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<blockquote data-quote="Vertexx69" data-source="post: 5540057" data-attributes="member: 48854"><p>I think he's about ready now:</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Hanshu][code][B]Name:[/B] Hanshu Mon'saru</p><p>[B]Class:[/B] Rogue/Swordsage/Master of Nine</p><p>[B]Race:[/B] Elven Vampire</p><p>[B]Size:[/B] Medium</p><p>[B]Gender:[/B] Male</p><p>[B]Alignment:[/B] Chaotic Neutral</p><p></p><p>[B]Str:[/B] 52 +21 (18/+6R/+5L/+5I/+10E/+8P) [B]Level:[/B] 10/7/5 (+8 LA) [B]XP:[/B] 435,000 (-15,067 with xp Penalty)</p><p>[B]Dex:[/B] 30 +10 (18/+6R/+6E) [B]BAB:[/B] 15/10/5 [B]HP:[/B] 152/153 (22d12)</p><p>[B]Con:[/B] -- --- (-) [B]Grapple:[/B] +32 [B]Dmg Red:[/B] 10/S/M</p><p>[B]Int:[/B] 20 +05 (18/+2R) [B]Speed:[/B] 60'/60'/120'(G) [B]Spell Res:[/B] -</p><p>[B]Wis:[/B] 32 +11 (18/+2R/+4I/+6E/+2Trivia) [B]Init:[/B] +16 [B]Spell Save:[/B] -</p><p>[B]Cha:[/B] 22 +06 (18/+4R) [B]ACP:[/B] -2 [B]Miss Chance:[/B] 20%/50% vs ranged</p><p></p><p> [B]Base Armor Shld Dex Wis Nat Misc Total[/B]</p><p>[B]Armor:[/B] 10 +12 +7 +10 +10 +11 +10 74(79)</p><p>[B]Touch:[/B] 55(60) I60(65) [B]Flatfooted:[/B] ---</p><p></p><p> [B]Base Mod Misc* Total[/B] (*SS/R/L/C/I) +1 Sacred bonus vs evil</p><p>[B]Fort:[/B] 9 +0 +11 +20 (5/2/3/1/0)</p><p>[B]Ref:[/B] 13 +10 +15 +38 (5/5/3/2/0)</p><p>[B]Will:[/B] 9 +11 +15 +35 (5/2/3/1/4)</p><p></p><p>[B]Weapon Attack Damage Critical[/B]</p><p>Large Katana (+46 single) +44/+39/+34 2d8+35 17/20 X2</p><p>Large Katana +44/+39 2d8+20</p><p>Guantlet +46 4d6+28 X2</p><p>Large Comp LongBow (+21) +30 2d6+22 Force X3</p><p></p><p>[B]Languages:[/B] Common, Elven, Draconic, Infernal, Auran, Giant, Abyssal</p><p></p><p>[B]Abilities:[/B]</p><p></p><p>Rogue</p><p>Sneak Attack +8d6 (9d6 when denied Dex)</p><p>Trapfinding</p><p>Improved Evasion</p><p>Improved Uncanny Dodge</p><p>Trap Sense +4</p><p></p><p>Elf</p><p>+2 Racial bonus to Listen, Search, Spot</p><p>Immune to magic sleep</p><p></p><p>Vampire</p><p>Undead Traits</p><p>Slam 1d6+18</p><p>Blood Drain</p><p>Children of the Night</p><p>Dominate</p><p>Create Spawn</p><p>Energy Drain</p><p>Alternate Form</p><p>DR 10 / Silver & Magic</p><p>Fast Healing 5</p><p>Gaseous Form</p><p>Resistances 30 Acid/Sonic/Fire/Cold/Electricity</p><p>Spider Climb</p><p>Turn resistance +4</p><p>Skills +8 racial bonus on Bluff, Hide, Listen,</p><p>Move Silently, Search, Sense Motive, and Spot checks.</p><p>Bonus Feats</p><p></p><p>Swordsage</p><p>Initiator level 17</p><p>Quick to Act - +2 to initiative</p><p>Discipline Focus WF (Diamond Mind)</p><p>AC Bonus - +10 Wis bonus to AC</p><p>Discipline Focus IS (Tiger Claw) +11 dmg with TC strikes</p><p>Sense Magic</p><p>Manuevers - K/R 12/6</p><p>Stances - 3</p><p></p><p>Master of Nine</p><p>Dual Stance - 10/10 rounds/day</p><p>Perfect Form - +1 save DC for manuevers</p><p>Counter Stance - Change stance during the use of a counter</p><p>Master of 9 - +2 to hit & +9 dmg with all strikes</p><p>Manuevers K/R 8/5</p><p>Stances 2</p><p></p><p>Item abilities</p><p>Swim - 60ft, Immune to dissolution by submersion in running water</p><p>Flying - 120ft (Good), immune to tremorsense</p><p>Scentblind - Immune to Scent</p><p>Sequestered - Invisible to all sight including see Invisible and true seeing, </p><p>- doesn't become visible after attacks</p><p>Nondetection - Divinations and detection items don't work</p><p>Ghost fighting - Ignore Icorporeal miss chance</p><p>Revelation - Evil Outsiders glow red, Undead glow White, anyone else glows green</p><p>Immune to Positive energy spells and effects and blindness</p><p>Freedom of movement</p><p>Steadfast - Always considered to have main Katana readied against a charge. (AoO deals 4d8+70)</p><p>Everbright - Katnanas and shield immune to acid and rusting effects.</p><p></p><p>[B]Feats:[/B] </p><p>01 2WF</p><p>-- I2WF (Bonus Item)</p><p>03 EWP (Bastard Sword)</p><p>-- Alertness (Bonus Vampire)</p><p>-- Combat Reflexes (Bonus Vampire)</p><p>-- Dodge (Bonus Vampire)</p><p>-- Improved Initiative (Bonus Vampire)</p><p>-- Lightning Reflexes (Bonus Vampire)</p><p>06 Blind Fighting</p><p>09 O2WF</p><p>12 Extra Readied Manuever</p><p>-- WF (Bastard Sword, Rapier, Short Spear, Trident) (Bonus Swordsage 1)</p><p>15 Adaptive Style</p><p>18 Darkstalker</p><p>21 2WR (epic)</p><p></p><p>[B]Stances:[/B]</p><p>Giant Killing Style - +2 to hit +4 to dmg vs larger enemies</p><p>Assassin Stance - +2d6 SA</p><p>Giant's Stance - +5ft reach</p><p>Aura of Chaos* - Open ended dmg</p><p>Crusader Strike - heal 2 per hit to self or ally within 10ft</p><p></p><p>[B]Manuevers: (Known 20)[/B]</p><p>SS1 Saphire Nightmare Blade - Enemy is FF +1d6 with con check</p><p>SS1 Counter Charge - Force charging foe to move away from me</p><p>SS1 Mountain Hammer - +1d6 ignores DR and hardness</p><p>SS1 Stone Bones - DR 5/- with attack</p><p>SS1 Wolf Fang Strike - Make an attack with each weapon as standard action</p><p>SS1 Soaring Raptor Strike - Jump DC 20 vs larger foe +4 to hit +4d6 dmg</p><p>SS2 Burning Blade </p><p>SS3 Shadow Stride - Teleport 50ft as move action</p><p>SS4 Searing Charge - Flying Charge deals +5d6 fire dmg</p><p>--- Retrain Burning Blade to Emerald Blade - Make melee attack against touch AC</p><p>SS5 Pouncing Charge - Make full attack at end of charge</p><p>SS6 Disrupting Blow (Will DC38) - Steal actions from foe for 1 round</p><p>SS7 Greater Insightful Strike - Deal Con check X2 dmg on regular hit</p><p>MN1 Shield Block - Give adjacent ally +11 shield bonus vs 1 melee attack as immediate Interupt</p><p>MN1 Divine Surge - +8d8 holy dmg</p><p>MN2 Steel Wind - attack 2 foes with standard action</p><p>MN3 Iron Heart Surge - end any 1 effect on me with a standard action and gain +2 moral bonus to next hit</p><p>MN3 Douse the Flame - foe loses abilty to make AoO for 1 round</p><p>MN4 Swooping Dragon Strike - Jump DC = foes AC, foe FF vs hit, +10d6 dmg and fort save DC=Jump for stun</p><p>--- Retrain Wolf Fang Strike to Raging Mongoose - Gain 2 extra attacks with each weapon as ImIn</p><p>MN5 Feral Death Blow - (Fort DC42) or foe dies, +20d6 if save is made.</p><p>MN5 Time Stands Still - Make 2 full attacks</p><p></p><p>[B]Manuevers: (Readied 12)[/B]</p><p>Time Stands Still</p><p>Counter Charge</p><p>Shadow Stride</p><p>Divine Surge</p><p>Iron Heart Surge</p><p>Searing Charge</p><p>Mountain Hammer</p><p>Douse the Flame</p><p>Feral Death Blow</p><p>Pouncing Charge</p><p>Swooping Dragon Strike</p><p>Raging Mongoose</p><p></p><p>[B]Skill Points:[/B] 301 [B]Max Ranks:[/B] (25*) </p><p>[B]Skills Ranks Mod Misc Total[/B]</p><p>Bluff (19) 19 (25) +06 +25</p><p>Sense Motive (25) 25 (25) +19 +44</p><p>Search (19) 19 (25) +24 +43</p><p>Spot (19) 19 (25) +30 +49</p><p>Listen (22) 22 (25) +22 +44</p><p>Hide (25) 25 (25) +47(87)+72(112)</p><p>Move Silently (22) 22 (25) +47 +69</p><p>Jump (25) 25 (25) +76 +101</p><p>Tumble (25) 01 (01) +28 +29</p><p>Sleight of Hand (19) 19 (25) +11 +30</p><p>Use Magic Device (19) 19 (25) +06 +25</p><p>Martial Lore (18) 10 (10) +06 +16</p><p>Knowledge (History) 10 (10) +06 +16</p><p>Knowledge (Nob & Roy) 10 (10) +06 +16</p><p>Knowledge (Religion) 05 (10) +06 +11</p><p>Knowledge (The Planes) 05 (10) +06 +11</p><p></p><p>[B]Equipment: (4,300,000g) Cost Weight[/B]</p><p></p><p>+05 Large Adamantine Katana 203,370g 12lb</p><p>-Necrotic Focus +3</p><p>-Deadly Precision +2</p><p>-Everbright 2,000g</p><p>-Prismatic Burst 30,000g</p><p>-Greater Fiendslayer Crystal 6,000g --</p><p></p><p>+05 Large Adamantine Katnana 53,370g 12lb</p><p>-Everbright 2,000g</p><p>-Prismatic Burst 30,000g</p><p>-Greater Fiendslayer Crystal 6,000g --</p><p></p><p>+05 Defensive Gauntlet 72,302g 01lb</p><p></p><p>+05 Spellstrike Gauntlet 72,302g 01lb</p><p></p><p>+1 Large Composite Longbow (22) 52,600g 06lb</p><p>-Force +2</p><p>-Seeking +1</p><p>-Precise +1</p><p>-Greater Crystal of Acid Assualt 6,000g</p><p></p><p>Quiver of Energy 15,000g 01lb</p><p>-Elona's 2,700g</p><p>-Large Arrows X120 12g</p><p></p><p>+05 Heavy Adamantine Shield 67,170g 07lb</p><p>-Animated</p><p>-Ghost Ward</p><p>-Everbright 2,000g</p><p>-Greater Agility (+5 Ref) 8,000g --</p><p>-Greater Arrow Deflection Crystal 5,000g --</p><p></p><p>Phylactory of Virtue 6,500g</p><p></p><p>Sundark Goggles of Insight 20,000g --</p><p>-Detection 15,000g</p><p>-Mindarmor 15,000g</p><p>-Raptor Mask 5,250g</p><p>-Revelation 2,100g</p><p></p><p>+5 Amulet of Natural Armor 50,000g</p><p>-Wisdom +6 54,000g --</p><p>-Scentblinder 12,000g</p><p>-Vampire Torc 2/2 7,500g</p><p>-Heartseeking 3/3 4,500g</p><p>-Badge of Glory 5,400g</p><p></p><p>Mantle of Great Stealth 242,000g</p><p>-Turn Resistance 16,500g</p><p>-Mantle of the Predator 12,000g 02lb</p><p></p><p>Arms of the Naga 56,000g 08lb</p><p>-Rogues Vest 27,000g</p><p>-Ephod of Authority 1,200g</p><p></p><p>Skin of the Hero 68,000g</p><p></p><p>+07 Celestial Batalion Armor 616,300g 40lb</p><p>-Greater Crystal of Screening 3,000g --</p><p></p><p>Gloves of the Balanced Hand 8,000g --</p><p>-Ghost Fighting 6,000g</p><p>-Finned 5,250g</p><p></p><p>Strongarm Bracers 6,000g 10lb</p><p>-Bands of Bloodrage 3/3 3,900g</p><p></p><p>Ring of Sequestering 300,000g --</p><p>-Elemental Resist 30 X5 270,000g --</p><p>-Freedom of Movement 60,000g</p><p>-Positive Protection 54,000g</p><p></p><p>+05 Ring of Protection 50,000g --</p><p>-Entropic Deflection 12,000g</p><p>-Arming 7,500g</p><p></p><p>+10 Belt of Epic Strength 1,000,000g 01lb</p><p>-Cord of Favor 4,500g</p><p></p><p>Boots of Swiftness 3/3 256,000g 02lb</p><p>-Steadfast 2,100g</p><p></p><p>Pale Green (Red Garnet) Ione Stone 30,000g</p><p>Dusty Rose Prism Ione Stone 5,000g</p><p></p><p>Greater Trudeath Crystal X2 20,000g --</p><p>Greater Demolition Crystal X2 12,000g --</p><p></p><p>Permenant Girallon's Blessing (CL30) 8,400g --</p><p>Permenant Fuse Arms (CL30) 8,400g --</p><p></p><p>+05 Manual of Gainful Excersise 137,000g --</p><p>+04 Tome of Understanding 110,000g --</p><p></p><p>Portable Hole 20,000g</p><p>-Silver Coffin w/pipe 100g</p><p>-50 cubic feet of home soil FREE!</p><p></p><p>Beltpouch 1g 01lb</p><p>Orb of Mental Renewal 3,100g</p><p>-Eternal wand of Deeper Darkness 10,900g 01lb</p><p>-Eternal Wand of Devil Eye 10,900g 01lb</p><p>-Feather Tokens of the Tree X6 2,400g --</p><p>474g</p><p></p><p>[B]Total Weight:[/B]lb </p><p></p><p> [B]Lgt Med Hvy Lift Push[/B]</p><p>[B]Max Weight:[/B] 14,900 200 300 600 1,500</p><p></p><p>[B]Age:[/B] 1,024</p><p>[B]Height:[/B] 6'0"</p><p>[B]Weight:[/B] 170lb</p><p>[B]Eyes:[/B] Blue</p><p>[B]Hair:[/B] White</p><p>[B]Skin:[/B] White[/code][sblock=Fluff]<strong>Appearance:</strong> </p><p>In the classic fashion of a bygone era, this striking man could blend into any crowd, on any prime material plane just after sunset. His polished white skin is marbled with the softest network of grey veins. A pair of thin braids fall in front of his long and delicately pointed ears, creating a divider between the white of his stern face and the shining white of the rest of his perfectly combed long hair. When he deigns to slide the pair of burning red lenses down his perfect nose, his pale blue eyes can stop nearly anyone in their tracks.</p><p></p><p>Dressed in the finest black silks, his supple leather boots and gloves have </p><p>been dyed the deepest crimson. While the outside of the cloak he wears is the fine black fur of some type of hunting cat, but the inside of it is blood red. And the fact that the garment hangs several feet below his hanging feet only accentuates the truth that Hanshu's boots rarely if ever touch the ground. Nobody is surprised when Hanshu simply vanishes from every form of perception, and ragged wounds appear on the enemy before they fall to pieces.</p><p></p><p>All of his jewelry and accessories, including the pair of prism crystals that </p><p>orbit his head, are made of varying shades of red gemstones set in silver. </p><p>Although he seems to carry no weapons beyond the blackened leather gauntlets on his hands and a quiver on his back, without the slightest indication he can be wielding a huge bow or a pair of immpossibly long black curved blades that shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow if any light reflect off of them. An equally menacing black shield floats beside the ancient vampire, also set with a dark red gem that seems to pull it in front of projectiles sent in its owner's direction.</p><p></p><p><strong>Personality:</strong> </p><p>Having been around for over a thousand years before being </p><p>staked, Hanshu has gotten over the whole "Blah I'm evil!" thing and has become something of an altruist. And while he loves nothing more than a good long conversation with a beautiful woman, he is still occasionally plagued by fits of horrendous violence that can be the stuff of blackest nightmare. But for the most part he is the very model of a cultured, if flying, gentleman. This vampire from an age long past is eloquent to a fault, as if his linguistic banter is all that keeps him from slaughtering every living thing in sight.</p><p></p><p><strong>Background:</strong></p><p>Hanshu was a legendary thief, even before he drew the attention of the undead </p><p>fiend that killed him... the first time. </p><p></p><p>The Early Years</p><p>Born of wealth and privledge, a son of the tyranical ambassador Tasau (DC 40)</p><p>stole away during the night to live a secret life. In those dark hours that his </p><p>cruel father would have never allowed, he discovered the truth of the world. </p><p>Hanshu's days as a boy were filled with harsh lessons of decorum and poise on </p><p>more than threat of violent reproach, should his presentation be anything but </p><p>perfect. But by night he learned of excess and to hone his instincts, moving </p><p>through alleys that not one of his illustrious tutors would walk down on a dare. </p><p>And while he learned to play the part of the dutiful son like a true prodigy, </p><p>the lavish galas that he was forced to attend, at all the neighboring palaces </p><p>and mansions, became an endless series of scouting missions to case the most </p><p>valuable treasures. Later he would return to liberate these baubles, even though </p><p>he rarely kept what he stole from the oppulent collections.</p><p></p><p>The military precision of his daily fencing lessons with the palace gaurd served </p><p>him well on more than one occasion, augmented by the savage improv of barroom </p><p>brawlers and backalley sneakthieves. During his formative years Hanshu learned</p><p>the brutally versatile mastery of the katana in secret, while using the much </p><p>lighter western blades of a "gentleman" inside the walled courtyard of his </p><p>fathers home. The young aristocrat's fighting style soon became known however,</p><p>and during one of his nightly outings, a wealthy onlooker caught the end of an </p><p>arguement between a pair of hooded ruffians where swords were drawn. Word moved</p><p>quickly through the circles of highest society, and Hanshu was forced to flee</p><p>for his life when his father flew into such a murderous rage at the slight to </p><p>his reputation.</p><p></p><p>Needing money for the first time in his life, the highborn rogue was very glad to </p><p>possess the skills to suvive. He traveled far from the reach of his blood-thirsty </p><p>father. During a spectacular display of athleticism however the elf attracted the </p><p>most unfortunate attention of a different kind of creature that hungered for the </p><p>blood running through his veins. Hanshu had become quite adept at using words just </p><p>as effectively as a sword and had no trouble finding a soft place to lay his beatiful </p><p>face each night. His reputation as a legendary lover seemed to almost move faster than </p><p>he could, as women began seeking him out to test the legend for themselves. One in</p><p>particular watched from the shadows of the brothels and winehalls, to the parlors</p><p>and more private chambers of the proper ladies he visited throughout many empires.</p><p>And he let her watch, never letting on that he saw her.</p><p></p><p>Over the decades that followed, rumors abounded that a young elven rogue had fathered </p><p>more than a thousand children throughout the whole of the land. Born of everyone</p><p>from the lowliest of tavern wenches to the royal consorts of numerous thrones. (DC 30)</p><p>He crossed seas and stole fortunes, from the most ruthless beasts and ancient families,</p><p>Nothing and no woman was safe from either the skill or the charms of the gentleman</p><p>thief, and wherever he went, the mysterious woman with the fiery eyes watched, </p><p>and waited. Until he discovered her watching him one night. The woman didn't smile,</p><p>or introduce herself, or take him to her bed. She simply tore out his throat with</p><p>her teeth and drank his blood until it stopped pumping out of him, and left his body</p><p>laying in the street. Nothing more than a meal with an interesting story.</p><p></p><p>The Arisen</p><p>Waking in a box not withstanding, discovering himself now a member of the undead</p><p>was quite a shock. In all his dealings before that bitch killed him, he had never </p><p>run across any monsters besides those stinking dwarven merchants or those hafling</p><p>pipsqueaks. His beautiful golden hair and tanned skin had been drained of all their</p><p>lustrous color, leaving him a pale imitation of his former self. But this didn't </p><p>seem to matter to the ladies who took him in that night just before dawn. They</p><p>fawned over his pale skin and lovely long white hair, saying over and over how </p><p>lovely and exotic his features were. At sunset he woke covered in their blood,</p><p>and ran screaming from the house in a mindless rage. </p><p></p><p>For an entire year he fought and screamed in denial at the thing he had become.</p><p>He hacked off his hair and carved his flesh only to find himself as handsome and</p><p>whole as ever moments later. Weapons did not cut him, poisons could not slay him,</p><p>and Hanshu suffered in anguish until he once more felt the craving for blood. </p><p>And then she was there again, that bitch that had done this horrible thing to him, </p><p>the woman with the fiery eyes. </p><p></p><p>He attacked her with a fury that he never even knew was inside him. For hours they </p><p>fought, tearing hunks out of eachother with hair and blood flying in all directions.</p><p>As the first hints of sunlight touched the horizon, the woman put a bit of distance </p><p>between them, and told him they could keep fighting after sunset if he really needed</p><p>to continue. So they met every night for weeks, fighting nonstop from dusk til dawn. </p><p>It became more of a dance after while, once they learned eachother's moves she began</p><p>talking to him as he tried to kill her. She told him what he was, how she thought</p><p>he could appreciate the gift she had given him, and that she was Evaine (DC 15). But </p><p>his rage could not be placated, and as they continued he started getting closer and </p><p>closer to casuing her serious harm. So with a wink, she blew him a kiss and vanished </p><p>right before his eyes...</p><p></p><p>The Fury</p><p>He raged for centuries, absolutely sure that if he was going to be a monster he would </p><p>do it properly. The elf laid waste to friends, families, sleepy hamlets, and after a</p><p>time systematically razed an entire city that gave rise to an entire army of vampire</p><p>spawn loyal to the legendary progenitor of the great vampiric plague (DC 35) during </p><p>the second age of monsters, Hanshu. He carted away moutnains of treasure now that he</p><p>had no qualms about slaughtering the owners. The shiny bits he had become so acustomed </p><p>to grabbing whenever the opportunity arose became second nature. </p><p></p><p>Nothing was safe from his endless rampage be it humanoid, beast, undead or aberration.</p><p>Anything that had a mind grew to understand that this unassuming White Elf (DC 10) was</p><p>a being so purely malevolent and unmerciful that the only thing they could do if they </p><p>happened to see him coming, was run in the opposite direction. The mindless rabble that</p><p>trudged across the surface of the realm stood little chance against the hell that</p><p>followed with him. At the head of a tidal wave of pestilence, nations were divided by </p><p>the swaths of destruction he wrought across whole continents. Many fiends and monstrous</p><p>races crawled out of the woodwork as they were driven into the open by death weilding </p><p>swords instead of the more traditional scythe. </p><p></p><p>Petty squabbles were put aside, power struggles were paused, and kingdoms that had been</p><p>at war for generations were suddenly facing an adversary that they could not vanquish </p><p>on their own. Legions of heroes, adventurers, and treasure seekers arose as the 1st</p><p>crusade (DC 20) swung into full gear. The cowering masses of civilization grew angry</p><p>and took to the streets, burning out every sewer, swarming through every abandoned</p><p>building, and scouring every cave for any creature unlike themselves...and kill it.</p><p>The parade of hunters that saught Hanshu out to make a name for themselves, honed his</p><p>skill with his katanas that he could channel massive energy through his blades...</p><p></p><p>The Awakened</p><p>Eight hundred years of slaughter saw The White Elf span not only several entire material </p><p>planes but many inner and outer planes as well. Slowly and against all odds, Hanshu had</p><p>grown weary of the sounds of screams. So he desided to seek knowledge for a while </p><p>instead of carnage. He began to quest for the most ancient keepers of secret lore and</p><p>martial ways...the Masters of the Nine. Atop the highest spire of a forgotten mountain</p><p>range on the plane of shadow sat the timeless ruin of a temple. In the center of this</p><p>temple, an insectoid being hovered before a single candle in the lotus position. Its</p><p>four segmented hands continually moved through a series of alien gestures in smooth</p><p>and flowing motions as it stared past the flame. Hanshu wasn't sure if the creature was</p><p>conscious or blind or insane as it did not acknowledge his presence as the powerful </p><p>vampire stepped through the broken archway and took a seat opposite the tiny flame, </p><p>without uttering a word.</p><p></p><p>Clu'Thrah (DC 25) was a true Master of Nine and had also grown tired of the incessant </p><p>noise of other things some time before. So the Thri Kreen became the instructor to </p><p>a vampire that was nearly 750 years his senior. Each movement was copied as closely</p><p>as a different species could, and the energy flowed between them. From far across the </p><p>demi-plane of shadow massive flashes of light could be seen silloueting the temple </p><p>against the empty blackness above the ground of that desolate place. </p><p></p><p>Placing the last great stone at the foot of the master's grave Hanshu placed a pale </p><p>hand on the sarcophogus he had fashioned for his friend and teacher in the center of</p><p>the temple that become a home for many years. Without the life force of the old bug</p><p>however, the ruin suddenly seemed like nothing more than a pile of rocks. So he left</p><p>the plane of shadow for the last time, it was time to go back and see the plane he had</p><p>originally called his own.</p><p></p><p>His material plane had changed a great deal since the last time he had seen it. Monsters</p><p>openly roamed the countryside while the peoples of the land cowered in their homes.</p><p>The great cities that had dotted the lands had been razed nothing but ash, and the great</p><p>nations that had claimed them had been all but forgotten. Fueldal lords claimed as much </p><p>land as they could, but no more as the terrors that strode through the heavy fog banks</p><p>were more than most bands could handle. A few of the people he passed in the towns he </p><p>visited bore a passing resemblance to the vampire that passed them unnoticed in the dark.</p><p>He found vampire spawn hiding here and there in his travels cowering in graveyards and</p><p>ancient sewer systems, snatching babies and drunks in the night.</p><p></p><p>Hanshu eventually figured he should do something with the veritable ocean of cash he had </p><p>accumulated in a myriad of hidden places throughout the lands he had demolished centuries </p><p>before. So he decided to build a city just for his kind. He found a bottomless fissure </p><p>deep in the misty eastern mountain range and set out hiring every stonemason he could find</p><p>to carve a city from the living rock in the insides of the great chasm. The city of </p><p>Mon'Sharu (DC 20) was completed in a mere twenty years with the limitless wealth that </p><p>the White Elf had at his dispossal. </p><p></p><p>Word spread through the underworld that vampires were welcome in the new city of shadows.</p><p>Beastly spellstitched barbaric vampires came flooding off the windswept plains. Little </p><p>more than mindless slavering atrocities, Hanshu was ashamed of his own race for the first </p><p>time in half a millenium. Eventually other old vampire would trickle into town, trying to</p><p>throw their weight around in the same old ways about the same old topics. This way is </p><p>better than that way, or my idea is better than your idea. And the vampire nation suddenly </p><p>had a capital. Living workers were brought in from all over and slowly farmed for food</p><p>without leaving a huge festering pile of bodies for families to miss and get angry about.</p><p>Things were going well in Mon'Sharu for quite some time, when who should walk into the </p><p>private chambers of Hanshu himself but the fiery eyed Evaine in the 2 millenium old flesh.</p><p>"You ready for the next round?" </p><p></p><p>The Cleansing of Mon'Sharu</p><p>Like so many other societies and kingdoms before, people like having something to blame </p><p>besides themselves. Hanshu and Evaine stroll across one of the bridges that span the two </p><p>sides of the fantastic city he had built, hand in hand getting ready to retire for the </p><p>short day. None of the other vampires were allowed on the lowest levels where they shared </p><p>quarters. The sun was just touching the top of the western face as the warning bells </p><p>sounded as clay pots of oil began to rain into the chasm of Mon'Sharu shattering against </p><p>the high stone walls. Soldiers began to flow into the city, down the steps and ladders </p><p>and bridges like water. Every moment that passed brought the sun closer to flooding the </p><p>open portions of the city in deadly sunlight. The vampires tore through soldiers as if </p><p>they were made of tissue paper, but the living horde of enemy soldiers were spurred on </p><p>by the deep pockets of greedy men who wanted the prosperous city of shadows for themselves.</p><p></p><p>The elder vampires emerged from their chambers to wade into the fray with prescious little</p><p>time to spare before the sun bathed them in fiery death. An eerie Deeper darkness rose from </p><p>the bottom of the city as Hanshu himself entered the battle to protect what he had spent so </p><p>long creating. Wooden arrows rained down from above as battalions of archers on the slopes </p><p>above, emptied quivers in high arcs toward the yawning mouth of the fissure in the side of the</p><p>mountainous peaks. A few of the elder vampires were not among these undead warriors however,</p><p>Anlar, Ronshuvian and Bakalus (DC 35) could not be found.</p><p></p><p>From outside the city and down the slope of the mountain, a dark curtain started to rise from</p><p>the chasm like a sunrise in reverse. Hanshu flashed up into the air above the edge of the cliff</p><p>face with that all too familiar burning rage bright in his eyes. He slaughtered hundreds in a </p><p>strait line from the city to the malevolently grinning generals at the back of the army. </p><p>This wasn't some ragtag army of a neighboring kingdom, but a quiltwork merc army of specialized</p><p>squads. This army wasn't on any crusade - they had been hired. Moments before the white elf got</p><p>to the leaders of this rabble however, the order was given and a special platoon of fire archers</p><p>let blazing arrows fly into the oil soaked city. </p><p></p><p>The wall of flame that was belched forth from the enterance of the hidden city shot hundreds</p><p>of feet into the sky. And to make matters worse, within moments of that fateful instant the sun</p><p>reached its zenith and the open center of Mon'Sharu was illuminated by the harsh light of day.</p><p>The roars of ancient vampires exploding rocked the montainside, knocking half the remaining</p><p>army from their already shaky feet as hanshu cut the last of the generals in half with a massive</p><p>single blow that spun him back towards the city just as all this happened. He raced back to the </p><p>burning city as fast as he could cut a path back through the milling sea of archers, his arms </p><p>and legs peirced by so many arrows that he could barely swing his massive swords. So dismissing </p><p>them to the ring that was their sheath, he flew up above the flailing bodies to get back to her.</p><p></p><p>Topping the edge of the city once more, Hanshu saw all that he had built charred black. The </p><p>darkness that traveled with him creating a small area of shade from the burning sun. He flew</p><p>down to where Evaine had been fighting before, but the ashes of fallen vampires and men was thick </p><p>on these lowest levels. He tore through the deeper chambers where the suns rays and splashed oil</p><p>could not penetrate to no avail. Crossing to the other side of the city in a frenzy, he could </p><p>not believe what his eyes saw there. The group of old and sodded vampires had Evaine on her knees,</p><p>and beheaded her right in front of him, her body falling to ash from the bridge where she was </p><p>executed by her own kind. The roar that escaped him then silenced all other sounds of battle, as</p><p>the satisfied smirks vainshed from the undead faces that now looked upon their final deaths.</p><p></p><p>As Hanshu rose from bridge to close with the traitorous fiends, a trio of wicked black arrows</p><p>sprouted from his chest, unable to have passed anywhere but strait through his cold dead heart.</p><p>The gorgeous white skin of his chiseled face withered into the blackened husk of anything that</p><p>had been dead for almost a thousand years must look like. And the last thing he saw as he fell into</p><p>the abyss beneath his city of Mon'Sharu was the grins return to the greedy faces of petty things</p><p>before he vanished beyond the reach of the suns rays. </p><p></p><p>Bouncing off the rocky walls of the chasm, the body was broken and battered as a sound Hanshu could </p><p>barely hear grew louder and louder. The fissure actually did have a bottom, as an underground river </p><p>raged from one end to another, and that would be his true end. No vamipre could sink beneath the </p><p>surface of rushing water without being utterly destroyed forever. However when the desicated body </p><p>of Hanshu finally hit the bottom, it was not reported with a splash, but with a bristly dry crunch. </p><p>His staked form had become wedged in a rocky outcrop, barely a few yards from the roiling black </p><p>water where no vampire could come to find it. So there he laid slain and oblivious...again, little </p><p>more than a chunk of firewood wrapped in spectacular magic items where nobody ever thought or </p><p>cared to look for the legendary White Elf - Hanshu.[/sblock]The Lore of Hanshu [sblock=Knowledge (History)]</p><p>DC 18 The Vampire that sired him was named Evaine. Hanshu tried to kill her for weeks after she</p><p>turned him. She met her final death during the cleansing of Mon'Sharu, after living with him</p><p>there for many decades.</p><p></p><p>DC 27 Hanshu was known on many planes as The White Elf. Reputed to have been given to him by a </p><p>demonic beast who's name has been lost to the sands of time. But it was rumored that the loss of</p><p>several limbs was involved.</p><p></p><p>DC 29 Caused the 1st crusade after his vampiric army became a scrouge to the entirety of living</p><p>society, leading to the genocide of all things unnatural.</p><p></p><p>DC 35 Founded Mon'Sharu, the city of shadows in a mountain ravine.</p><p></p><p>DC 35 Before he was turned into a vampire, Hanshu supposedly fathered more than 1000 children by</p><p>nearly as many women. His line has survived to this day.</p><p></p><p>DC 36 Hanshu spawned the vampiric plague that began the second age of monsters, by slaughtering</p><p>the entire population of a small city single handedly, who then rose and spread across the land.</p><p></p><p>DC 41 The Master of Nine that taught Hanshu his true mastery of combat manuevering was Clu'Thrah.</p><p>Near the end of his time training Hanshu, the Thri Kreen died of extreme old age on the demiplane</p><p>of shadow. </p><p></p><p>DC 43 Hanshu's father was the Ambassador Tasau Mon'saru, who tried to kill Hanshu for streetfighting</p><p>as he saw it as an afront to his reputation. He is also where Hanshu got his legendary mean streak.</p><p>He was one of the first people Hanshu ate after rising as a vampire.</p><p></p><p>DC 55 The traitorous vampires Anlar, Ronshuvian and Bakalus hired the mercenary army that cleansed</p><p>the city of Mon'Sharu that ultimately lead to Hanshu's slaying. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3001100/" target="_blank">Random Knowledge mods (1d20=17, 1d20=3, 1d20=15, 1d20=9, 1d20=16, 1d20=5, 1d20=1, 1d20=20, 1d20=3)</a>[/sblock][sblock=Knowledge (Planes)]</p><p>DC 27 Hanshu was known on many planes as The White Elf. Reputed to have been given to him by a </p><p>demonic beast who's name has been lost to the sands of time. But it was rumored that the loss of</p><p>several limbs was involved.</p><p></p><p>DC 41 The Master of Nine that taught Hanshu his true mastery of combat manuevering was Clu'Thrah.</p><p>Near the end of his time training Hanshu, the Thri Kreen died of extreme old age on the demiplane</p><p>of shadow.[/sblock][sblock=Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty)]DC 35 Before he was turned into a vampire, Hanshu supposedly fathered more than 1000 children by</p><p>nearly as many women, including many in the royal courts of several thrones. His line has survived to this day.</p><p></p><p>DC 43 Hanshu's father was the Ambassador Tasau Mon'saru, who tried to kill Hanshu for streetfighting</p><p>as he saw it as an afront to his reputation. He is also where Hanshu got his legendary mean streak.</p><p>He was one of the first people Hanshu ate after rising as a vampire.[/sblock][/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Below is a test attack with my big power, the Feral Death Blow. Figuring the enemy makes its DC 42 fort save to not die outright, with flanking against an evil outsider that isn't immune to crits with my dual stance power active using aura of chaos and assassin's stance:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vertexx69, post: 5540057, member: 48854"] I think he's about ready now: [sblock=Hanshu][code][B]Name:[/B] Hanshu Mon'saru [B]Class:[/B] Rogue/Swordsage/Master of Nine [B]Race:[/B] Elven Vampire [B]Size:[/B] Medium [B]Gender:[/B] Male [B]Alignment:[/B] Chaotic Neutral [B]Str:[/B] 52 +21 (18/+6R/+5L/+5I/+10E/+8P) [B]Level:[/B] 10/7/5 (+8 LA) [B]XP:[/B] 435,000 (-15,067 with xp Penalty) [B]Dex:[/B] 30 +10 (18/+6R/+6E) [B]BAB:[/B] 15/10/5 [B]HP:[/B] 152/153 (22d12) [B]Con:[/B] -- --- (-) [B]Grapple:[/B] +32 [B]Dmg Red:[/B] 10/S/M [B]Int:[/B] 20 +05 (18/+2R) [B]Speed:[/B] 60'/60'/120'(G) [B]Spell Res:[/B] - [B]Wis:[/B] 32 +11 (18/+2R/+4I/+6E/+2Trivia) [B]Init:[/B] +16 [B]Spell Save:[/B] - [B]Cha:[/B] 22 +06 (18/+4R) [B]ACP:[/B] -2 [B]Miss Chance:[/B] 20%/50% vs ranged [B]Base Armor Shld Dex Wis Nat Misc Total[/B] [B]Armor:[/B] 10 +12 +7 +10 +10 +11 +10 74(79) [B]Touch:[/B] 55(60) I60(65) [B]Flatfooted:[/B] --- [B]Base Mod Misc* Total[/B] (*SS/R/L/C/I) +1 Sacred bonus vs evil [B]Fort:[/B] 9 +0 +11 +20 (5/2/3/1/0) [B]Ref:[/B] 13 +10 +15 +38 (5/5/3/2/0) [B]Will:[/B] 9 +11 +15 +35 (5/2/3/1/4) [B]Weapon Attack Damage Critical[/B] Large Katana (+46 single) +44/+39/+34 2d8+35 17/20 X2 Large Katana +44/+39 2d8+20 Guantlet +46 4d6+28 X2 Large Comp LongBow (+21) +30 2d6+22 Force X3 [B]Languages:[/B] Common, Elven, Draconic, Infernal, Auran, Giant, Abyssal [B]Abilities:[/B] Rogue Sneak Attack +8d6 (9d6 when denied Dex) Trapfinding Improved Evasion Improved Uncanny Dodge Trap Sense +4 Elf +2 Racial bonus to Listen, Search, Spot Immune to magic sleep Vampire Undead Traits Slam 1d6+18 Blood Drain Children of the Night Dominate Create Spawn Energy Drain Alternate Form DR 10 / Silver & Magic Fast Healing 5 Gaseous Form Resistances 30 Acid/Sonic/Fire/Cold/Electricity Spider Climb Turn resistance +4 Skills +8 racial bonus on Bluff, Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Search, Sense Motive, and Spot checks. Bonus Feats Swordsage Initiator level 17 Quick to Act - +2 to initiative Discipline Focus WF (Diamond Mind) AC Bonus - +10 Wis bonus to AC Discipline Focus IS (Tiger Claw) +11 dmg with TC strikes Sense Magic Manuevers - K/R 12/6 Stances - 3 Master of Nine Dual Stance - 10/10 rounds/day Perfect Form - +1 save DC for manuevers Counter Stance - Change stance during the use of a counter Master of 9 - +2 to hit & +9 dmg with all strikes Manuevers K/R 8/5 Stances 2 Item abilities Swim - 60ft, Immune to dissolution by submersion in running water Flying - 120ft (Good), immune to tremorsense Scentblind - Immune to Scent Sequestered - Invisible to all sight including see Invisible and true seeing, - doesn't become visible after attacks Nondetection - Divinations and detection items don't work Ghost fighting - Ignore Icorporeal miss chance Revelation - Evil Outsiders glow red, Undead glow White, anyone else glows green Immune to Positive energy spells and effects and blindness Freedom of movement Steadfast - Always considered to have main Katana readied against a charge. (AoO deals 4d8+70) Everbright - Katnanas and shield immune to acid and rusting effects. [B]Feats:[/B] 01 2WF -- I2WF (Bonus Item) 03 EWP (Bastard Sword) -- Alertness (Bonus Vampire) -- Combat Reflexes (Bonus Vampire) -- Dodge (Bonus Vampire) -- Improved Initiative (Bonus Vampire) -- Lightning Reflexes (Bonus Vampire) 06 Blind Fighting 09 O2WF 12 Extra Readied Manuever -- WF (Bastard Sword, Rapier, Short Spear, Trident) (Bonus Swordsage 1) 15 Adaptive Style 18 Darkstalker 21 2WR (epic) [B]Stances:[/B] Giant Killing Style - +2 to hit +4 to dmg vs larger enemies Assassin Stance - +2d6 SA Giant's Stance - +5ft reach Aura of Chaos* - Open ended dmg Crusader Strike - heal 2 per hit to self or ally within 10ft [B]Manuevers: (Known 20)[/B] SS1 Saphire Nightmare Blade - Enemy is FF +1d6 with con check SS1 Counter Charge - Force charging foe to move away from me SS1 Mountain Hammer - +1d6 ignores DR and hardness SS1 Stone Bones - DR 5/- with attack SS1 Wolf Fang Strike - Make an attack with each weapon as standard action SS1 Soaring Raptor Strike - Jump DC 20 vs larger foe +4 to hit +4d6 dmg SS2 Burning Blade SS3 Shadow Stride - Teleport 50ft as move action SS4 Searing Charge - Flying Charge deals +5d6 fire dmg --- Retrain Burning Blade to Emerald Blade - Make melee attack against touch AC SS5 Pouncing Charge - Make full attack at end of charge SS6 Disrupting Blow (Will DC38) - Steal actions from foe for 1 round SS7 Greater Insightful Strike - Deal Con check X2 dmg on regular hit MN1 Shield Block - Give adjacent ally +11 shield bonus vs 1 melee attack as immediate Interupt MN1 Divine Surge - +8d8 holy dmg MN2 Steel Wind - attack 2 foes with standard action MN3 Iron Heart Surge - end any 1 effect on me with a standard action and gain +2 moral bonus to next hit MN3 Douse the Flame - foe loses abilty to make AoO for 1 round MN4 Swooping Dragon Strike - Jump DC = foes AC, foe FF vs hit, +10d6 dmg and fort save DC=Jump for stun --- Retrain Wolf Fang Strike to Raging Mongoose - Gain 2 extra attacks with each weapon as ImIn MN5 Feral Death Blow - (Fort DC42) or foe dies, +20d6 if save is made. MN5 Time Stands Still - Make 2 full attacks [B]Manuevers: (Readied 12)[/B] Time Stands Still Counter Charge Shadow Stride Divine Surge Iron Heart Surge Searing Charge Mountain Hammer Douse the Flame Feral Death Blow Pouncing Charge Swooping Dragon Strike Raging Mongoose [B]Skill Points:[/B] 301 [B]Max Ranks:[/B] (25*) [B]Skills Ranks Mod Misc Total[/B] Bluff (19) 19 (25) +06 +25 Sense Motive (25) 25 (25) +19 +44 Search (19) 19 (25) +24 +43 Spot (19) 19 (25) +30 +49 Listen (22) 22 (25) +22 +44 Hide (25) 25 (25) +47(87)+72(112) Move Silently (22) 22 (25) +47 +69 Jump (25) 25 (25) +76 +101 Tumble (25) 01 (01) +28 +29 Sleight of Hand (19) 19 (25) +11 +30 Use Magic Device (19) 19 (25) +06 +25 Martial Lore (18) 10 (10) +06 +16 Knowledge (History) 10 (10) +06 +16 Knowledge (Nob & Roy) 10 (10) +06 +16 Knowledge (Religion) 05 (10) +06 +11 Knowledge (The Planes) 05 (10) +06 +11 [B]Equipment: (4,300,000g) Cost Weight[/B] +05 Large Adamantine Katana 203,370g 12lb -Necrotic Focus +3 -Deadly Precision +2 -Everbright 2,000g -Prismatic Burst 30,000g -Greater Fiendslayer Crystal 6,000g -- +05 Large Adamantine Katnana 53,370g 12lb -Everbright 2,000g -Prismatic Burst 30,000g -Greater Fiendslayer Crystal 6,000g -- +05 Defensive Gauntlet 72,302g 01lb +05 Spellstrike Gauntlet 72,302g 01lb +1 Large Composite Longbow (22) 52,600g 06lb -Force +2 -Seeking +1 -Precise +1 -Greater Crystal of Acid Assualt 6,000g Quiver of Energy 15,000g 01lb -Elona's 2,700g -Large Arrows X120 12g +05 Heavy Adamantine Shield 67,170g 07lb -Animated -Ghost Ward -Everbright 2,000g -Greater Agility (+5 Ref) 8,000g -- -Greater Arrow Deflection Crystal 5,000g -- Phylactory of Virtue 6,500g Sundark Goggles of Insight 20,000g -- -Detection 15,000g -Mindarmor 15,000g -Raptor Mask 5,250g -Revelation 2,100g +5 Amulet of Natural Armor 50,000g -Wisdom +6 54,000g -- -Scentblinder 12,000g -Vampire Torc 2/2 7,500g -Heartseeking 3/3 4,500g -Badge of Glory 5,400g Mantle of Great Stealth 242,000g -Turn Resistance 16,500g -Mantle of the Predator 12,000g 02lb Arms of the Naga 56,000g 08lb -Rogues Vest 27,000g -Ephod of Authority 1,200g Skin of the Hero 68,000g +07 Celestial Batalion Armor 616,300g 40lb -Greater Crystal of Screening 3,000g -- Gloves of the Balanced Hand 8,000g -- -Ghost Fighting 6,000g -Finned 5,250g Strongarm Bracers 6,000g 10lb -Bands of Bloodrage 3/3 3,900g Ring of Sequestering 300,000g -- -Elemental Resist 30 X5 270,000g -- -Freedom of Movement 60,000g -Positive Protection 54,000g +05 Ring of Protection 50,000g -- -Entropic Deflection 12,000g -Arming 7,500g +10 Belt of Epic Strength 1,000,000g 01lb -Cord of Favor 4,500g Boots of Swiftness 3/3 256,000g 02lb -Steadfast 2,100g Pale Green (Red Garnet) Ione Stone 30,000g Dusty Rose Prism Ione Stone 5,000g Greater Trudeath Crystal X2 20,000g -- Greater Demolition Crystal X2 12,000g -- Permenant Girallon's Blessing (CL30) 8,400g -- Permenant Fuse Arms (CL30) 8,400g -- +05 Manual of Gainful Excersise 137,000g -- +04 Tome of Understanding 110,000g -- Portable Hole 20,000g -Silver Coffin w/pipe 100g -50 cubic feet of home soil FREE! Beltpouch 1g 01lb Orb of Mental Renewal 3,100g -Eternal wand of Deeper Darkness 10,900g 01lb -Eternal Wand of Devil Eye 10,900g 01lb -Feather Tokens of the Tree X6 2,400g -- 474g [B]Total Weight:[/B]lb [B]Lgt Med Hvy Lift Push[/B] [B]Max Weight:[/B] 14,900 200 300 600 1,500 [B]Age:[/B] 1,024 [B]Height:[/B] 6'0" [B]Weight:[/B] 170lb [B]Eyes:[/B] Blue [B]Hair:[/B] White [B]Skin:[/B] White[/code][sblock=Fluff][B]Appearance:[/B] In the classic fashion of a bygone era, this striking man could blend into any crowd, on any prime material plane just after sunset. His polished white skin is marbled with the softest network of grey veins. A pair of thin braids fall in front of his long and delicately pointed ears, creating a divider between the white of his stern face and the shining white of the rest of his perfectly combed long hair. When he deigns to slide the pair of burning red lenses down his perfect nose, his pale blue eyes can stop nearly anyone in their tracks. Dressed in the finest black silks, his supple leather boots and gloves have been dyed the deepest crimson. While the outside of the cloak he wears is the fine black fur of some type of hunting cat, but the inside of it is blood red. And the fact that the garment hangs several feet below his hanging feet only accentuates the truth that Hanshu's boots rarely if ever touch the ground. Nobody is surprised when Hanshu simply vanishes from every form of perception, and ragged wounds appear on the enemy before they fall to pieces. All of his jewelry and accessories, including the pair of prism crystals that orbit his head, are made of varying shades of red gemstones set in silver. Although he seems to carry no weapons beyond the blackened leather gauntlets on his hands and a quiver on his back, without the slightest indication he can be wielding a huge bow or a pair of immpossibly long black curved blades that shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow if any light reflect off of them. An equally menacing black shield floats beside the ancient vampire, also set with a dark red gem that seems to pull it in front of projectiles sent in its owner's direction. [B]Personality:[/B] Having been around for over a thousand years before being staked, Hanshu has gotten over the whole "Blah I'm evil!" thing and has become something of an altruist. And while he loves nothing more than a good long conversation with a beautiful woman, he is still occasionally plagued by fits of horrendous violence that can be the stuff of blackest nightmare. But for the most part he is the very model of a cultured, if flying, gentleman. This vampire from an age long past is eloquent to a fault, as if his linguistic banter is all that keeps him from slaughtering every living thing in sight. [B]Background:[/B] Hanshu was a legendary thief, even before he drew the attention of the undead fiend that killed him... the first time. The Early Years Born of wealth and privledge, a son of the tyranical ambassador Tasau (DC 40) stole away during the night to live a secret life. In those dark hours that his cruel father would have never allowed, he discovered the truth of the world. Hanshu's days as a boy were filled with harsh lessons of decorum and poise on more than threat of violent reproach, should his presentation be anything but perfect. But by night he learned of excess and to hone his instincts, moving through alleys that not one of his illustrious tutors would walk down on a dare. And while he learned to play the part of the dutiful son like a true prodigy, the lavish galas that he was forced to attend, at all the neighboring palaces and mansions, became an endless series of scouting missions to case the most valuable treasures. Later he would return to liberate these baubles, even though he rarely kept what he stole from the oppulent collections. The military precision of his daily fencing lessons with the palace gaurd served him well on more than one occasion, augmented by the savage improv of barroom brawlers and backalley sneakthieves. During his formative years Hanshu learned the brutally versatile mastery of the katana in secret, while using the much lighter western blades of a "gentleman" inside the walled courtyard of his fathers home. The young aristocrat's fighting style soon became known however, and during one of his nightly outings, a wealthy onlooker caught the end of an arguement between a pair of hooded ruffians where swords were drawn. Word moved quickly through the circles of highest society, and Hanshu was forced to flee for his life when his father flew into such a murderous rage at the slight to his reputation. Needing money for the first time in his life, the highborn rogue was very glad to possess the skills to suvive. He traveled far from the reach of his blood-thirsty father. During a spectacular display of athleticism however the elf attracted the most unfortunate attention of a different kind of creature that hungered for the blood running through his veins. Hanshu had become quite adept at using words just as effectively as a sword and had no trouble finding a soft place to lay his beatiful face each night. His reputation as a legendary lover seemed to almost move faster than he could, as women began seeking him out to test the legend for themselves. One in particular watched from the shadows of the brothels and winehalls, to the parlors and more private chambers of the proper ladies he visited throughout many empires. And he let her watch, never letting on that he saw her. Over the decades that followed, rumors abounded that a young elven rogue had fathered more than a thousand children throughout the whole of the land. Born of everyone from the lowliest of tavern wenches to the royal consorts of numerous thrones. (DC 30) He crossed seas and stole fortunes, from the most ruthless beasts and ancient families, Nothing and no woman was safe from either the skill or the charms of the gentleman thief, and wherever he went, the mysterious woman with the fiery eyes watched, and waited. Until he discovered her watching him one night. The woman didn't smile, or introduce herself, or take him to her bed. She simply tore out his throat with her teeth and drank his blood until it stopped pumping out of him, and left his body laying in the street. Nothing more than a meal with an interesting story. The Arisen Waking in a box not withstanding, discovering himself now a member of the undead was quite a shock. In all his dealings before that bitch killed him, he had never run across any monsters besides those stinking dwarven merchants or those hafling pipsqueaks. His beautiful golden hair and tanned skin had been drained of all their lustrous color, leaving him a pale imitation of his former self. But this didn't seem to matter to the ladies who took him in that night just before dawn. They fawned over his pale skin and lovely long white hair, saying over and over how lovely and exotic his features were. At sunset he woke covered in their blood, and ran screaming from the house in a mindless rage. For an entire year he fought and screamed in denial at the thing he had become. He hacked off his hair and carved his flesh only to find himself as handsome and whole as ever moments later. Weapons did not cut him, poisons could not slay him, and Hanshu suffered in anguish until he once more felt the craving for blood. And then she was there again, that bitch that had done this horrible thing to him, the woman with the fiery eyes. He attacked her with a fury that he never even knew was inside him. For hours they fought, tearing hunks out of eachother with hair and blood flying in all directions. As the first hints of sunlight touched the horizon, the woman put a bit of distance between them, and told him they could keep fighting after sunset if he really needed to continue. So they met every night for weeks, fighting nonstop from dusk til dawn. It became more of a dance after while, once they learned eachother's moves she began talking to him as he tried to kill her. She told him what he was, how she thought he could appreciate the gift she had given him, and that she was Evaine (DC 15). But his rage could not be placated, and as they continued he started getting closer and closer to casuing her serious harm. So with a wink, she blew him a kiss and vanished right before his eyes... The Fury He raged for centuries, absolutely sure that if he was going to be a monster he would do it properly. The elf laid waste to friends, families, sleepy hamlets, and after a time systematically razed an entire city that gave rise to an entire army of vampire spawn loyal to the legendary progenitor of the great vampiric plague (DC 35) during the second age of monsters, Hanshu. He carted away moutnains of treasure now that he had no qualms about slaughtering the owners. The shiny bits he had become so acustomed to grabbing whenever the opportunity arose became second nature. Nothing was safe from his endless rampage be it humanoid, beast, undead or aberration. Anything that had a mind grew to understand that this unassuming White Elf (DC 10) was a being so purely malevolent and unmerciful that the only thing they could do if they happened to see him coming, was run in the opposite direction. The mindless rabble that trudged across the surface of the realm stood little chance against the hell that followed with him. At the head of a tidal wave of pestilence, nations were divided by the swaths of destruction he wrought across whole continents. Many fiends and monstrous races crawled out of the woodwork as they were driven into the open by death weilding swords instead of the more traditional scythe. Petty squabbles were put aside, power struggles were paused, and kingdoms that had been at war for generations were suddenly facing an adversary that they could not vanquish on their own. Legions of heroes, adventurers, and treasure seekers arose as the 1st crusade (DC 20) swung into full gear. The cowering masses of civilization grew angry and took to the streets, burning out every sewer, swarming through every abandoned building, and scouring every cave for any creature unlike themselves...and kill it. The parade of hunters that saught Hanshu out to make a name for themselves, honed his skill with his katanas that he could channel massive energy through his blades... The Awakened Eight hundred years of slaughter saw The White Elf span not only several entire material planes but many inner and outer planes as well. Slowly and against all odds, Hanshu had grown weary of the sounds of screams. So he desided to seek knowledge for a while instead of carnage. He began to quest for the most ancient keepers of secret lore and martial ways...the Masters of the Nine. Atop the highest spire of a forgotten mountain range on the plane of shadow sat the timeless ruin of a temple. In the center of this temple, an insectoid being hovered before a single candle in the lotus position. Its four segmented hands continually moved through a series of alien gestures in smooth and flowing motions as it stared past the flame. Hanshu wasn't sure if the creature was conscious or blind or insane as it did not acknowledge his presence as the powerful vampire stepped through the broken archway and took a seat opposite the tiny flame, without uttering a word. Clu'Thrah (DC 25) was a true Master of Nine and had also grown tired of the incessant noise of other things some time before. So the Thri Kreen became the instructor to a vampire that was nearly 750 years his senior. Each movement was copied as closely as a different species could, and the energy flowed between them. From far across the demi-plane of shadow massive flashes of light could be seen silloueting the temple against the empty blackness above the ground of that desolate place. Placing the last great stone at the foot of the master's grave Hanshu placed a pale hand on the sarcophogus he had fashioned for his friend and teacher in the center of the temple that become a home for many years. Without the life force of the old bug however, the ruin suddenly seemed like nothing more than a pile of rocks. So he left the plane of shadow for the last time, it was time to go back and see the plane he had originally called his own. His material plane had changed a great deal since the last time he had seen it. Monsters openly roamed the countryside while the peoples of the land cowered in their homes. The great cities that had dotted the lands had been razed nothing but ash, and the great nations that had claimed them had been all but forgotten. Fueldal lords claimed as much land as they could, but no more as the terrors that strode through the heavy fog banks were more than most bands could handle. A few of the people he passed in the towns he visited bore a passing resemblance to the vampire that passed them unnoticed in the dark. He found vampire spawn hiding here and there in his travels cowering in graveyards and ancient sewer systems, snatching babies and drunks in the night. Hanshu eventually figured he should do something with the veritable ocean of cash he had accumulated in a myriad of hidden places throughout the lands he had demolished centuries before. So he decided to build a city just for his kind. He found a bottomless fissure deep in the misty eastern mountain range and set out hiring every stonemason he could find to carve a city from the living rock in the insides of the great chasm. The city of Mon'Sharu (DC 20) was completed in a mere twenty years with the limitless wealth that the White Elf had at his dispossal. Word spread through the underworld that vampires were welcome in the new city of shadows. Beastly spellstitched barbaric vampires came flooding off the windswept plains. Little more than mindless slavering atrocities, Hanshu was ashamed of his own race for the first time in half a millenium. Eventually other old vampire would trickle into town, trying to throw their weight around in the same old ways about the same old topics. This way is better than that way, or my idea is better than your idea. And the vampire nation suddenly had a capital. Living workers were brought in from all over and slowly farmed for food without leaving a huge festering pile of bodies for families to miss and get angry about. Things were going well in Mon'Sharu for quite some time, when who should walk into the private chambers of Hanshu himself but the fiery eyed Evaine in the 2 millenium old flesh. "You ready for the next round?" The Cleansing of Mon'Sharu Like so many other societies and kingdoms before, people like having something to blame besides themselves. Hanshu and Evaine stroll across one of the bridges that span the two sides of the fantastic city he had built, hand in hand getting ready to retire for the short day. None of the other vampires were allowed on the lowest levels where they shared quarters. The sun was just touching the top of the western face as the warning bells sounded as clay pots of oil began to rain into the chasm of Mon'Sharu shattering against the high stone walls. Soldiers began to flow into the city, down the steps and ladders and bridges like water. Every moment that passed brought the sun closer to flooding the open portions of the city in deadly sunlight. The vampires tore through soldiers as if they were made of tissue paper, but the living horde of enemy soldiers were spurred on by the deep pockets of greedy men who wanted the prosperous city of shadows for themselves. The elder vampires emerged from their chambers to wade into the fray with prescious little time to spare before the sun bathed them in fiery death. An eerie Deeper darkness rose from the bottom of the city as Hanshu himself entered the battle to protect what he had spent so long creating. Wooden arrows rained down from above as battalions of archers on the slopes above, emptied quivers in high arcs toward the yawning mouth of the fissure in the side of the mountainous peaks. A few of the elder vampires were not among these undead warriors however, Anlar, Ronshuvian and Bakalus (DC 35) could not be found. From outside the city and down the slope of the mountain, a dark curtain started to rise from the chasm like a sunrise in reverse. Hanshu flashed up into the air above the edge of the cliff face with that all too familiar burning rage bright in his eyes. He slaughtered hundreds in a strait line from the city to the malevolently grinning generals at the back of the army. This wasn't some ragtag army of a neighboring kingdom, but a quiltwork merc army of specialized squads. This army wasn't on any crusade - they had been hired. Moments before the white elf got to the leaders of this rabble however, the order was given and a special platoon of fire archers let blazing arrows fly into the oil soaked city. The wall of flame that was belched forth from the enterance of the hidden city shot hundreds of feet into the sky. And to make matters worse, within moments of that fateful instant the sun reached its zenith and the open center of Mon'Sharu was illuminated by the harsh light of day. The roars of ancient vampires exploding rocked the montainside, knocking half the remaining army from their already shaky feet as hanshu cut the last of the generals in half with a massive single blow that spun him back towards the city just as all this happened. He raced back to the burning city as fast as he could cut a path back through the milling sea of archers, his arms and legs peirced by so many arrows that he could barely swing his massive swords. So dismissing them to the ring that was their sheath, he flew up above the flailing bodies to get back to her. Topping the edge of the city once more, Hanshu saw all that he had built charred black. The darkness that traveled with him creating a small area of shade from the burning sun. He flew down to where Evaine had been fighting before, but the ashes of fallen vampires and men was thick on these lowest levels. He tore through the deeper chambers where the suns rays and splashed oil could not penetrate to no avail. Crossing to the other side of the city in a frenzy, he could not believe what his eyes saw there. The group of old and sodded vampires had Evaine on her knees, and beheaded her right in front of him, her body falling to ash from the bridge where she was executed by her own kind. The roar that escaped him then silenced all other sounds of battle, as the satisfied smirks vainshed from the undead faces that now looked upon their final deaths. As Hanshu rose from bridge to close with the traitorous fiends, a trio of wicked black arrows sprouted from his chest, unable to have passed anywhere but strait through his cold dead heart. The gorgeous white skin of his chiseled face withered into the blackened husk of anything that had been dead for almost a thousand years must look like. And the last thing he saw as he fell into the abyss beneath his city of Mon'Sharu was the grins return to the greedy faces of petty things before he vanished beyond the reach of the suns rays. Bouncing off the rocky walls of the chasm, the body was broken and battered as a sound Hanshu could barely hear grew louder and louder. The fissure actually did have a bottom, as an underground river raged from one end to another, and that would be his true end. No vamipre could sink beneath the surface of rushing water without being utterly destroyed forever. However when the desicated body of Hanshu finally hit the bottom, it was not reported with a splash, but with a bristly dry crunch. His staked form had become wedged in a rocky outcrop, barely a few yards from the roiling black water where no vampire could come to find it. So there he laid slain and oblivious...again, little more than a chunk of firewood wrapped in spectacular magic items where nobody ever thought or cared to look for the legendary White Elf - Hanshu.[/sblock]The Lore of Hanshu [sblock=Knowledge (History)] DC 18 The Vampire that sired him was named Evaine. Hanshu tried to kill her for weeks after she turned him. She met her final death during the cleansing of Mon'Sharu, after living with him there for many decades. DC 27 Hanshu was known on many planes as The White Elf. Reputed to have been given to him by a demonic beast who's name has been lost to the sands of time. But it was rumored that the loss of several limbs was involved. DC 29 Caused the 1st crusade after his vampiric army became a scrouge to the entirety of living society, leading to the genocide of all things unnatural. DC 35 Founded Mon'Sharu, the city of shadows in a mountain ravine. DC 35 Before he was turned into a vampire, Hanshu supposedly fathered more than 1000 children by nearly as many women. His line has survived to this day. DC 36 Hanshu spawned the vampiric plague that began the second age of monsters, by slaughtering the entire population of a small city single handedly, who then rose and spread across the land. DC 41 The Master of Nine that taught Hanshu his true mastery of combat manuevering was Clu'Thrah. Near the end of his time training Hanshu, the Thri Kreen died of extreme old age on the demiplane of shadow. DC 43 Hanshu's father was the Ambassador Tasau Mon'saru, who tried to kill Hanshu for streetfighting as he saw it as an afront to his reputation. He is also where Hanshu got his legendary mean streak. He was one of the first people Hanshu ate after rising as a vampire. DC 55 The traitorous vampires Anlar, Ronshuvian and Bakalus hired the mercenary army that cleansed the city of Mon'Sharu that ultimately lead to Hanshu's slaying. [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3001100/"]Random Knowledge mods (1d20=17, 1d20=3, 1d20=15, 1d20=9, 1d20=16, 1d20=5, 1d20=1, 1d20=20, 1d20=3)[/URL][/sblock][sblock=Knowledge (Planes)] DC 27 Hanshu was known on many planes as The White Elf. Reputed to have been given to him by a demonic beast who's name has been lost to the sands of time. But it was rumored that the loss of several limbs was involved. DC 41 The Master of Nine that taught Hanshu his true mastery of combat manuevering was Clu'Thrah. Near the end of his time training Hanshu, the Thri Kreen died of extreme old age on the demiplane of shadow.[/sblock][sblock=Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty)]DC 35 Before he was turned into a vampire, Hanshu supposedly fathered more than 1000 children by nearly as many women, including many in the royal courts of several thrones. His line has survived to this day. DC 43 Hanshu's father was the Ambassador Tasau Mon'saru, who tried to kill Hanshu for streetfighting as he saw it as an afront to his reputation. He is also where Hanshu got his legendary mean streak. He was one of the first people Hanshu ate after rising as a vampire.[/sblock][/sblock] Below is a test attack with my big power, the Feral Death Blow. Figuring the enemy makes its DC 42 fort save to not die outright, with flanking against an evil outsider that isn't immune to crits with my dual stance power active using aura of chaos and assassin's stance: [/QUOTE]
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