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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 3725181" data-attributes="member: 17691"><img src="http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1508/kosjoy7.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Kosj VorastrixDragonwrought kobold sorcerer 3N Small dragon (kobold, reptilian)Init +1; Senses Spot -1, Listen -1Darkvision 60 ft., low-light visionLanguages Chondathan, Common, Draconic–––––––––––––––––––––––––AC 13, touch 12, flat-footed 12hp 12 (3d4 HD)Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +3Immune sleep, paralysis–––––––––––––––––––––––––Spd 30 ft., Glide 30 ft. (average)Melee 2 claws +0 (1d3-2) and bite -5 (1d3-2)Ranged bolt +4 (1d6)Base Atk +1; Grp -3Spells Known (CL 3rd, +3 ranged touch):1st (5/day)–burning hands (DC 14), charm person (DC 14), unseen servant0 (6/day)–dancing lights, detect magic, prestidigitation, ray of frost, read magicSpell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd):1/day–mage armor–––––––––––––––––––––––––Abilities Str 6, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 9, Chr 17SQ Light Sensitivity, Slight BuildFeats Dragonwrought, Dragon Wings, Spell Thematics (breath weapons)Skills Appraise +3, Concentration +7, Craft (trapmaking) +3, Hide +5, Jump +8,Knowledge (arcana) +7, Spellcraft +7, Profession (miner) +1, Search +3–––––––––––––––––––––––––Possessions scroll case (0.5 lb), chalk, ink vial, inkpen, 10 sheets paper,spell component pouch (2 lb), sundark goggles, 10 mw cold iron bolts (1 lb),3 mw silvered bolts (0.3 lb), 2 bolts, wand of launch bolt (50 ch.), wand ofcolor spray (50 ch.), 3 potions of cure light wounds, scroll of alter self, 3 scrollsof comprehend languages, 2 scrolls of detect secret doors, 3 scrolls of expeditiousretreat, 2 scrolls of identity, scroll of knock, scroll of mending, 3 scrolls of shield,3 scrolls of silent image, +2 keen kukri (hidden)–––––––––––––––––––––––––Treasure 6 sp, 9 cpExperience 3,000–––––––––––––––––––––––––Height 2' Weight 32 lbs[sblock=Background]Vorastrix's egg was acquired through dubious means by a band of adventurers who, seeking a lucrative sale, transported the oddly coloured ovoid to the rich mercantile city of Saerloon in Sembia. Incorrectly believed to be that of a pseudodragon, news of the mysterious egg reached the ears of the local Cult of the Dragon cell's members. Piquing the interest of the Archmage of the Purple, a powerful necromancer and cell leader named Zannaster, cult initiates were quickly dispatched to purchase the egg. Zannaster had designs to slay and raise the pseudodragon as an undead drake to serve him as a familiar and as a mark of prestige within the cult.Once purchased, Zannaster entrusted the egg to one of his apprentices, a young wizardess named Zareen, to hatch and rear. Upon first hatching, everything appeared as expected. The tiny maroon hatchling possessed the expected draconic anatomy, all except the pseudodragon's barbed tail stinger; a detail the inexperienced Zareen failed to recognize at first. As months passed and turned into years however, evidence of the tiny dragon's true nature began to puzzle the young apprentice. The creature was maturing slower than expected, showed little ability to fly or communicate telepathically and yet was growing in size beyond what would be expected for a typical pseudodragon. Zannaster grew dismayed with his apprentice's progress with the tiny creature, but was far too busy with the Cult's back-alley dealings and internal politics to delve into the matter personally. He instead focused what time he had on preparing the ritual which would slay and raise the drakeling as an undead servitor.Meanwhile Zareen was growing more and more troubled with the diminutive dragon, which she had taken to calling Kosj. When the creature unexpectedly began vocalizing words and even displaying a natural ability to manipulate the magical weave to produce cantrip-like effects the young woman wasn't certain whether to be pleased or concerned. Envy and resentment soon followed however when small Kosj began casting true spells, all without the years of arcane schooling which Zareen herself had needed to accomplish the same feat. The wizardess soon began taunting the young dragon, which she increasingly began to view as a rival, with news of the fate which awaited it at the hands of her master: death.Growing ever more mature, the young Kosj decided to take its fate in its own claws and began to plan its escape from the Cult. It secretly began to make use of the books in Zannaster's private library to learn of the world beyond the walls of the gothic city of Saerloon, its history, its geography, and the dragon's own place in that larger world. Delving into the cult's tomes of draconic lore, Kosj learned that it was likely a vorastrix: a draconic sorcerer. Seeing that as the key to its own freedom, the dragon continued to expand its deepening knowledge of the arcane. Kosj eventually chose to initiate itself as a mage by undergoing the mage-rune rite of passage in which it would choose a distinct sigil to serve as its own personal symbol. The odd scale pattern which covered the small drakeling's left flank seemed an appropriate choice. It was then that the goddess Mystra's will, that all such mage-runes be unique, made itself known to Kosj. At first confused by the rite's failure, the young dragon soon came to realize that it'd been preventing from using the rune as its own because the rune was already the mark of some other mage elsewhere.Intrigued and concerned by the odd development, Kosj began secretly researching the odd scale marking he sported in the Cult's draconic library. The drakeling eventually discovered that the rune was associated with a powerful red dragon named Llorranos Fyr which had once dwelled in the Dalelands to the north. Before it could delve deeper in the matter however, Kosj learnt through Zareen that its own time was short as their master was finally ready to proceed with the rite which would recreate it into an undead drakeling familiar. With little time to spare, Kosj pilfered a handful of arcane items from the Cult's own stores and used its magic to surprise and best its keeper Zareen to escape the cult's holdings.Fleeing high into the gothic spires of Saerloon, the young Kosj hid out amongst the forest of gargoyles decorating the buttresses, gables and waterspouts of the city. Gliding down to the docks, Kosj stole aboard a brig leaving port and heading northward. And thus, hidden in a cranny beneath the ship's figurehead's hair, Kosj the Vorastrix made its way towards Scardale.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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