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Tara Teller
Halfling Bard 1
CG Small Humanoid (halfling)
Init +3; Senses Perception +5
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Defense
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AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+3 armor, +3 Dex, +1 size)
hp 9 (1d8+1)
Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +2; +2 vs. fear
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee Spear +1 (1d6/x3)
Ranged Shortbow +4 (1d4/x3) and
. . Sling +4 (1d3/x2)
Special Attacks bardic performance (standard action) (8 rounds/day, bardic performance: countersong, bardic performance: distraction, bardic performance: fascinate (1 targets) (dc 14), bardic performance: inspire courage +1
Bard Spells Known (CL 1):
1 (2/day) Charm Person (DC 15), Vanish
0 (at will) Read Magic, Message, Detect Magic, Prestidigitation (DC 14)
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 13, Wis 8, Cha 18
Base Atk +0; CMB -1; CMD 12
Feats Lingering Performance
Skills Acrobatics +2, Climb -1, Diplomacy +8, Escape Artist +2, Fly +4, Knowledge (arcana) +2, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +2, Knowledge (local) +2, Knowledge (nature) +6, Knowledge (planes) +6, Knowledge (religion) +2, Perception +5, Perform (dance) +8, Perform (sing) +8, Ride +2, Stealth +10, Swim -1, Use Magic Device +8
Languages Common, Elven, Halfling
SQ bardic knowledge, fearless
Combat Gear Potion of cure light wounds, Alchemist's fire (3), Oil (5); Other Gear Studded leather armor, Shortbow, Sling, Spear, Backpack (empty), Bedroll, Lamp, 22 GP, 7 SP
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Special Abilities
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Bardic Knowledge +1 (Ex) Add +1 to all knowledge skill checks.
Bardic Performance (standard action) (8 rounds/day) Your performances can create magical effects.
Bardic Performance: Countersong (Su) Counter magical effects that depend on sound.
Bardic Performance: Distraction (Su) Counter magical effects that depend on sight.
Bardic Performance: Fascinate (1 targets) (DC 14) (Su) One or more creatures becomes fascinated with you.
Bardic Performance: Inspire Courage +1 (Su) Morale bonus on some saving throws, attack and damage rolls.
Fearless +2 racial bonus vs Fear saves.
Lingering Performance Bardic Performances last 2 rds after you stop concentrating.

Tara's life has been depressingly free of adventure.

Elmshire was for the most part, the picture of a peaceful halfling village, and aside from a few unusual fish and the occasional storm, there wasn't much for a fledgling songstress to sing about. Of course, she knew all the pretty ballads, drinking songs and lake shanties that the halflings of Elmshire love. When she was still a child, her grandfather had taught her the songs of Charmalaine, The Lucky Ghost, hero and goddess. Ever since, she had wanted to have adventures of her own worth writing songs about.

The longest journey she's ever undertaken in her 23 years has been this one, to the village of Diamond Lake. She came with a small caravan of two pack mules and as many guards led by a merchant who liked her singing enough to let her tag along. The mining town is a strange and wonderful place in its way, with all the big people and the mines, but it was still just another small town in the Cairn Hills.

On the small side even for a halfling, Tara has a slender grace in her movements. Her features are long and her face animated, broadcasting her feelings with the thoughtless openness of a lifelong performer. She wears her long black hair loose, most of the time, and it falls straight past her shoulders.

She is trained to a degree with the weapons and armor she carries, but she has never met anything that wanted to kill her, and she has an air of innocence about her that will likely change once she's faced death. Or perhaps it won't.