Vedast Posted November 18, 2023 Clone Share Posted November 18, 2023 (edited) Kraawkaw Tengu (Skyborn) • Scholar (Arcana) • Cloistered Cleric of Nethys 1 Medium • LN • Speed 25 • Low Light Vision Primary Roles: healing, support casting Secondary Roles: face; arcane lore & debuffing casting Languages: Mwangi (Regional Common); Tengu; Draconic; Sylvan Abilities Strength 10 (+0) • Dexterity 14 (+0) • Constitution 10 (+0) • Intelligence 14 (+2) • Wisdom 16 (+3) • Charisma 14 (+2) Boosts • Ancestry: +DEX +WIS • Background: +INT +CHA • Class: +WIS • Free: +CHA +DEX +INT +WIS • LVL Adventuring & Combat HP: 14 Perception +6 • Trained +3 • Wis +3 • Item 0 • Senses: Low Light Vision (Ancestry Feature) Speed 25' Class DC 16 • Trained +3 • Base 10 • WIS +3 • Item 0 Armor and Shields AC: 15 (16) Trained (unarmored) +3 DEX +2 Shield Spell (+1 AC bonus) Saving Throws • Fortitude +3 • Trained +3 • Con +0 • Item 0 • Reflex +5 • Trained +3 • Dex +2 • Item 0 • Will +8 • Expert +5 • Wis +3 • Item 0 Skyborn Tengu: You take no damage from falling, regardless of the distance you fall. Link Weapon Proficiencies • Trained in simple weapons; unarmed attacks; staff • Trained in Unarmored Defense Unarmed: BeakWith your sharp beak, you are never without a weapon. You have a beak unarmed attack that deals 1d6 piercing damage. Your beak is in the brawling weapon group and has the finesse and unarmed traits. +5/+0/-5 • Trained +3 • Dex +2 • Item 0 • Damage 1d6+0 P • Finesse; Unarmed Melee: Staff +3/-2/-7 • Trained +3 • STR +0 • Item 0 • Damage 1d4+0 2H d8+0 Ranged: Background: Scholar (Arcana) Link Skills Acrobatics +2 • Untrained +0 • Dex +2 • Item 0 Arcana +5 • Trained +3 • Int +2 • Item 0 Athletics +0 • Untrained +0 • Str +0 • Item 0 • Armor -0 Crafting +2 • Untrained +0 • Int +2 • Item 0 Deception +2 • Untrained +0 • Cha +2 • Item 0 Diplomacy +5 • Trained +3 • Cha +2 • Item 0 Intimidation +5 • Trained +3 • Cha +2 • Item 0 Lore: Academia +5 • Trained +3 • Int +2 • Item 0 Lore: Magaambya +5 • Trained +3 • Int +2 • Item 0 Medicine +6 • Trained +3 • Wis +3 • Item 0 Nature +3 • Untrained 0 • Wis +3 • Item 0 Occultism +2 • Unrained +0 • Int +2 • Item 0 Performance +2 • Untrained 0 • Cha +2 • Item 0 Religion +6 • Trained +3 • Wis +3 • Item 0 Society +2 • Untrained 0 • Int +2 • Item 0 Stealth +5 • Trained +3 • Dex +2 • Item 0 • Armor -0 Survival +3 • Trained +0 • Wis +3 • Item 0 Thievery +2 • Untained +0 • Dex +2 • Item 0 Deity Divine Spellcasting Deity (Nethys) Edicts seek out magical power and use it Anathema pursue mundane paths over magical ones Healing Font Knowledge Domain Feats Ancestry Feats Squawk (1st level) Link Skill Feats Assurance (Arcana) (1st level) Link Class Feats Domain Initiate (Doctrine) Link Spells & Powers Spell Attack Bonus: Divine (T) +6 Spell DC Divine 16 Focus Points 1 Spells/Day: 5/2 CantripsHeighted Level: 1 Forbidding Ward Guidance Light Needle Darts Shield Focus SpellsScholarly Recollection Divine Spells (First Level)Fear Magic Missile (Nethys granted spell) Inventory Money: Syntax for items (g.sc; b) g = gp; s = sp; c = cp; b = bulk). After 1st visit to the Powderpile See Purse below for monies carried on person. GP: 6 SP: 41 CP: 10 Armor & Shield: Adventurer's Clothing (0.10; L) Weapons: Holy Symbol (1.00*; L) * improvised cost (between wood & silver). Ceramic mosaic amulet of the "Mask of Nethys." Worn on a chain about the belt of the habit (which is the equivalent of Adventurer's Clothing). Adventurer's Pack (1.50; 1 (bulk errata'd 2 => 1)): Backpack (from Adventurer's Pack): Bedroll Soap Flint & Steel Rope (50') Torch (x5) Chalk (x10) Rations (2 weeks) waterskin Smokesticks Lesser x3 (3.00; L) Beltpouch #1 Purse: 2 gp; 8 sp; 10 cp Writing Set (1.00; L) Beltpouch #2 Chunk of iron (spell component) (free?; L) Chunk of cold iron (10.00 gp; L) Chunk of silver (10.00 gp; L) Worn Healer's tools (5.00; 1) x2 Antidote Lesser (3.00; L) Antiplague Lesser (3.00; L) Misc: Hourglass (3.00; L) not carried. Room ornament. Bulk Limit: 5 Total Bulk Carried: 4 + 2L => 4 Status: Unencumbered Appearance Age: 24 years (age though is difficult for non-avians to determine) 4' 7" tall 50# dark grey feathers, but head feathers dyed black and white like a Mask of Nethys. black eyes Personality Tengus are something of a flock prey species: gregarious and wary. Kraawkaw exhibits these traits. Charismatic and diplomatic he manages to get along with most around him. He fights a sense of isolation, however, due to his somewhat singular nature at the Magaambya: racially; religiously; and, of course, because of the tension he walks between the two great threads of magical weaving: the Church of Nethys and the secular magicians. He was something of a tabula rasa: the question was, what sort of portrait would the experiences at the Magaambya paint? (This is tied to character development, see below, in terms of doubling down on divination arcane school and ancestry feats tied to fortune effects.) Alignment: LN although morally ambiguous regarding magic, Kraawkaw, like other Tengus, is beholden to his flock. Additionally, he is devout and loyal to the Church of Nethys. As such, he tends to be lawful as regards authority or ties he views as binding. On the other axis, he is not cruel, but the residual aspects of being a prey species lends itself to an "any means to survive" perspective. As a cleric of Nethys, magical knowledge and prowess is to be sought for its own sake. History/Background A one-time pirate warehouse in the Shackles; now a small chapter house of the Church of Nethys whose followers and practitioners were of the semi-avian race known as the Tengu. The two elders watched the young 'bird' named Kraawkaw depart. I still wonder why the Magaambya would accept one of us after all this time? I suspect the ancient aphorism still holds true: keep your enemies closer? Are we enemies? Rivals then, if you wish. You know what the majority of the faculty there think about our Church and the Divine Master's claim to authority over all things magical. Well, yes, but not all of them oppose us. Perhaps not. Some of the more individualistic are too short-sighted to consider such matters; others prune themselves on being above such 'religious' matters and view us as holding on to a fading dream, best to be ignored or tolerated much like children. But? Yes, but. But there are the naturalists ... those who hide themselves behind the facade of "magic is the cure for the world's ills," but seek only the means to a new sort of domination. The Apsis Consortium is not the only trans-political power base in the world. They are dangerous not only for this, but because they see no limitations on their own power in magic -- and they will bring ruin if left unchecked. And so ... what of Kraawkaw? What does he know of all this? Very little, but enough. His instructions are to excel as a student in the Cascade Bearers Branch; to watch and observe. To do nothing that would jeopardize his situation there as a student. His training emphasized the lore of the Magaambya Academy as well as general matters pertaining to arcane scholarship. He will not be as naive as external appearance might suggest. Surely some there at the Magaambya will be suspicious? Many there will treat him with derision or disdain. Of course. And some there may think to use him against us. A dangerous game, especially for one so young and inexperienced. Just so. But a game that can only be played by the young and inexperienced. Just as our Master bears the two faces where Madness meets Truth, so our sending this innocent fledgling into the camp of our ... ah ... rivals may be Madness & Revelation. And, I deem that the vicissitudes of Fate run strongly in our fledgling: I suspect he has the spark of Divination. It shall be interesting to observe what he becomes. The Cascade Bearers is a fitting Branch for his Talents -- if I may make so poor a pun. This was the ambiguous nature of Kraawkaw's sponsorship to the Magaambya: a neophyte priest of Nethys, God of Magic, now a student at the ostensibly secular magical academy known as the Magaambya. Character Plan: Cascade Bearers Branch at the Magaambya. To take the Wizard Dedication at 2nd level. Probably Divination School. And to take some of the Tengu "Fortune" feats, e.g. Eat Fortune. NOTE: There is no intention here from this background for the character to work against the Magaambya's interests during the AP. I thought it might be interesting to explore some aspects of "faith and reason" within the Game Setting, however, and how divine and arcane magics interrelate with aspects of cooperation and tension. 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Vedast Posted November 26, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted November 26, 2023 (edited) Kraawkaw Kraawkaw Cloistered Cleric of Nethys 1 LN Medium Tengu Skyborn Tengu Humanoid Perception +6; Low-Light Vision Languages Mwangi (Common), Tengu, Draconic, Sylvan Skills Acrobatics +2, Arcana +5, Athletics +0, Diplomacy +5, Intimidation +5, Lore: Academia +5, Lore: Lore (Magaambya) +5, Medicine +6, Religion +6, Stealth +5 Str +0, Dex +2, Con +0, Int +2, Wis +3, Cha +2 Items Unarmored, Backpack, Bedroll, Chalk (10), Flint and Steel, Rope, Rations (2), Torch (5), Waterskin, Soap, Antidote (Lesser), Antiplague (Lesser), Healer's Tools, Writing Set, Religious Symbol (Ceramic) AC 15; Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +8 HP 14 Squawk! Trigger You critically fail a Deception, Diplomacy, or Intimidation check against a creature that doesn't have the tengu trait. You let out an awkward squawk, ruffle your feathers, or fake some other birdlike tic to cover up a social misstep or faux pas. You get a failure on the triggering check, rather than a critical failure. All creatures that witnessed you Squawk are temporarily immune for 24 hours. Speed 25 feet Antidote (Lesser) (Alchemical, Consumable, Elixir, Healing) Activate Interact Antiplague (Lesser) (Alchemical, Consumable, Elixir, Healing) Activate Interact Divine Prepared Spells DC 16, attack +6; 1st Heal, Heal, Heal; Cantrips Divine Prepared Spells DC 16, attack +6; 1st Magic Missile, Fear; Cantrips Detect Magic, Guidance, Light, Needle Darts, Shield Focus Spells (1 points) Scholarly Recollection Speaking a short prayer as you gather your thoughts, you're blessed to find that your deity gave you just the right bit of information for your situation. Roll the triggering check twice and use the better result. Additional Feats Assurance, Domain Initiate, Skyborn Tengu Additional Specials Anathema, Deity, Divine Font (Healing Font), Divine Spellcasting, Doctrine (Cloistered Cleric), Domain Initiate (Knowledge), Sharp Beak Skyborn TenguYour bones may be especially light, you may be a rare tengu with wings, or your connection to the spirits of wind and sky might be stronger than most, slowing your descent through the air. You take no damage from falling, regardless of the distance you fall.; Scholar (Arcana)You have a knack for learning, and sequestered yourself from the outside world to learn all you could. You read about so many wondrous places and things in your books, and always dreamed about one day seeing the real things. Eventually, that curiosity led you to leave your studies and become an adventurer. Choose two ability boosts. One must be to Intelligence or Wisdom, and one is a free ability boost. You’re trained in your choice of the Arcana, Nature, Occultism, or Religion skill, and the Academia Lore skill. You gain the Assurance skill feat in your chosen skill.; Cloistered Cleric of Nethys (1) Magaambya Branch: TBD (Primary) TBD (Secondary) HP: 14/14 | AC: 15 (16): Explorer's ClothingEssentially Kraawkaw's habit as a Priest of Nethys White (really flax) tunic Leather cincture Black mantle Holy Symbol: a ceramic mosaic of the Face of Nethys. It is held by a chain, secured to the cincture. (shield spell) | Speed: 25' | Low-Light VisionA creature with low-light vision can see in dim light as though it were bright light, so it ignores the concealed condition due to dim light. | Lang: Mwangi (Common); Tengu; Draconic; Sylvan | Hero Pts: 1 Perception (T): +6 ▪ Init: +6 | Fort (T): +3 | Ref (T): +5| Will (E): +8 | | SkillsTrained: Arcana (+5); Diplomacy (+5); Intimidation (+5); Lore/Academia (+5); Lore/Magaambya (+5); Medicine (+6); Religion (+6); Stealth (+5); Untrained: Acrobatics (+2); Athletics (+0); Crafting (+0); Deception (+2); Nature (+3); Occultism (+2); Performance (+2); Society (+2); Survival (+3); Thievery (+2) | AttributesSTR +0 DEX +2 CON +0 INT +2 WIS +3 CHA +2 | AttacksUnarmed: Sharp Beak +5/+0/-5 • Trained +3 • Dex +2 • Item 0 • Damage 1d6 P • Finesse; Unarmed; Brawling Melee: Ranged: | Divine DC (ATK): 16 (+6) | Focus Points 1/1 | OOC ACTIONS Edited December 5, 2023 by Vedast (see edit history) Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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