About Zeph Ornelos
Zeph Ornelos aka “The Prodigal”
Male (Chelaxian/Varisian) human diviner 13
LN Medium humanoid
Init +15 (3 Dex +4 Feat +2 Trait +6 Forewarned) ; +19 Perception
Languages Common, Ancient Orisian, Chelaxian, Infernal, Thasillonian
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Defense
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
AC 20 (+5 Armor, +3 Dex, +2 Natural), 13 Touch, 17 Flatfooted
hp 94/94
Fort +10
Ref +11
Will +14
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Offense
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Spd 30 ft.
Melee silver dagger +7
Ranged +9 ranged touch attack
Space 5 ft. Reach 5 ft.
BAB+6; CMB +7; CMD 20
Attack Options
Spells Prepared (CL 13th; 14th for Evocation Spells;+15 to CL Checks overcome spell resistance; +16 for Evocation Spells)
7th 2/2 +1/1 – Delayed Blast Fireball, Greater Scrying, Banishment
6th 3/3 + 1/1 – Chain Lightning, Disintegrate, Scorching Ray (quickened), True Seeing,
5th 4/4 + 1/1 – Contact Other Planes, Dismissal, Permanency, Shield (quickened), Teleport
4th 5/5 + 1/1 – Dimension Door (2x), Scrying, Shout (2x), Stoneskin
3rd 6/6 + 1/1 – Blink, Clairaudience/Clairvoyance, Dispel Magic (2x), Fireball, Lightning Bolt, Vampiric Touch
2nd 6/6 + 1/1 – Alter Self, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Locate Object, Scorching Ray (2x), See Invisibility
1st 6/6 + 1/1 – Burning Hands (2x), Identify, Magic Missile (2x), Shield (2x)
0th At Will – Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Mage Hand, Message
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Stats
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Str 12, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 24, Wis 14, Cha 12
SQ Human Traits, arcane bond (ring of evasion)
Feats Alertness, Combat Casting, Greater Spell Focus (Evocation), Improved Initiative, Quicken Spell, Scribe Spell, Silent Spell, Skill Focus (Spellcraft), Spell Focus (Evocation), Toughness, Varisian Tattoo (Evocation)
Skills Appraise +20, Knowledge (Arcana) +23, Knowledge (History) +23, Knowledge (Local) +23, Knowledge (Planes) +23, Linguistics +23, Perception +19, Sense Motive +23, Spellcraft +29
Traits Bastard, Reactionary
Equipment
Robe of the Archmagi (Gray)
Ring of Evasion
Ring of Sustenance
Amulet of Natural Armor +2
Headband of Intelligence +4
Spell Component pouch
13,500gp left
5+ Point Character Concept
1) as stated above, Zeph is the illegitimate son of Toff Ornelos, headmaster of the Acadamae;
2) he graduated the Acadamae with honors despite specializing in Divination rather than Conjuration;
3) he is a skilled battlemage (lots of offensive spells prepared);
4) he believes in preparation, preparation and preparation as the key to winning any contest; to this end, he uses divination and mundane means of information gathering to anticipate all contingencies;
5) Zeph leads a double life: the respectable adventurer by day and by night, the mysterious information broker catering to the criminal underworld known as "The Prodigal."
6) Zeph earned most of his wealth by participating in a number of dungeon delves like the one that found the Hollow Mountain.
Two Goals to be Achieved
1) as a graduate of the Acadamae, he wants to etch his name as a winner of the Breaching Festival;
2) on personal level, he wants to achieve some form of closure with Toff and his treatment of Zeph and his mother;
Two Secrets
1) Zeph knows he is the illegitimate son of Toff Ornelos;
2) but what he does not know is that someone disguised as Toff Ornelos killed his mother;
Some Persons with Whom Zeph has some sort of Connection
1) Toff Ornelos -- illegitimate father, on the one hand, Zeph hates his guts for abandoning him and his mother, on the other, he feels some measure of pride that he traces his lineage from one of Korvosa's noble families;
2) Guildmaster Boule -- leader of the Cerulean Society with whom The Prodigal does most of his business; (The fat SOB does not know that Zeph works to supplant him)
3) Volshyenek Ornelos -- killed Zeph's mother to cow Toff into submission; (he's an unknown adversary)
4) Some of the present faculty of the Acadamae are Zeph's contemporaries: the Dean of Evocation bullied him when they were young (Zeph will probably accept any challenge made by him to duel).
Memories that define Zeph as a person at present
1) the murder of his mother, the desire to find the identity of the killer has fueled Zeph's choice of divination as his field of specialization as well as keeping his spell list well-stocked with evocation spells.
2) bullying suffered at the hands of students at the Acadamae who made fun of him for his lack of family, again a reason for him having a well-stocked spell list;
3) Discovery of Toff Ornelos as his father, feelings of betrayal at the years of lack of paternal guidance.
Fears
He fears that he is under the eye of an enemy that he cannot identify.
