About Severa ElanarielStatblock:
Female elf illusionist 3 CG Medium humanoid (elf) Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +2 -------------------- Defense -------------------- AC 13, touch 13, flat-footed 10 (+3 Dex) hp 20 (3d6+6) Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +5 (+1 Trait bonus to disbelieve illusions); +2 vs. enchantments Immune sleep Weaknesses light sensitivity -------------------- Offense -------------------- Speed 30 ft. Arcane School Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd; concentration +7) 7/day—blinding ray Illusionist Spells Prepared (CL 3rd; concentration +7) 2nd—glitterdust (DC 16), minor image (DC 17), minor image (DC 17) 1st—color spray (DC 16), mage armor, silent image (DC 16), silent image (DC 16) 0 (at will)—detect magic, ghost sound (DC 15), mage hand, message Opposition Schools Enchantment, Evocation -------------------- Statistics -------------------- Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 18, Wis 12, Cha 7 Base Atk +1; CMB +1; CMD 14 Feats Orator[ACG], Scribe Scroll, Skill Focus (Linguistics), Spell Focus (illusion) Traits iadaran illusionist, varisian tattoo Skills Knowledge (arcana) +8, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +8, Knowledge (engineering) +8, Knowledge (geography) +8, Knowledge (history) +8, Knowledge (local) +8, Knowledge (nature) +8, Knowledge (nobility) +8, Knowledge (planes) +8, Knowledge (religion) +8, Linguistics +13, Perception +2, Spellcraft +10, Stealth +4 Languages Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Lizard speech (mispronounce with 20% chance), Gnoll (mispronounce with 20% chance), Goblin, Infernal, Orc SQ arcane bond (object), arcane focus[ARG], extended illusions (1 round), illustrious urbanite, retreat magic Combat Gear caltrops (2); Other Gear cloak of resistance +1, bedroll, book of puzzles[ACG], chalk, ink, inkpen, jewelry[UE], journal[UE], smoked goggles[APG], waterskin, wizard starting spellbook, 553 gp, 7 sp, 4 cp -------------------- Special Abilities -------------------- Specialization points: 3 in Body Magic (Buffs) and 3 in Armor (Unarmored) Arcane Bond Use object to cast any spell in your spellbook. Without it, Concentration required to cast spells (DC20 + spell level). Arcane Focus +2 to concentration checks to cast arcane spells defensively. Blinding Ray (7/day) (Sp) As a standard action, ranged touch vs. foe in 30 ft blinds for 1 rd (dazzles if more HD). Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only). Elven Immunities - Sleep You are immune to magic sleep effects. Enchantment You must spend 2 slots to cast spells from the Enchantment school. Evocation You must spend 2 slots to cast spells from the Evocation school. Extended Illusions (+1 rds) (Su) Increase duration of illusion spells by 1/2 level (permanent at 20). Illusion Illusionists use magic to weave confounding images, figments, and phantoms to baffle and vex their foes. Illustrious Urbanite You may leave buildings & structures undamaged when casting spells of the chosen school. Light Sensitivity (Ex) Dazzled as long as remain in bright light. Orator Use Ling in place of Bluff to tell falsehood, Diplo to change attitude or Intim to for cooperation. Retreat Magic +1 CL for determining range and duration of conjuration and illusion spells. Spell Focus (Illusion) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC. Background:
Severa was born to ill-matched parents. Her mother was anxious and controlling while her father would simply shake his head and wander off into his workshop to conduct arcane experiments. Stubborn, curious, and energetic, young Severa clashed with her mother constantly, refusing to submit to anything justified by “Because I am your mother and I said so”. She would constantly prevaricate or sneak around in the middle of the night to circumvent her mother’s rules and feed her curiosity. Her father was pleased to see her curiosity extend to arcane matters but his tutelage was scattered and haphazard as her mother found this inappropriate for a young girl. Things got no better when her brother Namroth came along. Her mother entered a long stage of undiagnosed postpartum depression, insisting that she was fine but finding no happiness in her daily life. Young Namroth proved a much more pliable child than Severa, except for when Severa’s childish rhetoric and logic persuaded him to follow her in some caper; quickly, mother’s frustration with Severa and appreciation of agreeable Namroth made it painfully clear which child was her favourite.
Traveling far and wide in Antagarich, Severa saw diverse sites and fascinating peoples. She learned the history of different cultures and picked up a smattering of various tongues, though her knowledge of the more hostile tongues was only second-hand. Her skills in rhetoric and political acumen soon won the interest of her superior and mentor. Her skills in illusions proved helpful when traveling to less friendly nations where she had to serve as her own security instead of becoming a hostage and negotiating pawn. During the early stages of the Restoration Wars, she was dispatched to help Lord Markham of Erathia to try to persuade Krewlodish and Tatalian borders tribes that it would be unwise to seize the opportunity of the Restoration Wars to expand their borders. Despite all her arguments, Severa was unable to convince the hostile representatives that an expansionist war would not serve their nations’ best interests. When the Krewlod representative decided to return Severa’s head as his answer, she cast a spell to vanish and slipped away from the suddenly-violent summit. After the Restoration Wars, Severa traveled with her superior to Stone City for a trade conference with the dwarves. Realizing that the dwarves were keeping some secret back, Severa cornered one of their junior representatives during a recess and attempted to negotiate and cajole him into revealing the secret. For such a breach of protocol, Severa was expelled from her position within Avlee's embassy. However, her superior took pity on the overeager Severa and, seeing her potential, provided her with a letter of recommendation securing her a post in the embassy of Avlee in Stone City. This temporary position expires in a few days, leaving Severa still anxious about her future.
Answers to the four questions:
1) What did you do during the conflict? Severa served as an apprentice to the ambassdor to various friendly and (more often) unfriendly lands as King Eldrich Parson was constantly keeping tabs on the possibilities for peace, negotiation, or diplomatic subterfuge. 2) Name one specific person from your past, you have lost contact with during the conflict. Severa was always fiercely protective of her younger brother Namroth but he signed up as a battle mage and was reported missing in action. The Elanariel family still grieves his loss in grey uncertainty. 3) Quirks to be aware of? Severa is insatiably curious, even to the point of getting herself into some trouble. Further, she can quickly become morally outraged and erupt in passionate action to try to right a perceived wrong. 4) What unsettles your PC? Numerous small halls clustered together, implying insects could climb out of them (trypophobia). Further, she is often unnerved by long, crooked fingers, especially poking around a corner or out from under a door. On a more serious note, she hates knowing there is a secret she isn’t privy to as it makes her skin crawl. Further whenever she is in a good relationship (of any sort), she is secretly expecting the other shoe to drop and some horrible truth to be revealed, ruining the relationship. 5) Particular goals in life? Severa had intended to be a great diplomat and political theorist, help bring peace to the continent, travel new lands meeting interesting people, and simultaneously advance the interests of Avlee. However, her expulsion from her post as apprentice to the ambassador upended all of those plans. Now she has resigned herself to simply traveling new lands, secretly hoping to find what her new career will be and taking odd jobs along the way.
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