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<blockquote data-quote="Someone" data-source="post: 2279822" data-attributes="member: 5656"><p>Ok, lets see:</p><p>[code]</p><p>Name: Ozan Neub, a.k.a. Acleon</p><p>Class: Psion (Telepath)</p><p>Race: Human</p><p>Size: Medium</p><p>Gender: Male</p><p>Alignment: Lawful Good</p><p>Deity: ??</p><p></p><p>Str: 10 +0 ( 2p.) Level: 2 XP: 1000</p><p>Dex: 12 +1 ( 4p.) BAB: +1 HP: 11 (4+1d4+4 Con)</p><p>Con: 14 +2 ( 6p.) Grapple: +1 Dmg Red: -/-</p><p>Int: 17 +3 (13p.) Speed: 30' Spell Res: -</p><p>Wis: 12 +1 ( 4p.) Init: +1 Spell Save: -</p><p>Cha: 12 +1 ( 4p.) ACP: +0 Spell Fail: -</p><p></p><p> Base Armor Shld Dex Size Nat Misc Total</p><p>Armor: 10 +2 +0 +1 0 +0 +0 13</p><p>Touch: 12 Flatfooted: 12</p><p></p><p> Base Mod Misc Total</p><p>Fort: 0 +2 0 +2</p><p>Ref: 0 +1 0 +1</p><p>Will: 3 +1 0 +4</p><p></p><p>Weapon Attack Damage Critical Range</p><p>Dagger +1 1d4 19-20x2</p><p>Thrown Dagger +2 1d4 19-20x2 10 ft</p><p></p><p>Languages: Common, Elven, Dwarven, Hairfeet.</p><p></p><p>Abilities:</p><p>-Extra feat at level 1</p><p>-Extra skill points</p><p>-Favored class: Any.</p><p></p><p>Powers Known:</p><p>Level 1: Charm, Mindlink, Mind Thrust, Empathy, Create Sound.</p><p></p><p>Power points: 9 (base 6 + 3 bonus)</p><p></p><p>Feats: Enlarge power, Psionic endowment, Greater psionic endowment.</p><p></p><p>Skill Points: (2 psion +4 Int +1 Human)x4=28 Max Ranks: 5/2.5</p><p>Skills Ranks Mod Misc Total</p><p>Concentration 5 +2 +7</p><p>Knowledge (psionics) 5 +3 +8</p><p>Psicraft 5 +3 +2 +10</p><p>Bluff 5 +1 +6</p><p>Diplomacy 5 +1 +4 +10 </p><p>Sense Motive 5 +1 +6 </p><p></p><p>(misc bonuses:</p><p>+2 to Psicraft for having 5 ranks in Knowledge: psionics.</p><p>+4 to diplomacy for having 5 ranks in Bluff and sense Motive) </p><p></p><p>Equipment: Cost Weight</p><p>Dagger 2gp 1 lb</p><p>Leather armor 10gp 15 lb</p><p>Explorer's outfit 0gp - lb</p><p>Backpack 2gp 2 lb</p><p>--Flint and Steel 1gp - lb </p><p>--Rations (1 day) 0,5gp 1 lb</p><p>--Sunrod [1] 2gp 1 lb</p><p>--1 CLW potion 50gp --</p><p>--Waterskin 1gp 4 lb</p><p></p><p>Total Weight: 25 lb Money: 51 gp 5sp 0cp</p><p></p><p> Lgt Med Hvy Lift Push</p><p>Max Weight: 33 66 100 200 500</p><p></p><p>Age: 24</p><p>Height: 5´8"</p><p>Weight: 160 lb</p><p>Eyes: Brown</p><p>Hair: Black</p><p>Skin: Tan</p><p>[/code]</p><p></p><p>Ozan´s family, the Neubs, have served the merchant´s quarter council for 4 generations, with varying degrees of success. Since Ozan´s birth, it was clear that he was going to be another civil servant, and in the hopes of his mother, one that would climb where she and her retired husband couldn´t. So he spent his early years studying and preparing for that.</p><p></p><p>While the astral elves rule the city and he kingdom, it´s the councils and the underlying bureaucracy who do the hard work. The head of each council is a noble elf, with the power to elect the council –within a limited selection; in the merchant´s quarter, those must be the four principal merchant families- and veto any decision; most of the time, they don´t really care about the council´s decisions, and only use them as political tools. From there, a tangled web of secretaries, accountants, officers and scribes manage the city´s daily life. Those are –supposedly- chosen by their merits, without race or social class restrictions, though in practice it´s became a profession that passes from parents to children. </p><p></p><p>The Neubs were not the brightest family there; Ozan´s father was already retired, and his mother worked in one of the lowest ranks. Ozan wasn´t too promising: he seemed to lack ambition and was too empathic to ruthlessly climb the hierarchy. It wasn´t until he was 13 they didn´t understood the reason. </p><p></p><p>He had psionic talent. He was a natural born telepath. His changes in mood and understanding of other´s feelings were because an unrefined empathic psionic power. At first, it was a small dissapointment; were he a wizard, he could aim for a place in the prestigious Academy. But then, an idea started to mature: psionics were subtle, easy to conceal. They don´t have to mutter arcane words, or have their fingers stained with strange chemicals… they are ideal to use in public, and nobody would notice. </p><p></p><p>Ozan started to study with a small and secret group of psychics, the Cabal of Pure Thought, just at the same time he joined the ranks of the bureaucrats, and when he mastered his first powers, his family pushed him to use them to use them for his advantage. It was dangerous: the use of supernatural powers to influence the mind of others is a crime as dire as the use of them to damage property.</p><p></p><p>He was lucky at first. He could read the mood of others easily, and influence their minds, thoug he did it only whe he was sure he couldn´t be caught. He enjoyed it at first, and soon he was in a place of some responsibility.</p><p></p><p>As he was gaining maturity, however, his way of seeing things changed too. He could see how the system was unjust, how those rich and powerful had all the advantages and the poor and helpless were ignored by justice. What was worse is that he could <em>feel</em> that, the ignored sinking in desperation and the comtempt swirling around those powerful enough touse the system. </p><p></p><p>At first, Ozan tried to change things from within, but that didn´t worked, and worse, clashed with his bosses. His sudden stop in his career was a source of tension with his family. And the Cabal started to make demands to him; they were not a pacific group of study, but had an agenda on their own. It was too much pressure for the young Ozan, and decide the only way for him was leaving it all and start a new life, with a new name…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Someone, post: 2279822, member: 5656"] Ok, lets see: [code] Name: Ozan Neub, a.k.a. Acleon Class: Psion (Telepath) Race: Human Size: Medium Gender: Male Alignment: Lawful Good Deity: ?? Str: 10 +0 ( 2p.) Level: 2 XP: 1000 Dex: 12 +1 ( 4p.) BAB: +1 HP: 11 (4+1d4+4 Con) Con: 14 +2 ( 6p.) Grapple: +1 Dmg Red: -/- Int: 17 +3 (13p.) Speed: 30' Spell Res: - Wis: 12 +1 ( 4p.) Init: +1 Spell Save: - Cha: 12 +1 ( 4p.) ACP: +0 Spell Fail: - Base Armor Shld Dex Size Nat Misc Total Armor: 10 +2 +0 +1 0 +0 +0 13 Touch: 12 Flatfooted: 12 Base Mod Misc Total Fort: 0 +2 0 +2 Ref: 0 +1 0 +1 Will: 3 +1 0 +4 Weapon Attack Damage Critical Range Dagger +1 1d4 19-20x2 Thrown Dagger +2 1d4 19-20x2 10 ft Languages: Common, Elven, Dwarven, Hairfeet. Abilities: -Extra feat at level 1 -Extra skill points -Favored class: Any. Powers Known: Level 1: Charm, Mindlink, Mind Thrust, Empathy, Create Sound. Power points: 9 (base 6 + 3 bonus) Feats: Enlarge power, Psionic endowment, Greater psionic endowment. Skill Points: (2 psion +4 Int +1 Human)x4=28 Max Ranks: 5/2.5 Skills Ranks Mod Misc Total Concentration 5 +2 +7 Knowledge (psionics) 5 +3 +8 Psicraft 5 +3 +2 +10 Bluff 5 +1 +6 Diplomacy 5 +1 +4 +10 Sense Motive 5 +1 +6 (misc bonuses: +2 to Psicraft for having 5 ranks in Knowledge: psionics. +4 to diplomacy for having 5 ranks in Bluff and sense Motive) Equipment: Cost Weight Dagger 2gp 1 lb Leather armor 10gp 15 lb Explorer's outfit 0gp - lb Backpack 2gp 2 lb --Flint and Steel 1gp - lb --Rations (1 day) 0,5gp 1 lb --Sunrod [1] 2gp 1 lb --1 CLW potion 50gp -- --Waterskin 1gp 4 lb Total Weight: 25 lb Money: 51 gp 5sp 0cp Lgt Med Hvy Lift Push Max Weight: 33 66 100 200 500 Age: 24 Height: 5´8" Weight: 160 lb Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Skin: Tan [/code] Ozan´s family, the Neubs, have served the merchant´s quarter council for 4 generations, with varying degrees of success. Since Ozan´s birth, it was clear that he was going to be another civil servant, and in the hopes of his mother, one that would climb where she and her retired husband couldn´t. So he spent his early years studying and preparing for that. While the astral elves rule the city and he kingdom, it´s the councils and the underlying bureaucracy who do the hard work. The head of each council is a noble elf, with the power to elect the council –within a limited selection; in the merchant´s quarter, those must be the four principal merchant families- and veto any decision; most of the time, they don´t really care about the council´s decisions, and only use them as political tools. From there, a tangled web of secretaries, accountants, officers and scribes manage the city´s daily life. Those are –supposedly- chosen by their merits, without race or social class restrictions, though in practice it´s became a profession that passes from parents to children. The Neubs were not the brightest family there; Ozan´s father was already retired, and his mother worked in one of the lowest ranks. Ozan wasn´t too promising: he seemed to lack ambition and was too empathic to ruthlessly climb the hierarchy. It wasn´t until he was 13 they didn´t understood the reason. He had psionic talent. He was a natural born telepath. His changes in mood and understanding of other´s feelings were because an unrefined empathic psionic power. At first, it was a small dissapointment; were he a wizard, he could aim for a place in the prestigious Academy. But then, an idea started to mature: psionics were subtle, easy to conceal. They don´t have to mutter arcane words, or have their fingers stained with strange chemicals… they are ideal to use in public, and nobody would notice. Ozan started to study with a small and secret group of psychics, the Cabal of Pure Thought, just at the same time he joined the ranks of the bureaucrats, and when he mastered his first powers, his family pushed him to use them to use them for his advantage. It was dangerous: the use of supernatural powers to influence the mind of others is a crime as dire as the use of them to damage property. He was lucky at first. He could read the mood of others easily, and influence their minds, thoug he did it only whe he was sure he couldn´t be caught. He enjoyed it at first, and soon he was in a place of some responsibility. As he was gaining maturity, however, his way of seeing things changed too. He could see how the system was unjust, how those rich and powerful had all the advantages and the poor and helpless were ignored by justice. What was worse is that he could [I]feel[/I] that, the ignored sinking in desperation and the comtempt swirling around those powerful enough touse the system. At first, Ozan tried to change things from within, but that didn´t worked, and worse, clashed with his bosses. His sudden stop in his career was a source of tension with his family. And the Cabal started to make demands to him; they were not a pacific group of study, but had an agenda on their own. It was too much pressure for the young Ozan, and decide the only way for him was leaving it all and start a new life, with a new name… [/QUOTE]
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