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Benedic, a distant relation to Queen Galifrey herself, proud and privileged, slowly learning to humble himself and rise to the challenges of the 5th crusade. He is an aasimar cleric with VMC into paladin, mythic Champion/Hierophant, campaign trait is Touched by Divinity. Current wielder of Radiance.

Caliban, a “teenage” runaway from Kyonin who learned a harsh lesson when he tried to join the 3rd crusade. After serving as a mercenary for the entirety of the 4th crusade, this scarred elf finds himself at the front. He is a elven magus hexcrafter and bladebound, mythic archmage/champion, trait story wise is Stolen Fury, but mechanically Riftwarden Orphan.

Junior, a happy go lucky half-ork with absolutely no daddy issues at all, nope, none at all, why even bring it up? After emigrating from Cheliax with his boon companion Fred, a coin that talks to Junior. Junior happened to be in the right spot at the right time to make light of some self serious crusaders and now is one of them. Junior is a half-ork skald, mythic marshall, trait child of the crusade.

Greta, a slight woman with a truly massive hammer she inherited from her late father and the innate magic inherited from her mother. Despite the grumblings of the more traditional crusaders, Greta leads from the front and fights like she has something to prove, even though she’s demonstrated time and again she really doesn’t. Greta is an aasmiar bloodrager primal celestial, mythic guardian, trait is exposed to awfulness.

Selann, the child of a pair of halfling crusaders. Tragically he lost both his parents when he and his family were on what was supposed to be a routine patrol. The only reason Selann survived was due to a strange woman who managed to save Selann. He is a halfling arcane trickster, mythic trickster, trait is chance encounter.

Tristan, a young and brash Iomadaean inquisitor, with a wild streak, at least for a crusader. Despite his rebelliousness he seems to have been blessed by the Inheritor and has been inducted into the Order of Heralds within the Iomadaean inquisition. His first mission was to investigate Prelate Hulrun Shappok for the witch hunts he perpetrated during the 4th crusade. His investigation has come to an uncertain end, as the Prelate is apparently dead during the assault on Kenabres. Tristan is a human inquisitor of Iomadae, mythic Marshal, trait touched by divinity.

Everyone says the weather is unseasonably cold for midsummer—it even snowed in the Border Wood! Most suspect magic is involved, and some fear Qadiran agents played a role in it.

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Large (4 RP): Prerequisite: Humanoids taking this quality must have the giant subtype; Benefit: Large races take a –1 size penalty to their AC, a –1 size penalty on attack rolls, a +1 bonus on combat maneuver checks and to their CMD, and a –4 size penalty on Stealth checks. A Large creature takes up a space that is 10 feet by 10 feet and has a reach of 5 feet.

Tiny (2 RP): Prerequisites: Aberration, construct, dragon, fey, outsider (native), or plant type; Benefit: Tiny races gain a +2 size bonus to their AC, a +2 size bonus on attack rolls, a –2 penalty on combat maneuver checks and to their CMD, and a +8 size bonus on Stealth checks. Tiny characters take up a space of 2-1/2 feet by 2-1/2 feet, so up to four of these characters can fit into a single square. Tiny races typically have a natural reach of 0 feet, meaning they can't reach into adjacent squares. They must enter an opponent's square to attack it in melee. This provokes an attack of opportunity from the opponent. Since they have no natural reach, they do not threaten the squares around them. Other creatures can move through those squares without provoking attacks of opportunity. Tiny creatures typically cannot flank an enemy.

The bariaur — herbivorous denizens of the Upper Planes — often remind primes of centaurs, their goat-bodies topped by human torsos and arms. Their faces display somewhat more animal-like features than centaurs, and male bariaur sport a fine pair of curling ram's horns. Bariaur can be exceedingly fussy about their appearances, dyeing and shaving their pelts in intricate patterns. They're well known for their wanderlust, building no towns but roaming over several of the Upper Planes in a seemingly random path. Most claim Ysgard as their birthplace, though some herds are native to Elysium, the Beastlands, or Arborea. In personality, bariaur are usually carefree, social, outgoing, and friendly. Though considered frivolous by some, the sturdy bariaur nevertheless are fierce fighters when their families or friends are threatened. Ysgardian bariaur, in particular, hold a special hatred for giants, no doubt due to the predations of the enormous humanoids upon bariaur herds.

PC members of this race possess infravision to a 60-foot range and a movement rate of 15. While most are chaotic good, PC bariaur may be of any nonevil alignment. They may rise to 13th level in any allowable class. Further benefits depend on the sex of the bariaur, as their society maintains traditional roles for males and females. On initial character generation, male bariaur gain a +1 bonus to Strength and Constitution and suffer a -1 penalty to Wisdom and Dexterity. With their horns, they can always attempt to butt an opponent for 1d8 points of damage (plus Strength bonus), tripling this result by charging at least 30 feet in a straight line. If the hit is successful, the charging bariaur must save versus breath weapon or suffer the same damage as the target. Charged creatures size M or smaller are knocked to the ground 50% of the time. Male bariaur can become fighters, rangers, paladins, or priests. Female bariaur, generally somewhat more intellectually inclined, gain a +1 bonus to Intelligence and Wisdom but suffer a -1 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. They lack horns with which to attack opponents, but add +2 to all surprise rolls and +3 to saving throws versus spell. Females can be fighters, priests, or wizards.

ROLE-PLAYING A BARIAUR
The joy of freedom, the love of laughter, and the exultation of victory are your meat and drink. These are things worth dying for — nothing else is more important. These concepts supersede all others, coming even before duty, honor, or gold. Others claim them (and you) frivolous at times, but you cannot imagine life without these treasures; the very thought of losing them chills you to your very bones. But it's best not to dwell upon that. Enjoy life, laughing in the sun, or whatever passes for a sun in the places that you visit. Though things may turn grim, you know that you'll always have the strength of your convictions and what they represent to sustain you.

Male
Type: Native Outsider (3 RP) ===> Darkvision (60ft) - Bariaur are usually native to Ysgard but are frequently found on good and chaotic aligned planes.
Size: Large (4 RP) space 10ft reach 5ft ===> -1 AC and Att, +1 CMB and CMD - Bariaur are only marginally smaller than horses.
Speed: Normal (0 RP)
Ability Score: Specialized Physical: +2 Str, +2 Con, -2 Wis (1 RP) - Male Bariaur are traditionally the warrior class for their herds.
Language: Standard (0 RP): Common, Bariaur

Traits
Quadruped (2 RP) +10 base speed, +4 vs trip combat maneuvers - Bariaur have four cloven legs and as such move faster and are harder to trip.
Gore (1 RP) 1d8 - Male Bariaur grow a pair of curling ram-like horns from their head, which they frequently use to settle disagreements.
Powerful Charge (2 RP) - When charging with their horns a bariaur deals twice the damage with their gore attack adding 1-½ strength to damage.

Female
Type: Native Outsider (3 RP) ===> Darkvision (60ft) - Bariaur are usually native to Ysgard but are frequently found on good and chaotic aligned planes.
Size: Large (4 RP) space 10ft reach 5ft ===> -1 AC and Att, +1 CMB and CMD - Bariaur are only marginally smaller than horses.
Speed: Normal (0 RP)
Ability Score: Specialized Mental: +2 Int, +2 Wis, -2 Dex (1 RP) - Female Bariaur are traditionally the shamans and spellcasters for their tribe.
Language: Standard (0 RP): Common, Bariaur

Traits
Quadruped (2 RP) +10 base speed, +4 vs trip combat maneuvers - Bariaur have four cloven legs and as such move faster and are harder to trip.
Skill Bonus (2 RP) - +2 to perception checks.
Hardy, Lesser (2 RP) - +2 racial bonus on saving throws vs spells and spell-like abilities.

Total RP 13

The history of the githzerai is one of ancient war and ancient slavery. Once of one race with the githyanki under the enslavement of the mind flayers, the githzerai broke away from their illithid masters and then from their gith brethren, sparking a racial war that has continued into the present. The two gith factions separated and found new homes: the githyanki in the emptiness of the Astral Plane, and the githzerai in the swirling chaos of Limbo.

Githzerai are humanoids, thinner and taller than humans with sharp features, long faces, and eyes of gray or yellow. Severe and serious, the githzerai tend toward somberness in their clothing and personalities. They're usually close-mouthed, keeping their own council and trusting
few outside their own kind.

Only a few things stir the githzerai to passion. Their ancient hatreds for the illithids and githyanki erupt violently in any encounter with those races. Similarly, they are sworn to protect their race on their adopted home of Limbo, since that refuge was only won after millennia of hardship and war; any threat against their haven is met with whatever force is necessary to eliminate that threat.

To the githzerai, there are only three truths: that the githyanki and illithids will never be anything but mortal enemies; that they will allow nothing to hinder the survival of their race; and that no one will ever enslave them again.

Githzerai PCs add +1 to Intelligence and Dexterity and subtract -1 from Strength and Wisdom. They have infravision to 60 feet and may be of any nonlawful alignment. They can be fighters, fighter/wizards, wizards, or thieves; githzerai have no priests, but revere their ancient wizard-king as a god.

Githzerai warriors and thieves possess an always-active magic resistance of 5% per level, to a maximum of 95%. This affects any magical items a githzerai tries to use; if the resistance roll is made, the item is useless to that character forever after. Note that this type of magic resistance is specific to githzerai only, as most other creatures can drop it at will. Mages lose their magic resistance in order to learn spellcasting. Fighter/wizards decide whether or not to keep the magic resistance and its attendant penalties; most purge themselves of it, since it interferes with their ability to use magical armor and items.

Finally, PC githzerai utterly lose their native ability to plane shift, perhaps due to their extended time away from their wizard-king.

Role-Playing A Githzerai
All around you there is stagnation. Rigid thought and restricted personal freedom abound. Everyone you know is a slave — but you won't let the shackles of easy conformity and control wrap their seductive chains around you. You'll remain independent, and strike down any who try to enslave you in word or deed. Your people have known oppression in the past, and you'll not bear it again.

Type: Native Outsider (3 RP) ===> Darkvision (60ft) - Githzerai are native to Limbo but can be found anywhere and Sigil has a sizable population.
Size: Medium (0 RP)
Speed: Normal (0 RP)
Ability Score: Standard (0 RP): +2 Dex, +2 Int, -2 Wis
Language: Standard (0 RP): Common, Githzerai

Traits
Spell Resistance, Lesser (2 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Members of this race gain spell resistance equal to 6 + their character level.
Ancient Foe (Illithid) (3 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Choose one monster type or one subtype of the humanoid type. Members of this race gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC against monsters of that type and a +2 racial bonus on saving throws vs effects generated by that creature.
Ancient Foe (Githyanki) (3 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Choose one monster type or one subtype of the humanoid type. Members of this race gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC against monsters of that type and a +2 racial bonus on attack rolls against creatures of that type.

Total RP: 11

Modrons are the clockwork caretakers of the gears of Mechanus, virtually unthinking in their strict hierarchical order. No beings' minds are as focused on law, stability, repetition, and the security of harmonious regulation. But the multiverse isn't perfect — not even in Mechanus — and sometimes things go wrong. Sometimes a modron receives conflicting orders from two or more superiors, or is confronted with incontrovertible proof that all is not orderly. Sometimes a modron's mind just snaps. These circumstances create rogue modrons.

When modrons go rogue, they lose most of their special abilities and even the normal modron form that designates their position within the clockwork hierarchy. They find themselves cast out of Mechanus, the heart of law and the only world they have ever known, and plunged into the cold, lonely, and (worst of all) chaotic multiverse. Rogue modrons have the forbidden and reprehensible glimmerings of self awareness the only thing that allows them to survive in this new sphere.

Most rogue modrons are not crazed lunatics craving chaos and destruction. On the contrary, most folks can't tell a rogue modron from a "normal" one just by listening to it talk about the multiverse. It still is an extremely ordered being, with law at the center of all of its thoughts and ingrained in the way it feels, acts, and reacts. To another modron, the differences are obvious, and the rogue is some sort of chaotic wild-child; but to other folks, the rogue modron still seems the epitome of order.

Rogue modrons stand exactly 6 feet tall, with cubelike bodies similar to those of quadrone modrons. The cubes are 3 feet on each face, adorned with two thin 3-foot-long legs, two 3-foot-long arms, and a pair of small, vestigial (non-operational) wings on their backs. A vaguely anthropomorphic face can be found on the front cube face.

Modrons are formed from the stuff of order and given clockwork limbs and other parts. Both mechanical and fleshly parts comprise a modron, but the parts meld together to form an orderly whole. In fact, modron bodies aren't much different from any other basher's, other than in their odd appearance. (So curative spells, for example, work just fine on them despite their mechanical components.) Otherwise, modrons are genderless, ageless, and very difficult to distinguish from one another. Thankfully, the latter problem is solved by the fact that very, very few rogue modrons wander the Planes.

Rogue modron player characters present a number of problems and special situations. These beings had no childhood, family, social rank, or even any real history. In fact, rogue modrons begin to lose what memories they have of Mechanus as time passes; as beginning player characters, they have even forgotten what rank they once held in the modron order.

Role-playing rogue modrons requires special attention to their personalities and motivations. As beings of near-absolute order, they need organization, rank, authority, regulation, and harmony to be content. Modrons would never join a group that didn't make its organization and hierarchy clear, including an adventuring group. Modrons need to know exactly where they stand in the group - who ranks above them, and who below. While not as interested in being on top as some berks, they don't necessarily follow orders blindly and won't appreciate being taken advantage of by some peeler who thinks he understands how modrons operate.

Once modrons set a course of action, it's difficult to divert them. They don't become side tracked or distracted. Modrons have a focus that no human can match in intensity. Most modrons also have no concept of self, but this is only partially true of rogues. Though still less motivated by concepts such as greed, personal happiness, and even self preservation than a human would be, they do recognize and (vaguely) comprehend these ideas.

Rogue modrons don't believe in, or even understand, the concept of chance. They never use words or embrace ideas like "luck." To modrons, everything is structured, nothing is random. All creatures abide by a set of rules and regulations — whether they realize it or not. In fact, while modrons might not be able to describe exactly what all the "rules of the cosmos" are, they may try to figure the rules out — a lifelong task at best.

Essentially, rogue modrons are refugees from a completely alien society and world, with completely different outlooks — at least at first. As PC modrons explore the multiverse, they continue to learn and adapt to the rest of the planes. Although they may never accept that there isn't an order to everything, they may adjust the way they view order. Rogue modrons try to impose their own brand of order on everything around them, or simply rationalize explanations that place a veneer of order over the chaos of the Multiverse.

Curiosity may be the one downfall of modrons. Emotions, humor, friendship, and many other concepts familiar to humans and other humanoids are new and very strange to modrons (at least until they find or impose order within or upon them).

Rogue modrons have natural advantages due to their status as creatures of ultimate law. They can readjust their vision, giving them effectively a double normal range of sight, as well as an uncanny ability to detect secret doors and other minutiae. They have a 2 in 6 chance of finding secret doors and a 3 in 6 chance of detecting concealed doors. Modrons have a 30% resistance to illusions, energy drains, charm, sleep, fear, domination, and other similar mind-affecting spells. They gain a +1 bonus to saving throws versus fire, cold, and acid. Modrons have a natural Armor Class of 8 (due to the fact that they're partially constructed of metal), and a movement rate of 15.

Modrons also have a few disadvantages. For example, their structured minds don't allow them to react to surprise situations very well. (This doesn't make them easier than normal to surprise, though.) When modrons are surprised, they remain that way for twice the normal length of time. They don't interact well with individuals of chaotic alignment (despite some Xaositects' adoration
of the term "rogue" modron), usually suffering a -1 reaction penalty toward such people. Modrons also find their size and weight to be a hindrance at times. It is impossible for them to carry out such standard actions as riding a horse, wearing normal armor, or wriggling through a narrow opening.

Rogue modrons can choose classes and gain levels like any PC. This idea of self-improvement and self-advancement is alien to modron society, but it's obviously the way of the outside order, so rogue modrons adapt. From their structured minds and solid forms they gain a +1 bonus to Intelligence and Constitution, but their boxlike bodies and unfamiliarity with other cultures impose a -1 penalty to Dexterity and Charisma. Modrons can be fighters or wizards, but they cannot be multiclassed; even rogues are too focused for such personal diversity. Wizard modrons on Mechanus are virtually unheard of, but outside the clockwork universe, rogue modrons can see an order to magic use, as well as the benefits its use can provide. They may become specialist wizards but (obviously) cannot become wild mages.

Naturally, rogue modrons can only be lawful in alignment, although the range of good, evil, or neutral is open to them as new concepts to explore (and ultimately, probably fear).

ROLE-PLAYING A ROGUE MODRON
Tick. Everything is structured. Tock. Everything is ordered. Tick. Tock. You hear the sounds of the machinery of the multiverse. Despite your exile from Mechanus, the clockwork of creation can never be taken from you. Those around you can provide insight into the structure of the new world you are now forced to live in. Whether or not they realize it, by observing them you see how things work, and what your place is within the structure. You ask questions, observing not only the answers, but the way in which they are answered. Every detail is important, for nothing happens without a reason.

Type: Outsider (native) => unlike most native outsiders rogue modrons don't gain darkvision but instead gain low-light vision instead (2 RP)

Size: Medium rogue modrons are 3 ft cubes with appendages (0 RP)
Normal speed (0 RP)

Ability scores: +2 Con, +2 Int, -2 Cha modron’s bodies are partially metal making them particularly sturdy and their organized mind makes it easy for them to learn, but their minds are also alien to most people making it difficult to relate to them (0 RP)

Languages: Common, Modron, +any from high int

Telescopic Eyes: Rogue modrons are able to focus their eyes beyond human norm and gain a +2 to perception checks and saves vs Illusions (3 RP)

Mechanical Body: Rogue modrons are partially made of metal and other mechanisms, this hardness confers a +1 natural armor bonus. (2 RP)

Alien Mind: Rogue modrons have alien minds and many concepts either don’t exist for them or are known only intellectually, thus they gain a +2 save vs mind affecting effects. They must also be of any lawful alignment. (1 RP)

Source: Modrons don’t have traditional souls and if they die their energy returns to the Source. This both makes them resistant to negative energy and harder to bring back to life. They gain a +2 racial bonus on all saving throws made to resist death effects, saving throws against negative energy effects, Fortitude saves made to remove negative levels, and Constitution checks made to stabilize if reduced to negative hit points. Modron corpses cannot be used to animate undead of any type and a True Resurrection, Miracle, or Wish is required to bring a rogue modron back to life. (1 RP)

Elemental Resistance: Rogue modron’s bodies are hardy and gain Fire Resistance 5, Cold Resistance 5, and Acid Resistance 5 (3 RP)

Total RP: 12

Philosophy: The gods are frauds; the unknowable truth lies beyond the veil.
Factol: Terrance.
Sigil HQ: Shattered Temple (Lower Ward).
Home Field: Astral.
Eligibility: No divine spellcasters of specific deities.
Allies: Believers of the Source.
Enemies: None.
Restrictions: Can't accept aid (especially healing) from priests of specific deities.
Stereotypes:
Bitterly Betrayed: I've wasted my life worshiping false gods! Someone must pay.
Street Preacher: Listen to me. The powers are frauds - I can prove it! Listen to me!

Philosophy: All life springs from the same divine source, ascending and descending in form as it is tested.
Factol: Ambar Vergrove.
Sigil HQ: Great Foundry (Lower Ward).
Home Field: Ethereal.
Eligibility: Anyone can join.
Allies: Athar, Doomguard (temporary ally).
Foes: Bleak Cabal, Dustmen.
Restrictions: Can't be raised or resurrected; priests of specific deities suffer -1 to all saving throws.
Stereotypes:
Achiever: How can I improve myself today?
Egoist: I've passed tests other berks can't imagine; I'm well on my way to godhood.

Philosophy: The multiverse ain't supposed to make sense; there's no grand scheme,
no deep meaning, no elusive order. The only truth worth finding lies within.
Factol: Lhar.
Sigil HQ: The Gatehouse (Hive Ward).
Home Field: Pandemonium (in the Madhouse).
Eligibility: No lawful members.
Allies: Doomguard, Dustmen, Rev. League, Xaositects.
Enemies: Guvners, Harmonium, Mercykillers.
Restrictions: Has a 1 in 20 chance each day of being overcome by melancholia.
Stereotypes:
Perpetually Depressed: Nothing means anything, so why bother doing anything?
Perpetually Cheerful: Nothing means anything, so why not do anything?
Perpetually Mad: Nothing means anything, so anything means anything!

Philosophy: Entropy is ecstasy; decay is divine. The multiverse is supposed to fall apart. We're just here to keep leatherheads from interfering.
Factol: Pentar.
Sigil HQ: Armory (The Lady's Ward).
Home Field: The negative quasiplanes (Ash, Dust, Salt, and Vacuum).
Eligibility: No priests with access to the spheres of healing or creation.
Allies: Bleak Cabal, Dustmen.
Enemies: Guvners, Harmonium.
Restrictions: Must fail a saving throw vs. spell before magical healing will work on them.
Stereotypes:
Destroyer: Break it to bits; help entropy along!
Watcher: Think long-term; promote entropy by acting in subtle ways.

Philosophy: We're all dead - some more so than others. We explore our state with patience, purge our passion, and ascend toward the purity of True Death.
Factol: Skall.
Sigil HQ: Mortuary (Hive Ward).
Home Field: Negative Energy Plane.
Eligibility: Anyone can join.
Allies: Bleak Cabal, Doomguard.
Enemies: Society of Sensation, Sign of One.
Restrictions: Half normal chance of surviving resurrection.
Stereotypes:
Wide-Eyed: No emotions, no dreams, no hopes to be shattered - it's bliss!
Serene: Fully satisfied . . . comfortably numb.

Philosophy: The multiverse belongs to those who seize it. No one's to blame for
a poor sod's fate but the sorry sod himself.
Factol: Duke Rowan Darkwood.
Sigil HQ: Hall of Records (Clerk's Ward).
Home Field: Ysgard (in Rowan's Hall).
Eligibility: No lawful good members.
Allies: Free League, Mercykillers (loosely).
Enemies: Harmonium.
Restrictions: Can't accept or perform charity.
Stereotypes:
Stoneheart: What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too.
The Doer: I'll get what I want no matter what stands in the way.

Philosophy: Everything has laws; most are dark. Learn the laws of the multiverse
and you can rule it.
Factol: Hashkar.
Sigil HQ: City Court (The Lady's Ward).
Home Field: Mechanus (in the Fortress of Disciplined Enlightenment).
Eligibility: Members must be lawful.
Allies: Harmonium, Mercykillers.
Enemies: Rev. League, Xaositects.
Restrictions: Can't knowingly break a law.
Stereotypes:
The Sage: If knowledge is power, then knowing everything is the key.
The Manipulator: Master the laws of the multiverse, and you'll get whatever you want.

Philosophy: This ain't no faction, and nobody tells us what to do. Keep your options open; nobody's got the key to the truth.
Factol: None.
Sigil HQ: Great Bazaar (Market Ward).
Home Field: Outlands; informal meetings in Tradegate.
Eligibility: Anyone can join.
Allies: Fated (sometimes).
Enemies: Harmonium.
Restrictions: No factol, no representatives, no rights.
Stereotypes: Any.

Philosophy: Peace is our goal. But if it takes a little war to get others to see things the Harmonium way, so be it. That's how we'll reach our golden harmony.
Factol: Sarin.
Sigil HQ: City Barracks (The Lady's Ward).
Home Field: Arcadia (in Melodia).
Eligibility: Members must be lawful.
Allies: Guvners, Mercykillers.
Enemies: Free League, Rev. League, Xaositects.
Restrictions: Disobedience requires atonement. Refusal is punishable by death.
Stereotypes:
The Basheri: There'll be peace if I have to crush everyone's skull to get it.
The Preacher: Think love, peace, and harmony.

Philosophy: Justice is everything. When properly applied, punishment leads to perfection.
Factol: Alisohn Nilesia.
Sigil HQ: Prison (The Lady's Ward).
Home Field: Acheron (in Vorkehan).
Eligibility: Members must be lawful; thieves and known criminals may not join.
Allies: Guvners, Harmonium.
Enemies: Rev. League, Sensates, Sign of One.
Stereotypes:
Fanatic: Guilty. The judgment is death.
Crusader: Innocents must not be punished; the guilty must not be punished unfairly.

Philosophy: The status quo is built on lies and greed. Crush the factions. Break 'em down and rebuild with what's left - that's the only way to find real truth.
Factol: None.
Sigil HQ: Many safe houses throughout the city.
Home Field: Carceri (in the Bastion of Last Hope).
Eligibility: No lawful members.
Allies: Doomguard, Xaositects (weak tie).
Enemies: Guvners, Harmonium.
Restrictions: Can't hold office or own a business; must give 90% of all wealth to the faction or the oppressed.
Stereotypes:
Rebel without a clue: Who needs a reason? Riot, loot, and burn it all down!
The Mole: Worm your way into the heart of power and slowly destroy it from within.

Philosophy: The planes exist because the mind imagines them. Any Signer could be the one who creates the multiverse through the power of thought.
Factol: Darius.
Sigil HQ: Hall of Speakers (Clerk's Ward).
Home Field: The Beastlands (in Signpost).
Eligibility: Lawful good and lawful neutral members are unlikely at best.
Allies: Sensates.
Enemies: Bleak Cabal (especially), Harmonium.
Restrictions: Suffers -2 penalty to reaction and loyalty adjustments.
Stereotypes:
Introspective: Weigh it all carefully; improve yourself, and you improve the multiverse.
Egomaniac: Don't cross me, berk, or I'll think you right out of existence!

Philosophy: To know the multiverse, experience it fully. The senses form the path to truth, for the multiverse doesn't exist beyond what can be sensed.
Factol: Erin Montgomery.
Sigil HQ: Civic Festhall (Clerk's Ward).
Home Field: Arborea (in the Gilded Hall).
Eligibility: Anyone can join.
Allies: Sign of One; occasionally Indeps, Guvners.
Enemies: Doomguard; often Dustmen, Mercykillers.
Restrictions: Can't refuse offers that lead to new experiences.
Stereotypes:
Hedonist: Party, party, party! Pleasureabove all!
Connoisseur: The rarest experiences are best; doing the same thing over and over is foolish.

Philosophy: Action without thought is the purest response. Train body and mind to act in harmony, and the spirit becomes one with the multiverse.
Factol: Rhys.
Sigil HQ: Great Gymnasium (Guildhall Ward).
Home Field: Elysium.
Eligibility: Members must be at least partly neutral.
Allies: Most factions.
Enemies: Harmonium (suspicion).
Restrictions: Once an action is stated, Cipher must commit to that action (he can't change his mind).
Stereotypes:
Hair-Trigger: Action, reaction. Why think about it?
Zen Master: Patience, grasshopper. With balance comes harmony.

Philosophy: Chaos is truth, order delusion. Embracing the randomness of the multiverse, one learns its secrets.
Factol: Karan.
Sigil HQ: Hive (Hive Ward).
Home Field: Limbo.
Eligibility: Members must be chaotic.
Allies: Bleak Cabal, Doomguard.
Enemies: Guvners, Harmonium.
Restrictions: Can't participate in activities that require long-term organization or discipline.
Stereotypes:
Chaosmonger: Do the opposite of what everyone else does; be as loony as possible!
Teaser: Chaos is the expected response; frustrate folks by acting (mostly) normal.

Fred Junior
Male Half-Ork Skald 12
Chaotic Good Medium Humanoid (human, ork)
Init +3; Senses Darkvision 60ft; Perception +0
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Defense
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AC 23, touch 15, flat-footed 20 (+7 armor, +3 Dex, +1 Nat, +2 Def)
hp 108 (12d8+12)
Fort +12, Ref +10, Will +11, +4 vs Bardic perform, sonic, and language
Defensive Abilities DR 1/-, Uncanny Dodge, Improved Uncanny Dodge
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Ranged Masterwork light crossbow +13 (1d8, 19-20, x2)
Melee Energetic Inferno (+1 flaming shocking greatsword) +14 (2d6+7+1d6 fire+1d6 electricity, 19-20, x2)
Special Attacks Rage Powers: (Lesser Spirit Totem, Quick Reflexes, Unexpected Strike, Good for What Ails You), Raging Song: 31 rd/day (Inspire Rage (+4 str, con, +4 will, -1 AC), Song of Marching, Song of Strength +6, Dirge of Doom)
Skald Spells(CL 12, Concentration +18):
Level 4 (4/day, DC 20) Cure Critical Wounds, Secure Shelter, Dimension Door, Heroic Finale
Level 3 (5/day, DC 19) Cure Serious Wounds, Good Hope, Flexible Fury, Haste
Level 2 (7/day, DC 18) Cure Moderate Wounds, Heroism, Mirror Image, Invisibility
Level 1 (4/day, DC 17) Cure Light Wounds, Comprehend Languages, Saving Finale, Liberating Command, Ear-Piercing Scream, Timely Inspiration
Level 0 (DC 16) Read Magic, Mending, Message, Spark, Prestidigitation, Detect Magic
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Statistics
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Str 19 (17), Dex 16 (14), Con 12 (10), Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 22 (18)
Base Atk +9; CMB +13,+2 vs Demons CMD 26
Feats Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons, Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields, Endurance (Shaman’s Apprentice), Scribe Scroll (Skald 1), Skald’s Vigor (1), Weapon Focus (Greatsword, 3), Dazzling Display (5), Antagonize (7), Shatter Defenses (9), Greater Skald’s Vigor (11)
Traits Artisan, Stolen Fury
Skills Acrobatics (3) +8; Bluff (Sing) +21; Climb (1) +7; Craft (weapons, 12) +17; Diplomacy (Sing) +21; Handle Animal (Percussion) +21; Intimidate (Percussion) +21; Knowledge (1): Arcana, Dungeoneering, Engineering, Geography, History, Local, Nature +10; Knowledge (0): Nobility, Planes, Religion +6; Sense Motive (Sing) +21; Spellcraft (12) +15; Swim (1) +7; Use Magic Device (12) +21; ACP -1
Languages Common, Ork
SQ Skilled (replaces ork ferocity and weapon familiarity), Well-Versed (+4 vs performance, sonic and language dependant), Bardic Knowledge (+6), Versatile Performance: Percussion, Sing (add diplomacy)
Gear
Belt of Physical Perfection +2, Headband of Alluring Charisma +4, Amulet of Natural Armor +1, Ring of Protection +2, Cloak of Resistance +3, Energetic Inferno (+1 Flaming Shocking Greatsword), +1 Mithral Breastplate, Bard Kit, Masterwork Light Crossbow, 50 cold iron bolts, 50 bolts, Flask of Endless Wine (sake), 29059gp (some will be spent on scrolls pending ruling by GM)
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Special Abilities
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Spell Kenning 2/day

Add Mythic Champion (assuming 4 tiers): +20 HP; +4 Str => +2 to hit +3 to damage on Energetic Inferno, +2 to CMB, and +2 CMD; Hard to Kill; Mythic Power 11/day; Surge (1d8); Recuperation; Sudden Attack; Ever Ready; Crusader; Divine Source (Chaos and Good); Mythic Spellcasting (Heroism, Mirror Image, Haste, Cure Critical Wounds); Mythic Feats: Dazzling Display, Shatter Defenses

CORE CONCEPTS:
Junior is a goofball, he’ll frequently (and hopefully humorously) misinterpret things and situations.
Junior hears the voice of a gold coin he carries. The mercantile and mercenary Fred. This is one of two items he inherited from his orkish mother.
Junior thinks of himself as a hero. He tries to play up the tropes.
Junior is the son of a Hellknight and a weaponsmith for an orkish tribe. Both his parents were fairly hostile to Junior but he learned valuable lessons from them both.
Junior is a good guy, he tries (and sometimes fails) to be sensitive to other people’s needs and wants. This is his rebellion against his Hellknight father.

APPEARANCE and WRITING SAMPLE
A half-ork in a purple wide brimmed fedora, an ivory shirt under a purple vest with gold trim, and glossy black breeches remains. A shortsword is sheathed on his right and a longspear is strapped to his back. A well used set of drums pokes out of his backpack. He bows with a flourish, "Junior, at your service."
After a dramatic moment Junior says while pulling a gold coin out of a small pouch on his belt, "Ah.. just a minute." He holds the coin to his head, "What?!" He pauses, "No, I was in the middle of a thing and you ruined it!" Another pause, "Alright I'll ask!"
Junior clears his throat, "Fred wants to know how much the pay for this job is."

GOALS:
Character Goals
To reforge Energetic Inferno, the shattered greatsword of his mother. Just to prove he could do it.
To publish a book of his limericks
Player Goals
To have a good time.
To expose you to some pretty terrible poetry.

SECRETS:
Character's Secrets
Junior’s a pretty open book. He’s not open about his parents but he doesn’t lie if asked.
Secrets Kept from Character
Both his parents had plans for him, his mother wanted to make a meat pie out of him once he was big enough and his father wanted to sacrifice him to Asmodeus.

PERSONAL TIES
Liliana Tuvol, Junior’s twin sister. A psychic who’s as dumb as a rock. Can see the future. They don’t get along, she takes after their mother, but at least they aren’t willing to murder each other. Only an occasional cannibal.
Vrok Tuvol, Junior’s dad. Still upset about that noble enslaving Junior before he could be sacrificed.
That one elf. Junior’s crush, an elf that Junior glimpsed while drinking at the Poor Sod’s tavern. Junior bought him a drink as a way to open a dialog but he left the bar before it could be delivered.

MEMORIES
1.The heat of the forge, the smoke of it, sweat on his brow. Junior’s forged a fine blade but it’s not nearly good enough to hold an enchantment. Maybe the next one.

2.There once was an ork from Cheliax
Insulting nobles behind their backs
They put him in chains
But he left through a drain
And now hunts nobles with an axe.

3.Saving a basket full of kittens from a burning orphanage. Liliana thought setting fire to the orphanage was a fun practical joke.

The Vermilion Vixen - A human brawler hailing from the mysterious city of Rooftopolis.

Jassminder Shah - An emotionally numb human paladin who fires her arrows in a most logical way.

Saiya Atarangi - A pragmatic fetchling investigator who's sometimes too clever for her own good.

2nd level character

No male characters

Any race with RP 15 or less

1 to 1 point buy with 70 points

Golarion plus other deities from D&D past and present available on request

Background Skills

Automatic Bonus Progression, except no enhancement bonuses to ability scores

Three Traits: 1 campaign, 1 regional, and 1 of any other type

Evil characters are allowed but must be a team player with the group

All paizo content available

Instead of the normal ability point progression every level, except 1st, you receive 1 ability point to assign to any ability score.

Auto identify magic items if a character has max spellcraft ranks and has detect magic. Cursed items may not be automatically identified.

Treasures will appraise at full value if at least one character has max appraise ranks for level. Otherwise they will appraise for some lower amount.

Drawing and Sheathing weapons and weapon-like objects: can be done as a part of any move action so long as character has +1 BAB

Abilities like Time Flicker: continuing these abilities once active is a free action so long as the current duration increment has not already expired.

Paralyzed: If it's not clear from context which way the victim is facing roll a 1d8 to determine the facing like a missed splash weapon. The target can then target squares in a cone for line of sight.

If a spell applies the grappled condition but doesn't specify CMB, it is caster level plus casting stat modifier for situations not specifically covered in the spell.

Making Drunken master work with Unchained Monk
Drunken Ki and Drunken Strength are unchanged. Drunken Courage, Drunken Resilience, and Firewater breath all have similar abilities that are selectable in ki powers and so are removed from the drunken master archetype. These abilities are, Diamond Mind, Diamond Resilience, and Elemental Burst respectively. I will convert other archetypes on request.

Purchase Limit: Golarion is a high magic world. Purchase limit in a town is the largest gold piece value item a PC can buy or sell. The roll to see if an item is available is waived.

Kobolds have the following changes
Ability score modifiers: -2 str, +2 dex, +2 to either int or cha
No light sensitivity
Alignment: any

Chant and cackle can only be used to extend a hex for up to 1 minute per level.

Continual flame is replaced with the following:

Continual Light
School evocation [light]; Level cleric 3, sorcerer/wizard 2
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M (ruby dust worth 50 gp)
Range touch
Target object touched
Effect magical light
Duration permanent
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
A light, equivalent in brightness to a torch, shines from an object that you touch. A continual light can be covered and hidden. Light spells counter and dispel darkness spells of an equal or lower level.

How does not needing to breathe affect casting spells underwater?

You gain a +4 circumstance bonus to the concentration check to cast the spell. You're still required to make the concentration check but it should be easier if you don't need to worry about drowning.

Does the silent spell feat affect casting spells underwater?

Yes. You do not to make a concentration check to cast a spell underwater if you are casting a silent spell and cannot breathe water.

Can a hex using character use healing hex with the item Phylactery of the Shepherd?

Yes.

Can Mara, while blinded, use Status to target us with her other hexes like Fortune and Heaven's Leap?

Status lets her know your square but she still lacks line of sight, so any ability that requires line of sight will still fail. If there is a touch effect she can still try to touch you with a 50% miss chance, but will automatically know which square to target. However I feel it's in keeping with the item (Phylactery of the Shepherd) to waive line of sight when she chooses to end the status effect. So ending the status effect to use healing hex as a swift action does not require her to see her target.

Related to situation above. Could Theo spend a move action to touch Mara and eliminate her miss chance if she tries to use her Healing Hex on him?

How much time does it take to attune under ABP?

1 minute

If you have the grappled condition do you threaten?

Grappled condition does not prevent you from threatening, just from making AoOs.

Does the pyrotechnics spell extinguish a flaming sphere?

No even though a flaming sphere can be extinguished by means that would extinguish a normal flame it is still a magic flame which pyrotechnics can't extinguish.

Can a magical flame be used as the source for the additional effect from pyrotechnic even though pyrotechnics can't extinguish the magical flame?

Yes. The fire wouldn't change at all but the additional effects will still happen as described.

How does not needing to breathe interact with inhaled poisons and spells that create clouds, such as stinking cloud?

You are immune to inhaled poisons even if you cast a spell or speak. Stinking cloud affects non-breathing creatures the same way it affects breathing creatures.

Does a large or larger creature count it's current space as non-threatened squares for the purpose of withdrawing?

Yes

Large (4 RP): Prerequisite: Humanoids taking this quality must have the giant subtype; Benefit: Large races take a –1 size penalty to their AC, a –1 size penalty on attack rolls, a +1 bonus on combat maneuver checks and to their CMD, and a –4 size penalty on Stealth checks. A Large creature takes up a space that is 10 feet by 10 feet and has a reach of 5 feet.

Tiny (2 RP): Prerequisites: Aberration, construct, dragon, fey, outsider (native), or plant type; Benefit: Tiny races gain a +2 size bonus to their AC, a +2 size bonus on attack rolls, a –2 penalty on combat maneuver checks and to their CMD, and a +8 size bonus on Stealth checks. Tiny characters take up a space of 2-1/2 feet by 2-1/2 feet, so up to four of these characters can fit into a single square. Tiny races typically have a natural reach of 0 feet, meaning they can't reach into adjacent squares. They must enter an opponent's square to attack it in melee. This provokes an attack of opportunity from the opponent. Since they have no natural reach, they do not threaten the squares around them. Other creatures can move through those squares without provoking attacks of opportunity. Tiny creatures typically cannot flank an enemy.

The bariaur — herbivorous denizens of the Upper Planes — often remind primes of centaurs, their goat-bodies topped by human torsos and arms. Their faces display somewhat more animal-like features than centaurs, and male bariaur sport a fine pair of curling ram's horns. Bariaur can be exceedingly fussy about their appearances, dyeing and shaving their pelts in intricate patterns. They're well known for their wanderlust, building no towns but roaming over several of the Upper Planes in a seemingly random path. Most claim Ysgard as their birthplace, though some herds are native to Elysium, the Beastlands, or Arborea. In personality, bariaur are usually carefree, social, outgoing, and friendly. Though considered frivolous by some, the sturdy bariaur nevertheless are fierce fighters when their families or friends are threatened. Ysgardian bariaur, in particular, hold a special hatred for giants, no doubt due to the predations of the enormous humanoids upon bariaur herds.

PC members of this race possess infravision to a 60-foot range and a movement rate of 15. While most are chaotic good, PC bariaur may be of any nonevil alignment. They may rise to 13th level in any allowable class. Further benefits depend on the sex of the bariaur, as their society maintains traditional roles for males and females. On initial character generation, male bariaur gain a +1 bonus to Strength and Constitution and suffer a -1 penalty to Wisdom and Dexterity. With their horns, they can always attempt to butt an opponent for 1d8 points of damage (plus Strength bonus), tripling this result by charging at least 30 feet in a straight line. If the hit is successful, the charging bariaur must save versus breath weapon or suffer the same damage as the target. Charged creatures size M or smaller are knocked to the ground 50% of the time. Male bariaur can become fighters, rangers, paladins, or priests. Female bariaur, generally somewhat more intellectually inclined, gain a +1 bonus to Intelligence and Wisdom but suffer a -1 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. They lack horns with which to attack opponents, but add +2 to all surprise rolls and +3 to saving throws versus spell. Females can be fighters, priests, or wizards.

ROLE-PLAYING A BARIAUR
The joy of freedom, the love of laughter, and the exultation of victory are your meat and drink. These are things worth dying for — nothing else is more important. These concepts supersede all others, coming even before duty, honor, or gold. Others claim them (and you) frivolous at times, but you cannot imagine life without these treasures; the very thought of losing them chills you to your very bones. But it's best not to dwell upon that. Enjoy life, laughing in the sun, or whatever passes for a sun in the places that you visit. Though things may turn grim, you know that you'll always have the strength of your convictions and what they represent to sustain you.

Male
Type: Native Outsider (3 RP) ===> Darkvision (60ft) - Bariaur are usually native to Ysgard but are frequently found on good and chaotic aligned planes.
Size: Large (4 RP) space 10ft reach 5ft ===> -1 AC and Att, +1 CMB and CMD - Bariaur are only marginally smaller than horses.
Speed: Normal (0 RP)
Ability Score: Specialized Physical: +2 Str, +2 Con, -2 Wis (1 RP) - Male Bariaur are traditionally the warrior class for their herds.
Language: Standard (0 RP): Common, Bariaur

Traits
Quadruped (2 RP) +10 base speed, +4 vs trip combat maneuvers - Bariaur have four cloven legs and as such move faster and are harder to trip.
Gore (1 RP) 1d8 - Male Bariaur grow a pair of curling ram-like horns from their head, which they frequently use to settle disagreements.
Powerful Charge (2 RP) - When charging with their horns a bariaur deals twice the damage with their gore attack adding 1-½ strength to damage.

Total RP 13

Female
Type: Native Outsider (3 RP) ===> Darkvision (60ft) - Bariaur are usually native to Ysgard but are frequently found on good and chaotic aligned planes.
Size: Large (4 RP) space 10ft reach 5ft ===> -1 AC and Att, +1 CMB and CMD - Bariaur are only marginally smaller than horses.
Speed: Normal (0 RP)
Ability Score: Specialized Mental: +2 Int, +2 Wis, -2 Dex (1 RP) - Female Bariaur are traditionally the shamans and spellcasters for their tribe.
Language: Standard (0 RP): Common, Bariaur

Traits
Quadruped (2 RP) +10 base speed, +4 vs trip combat maneuvers - Bariaur have four cloven legs and as such move faster and are harder to trip.
Skill Bonus (2 RP) - +2 to perception checks.
Hardy, Lesser (2 RP) - +2 racial bonus on saving throws vs spells and spell-like abilities.

Total RP 13

The history of the githzerai is one of ancient war and ancient slavery. Once of one race with the githyanki under the enslavement of the mind flayers, the githzerai broke away from their illithid masters and then from their gith brethren, sparking a racial war that has continued into the present. The two gith factions separated and found new homes: the githyanki in the emptiness of the Astral Plane, and the githzerai in the swirling chaos of Limbo.

Githzerai are humanoids, thinner and taller than humans with sharp features, long faces, and eyes of gray or yellow. Severe and serious, the githzerai tend toward somberness in their clothing and personalities. They're usually close-mouthed, keeping their own council and trusting
few outside their own kind.

Only a few things stir the githzerai to passion. Their ancient hatreds for the illithids and githyanki erupt violently in any encounter with those races. Similarly, they are sworn to protect their race on their adopted home of Limbo, since that refuge was only won after millennia of hardship and war; any threat against their haven is met with whatever force is necessary to eliminate that threat.

To the githzerai, there are only three truths: that the githyanki and illithids will never be anything but mortal enemies; that they will allow nothing to hinder the survival of their race; and that no one will ever enslave them again.

Githzerai PCs add +1 to Intelligence and Dexterity and subtract -1 from Strength and Wisdom. They have infravision to 60 feet and may be of any nonlawful alignment. They can be fighters, fighter/wizards, wizards, or thieves; githzerai have no priests, but revere their ancient wizard-king as a god.

Githzerai warriors and thieves possess an always-active magic resistance of 5% per level, to a maximum of 95%. This affects any magical items a githzerai tries to use; if the resistance roll is made, the item is useless to that character forever after. Note that this type of magic resistance is specific to githzerai only, as most other creatures can drop it at will. Mages lose their magic resistance in order to learn spellcasting. Fighter/wizards decide whether or not to keep the magic resistance and its attendant penalties; most purge themselves of it, since it interferes with their ability to use magical armor and items.

Finally, PC githzerai utterly lose their native ability to plane shift, perhaps due to their extended time away from their wizard-king.

Role-Playing A Githzerai
All around you there is stagnation. Rigid thought and restricted personal freedom abound. Everyone you know is a slave — but you won't let the shackles of easy conformity and control wrap their seductive chains around you. You'll remain independent, and strike down any who try to enslave you in word or deed. Your people have known oppression in the past, and you'll not bear it again.

Githzerai
Type: Native Outsider (3 RP) ===> Darkvision (60ft) - Githzerai are native to Limbo but can be found anywhere and Sigil has a sizable population.
Size: Medium (0 RP)
Speed: Normal (0 RP)
Ability Score: Standard (0 RP): +2 Dex, +2 Int, -2 Wis
Language: Standard (0 RP): Common, Githzerai

Traits
Spell Resistance, Lesser (2 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Members of this race gain spell resistance equal to 6 + their character level.
Ancient Foe (Illithid) (3 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Choose one monster type or one subtype of the humanoid type. Members of this race gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC against monsters of that type and a +2 racial bonus on combat maneuver checks made to grapple creatures of that type.
Ancient Foe (Githyanki) (3 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Choose one monster type or one subtype of the humanoid type. Members of this race gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC against monsters of that type and a +2 racial bonus on combat maneuver checks made to grapple creatures of that type.

Total RP: 11

Modrons are the clockwork caretakers of the gears of Mechanus, virtually unthinking in their strict hierarchical order. No beings' minds are as focused on law, stability, repetition, and the security of harmonious regulation. But the multiverse isn't perfect — not even in Mechanus — and sometimes things go wrong. Sometimes a modron receives conflicting orders from two or more superiors, or is confronted with incontrovertible proof that all is not orderly. Sometimes a modron's mind just snaps. These circumstances create rogue modrons.

When modrons go rogue, they lose most of their special abilities and even the normal modron form that designates their position within the clockwork hierarchy. They find themselves cast out of Mechanus, the heart of law and the only world they have ever known, and plunged into the cold, lonely, and (worst of all) chaotic multiverse. Rogue modrons have the forbidden and reprehensible glimmerings of self awareness the only thing that allows them to survive in this new sphere.

Most rogue modrons are not crazed lunatics craving chaos and destruction. On the contrary, most folks can't tell a rogue modron from a "normal" one just by listening to it talk about the multiverse. It still is an extremely ordered being, with law at the center of all of its thoughts and ingrained in the way it feels, acts, and reacts. To another modron, the differences are obvious, and the rogue is some sort of chaotic wild-child; but to other folks, the rogue modron still seems the epitome of order.

Rogue modrons stand exactly 6 feet tall, with cubelike bodies similar to those of quadrone modrons. The cubes are 3 feet on each face, adorned with two thin 3-foot-long legs, two 3-foot-long arms, and a pair of small, vestigial (non-operational) wings on their backs. A vaguely anthropomorphic face can be found on the front cube face.

Modrons are formed from the stuff of order and given clockwork limbs and other parts. Both mechanical and fleshly parts comprise a modron, but the parts meld together to form an orderly whole. In fact, modron bodies aren't much different from any other basher's, other than in their odd appearance. (So curative spells, for example, work just fine on them despite their mechanical components.) Otherwise, modrons are genderless, ageless, and very difficult to distinguish from one another. Thankfully, the latter problem is solved by the fact that very, very few rogue modrons wander the Planes.

Rogue modron player characters present a number of problems and special situations. These beings had no childhood, family, social rank, or even any real history. In fact, rogue modrons begin to lose what memories they have of Mechanus as time passes; as beginning player characters, they have even forgotten what rank they once held in the modron order.

Role-playing rogue modrons requires special attention to their personalities and motivations. As beings of near-absolute order, they need organization, rank, authority, regulation, and harmony to be content. Modrons would never join a group that didn't make its organization and hierarchy clear, including an adventuring group. Modrons need to know exactly where they stand in the group - who ranks above them, and who below. While not as interested in being on top as some berks, they don't necessarily follow orders blindly and won't appreciate being taken advantage of by some peeler who thinks he understands how modrons operate.

Once modrons set a course of action, it's difficult to divert them. They don't become side tracked or distracted. Modrons have a focus that no human can match in intensity. Most modrons also have no concept of self, but this is only partially true of rogues. Though still less motivated by concepts such as greed, personal happiness, and even self preservation than a human would be, they do recognize and (vaguely) comprehend these ideas.

Rogue modrons don't believe in, or even understand, the concept of chance. They never use words or embrace ideas like "luck." To modrons, everything is structured, nothing is random. All creatures abide by a set of rules and regulations — whether they realize it or not. In fact, while modrons might not be able to describe exactly what all the "rules of the cosmos" are, they may try to figure the rules out — a lifelong task at best.

Essentially, rogue modrons are refugees from a completely alien society and world, with completely different outlooks — at least at first. As PC modrons explore the multiverse, they continue to learn and adapt to the rest of the planes. Although they may never accept that there isn't an order to everything, they may adjust the way they view order. Rogue modrons try to impose their own brand of order on everything around them, or simply rationalize explanations that place a veneer of order over the chaos of the Multiverse.

Curiosity may be the one downfall of modrons. Emotions, humor, friendship, and many other concepts familiar to humans and other humanoids are new and very strange to modrons (at least until they find or impose order within or upon them).

Rogue modrons have natural advantages due to their status as creatures of ultimate law. They can readjust their vision, giving them effectively a double normal range of sight, as well as an uncanny ability to detect secret doors and other minutiae. They have a 2 in 6 chance of finding secret doors and a 3 in 6 chance of detecting concealed doors. Modrons have a 30% resistance to illusions, energy drains, charm, sleep, fear, domination, and other similar mind-affecting spells. They gain a +1 bonus to saving throws versus fire, cold, and acid. Modrons have a natural Armor Class of 8 (due to the fact that they're partially constructed of metal), and a movement rate of 15.

Modrons also have a few disadvantages. For example, their structured minds don't allow them to react to surprise situations very well. (This doesn't make them easier than normal to surprise, though.) When modrons are surprised, they remain that way for twice the normal length of time. They don't interact well with individuals of chaotic alignment (despite some Xaositects' adoration
of the term "rogue" modron), usually suffering a -1 reaction penalty toward such people. Modrons also find their size and weight to be a hindrance at times. It is impossible for them to carry out such standard actions as riding a horse, wearing normal armor, or wriggling through a narrow opening.

Rogue modrons can choose classes and gain levels like any PC. This idea of self-improvement and self-advancement is alien to modron society, but it's obviously the way of the outside order, so rogue modrons adapt. From their structured minds and solid forms they gain a +1 bonus to Intelligence and Constitution, but their boxlike bodies and unfamiliarity with other cultures impose a -1 penalty to Dexterity and Charisma. Modrons can be fighters or wizards, but they cannot be multiclassed; even rogues are too focused for such personal diversity. Wizard modrons on Mechanus are virtually unheard of, but outside the clockwork universe, rogue modrons can see an order to magic use, as well as the benefits its use can provide. They may become specialist wizards but (obviously) cannot become wild mages.

Naturally, rogue modrons can only be lawful in alignment, although the range of good, evil, or neutral is open to them as new concepts to explore (and ultimately, probably fear).

ROLE-PLAYING A ROGUE MODRON
Tick. Everything is structured. Tock. Everything is ordered. Tick. Tock. You hear the sounds of the machinery of the multiverse. Despite your exile from Mechanus, the clockwork of creation can never be taken from you. Those around you can provide insight into the structure of the new world you are now forced to live in. Whether or not they realize it, by observing them you see how things work, and what your place is within the structure. You ask questions, observing not only the answers, but the way in which they are answered. Every detail is important, for nothing happens without a reason.

Type: Outsider (native) => unlike most native outsiders rogue modrons don't gain darkvision but instead gain low-light vision instead (2 RP)

Size: Medium rogue modrons are 3 ft cubes with appendages (0 RP)
Normal speed (0 RP)

Ability scores: +2 Con, +2 Int, -2 Cha modron’s bodies are partially metal making them particularly sturdy and their organized mind makes it easy for them to learn, but their minds are also alien to most people making it difficult to relate to them (0 RP)

Languages: Common, Modron, +any from high int

Telescopic Eyes: Rogue modrons are able to focus their eyes beyond human norm and gain a +2 to perception checks and saves vs Illusions (3 RP)

Mechanical Body: Rogue modrons are partially made of metal and other mechanisms, this hardness confers a +1 natural armor bonus. (2 RP)

Alien Mind: Rogue modrons have alien minds and many concepts either don’t exist for them or are known only intellectually, thus they gain a +2 save vs mind affecting effects. They must also be of any lawful alignment. (1 RP)

Source: Modrons don’t have traditional souls and if they die their energy returns to the Source. This both makes them resistant to negative energy and harder to bring back to life. They gain a +2 racial bonus on all saving throws made to resist death effects, saving throws against negative energy effects, Fortitude saves made to remove negative levels, and Constitution checks made to stabilize if reduced to negative hit points. Modron corpses cannot be used to animate undead of any type and a True Resurrection, Miracle, or Wish is required to bring a rogue modron back to life. (1 RP)

Elemental Resistance: Rogue modron’s bodies are hardy and gain Fire Resistance 5, Cold Resistance 5, and Acid Resistance 5 (3 RP)

Philosophy: The gods are frauds; the unknowable truth lies beyond the veil.
Factol: Terrance.
Sigil HQ: Shattered Temple (Lower Ward).
Home Field: Astral.
Eligibility: No divine spellcasters of specific deities.
Allies: Believers of the Source.
Enemies: None.
Namer Abilities: Immune to certain faith-based spells: abjure, augury, bestow curse, curse, divination, enthrall, exaction, holy word, and quest.
Restrictions: Can't accept aid (especially healing) from priests of specific deities.
Archetypes:
Bitterly Betrayed: I've wasted my life worshiping false gods! Someone must pay.
Street Preacher: Listen to me. The powers are frauds - I can prove it! Listen to me!

Philosophy: All life springs from the same divine source, ascending and descending in form as it is tested.
Factol: Ambar Vergrove.
Sigil HQ: Great Foundry (Lower Ward).
Home Field: Ethereal.
Eligibility: Anyone can join.
Allies: Athar, Doomguard (temporary ally).
Foes: Bleak Cabal, Dustmen.
Namer Abilities: +2 to reaction adjustments with planars.
Restrictions: Can't be raised or resurrected; priests of specific deities suffer -1 to all saving throws.
Archetypes:
Achiever: How can I improve myself today?
Egoist: I've passed tests other berks can't imagine; I'm well on my way to godhood.

Philosophy: The multiverse ain't supposed to make sense; there's no grand scheme,
no deep meaning, no elusive order. The only truth worth finding lies within.
Factol: Lhar.
Sigil HQ: The Gatehouse (Hive Ward).
Home Field: Pandemonium (in the Madhouse).
Eligibility: No lawful members.
Allies: Doomguard, Dustmen, Rev. League, Xaositects.
Enemies: Guvners, Harmonium, Mercykillers.
Namer Abilities: Immune to chaos, confusion, delude, feeblemind, Otto's irresistible dance, Tasha's uncontrollable hideous laughter, and other madness-inducing spells; gain a saving throw against ESP spells directed at them.
Restrictions: Has a 1 in 20 chance each day of being overcome by melancholia.
Archetypes:
Perpetually Depressed: Nothing means anything, so why bother doing anything?
Perpetually Cheerful: Nothing means anything, so why not do anything?
Perpetually Mad: Nothing means anything, so anything means anything!

Philosophy: Entropy is ecstasy; decay is divine. The multiverse is supposed to fall apart. We're just here to keep leatherheads from interfering.
Factol: Pentar.
Sigil HQ: Armory (The Lady's Ward).
Home Field: The negative quasiplanes (Ash, Dust, Salt, and Vacuum).
Eligibility: No priests with access to the spheres of healing or creation.
Allies: Bleak Cabal, Dustmen.
Enemies: Guvners, Harmonium.
Namer Abilities: All members, regardless of class, can use a sword with a +1 bonus to their attack rolls.
Restrictions: Must fail a saving throw vs. spell before magical healing will work on them.
Archetypes:
Destroyer: Break it to bits; help entropy along!
Watcher: Think long-term; promote entropy by acting in subtle ways.

Philosophy: We're all dead - some more so than others. We explore our state with patience, purge our passion, and ascend toward the purity of True Death.
Factol: Skall.
Sigil HQ: Mortuary (Hive Ward).
Home Field: Negative Energy Plane.
Eligibility: Anyone can join.
Allies: Bleak Cabal, Doomguard.
Enemies: Society of Sensation, Sign of One.
Namer Abilities: Undead will not attack them.
Restrictions: Half normal chance of surviving resurrection.
Archetypes:
Wide-Eyed: No emotions, no dreams, no hopes to be shattered - it's bliss!
Serene: Fully satisfied . . . comfortably numb.

Philosophy: The multiverse belongs to those who seize it. No one's to blame for
a poor sod's fate but the sorry sod himself.
Factol: Duke Rowan Darkwood.
Sigil HQ: Hall of Records (Clerk's Ward).
Home Field: Ysgard (in Rowan's Hall).
Eligibility: No lawful good members.
Allies: Free League, Mercykillers (loosely).
Enemies: Harmonium.
Namer Abilities: Twice normal starting nonweapon proficiency slots; all categories open to all classes.
Restrictions: Can't accept or perform charity.
Archetypes:
Stoneheart: What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too.
The Doer: I'll get what I want no matter what stands in the way.

Philosophy: Everything has laws; most are dark. Learn the laws of the multiverse
and you can rule it.
Factol: Hashkar.
Sigil HQ: City Court (The Lady's Ward).
Home Field: Mechanus (in the Fortress of Disciplined Enlightenment).
Eligibility: Members must be lawful.
Allies: Harmonium, Mercykillers.
Enemies: Rev. League, Xaositects.
Namer Abilities: Comprehend languages once per day; after 7th level, item (24-
hour duration) once per day.
Restrictions: Can't knowingly break a law.
Archetypes:
The Sage: If knowledge is power, then knowing everything is the key.
The Manipulator: Master the laws of the multiverse, and you'll get whatever you want.

Philosophy: This ain't no faction, and nobody tells us what to do. Keep your options open; nobody's got the key to the truth.
Factol: None.
Sigil HQ: Great Bazaar (Market Ward).
Home Field: Outlands; informal meetings in Tradegate.
Eligibility: Anyone can join.
Allies: Fated (sometimes).
Enemies: Harmonium.
Namer Abilities: Gain + 2 to save vs. charm; gain a saving throw vs. charms that normally allow none.
Restrictions: No factol, no representatives, no rights.
Archetypes: Any.

Philosophy: Peace is our goal. But if it takes a little war to get others to see things the Harmonium way, so be it. That's how we'll reach our golden harmony.
Factol: Sarin.
Sigil HQ: City Barracks (The Lady's Ward).
Home Field: Arcadia (in Melodia).
Eligibility: Members must be lawful.
Allies: Guvners, Mercykillers.
Enemies: Free League, Rev. League, Xaositects.
Namer Abilities: Charm person once per day.
Restrictions: Disobedience requires atonement. Refusal is punishable by death.
Archetypes:
The Basheri: There'll be peace if I have to crush everyone's skull to get it.
The Preacher: Think love, peace, and harmony.

Philosophy: Justice is everything. When properly applied, punishment leads to perfection.
Factol: Alisohn Nilesia.
Sigil HQ: Prison (The Lady's Ward).
Home Field: Acheron (in Vorkehan).
Eligibility: Members must be lawful; thieves and known criminals may not join.
Allies: Guvners, Harmonium.
Enemies: Rev. League, Sensates, Sign of One.
Namer Abilities: Detect lie once per day; shocking grasp (wizards only); command (priests only).
Restrictions: No immunity to the law; can't release a prisoner until he's been properly punished.
Archetypes:
Fanatic: Guilty. The judgment is death.
Crusader: Innocents must not be punished; the guilty must not be punished unfairly.

Philosophy: The status quo is built on lies and greed. Crush the factions. Break 'em down and rebuild with what's left - that's the only way to find real truth.
Factol: None.
Sigil HQ: Many safe houses throughout the city.
Home Field: Carceri (in the Bastion of Last Hope).
Eligibility: No lawful members.
Allies: Doomguard, Xaositects (weak tie).
Enemies: Guvners, Harmonium.
Namer Abilities: Can pose as a member of any other faction without being detected.
Restrictions: Can't hold office or own a business; must give 90% of all wealth to the faction or the oppressed.
Archetypes:
Rebel without a clue: Who needs a reason? Riot, loot, and burn it all down!
The Mole: Worm your way into the heart of power and slowly destroy it from within.

Philosophy: The planes exist because the mind imagines them. Any Signer could be the one who creates the multiverse through the power of thought.
Factol: Darius.
Sigil HQ: Hall of Speakers (Clerk's Ward).
Home Field: The Beastlands (in Signpost).
Eligibility: Lawful good and lawful neutral members are unlikely at best.
Allies: Sensates.
Enemies: Bleak Cabal (especially), Harmonium.
Namer Abilities: Gain automatic saving throw vs. illusions.
Restrictions: Suffers -2 penalty to reaction and loyalty adjustments.
Archetypes:
Introspective: Weigh it all carefully; improve yourself, and you improve the multiverse.
Egomaniac: Don't cross me, berk, or I'll think you right out of existence!

Philosophy: To know the multiverse, experience it fully. The senses form the path to truth, for the multiverse doesn't exist beyond what can be sensed.
Factol: Erin Montgomery.
Sigil HQ: Civic Festhall (Clerk's Ward).
Home Field: Arborea (in the Gilded Hall).
Eligibility: Anyone can join.
Allies: Sign of One; occasionally Indeps, Guvners.
Enemies: Doomguard; often Dustmen, Mercykillers.
Namer Abilities: Infravision to 60 feet; gain +1 to saves vs. poison and surprise rolls.
Restrictions: Can't refuse offers that lead to new experiences.
Archetypes:
Hedonist: Party, party, party! Pleasureabove all!
Connoisseur: The rarest experiences are best; doing the same thing over and over is foolish.

Philosophy: Action without thought is the purest response. Train body and mind to act in harmony, and the spirit becomes one with the multiverse.
Factol: Rhys.
Sigil HQ: Great Gymnasium (Guildhall Ward).
Home Field: Elysium.
Eligibility: Members must be at least partly neutral.
Allies: Most factions.
Enemies: Harmonium (suspicion).
Namer Abilities: Gain -1 modifier to initiative rolls.
Restrictions: Once an action is stated, Cipher must commit to that action (he can't change his mind).
Archetypes:
Hair-Trigger: Action, reaction. Why think about it?
Zen Master: Patience, grasshopper. With balance comes harmony.

Philosophy: Chaos is truth, order delusion. Embracing the randomness of the multiverse, one learns its secrets.
Factol: Karan.
Sigil HQ: Hive (Hive Ward).
Home Field: Limbo.
Eligibility: Members must be chaotic.
Allies: Bleak Cabal, Doomguard.
Enemies: Guvners, Harmonium.
Namer Abilities: Babble once per week.
Restrictions: Can't participate in activities that require long-term organization or discipline.
Archetypes:
Chaosmonger: Do the opposite of what everyone else does; be as loony as possible!
Teaser: Chaos is the expected response; frustrate folks by acting (mostly) normal.