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About Roland Variel

Do you remember the first time you experienced something unexplainable? You were probably a little kid, and saw something that now seems simple, but at the time it completely blew your mind. Well, I sadly was not a little kid. I was seventeen. A scout in the army. See, there's no magic in my country. The whole place is warped magically speaking. So I'd never really experienced anything like that before. So when I finally get my first assignment out of country, of course the first thing that would happen is that I'd get hit with a spell. Seriously. We were ambushed just outside the boarder. Some random bandit crew that was lucky enough to have a hedge wizard. I'm up ahead, scouting, that being both my designation and purpose, and all of a sudden a hand goes over my mouth and pain shoots through my body. Bad pain. I hit the ground, paralyzed, and can only watch as the bandits prepare to ambush my squad. Fortunately, I was grouped with some veterans, and so was not the only scout. The attempted ambush turned into a massacre. While we recoup, I'm going through the wizard's stuff, trying to find whatever it was that did that to me. I was scared. I'm sure the captain could see it, but he just left me be, and for that I'm grateful. He was a great leader.

The only thing I end up finding is a book. I'm flipping through it, and some of the stuff seems familiar. Then I recognize it from some stuff of my mom's. See, my dad's human, an army man. He was deployed out of country for a while though, and when he came back he brought a woman with him. An elf woman. I don't really remember her much, she was killed when I was still little. Turns out her family was just a little bit racist, and would rather have a dead daughter than one who would run off with a human. Dad didn't take that well, so I was mostly raised by the army, ever since I was... I dunno. Eight or nine? Can't remember.

Anyway. I kept a few things of my mothers. A necklace. A ring. A picture. And a book. Guess my mother was a mage of some sort. So I kept the new spellbook, and started practicing. I wasn't really all that great, but I was dedicated, and since practically nobody else in the whole country could do magic (what from living in the magic dead zone and all), I was eventually ordered out to go to a magic school on a military commission. I was a valuable resource! So off I went. Was there for about two years I guess when the college needed to send somebody to represent their interests in the city of Solsun. Big trouble going on there. And since I was one of the few people in the college who had both military and magical training, I was selected. Lucky me.

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Traits:

• Never Stop Shooting
  
• Distance Aptitude

Racial Traits:

• Elven Immunities
  
• Dual Minded
  
• Keen Senses
  
• Low-Light Vision
  
• Elf Blood
  
• Multi-talented (Gunslinger & Wizard)

Feats:

• Weapon Focus (Pistols)
  
• Gunsmithing (Gunslinger & Spellslinger bonus feat)

Class Abilities:

• Gunsmith
  
• Grit (1 point)
  
• Deeds (Deadeye, Gunslinger's Dodge, Quick Clear)
  
• Arcane Gun
  
• Mage Bullets
  
• School of the Gun (Specialization = Evocation & Prohibited = Divination, Enchantment, Illusion, Necromancy)

Skills:

• Acrobatics +8
  
• Appraise +6
  
• Bluff 0
  
• Climb 0
  
• Craft (Alchemy) +6
  
• Craft (Weapon) +6
  
• Diplomacy 0
  
• Disable Device +4
  
• Disguise 0
  
• Escape Artist +4
  
• Fly +4
  
• Handle Animal 0
  
• Heal +1
  
• Intimidate 0
  
• Knowledge (Arcana) +6
  
• Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +2
  
• Knowledge (Engineering) +2
  
• Knowledge (Geography) +2
  
• Knowledge (History) +2
  
• Knowledge (Local) +2
  
• Knowledge (Nature) +6
  
• Knowledge (Nobility) +2
  
• Knowledge (Planes) +2
  
• Knowledge (Religion) +2
  
• Linguistics +2
  
• Perception +8
  
• Perform 0
  
• Profession +1
  
• Ride +4
  
• Sense Motive +1
  
• Sleight of Hand +9
  
• Spellcraft +6
  
• Stealth +4
  
• Survival +5
  
• Swim 0
  
• Use Magic Device 0

Spells (2 1st-level/day):

• Detect Magic*, Read Magic*, Alarm, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Burning Hands, Longshot

*Counted as 1st level spells due to Mage Bullets class ability

Equipment:

• Masterwork Pistol
  
• Dagger x7
  
• Spring Loaded Wrist Sheath x2
  
• Gunslinger's Kit
  
• Skeleton Key
  
• Alchemical Cartridges (Paper) x20
  
• Spellbook
  
• Spell Component Pouch
  
• Waterproof Bag
  
• 53gp

Attacks:

• Pistol: +3 ab, 1d8 damage, x4 crit, 20ft range
  
• Dagger: +1 ab, 1d4 damage, 19-20/x2 crit, 10ft range

AC:

• 10 base
  
• +4 Dex
  
• =14

Saves:

• Fort +2
  
• Ref +6
  
• Will +5