Taer al'Cena's page

Base Attack: +0; CMB: +0; CMD: 12
Melee: Staff: +0 to hit; Dmg: 1d6; Crit: 20/x2
Ranged: Light Crossbow: +2 to hit; Dmg: 1d8; Crit: 20/x3
Special Attack: Laughing Touch: You can cause a creature to burst out laughing for 1 round as a melee touch attack. A laughing creature can only take a move action but it can defend itself normally. Once a creature has been affected it is immune to the effects for 24 hours. You can use this power 7 times per day.

Armor Check Penalty -0

Acrobatics: +2
Appraise: +1
Bluff: +4
Climb: +0
Craft (Painting): +5 (1 skill point)
Diplomacy: +4
Disguise: +4
Escape Artist: +2
Fly: +2
Heal: -1
Intimidate: +4
Perception: +2 (1 skill point)
Ride: +2
Sense Motive: -1
Spellcraft: +8 (1 skill point, skill focus)
Stealth: +2
Survival: -1
Swim: +0

Fey:
Class skill - Knowledge (nature)
Bonus Spells - None
Bonus Feats - None
Bloodline Arcana: Increase the DC of compulsion spells you cast by 2
Bloodline Powers: Laughing Touch

Combat Casting, Eschew Materials

Unhappy Childhood Religious(+2 to concentration checks)

Immune to Sleep, and +2 Racial saving throw bonus vs. enchantment spells.
Multitalented favored class of Sorcerer, and Rogue
Keen Senses +2 bonus on perception checks.

Caster Level: 1
Check to overcome Spell Resistance: +1
Concentration Check: +7(+1 level,+4 stat,+2 trait)

Commonly known spells:

Cantrips: Acid Splash, Daze, Detect Magic, Ghost Sound
1st Level: Color Spray, Mage Armor

Staff, Light Crossbow, Bolts(x20), Holy Symbol, Artisan's Outfit, Backpack, Waterskin,Artisan's Tools(painting), Ink(1oz vial), Inkpen, Scroll Case, Parchment(x4), Sunrod(x2), Belt Pouch Containing: 9gp, 1sp, 0cp

Taer is a tall striking young man. The traces of elven heritage are obvious yet most of his features tend to look more human than elven. Pale blond, almost silver hair is pulled back into a ponytail, and his intense eyes always seem to be scanning the city, as if looking for something or someone. His clothes are utilitarian but well kept except for the smudges of colored paint. Over his shoulder you see a backpack with several odd bulges and he has a large staff that he seems to use as a walking stick. Seeing your interest in him he turns to you and in a very soft but perfectly enunciated voice, "Hello, I am Taer, a painter who works at the temple of Shelyn, but I would be happy to work on a commission."

Taer was born to the unwed daughter of a minor noble. Her father not wishing to have his family suffer the shame of a half elven bastard quickly swept the pregnancy and birth of Taer under the carpet. His mother was sent on an extended 'vacation' to the countryside while Taer was unceremoniously dumped at the doorstep of a local orphanage. Sadly not all orphanages in Korvosa have purely altruistic motives and at the age of 6 he was sold to Gaedren Lamm. For 5 years Taer was under the thumb of Gaedren Lamm, forced to be a drug mule, and pickpocket. The beatings were harsh, the food was scarce, but he was resigned to his fate having never known a world other than Gaedren Lamm's.

This all changed on the day he met Majette. He had been stalking the streets looking for coin purses to lift when he saw a gnome with the most beautiful silver statuette of a young woman. For the first time in his live he coveted something other than food and shelter. Even though it was risky to lift something other than a purse he figured there was no way a gnome could catch him once he got his hands on the statuette. As soon as he laid a hand on the statuette the gnome turned looked at him and smiled, "Ahhh are you too a follower of Shelyn? The statuette is beautiful isn't it? My name is Majette, come, shall discus this over a plate of food?" Taer found himself unable or unwilling to do anything but what she suggested. They spent the entire afternoon talking about the goddess Shelyn and about beauty. For the first time in his life he realized things had a value that wasn't just how much they would bring when fenced. After an afternoon spent viewing paintings, sculptures and listening to music Majette looked sadly at the young half elf and said, "I can see you need this more than I ever could. Keep it, and maybe you can find yourself."

Trying to keep the statuette a secret was impossible but Taer tried, for 3 days he kept it in the rags he called his bed, never even looking at it, just running his fingers over it during the night before sleeping. One of the other children saw the glimmer of something silver in his bed and told Gaedren Lamm who then found the statuette. In a rage Gaedren Lamm beat Taer senseless and when he finally woke the old man screams at him, "You are nothing but street trash, how dare you think that you could ever be more. The goddess of beauty, hah, she would never even look at you, even your parents couldn't look at those mixed blood features why do you think they got rid of you. As for this, anything you have is mine I should kill you for trying to keep it from me. Let this be a lesson the only thing that makes this valuable is the silver, and because of that I will have it melted down first thing tomorrow and sold as silver scrap. Remember your place boy, otherwise I might have to get rid of you."

The next day he decided that he would rather risk death than live under the control of Gaedren Lamm. He escaped and made his way to the temple of Shelyn. Once there he begged to become an devotee of Shelyn and to be trained in the ways of the clergy. With the recommendation of Majette he was accepted into the church, but it was soon apparent that he hadn't the talent to ever become a cleric. However Shelyn was a goddess who appreciated more than just devotion and when his talent for painting became apparent he stayed at the temple helping with the upkeep while training his artistic talent. At this time Majette also noticed his natural affinity for magic. Much like her own minor gnomish talents for magic, Taer also showed innate magical talents. They tended to manifest as small things, the ability to create laughter, or the ability to calm people down. More than once Majette commented that the gifts of Shelyn come in many forms not all of them ones that we can understand. Taer's teenage years were much kinder than the years of his childhood in time he did his best to forget all about the traumas of youth, but some scars tend to stay close to the surface.

Just the other week another child was kidnapped by Gaedren Lamm, this time it was the daughter of a musician who performed at the temple of Shelyn. Sadly the child could not be rescued and a week after her kidnapping her body was found on top of a trash heap in a back ally. The death of the child brought back all of Taer's childhood memories. His mind made up he goes into Majette's room, "I can't tell you how grateful I am to you. You literally saved my life. However I can't stand by anymore and pretend my old life never existed. I can't stand by and let other children go through what I went though. You are as close to a mother as I have, and I wish to stay here at the temple but I must go do this."