HP: 39
AC: 17 T: 13 FF 14 (18 AC and 14 Touch with combat expertise, which is always on due to reduced penalty from trait)
Fort: 5 Ref 3 Will 2
BAB 3 CMB 6 CMD 18
Init +2
Spd 30
Toughness
Scholar: Arcana and History
Cosmopolitan: UMD and Perception
Combat Expertise
Imp Trip
Weap Prof Fauchard
Imp Reposition
Dodge
Combat Reflexes
Tactical Reposition
Skills:
2(fighter)+2(lore warden)+2(free)+3(int)+1(human) + 1(favored class) = 11/level +1 for UMD and Arcana from Scholar Background. Specialization in UMD and Arcana. Librarian and Craft from backstory.
Appraise 7 (1)
Acrobatics 7 (2)
Climb 7 (1)
Craft(weapon) 7 (1) (see backstory)
Disable Device 9 (3)
Arcana 14 (3)
History 12 (3)
Planes 8 (2)
Nature 8 (2)
Geography 8 (2)
Nobility 7 (1)
Engineering 7 (1)
Dungeoneering 8 (2)
Local 7 (1)
Religion 8 (2)
Linguistic 7 (1)
Perception 7 (3)
Profession(Librarian) 5 (see backstory) (1)
Sense Motive -1
Spellcraft 8 (2)
Swim 7 (1)
UMD 11 (3)
Traits:
Scholar of the Ancients - Being fascinated by magic, he has studied Thassalonian culture extensively. +1 to Arcana and History and knows Thassalonian.
Pragmatic Activator - Unable to use magic himself, he has studied how to make magical artifacts work for him. Intelligence for UMD
Threatening Defender - He has practiced the art of tactical fighting. When he uses Combat Expertise, reduce the penalty by one.
Nimble Fingers, Keen Mind Over the years, he has had to break into crypts, unlock chests, and disable traps to reach some lost bit of lore. +1 to disable device and is class skill. Can Disable Magical traps
Drawback: Oblivious. Having spent much of his life with his nose in a book, Rowan often misses certain nonverbal cues and details. -2 to Sense Motive and Sight based Perception.
Background: Scholar Rowan has spent much of his life in the Great Library, learning from the scholars there. Recently he has graduated as a Scholar himself, earning a degree in Arcanum with the highest of honors.
Carry Capacity: Current 85.5
86/173/260/260/520/1300
Backstory:
Rowan was born in a small fishing village in the Ulfen lands. For the first part of his life, he lived a fairly typical Ulfen one, learning to fight as a warrior and apprenticed to his father, a blacksmith, until a Finder came to town looking for some child found to be have magical ability. The family had hidden the child, in fear of him being taken, but the Finder was determined. He threatened to burn their house down to locate the child, casting a spell that cast flames in a wide arc. The family still refused. Not actually wanting to harm the parents, the Finder just put them to sleep and went inside to retrieve the child.
Rowan was fascinated by the magic the Finder performed. To have such power at one's finger tips, it was simply amazing. For months after, Rowan tried to elicit some form of magic from himself, even the tiniest bit. Failing that, he went to the town's priest, a learned man, for advice and knowledge. He turned him onto some books he had collected on magic. Rowan tore through them, eating every word. He learned of sorcerers and wizards, of the different schools and types of magic, hoping that he could find some scrap that would allow him to unlock whatever power he may hold.
His parents grew worried as this obsession took over him. To them, all this reading and learning was not normal. They pushed him to resume his training as a proper blacksmith. Rowan resisted at every turn, until one day Rowan decided to simply leave at the age of fourteen. Hearing stories of a Great Library and believing that some where in those halls was the answer to his plight, he set off with nothing but a spear and a few supplies.
When he arrived there, he was first turned away. But he continued to try to gain entrance. Eventually, he drew the eye of a Lore Warden, one Patrick Galls, a protector of the knowledge of the library and Vors Crispin, a professor. They took him under their wing, Galls teaching him how to fight as a Lore Warden and Crispin the knowledge he had and a commitment to drive knowledge forward. For the next few years, he trained as a fighter and scholar, learning from his mentors and the scholars that would visit the library from across the continent. eventually earning a degree in Arcanum. He now works at the library as a researcher, specializing in Ancient Magics, as of last year.
Appearance:
Standing at 6'3", he wears his blonde hair long in a single braid down his back with a short, red and blonde beard on his face. He wears the robes of a scholar of the Great library, modified as to not to interfere with his movements. In the gap at the collar, however, you see the glimmer of a chain shirt. He wields a fauchard, a nasty looking polearm reminiscent of a scythe with its long curved blade. His blue eyes studies you as you examine him.
Characterization:
Ultimately, he is most concerned with knowledge and using it to better people. He is most often seen pouring over books or studying magical artifacts. He tends to be obsessive, but can be torn away if the need is great. If he is busy, he tends to be short, almost rude, but he is considerably nicer when not distracted. He is intensely curious and will nearly always ask whatever question pops into his head or follow a line of thought to its natural end, paying no heed to its repercussions. He tends to be excitable, but when seen with a weapon in hand, he is calm and poised.
