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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leif" data-source="post: 6126508" data-attributes="member: 48762">Manous Artouche, Human (Protecting) Paladin 4"Yer kin repays us by leading us straight back out of here.  That will go a long way towards settlin' the score 'twixt us, anyways.  Who does yer be knowin' back topside?  Anyone we can get a message to?"[ooc]Manous has a no way to get a message to anyone, but he figures that this Gnome is a thief and a criminal, so he's trying to glean some intelligence from him to use for later on down the road.  Manous feels bad about his prevarication, but rationalizes that it is in the service of Good if he is able to learn aught that helps the battle against crime and evil.  I don't foresee Manous doing this much after this, if ever, but he is exploring whether the 'tools' of the enemy can be used against him with any effectiveness.  He will likely decide that this is a distasteful practice and best left to true ne'er-do-wells.[/ooc][sblock=Manous's sheet] Manous Artouche, Human (Protecting) Paladin 4, 25 pt. buildAction points:  0Str 16 +3Dex 13 +1Con 13 +1Int 08  -2Wis 14 +2Cha 19 +4Speed: 5HP=46-37=9+11=20+11+11=42Healing Surges per day: 12 (-5 used today)(-1 more, Lucien)Healing Surge Value: 11 DefensesAC 23Fort 16Ref 16 [10+1/2L+1dex bonus+2shield bonus+1Paladin bonus]Will 17Feats:Alertness [Manous does not grant CA when surprised, and he receives +2 Perception]Action Surge [Human bonus feat, +3 to attacks when Manous spends an AP]Devoted Paladin [+1 healing surge, add cha bonus (+4) to lay on hands]Virtuous Recovery [Gain resist all when spend a healing surge]SkillsPerception [+2(half level)+1(wis)+5(trained)+2(feat)=+10]Diplomacy [+2(half level)+4(cha)+5(trained)=+11]Acrobatics [+2(half level)+1(dex)+0(untrained)=+3]Athletics [+2(half level)+3(str)+0(untrained)=+5]Bluff [+2(half level)+4(cha)+0(untrained)=+6]Endurance [+2(half level)+1(con)+0(untrained)=+3]Heal [+2(half level)+2(wis)+0(untrained)=+4]Stealth [+2(half level)+1(dex)+0(untrained)=+3]Streetwise [+2(half level)+4(cha)+0(untrained)=+6]Paladin Class Features:Channel Divinity: Divine Mettle - Encounter [add M's Cha bonus (+4) to an ally's Saving Throw]Channel Divinity: Divine Strength - Encounter [add M's Str bonus (+3) as extra dam on next att. this turn]Divine Challenge - At-Will [mark 1 target w/in burst 5]Lay on Hands  - At-Will special - use # of times equal to Wis mod. = 2 [spend healing surge, for ally to heal ally's own surge value hp]At-Will Powers:Bolstering Strike [Cha vs. AC] 1[W]+ cha mod and I gain +2 temp hpEnfeebling Strike [Cha vs. AC] 1[W]+cha mod and if target is marked it takes -2 to att untl ENTArdent Strike [Cha vs. AC] [A target hit w/ this power is subject to Manous's Divine Sanction untl ENT,which means that the target takes 3+4 radiant damage in each round that it makes an attack thatdoes not include Manous as a target.]Encounter Powers:*Heroic Effort [Human Racial Power]  Personal - No Action  Trigger - Manous misses an attack or fails a saving throw  Effect - Manous gains a +4 racial bonus to the attack or saving throwShielding Smite [cha vs. AC] [dam = 2[W]+cha mod and one ally w/in 5 gains +2AC untl ENT]Righteous Smite [cha vs. AC, hit: 2[W]+cha mod plus Manous and all allies w/in 5 squares gain 9 temp hp]Daily Power:*Radiant Delirium [3d8+4 + dazed untl ENT and -2 AC save ends][Miss-half dam+target dazed untl ENT]Utility Power:Bless Weapon [minor action: until the end of the encounter,the weapon blessed gains +1 on attack rolls, inflicts +1d6 radiant damage,and crits on 18-20]Equipment/Magic+1 Black Iron Plate Armor [L4] (+9 AC) [50gp+840gp] Property-Resist 5 fire/Resist 5 necroticHeavy Shield (+2 AC) [10gp]+1 Frost War Hammer [L3] (1d10+1 dam., crit +1d6 dam, +2 att, versatile) Power: at-will, free actionchange all dam inflicted by this weapon to cold dam. Power: daily, free action inflict anextra +1d8 cold dam. and target is slowed until the end of my next turn.Longsword (1d8 dam., +3 att., versatile) [15gp]Longbow (1d10 dam., +2 att., range 20/40)[30gp]Arrows [1gp] [29 arrows remaining]+1 Holy Symbol of Battle [1,000gp] [L5] +1 att/dam., crit +1d8, Power (free) +1d10 damage when hitStandard Aventurer's Kit [15gp]Journeybread [50gp][sblock=Background]Manous is a "Barbarian Indian" type who was born in the recently discovered "America," but was brought back to "France" as a very small boy (about 12/13?) by a sea captain as an oddity to be widely displayed and poked and prodded by various folks. Then said waif was seen by a Duchess and her heart went out to the poor lad, so she adopted him and had him trained/schooled by the best Masters in the land, and given very much religious instruction in the 'accepted' faith. Ultimately, young Manous became a Paladin, but he still looks very unusual, having been copiously tattooed by his people and subjected to the body modifications of his tribe. I'm thinking Manous's entire body is tattooed with geometric patterns and star charts, his earlobes have been greatly pierced with objects of ever-increasing size during his early childhood, so he has great flapping "rings" of flesh hanging from his ears. Manous Artouche also has a row of "earrings" around his navel (navel rings?) (but he keeps that covered most of the time), and he also has a "bone in his nose." (Not a real bone, but a ring of brass much like a bull.)So Manous looks like a total freak, except when he is shrouded in his Paladin's armor, at which time he is indistinguishable from any other knight of the realm, but he is always unswervingly loyal to his benefactor the Duchess, and he is as faithful to his new religion as anyone in "France." Now, the Duchess is on the outs with the mainstream of nobility in "France" because she resisted the amorous intentions of the Prince, and he ruined her socially once he got over the rejection. She may have even been exiled to "Scotland" or wherever, but Manous Artouche was undergoing his tutelage at that time and had to stay behind in "France" with the Duchess's cousin, Grand Duke Siegfried von Koln, who was (as it happens) the boy's Paladin Instructor. Now Siegfried, once Manous was fully trained and set out on the proper path of Paladinhood, fell victim to temptations of the flesh possibly brought about by arcane mind control, and he wound up as an Anti-Paladin. [Built-in future BBEG!] His fall from Paladinhood finished off the Duchess's family's fall from grace and they are all wanted/hunted/shot on sight, and their vast holdings have mostly been confiscated by the throne. Manous Artouche does, arguably, still have a valid, legal claim to at least a portion of the Duchess's family holdings, since he was legally adopted by the Duchess before her downfall.[/sblock][/sblock]</blockquote>

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