TESSARAYTH
Female Elf Bard (Archaeologist) 1
NG Medium Humanoid (Elf)
Init +2; Senses Low-Light Vision; Perception +6
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DEFENSE
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AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13. . (+3 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 8 (1d8)
Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +2
Immune sleep; Resist Elven Immunities
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OFFENSE
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Spd 30 ft.
Melee Shortsword +1 (1d6+1/19-20/x2)
Ranged Shortbow +2 (1d6/20/x3)
Bard (Archaeologist) Spells Known (CL 1, +1 melee touch, +2 ranged touch):
1 (2/day) Sleep (DC 13), Comprehend Languages (DC 13)
0 (at will) Light, Detect Magic, Mage Hand, Sift
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STATISTICS
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Str 12, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 15, Wis 10, Cha 14
Base Atk +0; CMB +1; CMD 13
Feats Bard Weapon Proficiencies, Elven Weapon Proficiencies, Scholar: Knowledge (History), Knowledge (Engineering)
Traits Forlorn, History Buff
Skills Acrobatics +5, Climb +0, Disable Device +0, Escape Artist +1, Fly +1, Knowledge (Arcana) +3, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +3, Knowledge (Engineering) +9, Knowledge (Geography) +7, Knowledge (History) +10, Knowledge (Local) +7, Knowledge (Nature) +3, Knowledge (Nobility) +3, Knowledge (Planes) +3, Knowledge (Religion) +3, Linguistics +6, Perception +6, Ride +1, Stealth +1, Survival +1, Swim +0
Languages Elven, Gnome, Taldane, Shoanti, Varisian
SQ Archaeologist's Luck +1 (6 rounds/day) (Ex), Area Map: Varisia, Bardic Knowledge +1 (Ex), Elven Magic
Combat Gear Arrows (20), Shortbow, Shortsword, Studded Leather; Other Gear Area Map: Varisia, Backpack (6 @ 12.5 lbs), Bedroll, Case, map or scroll (16 @ 2 lbs), Charcoal Stick (2), Flint and steel, Ink (1 oz. vial, black), Inkpen, Paper (sheet) (5), Parchment (sheet) (10), Pouch, belt (5 @ 0.82 lbs), String (50'), Waterskin, Whetstone
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
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Archaeologist's Luck +1 (6 rounds/day) (Ex) Gain Luck bonus to attack, damage, saves, and all skills.
Area Map: Varisia A geographically relevant map grants a user a +1 circumstance bonus on Survival checks made to navigate in the wilderness. It also can be used to grant the same bonus on Knowledge (dungeoneering) checks made to navigate underground.
Bardic Knowledge +1 (Ex) Add + 1 to all knowledge skill checks.
Elven Immunities +2 save bonus vs Enchantments.
Elven Immunities - Sleep You are immune to Sleep effects.
Elven Magic +2 racial bonus on caster checks to overcome spell resistance. +2 to spellcraft checks to determine the properties of a magic item.
History Buff The colorful local history fascinates you. You gain a +1 trait bonus to Knowledge History and it is treated as a class skill for you. In addition, you may make all Knowledge checks untrained. Finally, a number of times per day equal to your INT modifier (minimum 1), when you make a Knowledge check, you may roll twice and take the higher result.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in low light, distinguishing color and detail.
Scholar: Knowledge (History), Knowledge (Engineering) +2 bonus on two Knowledge skills
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Appearance:
Tess is a tall woman, right at 6 foot, though her lithe frame only ways 114 pounds. She has shiny white hair, which she keeps trimmed to just below her chin in length, and her solid-colored eyes are a deep forest green. Her well-worn outfit consists of a pair of sturdy boots, breeches, a tunic, a vest, sturdy gloves, and an oil-skin cloak. She also often wears a suit of studded leather when travelling or working in remote places. She keeps a bow and small blade with her as well while on the road.
Background:
Tessarayth, or Tess as she usually is called, is a forlorn elf from Magnimar. She grew up as a orphan waif on the streets of Magnimar. Unlike the other street kids, both physiologically and psychologically, she spent a lot of time alone, wandering amongst the monuments throughout the city. Though she could not read or write, she loved to sketch the structures as she wandered about them. She began to study the markings on buildings,and the design of the buildings, and organized her sketches in a categorical way, and began linking certain traits of the monuments together in her sketches. One night while creeping about a heavily engraved building, she was discovered by a older human and his armed escort. The man had his guard hold her, while he questioned her and rifled through her knapsack. He found her sketches and became very intrigued by her. He introduced himself to her as Albrosin. After he queried her for several hours about her purpose for being there, and, mostly, about her sketches. He asked her if she would like to come serve him as an assistant, and in return, he would get her off the streets, make sure she always had food and clean drink, and eh would teach her to be literate. She agreed, and spent the next couple of decades learning from the human man, while assisting him in his work. He turned out to be a minor noble in a small house in Magnimar. A local sage, he happened to have made a study of most of the sites she had drawn. They traveled throughout much of Varisia of the next 20 years, visting ancient ruins, monuments, and sites of historical interest and/or mystery. She would complete several detailed diagrams and site sketches while Albrosin would take notes and detailed measurements. While working together in a ruin one day, they discovered that she had a small amount of natural magical talent. She was able to use this to enhance her studies into the ancient monuments in the region.
Then, almost ten years ago now, Albrosin passed away, for he had aged much while they had travelled these last score of years.
When he passed on to Pharasma's court, he bequeathed Tess with all his notes and studies, a considerable amount of coin, and many of his instruments that he used in his work. She left Magnimar, and continued to explore Varisia, cataloguing its ancient structures and other interesting sites. She has been to all four of the major cities in Varisia (Magnimar, Riddleport, Korvosa, and Kaer Maga) and studied many of the ancient monuments in each. Having just left Riddleport most recently, she is making her way east, planning on checking some sites she has heard of out in the wilderness (such as Viperwall, or Skull's Crossing).
