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[B]Name:[/B] Nicos Morieth
[B]Class:[/B] Rogue 3/ Warlock 2
[B]Race:[/B] Human
[B]Size:[/B] Medium
[B]Gender:[/B] Male
[B]Alignment:[/B] N/E
[B]Deity:[/B] Mask
[B]Str:[/B] 10 +0 (02p.) [B]Level:[/B] 5 [B]XP:[/B] 10000
[B]Dex:[/B] 15 +2 (06p.) [B]BAB:[/B] +3 [B]HP:[/B] 29 (5d6+5)
[B]Con:[/B] 12 +1 (04p.) [B]Grapple:[/B] +3 [B]Dmg Red:[/B] -
[B]Int:[/B] 16 +3 (10p.) [B]Speed:[/B] 30' [B]Spell Res:[/B] -
[B]Wis:[/B] 12 +1 (04p.) [B]Init:[/B] +2 [B]Spell Save:[/B] -
[B]Cha:[/B] 16 +3 (10p.) [B]ACP:[/B] -0 [B]Spell Fail:[/B] -
[B]Base Armor Shld Dex Size Nat Misc Total[/B]
[B]Armor:[/B] 10 +4 +0 +2 +0 +0 +1 17
[B]Touch:[/B] 13 [B]Flatfooted:[/B] 15
[B]Base Mod Misc Total[/B]
[B]Fort:[/B] +1 +1 +2
[B]Ref:[/B] +3 +2 +5
[B]Will:[/B] +4 +1 +5
[B]Weapon Attack Damage Critical[/B]
Rapier +3 1d6 18-20x2
Dagger +3 1d4 19-20x2
-thrown +5 1d4 19-20x2
Sap +3 1d6(sub) 20x2
[B]Languages:[/B] Common, Chessentan, Chondothan, Illuskan, Mulhorandi
[B]Abilities:[/B] Detect Magic, Eldritch Blast 1d6, Evasion, Invocations, Sneak Attack +2d6, Trapfinding, Trapsense +1
[B]Invocations:[/B] (Least) Beguiling Influence [I](+6 to Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate checks for 24 hours)[/I], Devil's Sight [I](May see normally in darkness and magical darkness out to 30ft)[/I]
[B]Feats:[/B] Able Learner, Smooth Talk, Skill Focus(Diplomacy)
[B]Skill Points:[/B] 84 [B]Max Ranks:[/B] 8/4
[B]Skills Ranks Mod Misc Total[/B]
Bluff 8 +3 +11
Climb 4 +0 +4
Concentration 5 +1 +6
Diplomacy 8 +3 +9 +20
Disable Device 5 +3 +8
Gather Information 5 +3 +8
Hide 5 +2 +7
Intimidate 5 +3 +2 +10
Knowledge(Nobility&Royalty) 4 +3 +7
Knowledge(History) 3 +3 +6
Open Lock 6 +2 +8
Sense Motive 8 +1 +2 +11
Sleight of Hand 5 +2 +2 +9
Search 5 +3 +8
Use Magic Device 8 +3 +11
[B]Equipment: Cost Weight[/B]
Ring of Undetectable Alignment 1000gp 0lb
Ring of Protection +1 2000gp 0lb
Studded Leather Armor +1 1175gp 20lb
Spool of Endless Rope 2000gp 1lb
Handy Haversack 2000gp 5lb
-Bedroll 1sp 5lb
-Blanket, Winter 5sp 5lb
-x5 Candles 5cp 0lb
-Case, Map 1gp 0.5lb
-Chalk, 5 pieces 5cp 0lb
-Crowbar 2gp 5lb
-Flint and Steel 1gp 0lb
-Grappling Hook 1gp 4lb
-Ink, 2 vials 16gp 0lb
-x2 Inkpens 2sp 0lb
-Mirror, Small Steel 10gp 0.5lb
-Parchment, 10 sheets 2gp 0lb
-Rations, Trail, 4 days 2gp 4lb
-Sealing Wax 1gp 1lb
-x2 Sewing Needles 1gp 0lb
-Soap, 1lb 5sp 1lb
-Spade 2gp 8lb
-x4 Torches 4cp 4lb
-x2 Waterskins 2gp 4lb
-Thieves Tools, MW 100gp 2lb
-Courtier's Outfit(w/jewelry) 80gp 6lb
-Scholar's Outfit 5gp 6lb
-x2 Traveler's Outfits 2gp 10lb
Signet Ring 5gp 0lb
x2 Daggers 6gp 2lb
Rapier 20gp 2lb
Sap 1gp 2lb
[B]Total Weight:[/B]32lb [B]Money:[/B] 55pp 9gp 3sp 6cp
[B]Lgt Med Hvy Lift Push[/B]
[B]Max Weight:[/B] 33lb 66lb 100lb 200lb 500lb
[B]Age:[/B] 33
[B]Height:[/B] 6'2"
[B]Weight:[/B] 190lb
[B]Eyes:[/B] Blue-Grey
[B]Hair:[/B] Blonde and Grey
[B]Skin:[/B] Caucasion
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While fairly young Nicos looks much older than he should, appearing to be at least in his mid-fifties, possibly older. His hair is a curious mix of blonde and grey, he wears it short on the sides and long on top, combing it back. He has somewhat wrinkled flesh, especially around the eyes which are a bright blue. He has good posture and likes to dress in darker colors, prefering black and dark blues. He stands at about 6'2" and is well built, although not heavily muscled. He moves very fluidly and typically has a wry smile.
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Background:[sblock]
The son of a Chessentan noble and a woman of the North, Nicos Morieth inherited the physical traits of a Northerner and the mind of a well schooled member of the Chessentan nobility. When Nicos was ten his mother wished to take him and his younger sister to her homelands, the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale. The young Nicos was exceptionally intelligent and advised against the journey as at the time spring was on its way and Nicos predicted orcish aggression with the mountain passes now open. The journey happened regardless, and the family was to summer in the region. Upon arriving at the small home that belonged to Nicos's grandfather the family learned of an orcish incursion. The attack had cut off the family's route back to Chessenta and so they stayed in the region. The family settled into the area and built an exceptional home with their monies brought from Chessenta. After seven months the orcs had been cleared out and the family could of returned home, however once more against Nico's counsel they decided to stay reasoning it too late in the year to make the journey. That winter the orcs once more attacked, apparently not as depleted as initially thought. Several orcs occupied the Morieth estate for nearly a month and during that time Nico witnessed several atrocities. Orphaned, Nico was sent to live with a distant relative in Waterdeep. Nico was schooled in many arts and after the age of twenty two was considered as learned as many sages.
Nicos has travelled across the vast expanse of Faerun several times in the past ten years. He currently has ties to several organizations such as the Shadow Thieves of Amn, which he is a full member of and a possible future guildmaster for Waterdeep, and the Red Wizards of Thay, which he has served a diplomat for in the past. His notable enemies include several members of the Harpers, which he claims is by no action of his own, and a few cells of the Zhentarim, of which he only says something about "a Red Wizard, a horse, and a tower."
Currently Nicos resides in Waterdeep, where he is considered something of a minor noble. He is a member of the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors and has aided the city watch in criminal investigations on several occasions. His public persona is of a well cultured member of the political elite. The side that people do not see is hidden deep within Skullport, he actively aids the Shadow Thieves branch in the area and has made himself an enemy of the Xanathar's guild, his skill at diplomacy all that is keeping him from being killed by them. His friends in the area include Halaster Blackcloak, in so far as Halaster not killing him even in his bouts of insanity, several nobles, a few moderately powerful bards, multiple diletantes, and Aleena Paladinstar. The most interesting relationship Nicos has in Waterdeep is with a young female paladin who has constantly tried to expose him as the evil he truly is, however due to his own political manuevering, the Shadow Thieves cover-ups, and some aid from Halaster he has managed to not only to suppress any evidence that might of existed but has also crippled the paladin's public persona. Nicos has an affection for the young paladin and is actively trying to turn her to his ideals.
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Goals:
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Nicos's most immeadiate goals are concerning the Xanathar's Guild in Skullport, as one of the Shadow Thieves he is actively trying to destroy the "usurpers". Unfortunately he has no where near the power to get rid of them outright. He has resorted to his old tactic of political manuevering to try and place himself so that he may strike the guild down. If he accomplishes this the guildmaster in Amn has promised to make him guildmaster in Waterdeep.
Nicos is attempting to redeem himself in the eyes of the Harpers, unfortunately this has not gone well so far but Nicos has been having some success and hopes to eventually speak with Khelben Arunsun, Lady Cylyria, and Storm Silverhand so as to clear his name with the three branches of the organization. In addition he is arranging to execute a crushing blow to the Zhentarim in the area of Waterdeep, he is pinpointing the cells with the aid of a Red Wizard and hopes to strike them down within the decade. His other goals to be brought to fruition in that time include finding the lore neccessary to make him immortal and the corruption of the young paladin.
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Personality:
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Nicos is very calculating, he is highly intelligent and he knows it. He is cordial at all times, a result of his youth as a noble and the events in Icewind Dale. He is cultured and smooth-tongued and could probably talk anyone into anything given time. He despises melee combat as the last resort of a weak mind, this is not to say he can't engage in it, just he prefers not to. He is utterly ruthless and has no problem burying a stilleto to the hilt in an enemy if neccessary. He is a supreme manipulator and enjoys his position as such. He prefers to plan out events several steps in advance and while not paranoid is rather cautious trying to vary his routines so he can not be ambushed or taken advantage of. A lover of the arts in all their forms he despises a poor performance or bad piece, he views such things as tragedies and crimes. He prefers to surround himself not with normal comforts but things that have context, he would rather sleep on a bare bed that belonged to a famed archmage of the past than a soft mattress within an inn.
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