versatile performances (dance, oratory, sing, string)
Combat Gear brooch of shielding, potion of barkskin +4 (2), potion of fly (3), potion of gaseous form (2), scroll of comprehend languages (x5), scroll of tongues (x3), wand of cure critical wounds (25 charges), wand of slow (8 charges), diamond dust vial[ACG]; Other Gear +4 mithral chain shirt, +2 light crossbow, +3 rapier, +3 whip, crossbow bolts (25), bag of holding i, belt of physical might +4 (Str, Dex), cloak of resistance +4, headband of alluring charisma +4, ring of protection +3, bandolier[UE], bedroll, belt pouch, canteen[UE], flint and steel, ink, inkpen, masterwork artisan's tools, masterwork Lyre, masterwork thieves' tools, parchment (10), powder[APG] (5), scroll case, spell component pouch, 645 gp, 7 sp, 5 cp
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Special Abilities
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Bardic Knowledge +7 (Ex) Add +7 to all knowledge skill checks.
Bardic Performance (swift action, 44 rounds/day) Your performances can create magical effects.
Elf Blood Half-elves count as both elves and humans for any effect related to race.
Elven Immunities - Sleep You are immune to magic sleep effects.
Focused Mind +2 to Concentration checks
Harmonic Spell Casting spells extends duration of bardic performance
Improved Whip Mastery Threaten with your whip and grasp Tiny objects
Jack-of-all-trades (use any skill) (Ex) You may use all skills untrained.
Lingering Performance Bardic Performances last 2 rds after you stop concentrating.
Lore Master (2/day) (Ex) Can take 10 on any trained knowledge checks. Activate to take 20 as a standard action.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail.
Versatile Performance (Dance) +20 (Ex) You may substitute the final value of your Perform: Dance skill for Acrobatics or Fly checks
Versatile Performance (Oratory) +20 (Ex) You may substitute the final value of your Perform: Oratory skill for Diplomacy or Sense Motive checks
Versatile Performance (Singing) +20 (Ex) You may substitute the final value of your Perform: Sing skill for Bluff or Sense Motive checks
Versatile Performance (String Instruments) +22 (Ex) You may substitute the final value of your Perform: String Instruments skill for Bluff or Diplomacy checks
Whip Mastery Using a whip does not provoke attacks of opportunity
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