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About Zalona

Brazen Deceiver / Sound Striker Bard 2 | HP 15/15 | AC 14 / T 12 / FF 12 | Fort +0 / Ref +5 / Will +4 | CMB 2 / CMD 14 | Initiative +2 | Bardic Performance 8/8 (Inspire Courage +1) | Perception +8 | Spells 1L 3/3 | Low-light vision | Special: -1 vs Fear / +2 vs Transmutation

=== Basics ===
STR 12 (+1) [2 points]
DEX 14 (+2) [2 points, +2 racial]
CON 10 (+0) [2 points, -2 racial]
INT 14 (+2) [2 points, +2 racial]
WIS 12 (+1) [2 points]
CHA 14 (+2) [5 points]

HP method: Max first level, then half + 1. [also +1 from favored class bonus]
Movement: 30 feet
CMB 2 (BAB +Str mod) / CMD 14 (10 +BAB +Str mod +Dex mod)
BAB +1

=== Resistances / Penalties ===

–1 penalty on saving throws against fear effects, and the DC of any Intimidate check to demoralize you is reduced by 1.
+2 racial bonus on saving throws against transmutation spells and spell-like effects.
+2 to CMD when resisting disarm or sunder

=== Weapons ===
Melee
Morningstar | +2 Attack | 1d8+1 Damage | x2 Critical | Bludgeoning and Piercing

Ranged
Longbow | +3 Attack | 1d8 Damage | x3 Critical | 100 foot range | Piercing

=== Armor ===
Leather Armor (+2)

=== Traits ===
Trap Finder (campaign) [You gain a +1 trait bonus on Disable Device checks, and that skill is always a class skill for you. In addition, you can use Disable Device to disarm magic traps, like a rogue.]
Two-World Magic (Magic) [Free Zero Level spell from another class list]

=== Drawback ===

Secret Shame [You have a terrible fear of _my family and the elves back home_ learning a shameful truth about you. Effect(s): You take a –1 penalty on saving throws against fear effects, and the DC of any Intimidate check to demoralize you is reduced by 1.]

=== Feats ===
Breadth of Experience [Although still young for your kind, you have a lifetime of knowledge and training. Prerequisites: Dwarf, elf, or gnome; 100+ years old. Benefit: You get a +2 bonus on all Knowledge and Profession skill checks, and can make checks with those skills untrained.]
Spellsong (Bonus from Blatant Subtlety) [You can combine your bardic performance and your spellcasting in two ways. First, you can conceal the activity of casting a bard spell by masking it in a performance. As a swift action, you may combine your casting time of a spell with a Perform check. Observers must make a Perception or Sense Motive check opposed by your Perform check to realize you are also casting a spell. This uses 1 round of your bardic performance ability, regardless of the spell’s casting time.
Second, as a move action, you can use 1 round of bardic performance to maintain a bard spell with a duration of concentration. You can cast another spell in the same round you are using bardic magic to maintain concentration; if you do this, your concentration on the maintained spell ends when you end the bardic performance the spell is part of.]

=== Racial Abilities ===

Elven Magic [Elves receive a +2 racial bonus on caster level checks made to overcome spell resistance. In addition, elves receive a +2 racial bonus on Spellcraft skill checks made to identify the properties of magic items.]
Keen Senses [Elves receive a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks.]
Low-Light Vision [Elves can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.]
Perfect [The eerie beauty of some elves cannot be denied. Elves with this racial trait receive a +1 racial bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks against humanoids and a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against transmutation spells and spell-like effects. This racial trait replaces elven immunities.]
Weapon Familiarity [Elves are proficient with longbows (including composite longbows), longswords, rapiers, and shortbows (including composite shortbows), and treat any weapon with the word “elven” in its name as a martial weapon.]

=== Class Abilities ===

Blatant Subtlety [At 2nd level, a brazen deceiver has mastered the art of using magic without being detected. The brazen deceiver gains Spellsong as a bonus feat. Observers do not automatically recognize his bardic performances as anything other than ordinary speech or performance. Those specifically looking for abnormal effects must succeed at a Sense Motive check (DC = 10 + half the brazen deceiver’s bard level + the brazen deceiver’s Charisma modifier) to detect his performances. This ability replaces well-versed.]
Deceptive Tale (Su) [A brazen deceiver learns the deceptive tale bardic performance, allowing him to weave magic into his lies and imbue the most fantastic claims with the appearance of truth. While the brazen deceiver maintains this performance, he takes half the normal penalty on Bluff checks for unlikely lies (rounding down to -2). At 5th level, this effect also applies to Bluff checks for far-fetched lies, and at 11th level, it applies to Bluff checks for impossible lies. Deceptive tale relies on audible components. This replaces the countersong and distraction bardic performances.]
Invoke the Blood [A brazen deceiver adds the following spells to his bard spells known at the listed class levels. At 2nd level, the brazen deceiver adds bleed and touch of fatigue to his 0-level bard spells known. At 6th level, the brazen deceiver adds darkness and darkvision to his 2nd-level bard spells known. At 10th level, he adds shadow conjuration and shadow step to his 4th-level bard spells known. At 14th level, he adds shadow evocation and shadow walk to his 5th-level bard spells known. At 18th level, he adds greater shadow conjuration and greater shadow evocation to his 6th-level bard spells known. This ability replaces versatile performance.]
Shameless Scoundrel (Ex) [A brazen deceiver adds half his level (minimum +1) on Bluff, Disguise, and Stealth checks. This ability replaces bardic knowledge.]
Weapon and Armor Proficiency [A bard is proficient with all simple weapons, plus the longsword, rapier, sap, shortsword, shortbow, and whip. Bards are also proficient with light armor and shields (except tower shields). A bard can cast bard spells while wearing light armor and using a shield without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance.]

3rd Level -- Wordstrike
5th Level -- Devil's Tongue
5th Level -- Inspire Courage goes up to +2
6th Level -- Invoke the Blood (add spells)
6th Level -- Weird Words
10th Level -- Invoke the Blood (add spells)
10th Level -- Jack of All Trades
11th Level -- Inspire Courage goes up to +3
14th Level -- Invoke the Blood (add spells)
17th Level -- Inspire Courage goes up to +4
18th Level -- Invoke the Blood (add spells)
20th Level -- Adoring Fan

-- Bardic Performances --

Deceptive Tale (halves penalties for unlikely lies)
Fascinate
Inspire Courage (+1)

8th Level -- Dirge of Doom
9th Level -- Inspire Greatness
12th Level -- Soothing Performance
14th Level -- Frightening Tune
15th Level -- Inspire Heroics
18th Level -- Mass Suggestion
20th Level -- Deadly Performance