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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Winternight" data-source="post: 836835" data-attributes="member: 11173">All That Glitters is not gold - The golden manNuriel Anvariel Nuriel was born as Simon Stone jun.  in a nice and wealthy house of a merchant. His Mother Silvia Stone was an former actor. Inher Days she goureous and very vamous, even though she wasn't very good inacting. Most of the things she achieved was by eliminating her competitors  or by being in the right location at the right time (i.e. some sleeping chamber). She had many adorers and managed to keep all or at least most of them happy. After relizing that even she ages - geting proposed a role as mother - she married one of her adorers- Simon Stone. Some may say it was just the richest of the lot. After some years she gave birth to boy. The boy rose and become a nice good-looking lad. In the eyes of his parents they saw him as heir to the business od his father. Simon jun. had other plans. He wanted to become an actor - even though his parents hide this part of his mothers history from him. In one misty-moonless night -after one of the several argument with his parents - he fled and after a dangerous journey he finally reached Mor's End. Striken fromthe greatness and manifoldness of this city he decided to fullfill his dreams here. He changed his name (into Nuriel Anvariel) and posed with his elfish-like looking. But having no patron, having no one to speak for him he hadn't had the slightest chance to get into those insider deals within the theater. Homeless and with broken dreams he wandered to the streets and got more and more desperated. He even thought to return to his home. But then he met a  blind beggar. Somehow he was drawn to her. Unknown to him she was a recruiter and head hunter for an evil cult of Demorgorgon. She lulled him and druged him. Now he had a role the role of his life, beeing the victim in a demon calling ceromony. Pityfull it would be his last. He was bound to alatar and the high priest (a genuine half-elf) chanting and singing. Speaking the words to fullfill the ritual. "Is this a dagger I See before Me?  - Or will it be your heart? - Now the dagger is outside your chest and your heart is hidden beneath the bones. And now"In that moment Nuriel was coverd ina fontain of blood. He didn't feel any pain though. The singing has stopped and the were other noises he couldn't reconize. He dared to open his eyes and saw an man -no a god-mad out of gold coming down to rescue him. He passed out. What happend? A neighbour an old man, alarmed Karl Gnadensohn a paladin from the local militia that there were strange noises from the cellarKarl Gnadensohn packed some fighters and together the stormed the cellar.  Karl has smashed the skull of the high priest and some of the cultist fight and some fled. After healing Nuriel with his healing touch ability Karl rushed after those fleeing. Somehow in the whole trouble Nuriel awoke and managed to free himself. Shocked from this expirence he lost his ablity to speak. He also started to  become a cleric of Karl Gnadensohn. Karl being no cleric vcan't grant spells (yet) but his diety allows Nuriel to cast orisons. Now Nuriel is painting himself every day with golden paint and posing as a mime and as "Living golden Statue".  He tries several things with that.First he wants to render homage to his god, than he also wants to entertain people to get something to eat and when he mets some of the cultists that got away he wants to get the militia to arrest them. But they all laugh and think he is just a funny golden mime. Sometimes he get arrested for molesting honorable citizens, but the militia likes him and giving him food and shelter for some days. He entertains them in prison. Plot Hooks. 1) The players see the golden Statue and the mime makes fun of them. 2) The players see how Nuriel desperatly tries to accuse an citizen.3) Karl Gnadensohn hires the PC to find that former victim. Because he thinks, he might have nay clues about other cultist and he feels guilty having left him lying there. Nuriel Anvariel : male human Ari1, Clr1, Exp3; CR 4; Medium-size Humanoid (human); HD 3d6+2d8+5; hp 24; Init +2 (Dex); Spd 30 ft; AC 12 (+2 Dex); Atks +0 melee (1d3, unarmed strike); SA spells, turn undead; AL CG; SV Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +7; Str 11, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 16.Skills and Feats: Appraise +9, Bluff +11, Gather Information +9, Handle Animal +5, Knowledge Religion +3, Perform +13, Spot +1 ; Skill Foucs (perform ), Dodge, Silenr Spell.Special Attacks: Turn Undead (Su): 6/day, Nuriel Anvariel can attempt to turn undead creatures. He can turn undead with no more than (1d20-4)/3 HD. Each attempt, he turns 2d6+4 total HD. Undead with 1/2 or fewer HD are destroyed instead.Possessions: Golden paint, Begging hat, Religios token (broken Star).Cleric Spells Prepared (3/1): (This character cannot cast level 1 spells or higher; higher-level spell slots may be used for lower-level spells, possibly using metamagic feats.)Domain Spells: Karl Gnadensohn: male human Pal7; CR 7; Medium-size Humanoid (human); HD 7d10+14; hp 52; Init +5 (Dex, Improved Initiative); Spd 20 ft; AC 23 (+9 full plate, +3 large steel shield, +1 Dex); Atks +9/+4 melee (1d8+3/crit 19-20, longsword); SA smite evil, spells, turn undead; SQ aura of courage, detect evil, divine grace, divine health, lay on hands, remove disease (2/week), special mount; AL LG; SV Fort +10, Ref +6, Will +7; Str 14, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 11, Wis 14, Cha 17.Skills and Feats: Cleave, Power Attack, Run, Improved Initiative.Special Attacks: Turn Undead (Su): 6/day, Karl Gnadensohn can attempt to turn undead creatures. He can turn undead with no more than (1d20+8)/3 HD. Each attempt, he turns 2d6+8 total HD. Undead with 2 or fewer HD are destroyed instead. Smite Evil (Su): 1/day, if the target of a normal melee attack is evil, Karl Gnadensohn gains a +3 attack bonus and a +7 damage bonus.Special Qualities: Lay on Hands (Sp): Karl Gnadensohn can heal up to 21 hit points per day, divided among any number of creatures.Possessions: +1 Longsword, +1 full plate of gold, +1 large steel shield.</blockquote>

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