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Here's a new character based off my gnome oracle from the RPG.
He has d12 Charisma to supplement, but no Diplomacy, to differentiate him from Seoni. His Dexterity is d8 for Weapon Finesse. The d8 in Intelligence is a result of my crusade to ensmarten the characters; It also helped with the selection of mysteries for the role cards. Of the remaining dice, Constitution is d6 to reflect the Gnomes' Con bonus.
His basic powers are a mix of Seoni's and Kyra's. Like Seoni, his spontaneous casting lets him recharge his spells. He also has Kyra's cure conversion, although a smidge weaker to allow for the Life role to improve it further. He also has Weapon Finesse, to let him make better use of his Melee skill (Although I'm hesitating between this wording and giving him Melee: Dex+3 when using finesse weapons)
Roles:
Mysteries of Life
The healing-focused role
The most significant power would have to be the change to Channel Energy. Unlike Kyra, Glim can use this power on some or all of his allies in one casting, by paying the cost multiple times. The change from reveal to display is because the intention isn't to let Glim heal himself last and restore all the cards he used to heal his allies. The ability to banish a spell to gain a new one reflects the bonus spells gained from the mystery; the randomness shows that the oracle receives powers he didn't ask for. His unique blessing power lets him turn his cure spells into Major Cure; the blessing is revealed then recharged so it is not shuffled in with the other cards.
Mysteries of Lore
The knowledge-focused role
Unlike Life Glim, Lore Glim doesn't upgrade his cure conversion into Channel Energy. Instead, he gets to convert a card into a better Spyglass at the cost of his first exploration with Automatic Writing. His Whirlwind Lessons help alleviate the lack of Intelligence of most characters with extra dice; since everyone is really dumb, I feel comfortable using a die as high as d8.
Hmm, I do find it a bit odd that he doesn't have any armors in his deck but starts with light armor proficiency (and can go up to heavy). I feel like starting with none, and being able to select light might be a better fit.
The wording on Weapon Finesse also looks a bit off. When using a weapon with the finesse trait, you could use your dexterity die, but then you wouldn't be getting any use of your melee +3 skill. I think better wording could be "When using a weapon with the finesse trait, treat your strength die as a d8" or "When using a weapon with the finesse trait, you gain the skill Melee: Dexterity +3"
I really like a lot of the role powers. Automatic Writings, Channel Energy, and Mysteries seem like a lot of fun, although the latter can be exploited fairly easily, by banishing the card you get to keep drawing random cards. It's good that it's capped at once a turn, but after a scenario or two of using it, he can end up with pretty much any spell cards he wants to put in his deck.
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I've dropped the armour proficiency and modified Mysteries so it's less abusable. I might change it to something completely different, because it sticks out like a sore thumb among the positive energy themed powers; I'm thinking some form of either Combat Healer or Life Link.
For Weapon Finesse, the original intent was to let Glim effectively have Melee: Dexterity +3 when handling a Finesse Weapon. I made it more explicit and also gave him Weapon proficiency in this context to let him use Short Swords as his starting weapons.
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I've just given him and my other characters a starting deck list. The deck list is not supposed to be optimised; like the deck lists in the rulebook, the list is meant to fit his personality, while leaving cards for the other characters* and for him to strive for.
*I'm only taking my custom characters into account, not the base game characters