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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 3009073" data-attributes="member: 16760"><p><strong>Dr. John Raven</strong>, Expert 2 / Adept 4</p><p></p><p>Core Ability: Expertise</p><p></p><p>Virtue: Determined</p><p>Vice: Arrogant (with a touch of Pedantic and Rude, too <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Conviction: 6</p><p></p><p>Str: +0</p><p>Dex: +1</p><p>Con: +0</p><p>Int: +3</p><p>Wis: +1</p><p>Cha: +2</p><p></p><p><strong>Combat Bonus:</strong> +3</p><p></p><p>Attack +4, Defense 17 (dodge), Toughness +0</p><p></p><p><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +1, Reflex +2, Will +6</p><p></p><p><strong>Background:</strong> Two-Fisted Professor</p><p> Bonus Skills: Knowledge (Behavioral Sciences), Knowledge (History)</p><p> Bonus Feats: Canny Dodge, Eidetic Memory</p><p> Favored Feats: Skill Mastery, Well-Informed</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p></p><p>Bluff +11 (9 ranks)</p><p>Concentration +5 (4 ranks)</p><p>Diplomacy +11 (9 ranks)</p><p>Gather Information +11 (9 ranks)</p><p>Knowledge (Behavioral Sciences) +8 (5 ranks)</p><p>Knowledge (History) +8 (5 ranks)</p><p>Knowledge (Supernatural) +12 (9 ranks)</p><p>Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) +8 (5 ranks)</p><p>Language (7 ranks)</p><p>Medicine +5 (4 ranks)</p><p>Notice +5 (4 ranks)</p><p>Perform (dance) +3 (1 rank)</p><p>Ride +2 (1 rank)</p><p>Search +7 (4 ranks)</p><p>Sense Motive +9 (7 ranks)</p><p>Sleight of Hand +5 (4 ranks)</p><p>Survival +5 (4 ranks)</p><p></p><p>Languages Known: English (native), Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hawaiian, Hindi/Urdu, Japanese, Maori, Navajo, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog. (Also note the Linguist feat below. Dr. Raven is one of those stereotypical professors who speak every language everywhere. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Honor may even force me to spend Conviction on Expertise to speak unknown languages for a scene.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Feats:</strong></p><p></p><p>Canny Dodge (Int)</p><p>Eidetic Memory</p><p>Fascinate (Diplomacy)</p><p>Firearms Training</p><p>Linguist</p><p>Second Chance (being possessed or mind-controlled)</p><p>Well-Informed</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers</strong> (Int-based, all at rank 7):</p><p></p><p>Dominate (Spirits only, but Mind Touch is built in)</p><p>Scrying</p><p>Second Sight</p><p>Ward (hedges out spirits)</p><p></p><p>Dr. Raven is an anthropologist technically affiliated with the University of Arizona in Tuscon, but he is often absent on adventures that circumnavigate the globe, always searching out new "magical" knowledge. Starting with the Indian tribes of the American Southwest, he has branched out into innumerable cultures on every continent. A maverick in his field (who claims, among other things, that spirits and magic really exist), Doc Raven delights in being unconventional and mysteriously exotic, even a bit fashionably scandalous. For one thing, he wears his straight black hair long, flowing down to his waist. (He has a smidge of Navajo blood, but other than the hair, he could be from Nebraska by his looks.) Women often find him fascinating in an exotic way, but so far he isn't the type to settle down... and if he loves 'em before he leaves 'em, well, a gentleman never tells.</p><p></p><p>He has ideas about the rights of native peoples against commercial exploitation that some might think a shade pinko, and he professes to be unsure whether democracy, as good as it is in the US of A, is best for every culture on the planet - but woe betide the man who dares to question his identity as a patriotic, red-blooded American! Anyway, everybody is forced to admit that ol' Karl Marx didn't think much of shamanism.</p><p></p><p>Yes, Doc Raven (or often just "Raven" to his native pals) is a shaman - or claims to be. He's been inducted into more tribes and secret societies than you can shake a stick at. He seems to know more than he should, but any inquiry is liable to be met with a mysterious, silent smile or else a quip to the effect that "Nobody believes in that hocus-pocus mumbo-jumbo, right?" He takes crows and ravens very seriously as omens. [In fact, I seriously considered the Visions power, but wasn't sure if you wanted the headache, Trilobite.]</p><p></p><p>The Doc can hold his own in a fight, but he much prefers to talk people down. He doesn't look remotely Irish, but he's picked up the gift of gab from somewhere, that's for sure... In any language he can hold people spellbound - maybe literally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 3009073, member: 16760"] [B]Dr. John Raven[/B], Expert 2 / Adept 4 Core Ability: Expertise Virtue: Determined Vice: Arrogant (with a touch of Pedantic and Rude, too :) Conviction: 6 Str: +0 Dex: +1 Con: +0 Int: +3 Wis: +1 Cha: +2 [B]Combat Bonus:[/B] +3 Attack +4, Defense 17 (dodge), Toughness +0 [B]Saves:[/B] Fort +1, Reflex +2, Will +6 [B]Background:[/B] Two-Fisted Professor Bonus Skills: Knowledge (Behavioral Sciences), Knowledge (History) Bonus Feats: Canny Dodge, Eidetic Memory Favored Feats: Skill Mastery, Well-Informed [B]Skills:[/B] Bluff +11 (9 ranks) Concentration +5 (4 ranks) Diplomacy +11 (9 ranks) Gather Information +11 (9 ranks) Knowledge (Behavioral Sciences) +8 (5 ranks) Knowledge (History) +8 (5 ranks) Knowledge (Supernatural) +12 (9 ranks) Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) +8 (5 ranks) Language (7 ranks) Medicine +5 (4 ranks) Notice +5 (4 ranks) Perform (dance) +3 (1 rank) Ride +2 (1 rank) Search +7 (4 ranks) Sense Motive +9 (7 ranks) Sleight of Hand +5 (4 ranks) Survival +5 (4 ranks) Languages Known: English (native), Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hawaiian, Hindi/Urdu, Japanese, Maori, Navajo, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog. (Also note the Linguist feat below. Dr. Raven is one of those stereotypical professors who speak every language everywhere. :) Honor may even force me to spend Conviction on Expertise to speak unknown languages for a scene.) [B]Feats:[/B] Canny Dodge (Int) Eidetic Memory Fascinate (Diplomacy) Firearms Training Linguist Second Chance (being possessed or mind-controlled) Well-Informed [B]Powers[/B] (Int-based, all at rank 7): Dominate (Spirits only, but Mind Touch is built in) Scrying Second Sight Ward (hedges out spirits) Dr. Raven is an anthropologist technically affiliated with the University of Arizona in Tuscon, but he is often absent on adventures that circumnavigate the globe, always searching out new "magical" knowledge. Starting with the Indian tribes of the American Southwest, he has branched out into innumerable cultures on every continent. A maverick in his field (who claims, among other things, that spirits and magic really exist), Doc Raven delights in being unconventional and mysteriously exotic, even a bit fashionably scandalous. For one thing, he wears his straight black hair long, flowing down to his waist. (He has a smidge of Navajo blood, but other than the hair, he could be from Nebraska by his looks.) Women often find him fascinating in an exotic way, but so far he isn't the type to settle down... and if he loves 'em before he leaves 'em, well, a gentleman never tells. He has ideas about the rights of native peoples against commercial exploitation that some might think a shade pinko, and he professes to be unsure whether democracy, as good as it is in the US of A, is best for every culture on the planet - but woe betide the man who dares to question his identity as a patriotic, red-blooded American! Anyway, everybody is forced to admit that ol' Karl Marx didn't think much of shamanism. Yes, Doc Raven (or often just "Raven" to his native pals) is a shaman - or claims to be. He's been inducted into more tribes and secret societies than you can shake a stick at. He seems to know more than he should, but any inquiry is liable to be met with a mysterious, silent smile or else a quip to the effect that "Nobody believes in that hocus-pocus mumbo-jumbo, right?" He takes crows and ravens very seriously as omens. [In fact, I seriously considered the Visions power, but wasn't sure if you wanted the headache, Trilobite.] The Doc can hold his own in a fight, but he much prefers to talk people down. He doesn't look remotely Irish, but he's picked up the gift of gab from somewhere, that's for sure... In any language he can hold people spellbound - maybe literally. [/QUOTE]
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