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Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea Whirlgrazer
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur)

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 19/19/14/9/4
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/9, 12
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 14 Cha 14

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 4, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 9, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 11, Perform (Flute) 3, Profession (Cook) 3, Profession (Sailor) 8, Ride 7, Search 6, Sense 8, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 8, Survival 8, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge,
Trample, Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack,
Weapon Specialization, Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm,
Improved Feint, Improved Trip, Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw,
Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows, Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored (Bonus Spells Known and Spells Per Day: Charisma 14, on linked sheet)
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Guidance, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Silence, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts/Notable
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu. An experimenter in wizardry, fascinated with man-made magics and the magic of the natural world, and the idea of marrying them together beyond the "safe" scrolls, potions, and runes, even though it's an impossible dream.

Vashi - another bariaur adventurer like Althea, who left on his own a few years shy of her own departure from the island. She was unruly, even for the island tribe's chaotic extraplanar cousins, and a prankster in the way only pixies can appreciate. She delighted in dramatic discord. She left of her own accord after breaking a few hearts and being an overall nuisance and the source of many disturbances. None have seen her since, and apart from family ties, for all they care it's good riddance to bad rubbish.

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat ewe (sheep) body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

(added a flock name. It came as a part of the schism with the greater tribe of bariaurs, who dubbed the splinter tribe "Whirlgrazers" as an insult for wishing to stay in one place, denoting the archipelago of the game's Known World for being the splinter tribe's location of choice for settling down.)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.

Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea Whirlgrazer
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur)

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 19/19/14/9/4
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/9, 12
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 14 Cha 14

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 4, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 9, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 11, Perform (Flute) 3, Profession (Cook) 3, Profession (Sailor) 8, Ride 7, Search 6, Sense 8, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 8, Survival 8, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge,
Trample, Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack,
Weapon Specialization, Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm,
Improved Feint, Improved Trip, Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw,
Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows, Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored (Bonus Spells Known and Spells Per Day: Charisma 14, on linked sheet)
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Guidance, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Silence, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat ewe (sheep) body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

(added a flock name. It came as a part of the schism with the greater tribe of bariaurs, who dubbed the splinter tribe "Whirlgrazers" as an insult for wishing to stay in one place, denoting the archipelago of the game's Known World for being the splinter tribe's location of choice for settling down.)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.

Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea Whirlgrazer
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur)

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 19/19/14/9/4
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/9, 12
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 14 Cha 14

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 4, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 9, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 11, Perform (Flute) 3, Profession (Cook) 3, Profession (Sailor) 8, Ride 7, Search 6, Sense 8, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 8, Survival 8, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge,
Trample, Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack,
Weapon Specialization, Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm,
Improved Feint, Improved Trip, Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw,
Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows, Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored (Bonus Spells Known and Spells Per Day: Charisma 14, on linked sheet)
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Guidance, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Silence, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat ewe (sheep) body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

(added a flock name. It came as a part of the schism with the greater tribe of bariaurs, who dubbed the splinter tribe "Whirlgrazers" as an insult for wishing to stay in one place, denoting the archipelago of the game's Known World for being the splinter tribe's location of choice for settling down.)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.

Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur)

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 19/19/14/9/4
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/9, 12
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 14 Cha 14

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 4, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 9, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 11, Perform (Flute) 3, Profession (Cook) 3, Profession (Sailor) 8, Ride 7, Search 6, Sense 8, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 8, Survival 8, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge,
Trample, Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack,
Weapon Specialization, Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm,
Improved Feint, Improved Trip, Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw,
Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows, Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored (Bonus Spells Known and Spells Per Day: Charisma 14, on linked sheet)
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Guidance, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Silence, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat ewe (sheep) body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.

Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur)

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 19/19/14/9/4
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/9, 12
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 14 Cha 14

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 4, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 9, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 11, Perform (Flute) 3, Profession (Cook) 3, Profession (Sailor) 8, Ride 7, Search 6, Sense 8, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 8, Survival 8, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge,
Trample, Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack,
Weapon Specialization, Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm,
Improved Feint, Improved Trip, Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw,
Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows, Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored (Bonus Spells Known and Spells Per Day: Charisma 14, on linked sheet)
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Guidance, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Silence, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat ewe (sheep) body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.

Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur)

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 19/19/14/9/4
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/9, 12
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 14 Cha 14

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 4, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 9, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 11, Perform (Flute) 3, Profession (Cook) 3, Profession (Sailor) 8, Ride 7, Search 6, Sense 8, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 8, Survival 8, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge,
Trample, Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack,
Weapon Specialization, Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm,
Improved Feint, Improved Trip, Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw,
Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows, Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored (Bonus Spells Known and Spells Per Day: Charisma 14, on linked sheet)
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Guidance, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Silence, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat ewe (sheep) body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.

Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur)

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 19/19/14/9/4
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/9, 12
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 14 Cha 14

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 4, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 9, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 11, Perform (Flute) 3, Profession (Cook) 3, Profession (Sailor) 8, Ride 7, Search 6, Sense 8, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 8, Survival 8, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge,
Trample, Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack,
Weapon Specialization, Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm,
Improved Feint, Improved Trip, Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw,
Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows, Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored (Bonus Spells Known and Spells Per Day: Charisma 14, on linked sheet)
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Guidance, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Silence, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.

Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur) 3

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 19/19/14/9/4
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/10, 13
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 16 Cha 12

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 3, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 8, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 12, Perform (Flute) 2, Profession (Cook) 4, Profession (Sailor) 9, Ride 7, Search 6, Sense 9, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 9, Survival 9, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge,
Trample, Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack,
Weapon Specialization, Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm,
Improved Feint, Improved Trip, Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw,
Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows, Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Guidance, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Silence, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.

Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur) 3

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 20/20/15/10/5
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/10, 13
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 16 Cha 12

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 3, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 8, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 12, Perform (Flute) 2, Profession (Cook) 4, Profession (Sailor) 9, Ride 7,
Search 6, Sense 9, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 9, Survival 9, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle lvl 3)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge, Trample,
Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack, Weapon Specialization,
Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm, Improved Feint, Improved Trip,
Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw, Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows,
Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Detect Poison, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Remove Paralysis, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis, Status
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.

Status: Finished. Waiting on final word

I've seen other people already express interest in this game before I thought about jumping on the bandwagon, so I am cool with waiting for them to get their characters in before mine is considered, in fact I'd hope that is the case.

The house rules make Combat Style of rangers superfluous. If I have understood the Creation Points rules, with that in mind, I've been able to create this Favored Soul 3, UA Variant Ranger 6 build with the Bariaur race from Book of Exalted Deeds, with the aim of advancing Favored spell levels while sticking to Ranger advancement.

Name Althea
Gender female
Race BariaurBook of Exalted Deeds, p.165 (female)
Nationality Crendu
God/Align Ehlonna, NG
Class: Fighter 9, Outsider 3, Favored SoulComplete Divine, p.6 5, Ranger 1
Role Ranged DPR, off-Support
Office Surgeon

Languages: Andaroni, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial

Racial Traits
Large, Quadruped, Darkvision, Outsider (Bariaur) 3

Creation Points 1/19
-12, Favored spell level +4
-4, LA buyout 2
-1, Point-Buy Increase to 30
-1, Skill Group Extraordinary Ability (Heal)

HP 135
AC 19
Defensive Bonus 16
Longbow 20/20/15/10/5
Fort/Ref/Will, Brave: 11/14/10, 13
Speed 40

Str 14 Dex 20 Con 14 Int 16 Wis 16 Cha 12

Skills
Balance 9, Climb 9, Concentration 13, Diplomacy 3, Heal 21, Hide 13, Intimidate 8, Jump 21, Craft (Alchemy) 19,
Knowledge (Geography) 6, Knowledge (Nature) 13, Listen 12, Perform (Flute) 2, Profession (Cook) 4, Profession (Sailor) 9, Ride 7,
Search 6, Sense 9, Silent 10, Spellcraft 5, Spot 9, Survival 9, Swim 12, Use Rope 6

Companion Skills
Spot 16

Class Features
Fighter Bonus Feats, Bravery, Armor Training Lvl 9, Wild Empathy, Track, Favored Enemy (Magical Beast),
Animal Companion (Eagle lvl 3)

Feats
Point Blank Shot, Dodge, Mobility, Mounted Combat, Skill Focus: Heal, Mounted Archery, Ride-by-Attack, Spirited Charge, Trample,
Improved Toughness, Precise Shot, Skill Focus: Concentration, Weapon Focus Longbow, Spring Attack, Weapon Specialization,
Shot on the Run, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Precise Shot, Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm, Improved Feint, Improved Trip,
Whirlwind Attack, Ranged Pin, Improved Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse, Quick Draw, Skill Focus: Jump, Deflect Arrows,
Improved Grapple, Snatch Arrows

Gear
Gloves of Dexterity+2, Mithral Chain Shirt Barding +1, Merciful Str-14 Composite Longbow +2, Unguent of Timelessness,
Healer's Kit x2, Cloak of Resistance 1

Miscellany: Peasant Outfit, Backpack, Saddlebags, Rations x4, Torch x4, Sewing Needle, Paper Sheet x10, Inkpen x2, Ink vial,
Lamp x2, Oil x2, Sack, Bucket, Soap, Vial x10, Flint and Steel, Waterskin, Blanket, Artisan's Tools (chef), 5g

On-Ship: Alchemist's Lab (set up in personal cabin, or the surgeon station)

Money: 1610g 2sp, 6cp

Spells
Favored
0th: Stabilize, Light, Purify F/D, Detect Poison, Create Water, Mending
1st: Endure Elements, Sanctuary, Entropic Field, Cure Lite Wounds
2nd: Cure Mod, Remove Paralysis, Lesser Restoration

Skill Group Spells (Ex)
Heal Level
0th - Detect Poison, Stabilize
1st - Cure Light Wounds
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, Delay Poison, Remove Paralysis, Status
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds. Remove Blindness / Deafness, Remove Disease
4th - Cure Critical Wounds, Neutralize Poison
5th - Mass Cure Light Wounds
6th - Heal, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds

Contacts
Lathinar - Elf druid, childhood friend on Crendu

Appearance
Althea has a "just-washed in the river" look, wearing her hair long and swept back behind horns and ears. Before becoming a freebooter, Althea used to wear naught but a bra. Even after being introduced to the revolutionary notion of covering more skin than utility demands, the barrier between said skin now includes chain barding over a padded caparison and tunic. The paint on her face, in keeping with the traditions of her tribe, sets her apart as the exotic fish out of water on the roster. Of course, this is all incidental to her four-legged lower goat body, with a tan, shorthaired pelt.

Personality
Althea was demure during her life on the island, secretly proud of her talent. On deck, she prefers to be more scarce, wary of the intentions of the odd crewman willing to try a different rack of lamb, so to speak, and has sharpened her tongue and turned capricious after one such misadventure. Nevertheless, she is gentle in the triage cabin and genial in the galley. She misses the forests of Crendu dearly, and values any shore leave near foliage where she can run free and breathe in the country air. She also enjoys sweet wines.

Background
When the stars are right, the limits of the planes of the Great Wheel grow thin and may merge with ours, marking the beginning of many new journeys and journey's end for beings flying hither and thither across the firmament. One such people were a grand tribe of half man, half ram creatures, the nomadic bariaurs of Ysgard; a handful of their kin, weary of the petitioners of the Nordic gods, chose to settle in the forests of our world and foster a close kinship with the druids on the island of Crendu.

To a pairing among these fast friends of the druids was born a horned eweling who found herself the object of sectarian debate over whether she was marked by Ehlonna or Tyr, a debate that grew more spirited when she began to work minor miracles. Both the druids and her kin agreed on one thing: the eweling must be prepared for a journey of her own, while the elders petitioned the gods for a sign to reveal her destiny. Until Tyr and Ehlonna broke their silence, the eweling, named Althea, was allowed to pursue a calling among her natural talents, among which she discovered an aptitude for healing, and felling big game.

In the year that followed Althea's twenty-fourth winter, an Andaroni ship named "Swift Vengeance" made landfall after a recent skirmish, with several officers in critical condition. The healers of the tribe had their hands full already after a hunt gone wrong, landing these officers in Althea's tent at her juniors' tender mercies until she could return from slaying a rampaging dire bear and its mate with the warriors, though she did return in time to take over and apply a dear reprieve to her new patients with a proper application of pain-soothing salve, healing the fatal wounds with her miracles the following day.

The captain of the Swift Vengeance was very impressed and offered to hire Althea on the spot. The druids and the tribe were in agreement and urged Althea to go, believing that Ehlonna's design for her life lay outside of the land of her birth. Perhaps sailing while serving the captain would lead her by the godess's benevolent will? Or, perhaps Tyr's, as the druids and the tribe had not yet reached a consensus on that issue. Unsure, but guided by her inner voice, she agreed to ride with the Swift Vengeance for a few days' journey to a port to resupply and hire fresh meat, during which she would have a trial run and get her sea legs.

(Enter: Purple Dragon Inn)

Inspiration: Canopus in Tactics Ogre

I chose Favored Soul to start out because it is hard to find a female ram-taur or cervitaur without horns, as they do not have them. My explanation in-lore is that her horns are a manifestation of Ehlonna's divine portent.