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[Sblock=Arcata - beguiler]Name: Arcata
Race: Human
Class/Level: Beguiler 1
Exp: 0
Desc: Arcata is a lovely young woman with fine, almost delicate features that belie her inner fortitude. She has fair skin and hair the color of fine spun gold. Slightly rounded cheeks, piercing blue eyes, full rosebud lips...she is every inch the fairytale princess come to life. Though she is dressed in common clothes and muted colors, there is a hint of something regal in how she walks, how she speaks.
Strength (STR) 8
Dexterity (DEX) 14
Constitution (CON) 14
Intelligence (INT) 16
Wisdom (WIS) 10
Charisma (CHA) 15
Alignment: Neutral
AC: 14 (10 +2 Dex +2 armor)
Hit Points: 8
Movement: 30'
Base Attack Bonus: +0
Init: +2
Melee Attack: -1
Ranged Attack: +2
Fort: +2
Reflex: +2
Will: +2
Race Abilities
Bonus Feat
Bonus Skills
Class Abilities:
Armored Mage
Trapfinding
Skills: 40
Bluff +6 (4 ranks + 2 Cha)
Concentration +6 (4 ranks +2 Con)
Diplomacy +10 (4 ranks +2 Cha + 4 feat)
Disguise +6 (4 ranks + 2 Cha)
Gather Information +6 (4 ranks + 2 Cha)
Knowledge: Arcana +7 (4 ranks + 3 Int)
Knowledge: Local +7 (4 ranks + 3 Int)
Knowledge: Nobility +7 (4 ranks + 3 Int)
Sense Motive + 4 (4 ranks + 0 Wis)
Use Magic Device +6 (4 ranks + 2 Cha)
Feats
1 Spellcasting Prodigy (FRCS)
1 Born Leader (Arcana Unearthed)
Languages - Common, Dwarvish, Elvish, Draconic
Spells (Beguiler) - Base DC 14 (15 for compulsions)
Slots
0 - 5/5, 1 - 4/4
0 - Dancing Lights, Daze, Detect Magic, Ghost Sound, Message, Open/Close, Read Magic
1 - Charm Person, Color Spray, Comprehend Languages, Detect Secret Doors, Disguise Self,Expeditious Retreat, Hypnotism, Mage Armor, Obscuring Mist, Rouse, Silent Image, Sleep,Undetectable Alignment,
Whelm, Ventriloquism
Money - 48gp
Weapons -
Rapier, -1 to hit, 1d6-1 dmg, 20gp, 2lbs
Armour -
Leather armor, +2 AC, +6 max dex, 0 acp, 10gp, 15lbs
Traveller clothes
Gear -
Signet Ring, 5gp
- On person
2 belt pouches, 2gp, 1lb
Spell Component Pouch, 5gp, 2lbs
- In Pouches
Small steel mirror, 10gp, .5lb
Money
Background:
Arcata d'Toussein is the daughter of Duke Gray d'Toussein, the lord of a small but prosperous duchy sandwiched between the rich ores of the mountains, and the industrious woodsmen of the great forest that stretch down to the lowland plains of the empire. Control over the trade road running through these areas has made the d'Toussein family financially and politically well off. Gray was not an ambitious man; he was content with his family and his fiefdom and ruled both wisely and well.
Though the d'Toussein's are related via a somewhat convoluted chain of cousins to the Emperor, they are
not considered in line of succession, and in fact would be a rather minor nobility if not for the main
trade artery passing through their domain. Gray rarely attended to matters beyond his borders, and sent proxies to the moots as needed. His attention was much more focused on his two sons and his daughter. The daughter, Arcata, in particular had unusual circumstances, as the court wizard soon discovered she was using minor magics by instinct. A trait not uncommon to sorcerors, though not exactly the same. He recommended she be taken to the Athenaeum for more tests and study.
With some trepidation, Gray made it so. Although there were chapters closer, Arcata was taken to Freeport's Athenaeum. There would be less chance of starting rumors and gossip that way, and Gray did not want such things to dog Arcata. Magic outside the auspices of the Church was still in low esteem in some quarters, especially the more conservative nobility. Rumors of sorcery and tainted blood would do neither him nor his daughter any good.
The magic Arcata possessed was like sorcery, and was in fact likely an offshoot of sorcery. Yet, she wielded it with much less effort, needing little time to learn even large numbers of spells, and able to use much more abbreviated motions and gestures to summon the powers. On the other hand, there were limits to what she could accomplish with the magic...it seemed unusually focused for sorcery. More study would be needed...but Arcata had been away from home too long. Promising she'd be back, she and her father returned, and eventually, mostly, let events distract them from what they'd learned.
Forgiveable, for events were dire, and proceeded rapidly. An heirless death, and civil war erupted. Despite his attempts to be neutral, to preserve his own fief, the Duchy was too valuable, too strategic, to simply leave in the hands of an undeclared. Not to mention, there was a great deal of suspicion that he and his family might declare; having a verifiable...if tenuous...blood link. For these reasons and more, Duke Gray was attacked by the most powerful pretender to the throne. In the terrible battles that followed, his sons were slain...one in combat, the other by an assassin. Fearing for Arcata, Gray had her exchange places with one of her maids, and had her flee with a band of other refugees just before the enemy forces broke in and laid siege to the castle. A siege which, as far as Arcata has heard, is now over...the castle captured.
With nowhere else to go, Arcata fled to the Atheneaum in Freeport disguised and under an assumed name. They helped her learn a bit more about controlling her magic, and helped her safely sell some jewelry and get set up in town. She's been working as a server since then, but it hasn't been long. No, not long at all before she got a letter from Brother Egil at the Athenaeum asking for help...[/sblock]