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Message: <blockquote data-quote="apocalypstick" data-source="post: 1048311" data-attributes="member: 12356">Whee! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  Done.Christian "Harlequin" Hargrave - Male Human Bard 7; CR 7; Medium-size humanoid, HD 7d6+0; Spd 30'; AC 14 (touch 12, flat-footed 12); Atk +6 Melee (1d4+1 19/20/x2, Dagger +1) or +8 Ranged (1d6, 60' range, x3, MW Shortbow); SA Bardic Music 7/day (Inspire Courage, Countersong, Fascinate, Inspire Competence, Suggestion), Bardic Knowledge (8); SQ bonus feat at first level, +1 skill point per level; AL CN; SV Fort +2, Ref +7, Will +6; Str 10 Dex 14 Con 10 Int 12 Wis 12 Chr 19Skills: Bluff +18, Diplomacy +20, Disguise +13, Escape Artist +6, Gather Information +11, Innuendo (cc) +7, Knowledge: Nobility +5, Perform +14, Sense Motive +9Feats: Skill Focus (Bluff), Charlatan, Alluring, Spell Focus (Enchantment)Languages: Common, High Tongue*Spells Per Day: 3/4/3/1Spells Known: (0 level: DC 14) Dancing Lights, Daze, Detect Magic, Ghost Sound, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation; (1st level: DC 15/17/19) Alarm, Charm Person, detect Secret Doors, Message; (2nd level: DC 16/18/20) Invisibility, Locate Object, Silence, Tongues; (3rd level: DC 17/19/21) Gaseous Form, Lesser GeasEquipment: ring of mind shielding; wand of cure light wounds (50 charges); slippers of spider climbing; cloak of charisma +2; dagger +1; buckler shield +1; MW shortbow; hip quiver w/ 20 arrows, MW lap-harp; light horse w/ riding saddle, bit, and bridle; pack mule w/ pack saddle and saddlebags; tent, bedroll, disguise kit, spell component pouch, traveler's outfit, entertainer's outfit, courtier's outfitCoin: 4 gp, 9 spXP: 21000Image: Christian Hargrave is a lanky, tallish man with short auburn hair that often falls in front of his ice-blue eyes. A mischievous smile and a predilection for fine clothing round out his carefully-groomed appearance. Christian sports no less than seven (lucky seven) silver earrings in his left ear. He stands straight and proud, and when he focuses his attentions on someone it seems as though there is no one else in the world but them.Personality: To those who do not know him – and few truly do – Christian seems to be a kind, jovial, happy-go-lucky fellow who is enamored of all the world’s pleasures and splendors. Kindness seems to come easily to him. He is quick to smile and always ready with a compliment for anyone he meets. However, Christian’s personality is as meticulously crafted as his appearance. His heart and soul both burn with a fierce, black anger toward the Empire of Ulin.Background: Many know of Christian Hargrave, the wandering minstrel who penned the tragic poem Lady Elena’s Triumph, but none know that the tale of a noblewoman, left behind when her husband led his armies onto the field against an invading orcish tribe, actually happened – though the poet did make a few changes to the tale’s particulars.In truth, ‘Lady Elena’ is actually Amberle Volpone – Christian’s childhood sweetheart, and the only woman he has ever loved. In truth, the orcish warband that took ‘Elena’s’ maidenhead, and then her life, were actually a troop of Imperium soldiers. And in truth, Christian did not leave the small farming village where they both grew up together to lead an army, but simply to take a wagon of wheat and barley to market.Other than that, the tragic poem is all too true.Christian left the farmstead soon thereafter, despite the protestations of his parents, and began traveling across Ulin, eking out a meager living by playing his mandolin on street corners for the pocket change of passers-by. He played with all his soul to try and escape his pain, but no matter how he tried to forget his true love, his heart would not let him. More than once, when he was in his cups, he would brawl with Imperium soldiers in seedy taverns; to him, they were all the man (or men) who stole Amberle’s life. He spent nearly as much time in various dungeons as he did on the road.Eventually, the passion with which Christian threw himself into his music drew the attention of a traveling bard who styled herself as Madeline the Magnificent. Christian did not care much for her romantic advances, but he did learn all that he could about the bardic arts from her. They traveled together for three winters as musicians and occasional lovers. It was a clichéd ‘dark and stormy night’ when Christian, once again deep in his cups and maudlin for his one true love, attacked Madeline after she tried to coax him into her bed. He regretted the brawl, once it was over, but could not bring himself to apologize for it. Once more he fled into the night, leaving potential happiness and the beginnings of a new life behind.Yes, many know of Christian Hargrave, and of the tragic poem which he penned. But none know that he is also “Harlequin,” the masked spy and rabble-rouser who seeks to destroy the Empire of Ulin, just as it destroyed his life. * - Dave_o, is there a "royal tongue" or "bardic chant" or anything else like that in the campaign world? If there is, that is what Christian would take as his bonus language - if not, then... eh... Elven, I suppose. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Edit: Spelling, formatting, and added DCs to the spell list {base/base+Spell Focus/base+Spell Focus + Alluring}</blockquote>

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