Laken "Snowbird" Knox [snowbirdknox/tesarikone]

[Snowbird]

Name: Laken "Snowbird" Knox Screen Name: snowbirdknox or tesarikone Font/Text: TNR Aqua Eyes: Pale Aqua Hair: Black with White Bangs Height: 5'4" Race: Fey'ri Racial Weakness: Cold x 2 Languages: Common, Abyssal, Elven, Kullyrian, Umbral, Necronian,  Thieves Tongue, Vishkanya, Sark, Runin, Serpentine Country of Origin: Kullyr Chosen Deity: I care nothing for the gods. Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Trivia of the Week: Her favorite color is green.

Primary Class Arcane Class Bonus +2 Spell Difficulty Primary Prof Thief Adept Prof Bonus Telekinetic Toolkit +5 Rogue Checks +3 Acro, Athl, Stealth Secondary Class Combat Class Bonus Extra 1d 1 per combat Strength [0] Quickness [10] Endurance [0] Willpower [3] Intelligence [8] Perception [2] Charisma [3]

Flaws Bad Seed -2 to any magical save from an evil creature. Dislike of Nobility With nobles suffer a -2 penalty to all social related rolls In addition, once per game session (as applicable), the DM or another player can enforce this flaw to make you directly oppose or ignore a request or order given by a noble. Impious Suffer a -2 penalty to all social based skill checks with anyone that you know to be a devout follower or worshiper of a deity.

Rank: Emerald Marshal Dice: 2d76 Defense DC: 18 Hit Points: 54 (38+3Wlp+Int8+Diehard5)

Save agst Magic: +6 (Wlp 3, Iron Will 3) Spot: +7 (Alert 5, Perc 2) Listen: +7 (Alert 5, Perc 2) Insight: +4 (Perc 2, Ring 2) Search: +2 (Perc 2) Acrobatics: +18 (Quick 10, Acro 5, TA 3) Athletics: +3 (Str 0, TA 3) Rogue (Lockpicking/Disable): +20 (Quick 10, TA 5, Buckler 5) Stealth: +13 (Quick 10, TA 3) Hide: +5 (??, Hat 5) Bluff: +16 (YSM 3, Cha 3, Rapscallion:Int 8, Ring 2) Diplomacy: +8 (YSM 3, Cha 3, Ring 2) Gather Info: +6 (YSM 3, Cha 3) Escape: +15 (Quick 10, Corset 5)

(ra) Darksight (ra) Alter Appearance You are able to alter your appearance to appear fully elven, or any humanoid form, indefinitely. (ra) Acrobatic (fl) Diehard (cl) Magical Affinity (fc) You're Shitting Me This grants a +3 bonus on Bluff, Diplomacy, and Gather Info. (fc) Polyglot [c: Necronian, t: Vishkanya, a: Sark, s: Runin, e: Serpentine] (fc) Strong Stomach You cannot become nauseated. If you are exposed to an effect or condition that would normally make you nauseated, merely feel a bit sick. (c) Alert (c) Iron Will You have extreme willpower, giving you a +1/+2/+3/+4 to any Willpower Checks. Willpower is what you use to fight against mental, emotional, and magical effects, spells and powers. As you strengthen your resolve and gain experience in the world, so too does you will grow. +1 at skill selection, +2 at Amber Rank, +3 at Emerald and +4 at Obsidian. (c) Alchemy (c) Sidestep (c) Bottoms Up You have trained yourself to swallow liquids in one quick gulp. You are able to drink a potion as a free action during your turn, also allowing you to make a regular attack or action your turn that round. This can be used once per combat. (prof) Lock Sense You can sense the presence and general direction of locks, even hidden ones. Roll 1d20, result is the range in meters for each use. Can only be used once per adventure. (ft) Thievery The thief is a cunning type of person. They see an opportunity and exploit it. With a successful unarmed or short weapon attack (dagger, bladed gloves, etc) the thief not only hurts their target but also steals some of their gold. The number rolled by both dice on the attack roll is also the amount of the victim's gold that was lifted. (ie: a roll of 20 20 would yield 40 gold). They must have one hand open, meaning that they are not holding a weapon or another object. At Sapphire Rank, you may double the gold stolen (so a roll of 20 20 would yield 40x2=80gp). At Ruby you may triple the gold stolen, and at Obsidian you quadruple the gold stolen. One time use in combat. (t) Dexterous Fighter (t) True Seeing You are able to see all things as they actually are. You can see secret doors hidden by magic, the exact location of creatures or objects that are hiding, see invisible creatures or objects normally and see through illusions. This works for 10 minutes per Gemstone Rank, once per adventure. (t) Scavenger A thief adept is so gifted at thievery, he is able to scavenge through fallen bodies and recover gold hidden even in the hardest to find places. This enables a thief to roll their rank dice up to three times per adventure to loot the bodies of fallen creatures (per DM approval) for gold. Whatever they roll (such as 24 38) is added together for how much gold they are able to scavenge. (fa) Rapscallion You may add your Intelligence bonus as an addition to any Bluff Checks that you make. (a) Tricky Arcanist [30 feet] A thief adept can use any of their skills at a distance. At Crystal Rank, you may use your skills at a distance of 10 feet away. At Amber, 20 feet. At Emerald, 30 feet. At Ruby 40 feet and at Obsidian 50 feet away. (a) Sneaky Strike [+1 Strike] Your ability to attack your targets stealthily improves your Strike when you are using a bit of thief magic. You now gain a +1 boost to strike in combat. At Ruby it is +2, and at Obsidian it is +3. (a) Counter Attack  [Dmg, counter] If an enemy attempts to attack you and you take damage, you may counter attack them immediately with your full dice and weapon damage, if you make your Strike against them. (No skills, etc.) This can be used once per combat. (cmb) Combat Affinity (fs) Mind over Body (s) Advanced Thievery A thief adept is trained at thievery, and is able to now use the Thievery skill during combat as often as they successfully attack a target with an unarmed or short weapon attack. Using this skill does not allow you the doubled, tripled or quadrupled bonus from your one use of Thievery - you take simply the amount you roll (such as rolling 40 40 = 80 gold). (s) Spell Combatant You have learned to cast spells and wield your weapon at the same time. You may wield a light or one-handed weapon, or one-handed tech in one hand, while using your off-hand to attack with magic during combat against one target. Additionally, once per combat you may not only add your normal bonus to your melee damage against the target, but your Intelligence bonus to your magic attack as well to the same target. This is for non-registered spells only in your off-hand. (s) No Way out When an enemy attempts to escape, you may make a free action even if it is not your turn to follow and make an attack. This does not work if they have a skill that allows them to get away without being stopped such as Live to Fight Another Day. (fe) Gold Sense Much like Lock Sense, will allow you to detect any gold, no matter how well-hidden, within a range of 1d25 feet. Can be used once per adventure. Also grants a bonus of +3 to any Rogue (pickpocket) attempts if gold is the objective. (e) Arcane Warrior This allows you to wield a light/one-handed weapon or one-handed tech in one hand, and a one-handed magic invocation in the other. This follows the same rules as dual-wield, it allows you to gain the damage for both in one round. You may choose to add your normal melee trait damage, OR your magic trait damage (INT), but not both every round. This is an innate skill. (e) Flummox the Fighter When an opponent attacks you and misses, you are able to cause the attacker to become confused for one round if they fail a Willpower Check of DC10 + Your Quickness. It is up to the DM what the confusion entails, but it could be a lost turn, or even attacking allies. (e) Eldritch Master This skill allows a spellcaster to double their magic trait bonus for damage when casting an attack-based spell in combat. If your spell does damage then you may double your trait bonus for damage every time you cast an attack spell in combat. This is the Arcane Class version of Eldritch Focus and replaces that skill, and is considered Innate.

[Snowbird]

Defense: +16 DEF Shadowskin Studded Leather +8 DEF (Hide in Plain Sight) Bracers +2 DEF Amulet of Armor +5 DEF Burglar's Buckler +1 DEF Armor Info (Crafted by Ellis Strata) Shadowskin: Woven from threads of quasi-reality torn from the Plane of Shadow, shadowskin is an expensive fabric highly valued by those who stalk in the darkness. Shadowskin shimmers and seems to flow and vibrate as if made of thousands of tiny tentacles with fuzzy edges, slightly translucent, and always dark and non-reflective no matter the lighting conditions. Any non-metal clothing or armor can be made of shadowskin, and those who wear it gain the ability to Hide in Plain Sight, allowing Hide and Stealth checks even if you are not actually hiding or using cover. The green leather is interwoven with shadowskin. Buckler Info ☼ ☼ This unassuming buckler has an array of small tools and implements embedded into the backside of its rim, able to be folded and snapped out for use at a moment's notice to attack, defend, or accomplish roguish tasks. A burglar's buckler grants the wielder a +5 bonus on Rogue Checks, such as Disable Device, or Lockpicking. Once per day, the wielder may transform a burglar's buckler into any mundane tool weighing 1 to 5 pounds, such as a crowbar, hammer, saw, small shovel, or grappling hook. The burglar's buckler can be converted back into shield form on command. [Worth 2500gp]

Primary Weapon: 1d8 Obsidian Broadsword 1d8 ***** Crafted by Eira Obsidian Crits at 19-20 Hideaway Hideaway weapons are made to fold up simply by pressing a stud on a handle or haft. Hideaway weapons are easy to conceal when folded and not easily recognizable as weapons, making them very popular with rogues. When folded, a hideaway weapon collapses into a small cylinder small enough to fit comfortably in the wielder's hand. Pressing a second stud unfolds the weapon, which always appears in the wielder's hand, ready for use. Pressing the stud to fold or unfold the weapon is a free action. You gain a +4 bonus to any checks made to conceal your weapon. Batsense The form of a screeching bat’s head adorns the end of this weapon, and images of wings and fluttering nocturnal forms run along its length. When activated, a batsense weapon emits a susurrus of whispered notes. While wielding the activated weapon, you gain blindsight out to 30 feet. This effect is negated by silence spells and effects. Phantom STRIKE: +11 (Qck 10, Sneaky Strike 1) DAMAGE: +10 (Qck 10 Dex Fighter) Arcane Warrior: 1d8/1d8/1d5 Broadsword 1d8 Invocation 1d8/1d5 STRIKE: +11 (QCK 10, Sneaky Strike 1) DAMAGE: +13 (INT 8, Sleeves 5) w/ Fox's Cunning DAMAGE: +15 (INT 10, Sleeves 5) Secondary Weapon: 1d8 Wire Garotte 1d8 Hidden Weapons: (2) Parrying Dagger 1d4 [Eira is borrowing] Ioun Blade 1d4 This dagger holds one ioun stone which functions for the wielder. No other enchantments can be placed on this blade, and the ioun stone's magic only works if the owner is holding the dagger in his hand, it cannot be sheathed or put away in a pack to work. Spider Fang ☼ Of grotesque design, this seemingly organic dagger appears to be made from sharpened layers of purple-black chitin. Sinister weblike patterns cover its surface, and the blade occasionally twitches and jerks of its own accord. This 1d4 dagger quickly cuts through webs (magical or otherwise) without getting stuck. You can cut through a web entangling you or another creature during combat without it taking up your round of combat. Magic: Force (Spell Combatant: 1/combat can add INT extra. Also, use with weapon.) (Eldritch Master : Dbl INT) STRIKE: +9 (INT 8, Sneaky Strike 1) DAMAGE: +21 (INT 8, Sleeves 5, EM 8) w/ Fox's Cunning STRIKE: +11 (INT 10, Sneaky Strike 1) DAMAGE: +25 (INT 10, Sleeves 5, EM 10) Invocation: Arcane Retort 1d8/1d5***** "Unholy Umbral Spikes" This invocation pulls from her demon heritage, causing unholy tendrils of spiked shadow to wrap around the individual, the spikes bypassing all armor to dig and writhe into the target's flesh doing shadow damage. STRIKE: +9 (INT 8, Sneaky Strike 1) DAMAGE: +21 (INT 8, Sleeves 5, EM 8) w/ Fox's Cunning STRIKE: +11 (INT 10, Sneaky Strike 1) DAMAGE: +25 (INT 10, Sleeves 5, EM 10) Shadow Grasp When you cast a darkness/shadow invocation, if your target takes damage from the invocation they also become entangled for one round, losing a turn, if they fail a DC15 Endurance Check. Profane Spell  Unholy Umbral Spell An umbral spell invocation deals an extra 1d5 points of shadow/darkness damage on a successful hit. Bloodleech 1/combat as much damage as you roll with your 'vocation, you heal. Regged Magic INT 8, ME 8 = +16 Eldritch Master: Double INT 4 per Combat 2 - Allowed 1 - Arcane Sleeves 1 - Magpie

Consumables: (5) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Pack Items: (5) 1) Key of Jammed Locks [Magic Item] This ornate brass key automatically reshapes itself to fit any standard keyhole. Once placed inside a lock, the key merges with the lock and fills up all open spaces within it, creating a solid piece of metal and making it impossible to unlock it, even with magic. While securing the lock, the key strengthens its materials, adding 10 to its hit points, and +5 to its Break DC. Touching the key and speaking the command word causes the key to reshape itself into a key again, leaving the lock intact and rendering the mechanism operable again. It can be used once per day. [Worth: 1500gp] 2)Eyes of the Dragon [Eyes] [Darkvision 120ft, Blindsense 60ft] These tigereye gems fit over and then meld into the eyes, transforming the wearer’s eyes into something slitted and draconic. These eyes grant the wearer darkvision 120 ft. and blindsense 60 ft. The wearer sees four times as well as a human in dim light and twice as well in normal light. [Worth: 2,500gp] 3) Fey Queen's Magpie [Magic Item] [3xday extra spell, 3xday healing 4d5] Created by an ancient fey queen who could see the threads of fate, this intelligent, magical construct bird is made of bones fused by alchemy and magic. It takes the shape of a bird constructed of alchemically hardened and magically enhanced bone. A creature wishing to use this artifact must be neither good nor evil and must spend at least 24 hours with the magpie in its possession. Once it does so, the magpie serves its bearer until it is dismissed, its master commits such an evil or good act that their alignment changes to good or evil, or the magpie is destroyed. The fey queen's magpie has the following abilities: 1-Three times per day on command, and while in contact with the artifact, the bird's bearer can use it to cast a spell beyond the allowed number in combat. You may only use this once per combat, though three times per day. 2-At will and on command, the bird's master can make it go forth and send messages, as if it were the subject of an animal messenger spell. 3-Three times per day on command, the bird's master can have the magpie cast a healing spell that does 4d5 healing. If the target is over their hit points (dead), and the healing would bring them under their max hit points, then they are revived. [Worth: 16,000gp] 4) 5)

Rings: (2) 1) Ring of Wordtwisting This ring gives a +2 to Insight, Bluff and Diplomacy. If worn by someone with orc blood such as a half-orc, the bonus increases to +4. [Worth: 2000gp] 2) Ring of Continuation This band of braided copper wires throbs ever so slightly in harmony with its wearer's heartbeat. Whenever the wearer of this ring casts a beneficial spell on himself, that spell remains in effect for double the duration or until the wearer casts another spell on himself (whichever comes first). So, a spell that gives you a certain amount of defense for one combat, would last through two combats. A spell that gives you an effect for 15 minutes, would last 30 minutes. [Worth: 7,000gp] Books: (3) 1) 2) 3)

Arms/Wrist: Phoenix Tattoo Hands: Arcane Finger Sleeves I: This allows a spellcaster to write an extra spell per dice rank. II: This gives +5 DMG to non-regged magical attacks. III: This doubles the amount of spells you are allowed to cast per day. IV: This allows a spellcaster to write 5 extra spells per gemstone rank. V: This  allows a spellcaster to cast an extra spell during combat. Feet: Rogue's Boots These form-fitting, calfskin boots are dyed black and lightly decorated with raven feathers. They grant their wearer a +5 bonus on Spot checks to spot or locate traps and devices on the floor with 10 feet. This includes pits, pressure plates, and other mechanical and magical devices located on or attached to the floor. [Worth: 2000gp] Body Mod: Nipple Clamp of Exquisite Pain When this clamp is worn, you become immune to pain until the clamp is removed and all the pain suffered while wearing it comes rushing onto you at once. This does nothing about damage, simply the pain of taking damage. [Worth: 1,500gp]

Head/Headband: Hat of Anonymity This broad-brimmed black hat obscures the wearer from being detected, allowing him to blend into a crowd with ease. The wearer is under a continuous nondetection effect and has a +5 bonus on Hide checks while the hat is worn. [Worth: 2000gp] Face/Eyes: Nose Ring of Unearthly Scent This item allows its wearer to smell curses as an unearthly odor with traces of brimstone and iron. The wearer can bring its nose near an object or creature and sniff the target to glean information as if using detect magic, except this effect only detects curses and cursed items. The wearer must concentrate as normal to learn all possible information about the object or creature in question. Once per day, the wearer can sniff the air for signs of danger while considering a specific course of action. The perceived smell of a favorite food indicates good fortune for the decision and the smell of death indicates a negative fortune for the decision. Neck: Amulet of Spell Learning (Magical Affinity Only) This silver locket only has power when used by someone with magical affinity. It allows a mage to write 1 extra spell per dice rank, starting with the rank they are when they obtain the item. [Worth: 4,000gp] Torso/Body: Corset of the Vishkanya This black corset fits neatly beneath armor. It allows the wearer to compress herself to fit through tight spaces as needed. While using the corset's magic, she gains a +5 bonus on Escape checks. If a vishkanya is wearing the corset, once per day they can pass an Escape check without need of a roll.[Worth: 2000gp] Armor: Studded Leather Cloak/Shoulders: Cloak of the Bat Fashioned of dark brown or black cloth, this cloak bestows a +5 bonus on Hide checks. The wearer is also able to hang upside down from the ceiling, like a bat. By holding the edges of the garment, the wearer is able to fly. If he desires, the wearer can actually polymorph himself into an ordinary bat and fly accordingly. (All possessions worn or carried are part of the transformation.) Flying, either with the cloak or in bat form, can be accomplished only in darkness (either under the night sky or in a lightless or near-lightless environment underground). Either of the flying powers is usable for up to 10 minutes at a time, but after a flight of any duration the cloak cannot bestow any flying power for as long as it just was used to fly. [Worth: 3,500gp] Waist: Legs:

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OTHER ITEMS
Tracking Mask [Face]
These masks were usually made from wood and bone when crafted by druids. Some exist made out of metal. While worn, it provides the wearer with the Scent skill.
[Worth: 2000gp]

Chronocharm of the Celestial Wanderer [Neck]
This charm resembles an ebony starburst. A chronocharm of the celestial wanderer slows your perception of time, allowing you a second chance to recognize potential danger. When you activate this chronocharm, you can immediately reroll a single Listen or Spot check that you just attempted. The result of the second roll replaces the first result. This ability functions once per day.
[Worth: 2,000gp]

Ioun Stone (black spindle) [Magic Item]
This ioun stone gives you darkvision to 60 feet. Ioun stones orbit around your head while in use.
[Worth: 2000gp]

1 Piece of Black Dragonbone (Acid) - (Worth: 4,000gp)
This material may be used to make any weapon and confer "acid" onto the weapon naturally. You must pay for the actual weapon to be crafted, this is simply the material being provided.

Hateeri's Wyrmfang Amulet
This necklace of black dragon teeth grants all of the wearer's natural attacks the ability to overcome damage reduction as if they were magic weapons (so overcomes DR/magic).

Helping Hand Gloves
The wearer of these simple gloves can speak a command word create a glowing disembodied hand. Up to three times a day, the wearer can have the hand assist him with a task. The hand adds a +5 to any check such as a Rogue Check to assist in picking a lock, or a Use Object check. It must make sense that an extra hand would actually assist in the task (up to DM). The hand remains until it has attempted one action or until 1 minute passes, whichever comes first.[Worth: 2,500gp]

TROPHIES
5 vials of Black (Acid) Dragon Blood (Hateeri)
1 Black Dragon Claw (Hateeri)

[Snowbird]

SPELLS

t quirk: forlorn - cannot call a familiar
a quirk: burn out
s quirk: bleeds black smoky blood
e quirk: addiction - pain

(14 + 8 x2 (sleeve)= 44 a day)(7 + 8 = 15 per quest)
Emerald: 14 + INT spells a day / 7 + INT per quest
Ruby: 16 + INT spells a day / 8 + INT per quest
Obsidian: 20 + INT spells a day / 10 + INT per quest

61/84 spells
Amulet of Spell Learning | Extra spell per dice rank. (started at Amber Adept)
Arcane Sleeve V | 5 Extra Spells per Gemstone
48 by Rank
11 Amulet
25 Sleeves

DC23
(13 + 2 + INT 8)

Attack
Sapphire / Emerald: +12 or Constant +3
Ruby: +16 or Constant +4
Obsidian: +20 or Constant +5

Magic Missile: (Evocation [force]) A missile of magical energy darts forth from your fingertip and strikes its target, dealing damage.

Magic Weapon: (Transmutation) This enchants your weapon to do more damage through combat. This is a constant effect.

Bludgeoning Force: (Evocation [force]) This creates a blunt coalescence of force that bludgeons your chosen foe.

Claw of the Shadow Demon: The skin on your hand turns black, visible wounds appear in the skin from which blood slowly drips, and your fingers grow into long, dark talons. You can make a natural attack (claw) with these talons, which deal extra damage. The talons are only semimaterial, and can even be used to attack an ethereal/incorporeal creature.

AoE Attack
Sapphire & Emerald: +6 [4 NPCs]
Ruby: +8 [5 NPC's]
Obsidian: +10 [6 NPCs]

Spectral Daggerstorm: This produces translucent, dagger shaped blades of force that can be used to attack more than one target. These daggers will strike both corporeal, and incorporeal creatures.

Concussive Blast: Deal force damage to your targets.

Blade Wall: (Evocation [force]) This creates a column of shimmering, sharp whirling blades that does damage to nearby targets.

Hungry Darkness: This spell creates an area of intense blackness, filled with unseen chewing teeth and ravenous maws. Targeted creatures are gnawed and slashed by these unseen fangs of force.

Attack Enhancer
Emerald: 5 rounds, 2d5 Damage
Ruby: Full Combat, 2d5 Damage
Obsidian: Full Combat, 2d8 Damage
Diamond: Full Combat, 2d10 Damage

Red Crow Strike: You release blasts of force energy in the form of bolts of fire or glowing red crows, which fly instantaneously to strike your targets as you move from one target to another.

Hellmouth Lash: Upon casting this spell, your tongue transforms into an energy whip weapon that can deal acid, electricity, or fire damage. You choose what type of energy damage the spell deals when you cast it. You attack with your tongue as if it were a whip. While the spell is in effect, you cannot speak, cast spells requiring verbal components, or activate items requiring command words.

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Damage over Time (DoT)
A DoT spell does damage over a course of several rounds. It is not high level damage, but it cannot be evaded, reflected, or otherwise defended against in any way.
Save: Yes, initial save when cast.
Emerald: 4 rounds / +3 Damage
Ruby: 4 rounds / +4 Damage
Obsidian: 5 rounds / +5 Damage

Antagonize Wound: (Necromancy) Causes a target who has already been wounded to continue to deal damage, taking damage over time.

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Weaken: Hit Points
Hit Points / Through Combat
Emerald: Lose 10 Hit Points
Ruby: Lose 12 Hit Points
Obsidian: Lose 14 Hit Points

Claws of the Fiend: Your fingers grow into long, dark talons that drip with ichor. The wounds made with these claws continues to bleed and fester, causing a permanent loss in hit points.

Weaken: Dice Sides
Sapphire & Emerald: Constant -6
Ruby: Constant -8
Obsidian: Constant -10

Claws of the Abomination: Your fingers grow into long, sooty talons that smoke. Your strike weakens the target for the remainder of combat, causing them to weaken by losing dice sides.

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AoE Weaken: Hit Points
Sapphire & Emerald: Lose 6 Hit Points [4 NPCs]
Ruby: Lose 8 Hit Points [5 NPCs]
Obsidian: Lose 10 Hit Points [6 NPCs]

Caducity of Flesh: Sickly green liquid with a foul stench drips from your fingertips; it's touch causes a victim's flesh to wither and rot away.

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Strengthen: Dice Sides
Dice Sides / One Round or Through Combat
Sapphire / Emerald: 12 or Constant 6
Ruby: 16 or Constant 8
Obsidian: 20 or Constant 10
(Alternate) Obsidian: Gain 1d of Dice 1 Round

Battle Trance: (Enchantment/Mind Effect) You are transformed into a single-minded force of destruction. You gain a constant boost to dice sides.

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Strike Boost
Emerald and Ruby: Constant +3 / -3
Obsidian: Constant +4 / -4

Inner Demon: Pulling from her fey'ri heritage, Snowbird becomes quicker and more accurate with her strikes.

Blade Tutor's Spirit: You summon an insubstantial spirit of force that resembles a cloudy vapor hovering around your fists or any melee weapons you wield. The spirit compensates for your mistakes during melee attacks, nudging your weapons in the proper direction.

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Defense Boost
Emerald and Ruby: +10 or Constant +8
Obsidian: +12 or Constant +10

Mage Armor: (Conjuration) An invisible but tangible field of force surrounds the subject of a mage armor spell providing a boost to defense either one-time or constant.

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Defense Absorb
Emerald and Ruby: Absorbs 11 Dmg
Obsidian: Absorbs 15 Dmg.

Second Defense: (Conjuration) This spell creates an invisible but tangible force effect that protects the target by absorbing incoming damage.

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Negate Defense
Emerald and Ruby: 3 rounds
Obsidian: 4 rounds

Badger's Ferocity: (Transmutation) This spell can be cast on one weapon, enabling it to be sharper, harder, more ferocious allowing it to cut through or bypass any defenses the target may have for as many rounds as allowed.

Erode Defenses: Your spell begins to eat away at all of the defenses of your target, mundane and magic.

AoE Negate Defense
Emerald and Ruby: 2 rounds / 3 NPCs
Obsidian: 3 rounds / 4 NPCs

Blood Red Mist: A red mist appears upon the field of battle, settling on your enemies bodies and armor, and causes their defenses to fail.

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Hold
Emerald and Ruby: 3 rounds
Obsidian: 4 rounds

Heart of Bedlam: You gain control of one enemy for as many rounds as allowed, and can force them to make an action of your choice.

Eldritch Enemy: (Abjuration [force]) This spell creates a band of force loosely circling the target. Whenever the target begins to cast a spell, the band contracts sharply, forcing a save in order to finish casting the spell. This lasts for as many rounds as a hold allows per rank.

AoE Holds
Emerald and Ruby: 1 rounds [4 NPCs]
Obsidian: 2 rounds [5 NPCs]

Black Tentacles: (Conjuration) This spell causes a field of rubbery black tentacles to appear, burrowing up from the floor and reaching for any creature in the area, holding them for the duration of time or they pass their spell save.

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Evade
Emerald, Ruby & Obsidian: Evade Full Dmg

Blur: (Illusion) The subject's outline appears blurred, shifting, and wavering allowing for a partial to full evade of ranged, melee or visible magic damage (like a fireball, or electric bolt).

Spellcrash: (Abjuration) You create a discordant blast of energy that disrupts the target's magical attack, evading some (or all) of the damage.

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Reflect
Emerald, Ruby: Reflect 1/2 Dmg
Obsidian: Full Reflect

Reflectorum Arcanum: (Abjuration, Evocation) This spell forms a golden hemisphere attached to the shield arm of the target, which is then used to reflect a magical projectile such as magic missiles (any form), acid arrows, lightning bolts or any other elemental or magical energy attack.

Deflection: (Abjuration [force]) You surround yourself in a whirling barrier of force that sends an attack hurling back toward its source. This applies to any melee or ranged attack directed against you so long as it uses a strike roll to determine whether or not it hits you.

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Tactic/Talent Buff
Emerald: +3
Ruby: +4
Obsidian: +5

Adept's Secret: The thief adept is able to use their magical skills to increase their Lockpicking Checks.

Disguise Self: (Illusion) This grants a bonus to Disguise Checks. You make yourself—including clothing, armor, weapons, and equipment—look different. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller, thin, fat, or in between. You cannot change your creature type (although you can appear as another subtype). Otherwise, the extent of the apparent change is up to you. You could add or obscure a minor feature or look like an entirely different person or gender.

Weapon of Agony: You cause a weapon to exude a palpable aura of fury. When wielding this weapon, it gives you a boost to your Intimidation.

Shadow Veil: (Illusion/Phantasm) This spell draws a cloak of darkness over the target, allowing them to move silently and invisibly to both normal sight and darkvision. This boosts Stealth.

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Trait Buff
Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby: +2
Obsidian: +3

Fox's Cunning: (Transmutation) Boosts Intelligence.

Bear's Endurance: (Transmutation) Boosts Endurance. The affected creature gains greater vitality and stamina.

Stag's Movement: (Transmutation) Boosts Quickness. Target becomes quicker, more agile and graceful.

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Dual
Force Spikes: (Evocation [force]) You create one or more shimmering spikes, made purely of force, which you can hurl at creatures. Each spike deals force damage. In addition, the spikes remain in the creature and while they do not continue to deal damage, the spikes lodge themselves into the Ethereal Plane and hold the creature in place.
(Hold/Dmg)
Emerald and Ruby: 2 rounds / +6 DMG
Obsidian: 3 rounds / +8 DMG

Intrusive Finger: (Evocation [force]) When you cast Intrusive Finger, a force effect of a hand with one finger extended winks into existence in front of the target. If the target fails their save, they take force damage and they are pinned for the duration allowed.
(Hold/Dmg)
Emerald and Ruby: Blind 2 rounds / +6 DMG
Obsidian: Blind 3 rounds / +8 DMG

Healing Sting: (Necromancy) This spell allows you to drain hit points from any single creature, and absorb them as healing energy. The hit points are lost for the remainder of combat, the healing is instantaneous.
(Weaken: Hit Points/Healing)
Emerald: Lose 6 Hit Points / Heal 6 HP
Ruby: Lose 8 Hit Points / Heal 8 HP
Obsidian: Lose 10 Hit Points / Heal 10 HP

Synostodweomer: This spell transforms the energy of any type of attack spell or magical attack into healing energy. Not only do you evade the damage of the magical attack, but you heal up to a certain amount (depending on how much damage it would have done. You cannot heal more than the damage that would be inflicted.) Excess points have special effects: an excess of 5 points cures the injured creature of disease. An excess of 7 points cures the injured creature of poison. An excess of 12 points cures both.
(Evade/Healing)
Emerald: Evade DMG / Heal up to 10 HP
Ruby: Evade DMG / Heal up to 12 HP
Obsidian: Evade DMG / Heal 14 HP

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Combat Effects

Anticipate Peril: (Divination) A creature affected by anticipate peril gains a preternatural sense of danger. This allows you to place yourself or your target as first on the scoreboard for one combat.

Argentum Scourge: This causes one weapon to be considered silver for one full combat.

Channel Stench (Conjuration [air]) You draw in a deep breath and expel it towards your opponents. Noxious odors are channeled through your breath and ejected in a vile cone of stench. All breathing creatures within the cone must make an Endurance save instead of a Willpower save against this spell's DC. Those who fail become nauseated for 1d3 rounds. Those who succeed instead become sickened for 1d3 rounds. Creatures of a higher gemstone rank than the caster are immune to this effect.
Nauseated: -2 to all rolls
Sickened: -4 to all rolls

Isolate: You cause the target to become invisible and silent, but only to his allies. Any creature with an attitude of indifferent or worse toward the target, and any creature that wishes the target harm, can see the target normally. The target can see and hear himself, but any effect that requires allies to see or hear the target does not function. An ally that can see invisible creatures or has true seeing can both see and hear the target of isolate. You may isolate a target for as many rounds as your gemstone ranks.

Keen Edge: (Transmutation) This spell makes a weapon magically keen, improving its ability to deal telling blows. This transmutation doubles the threat range of the weapon. A threat range of 20 becomes 19–20, a threat range of 19–20 becomes 17–20. This can only be cast on piercing or slashing weapons.

Spell Turn: This spell stops a non-damaging regged spell (such as a Hold, or a Weaken) in its tracks, and turns the arcane energy right back to the caster, causing them to be hit with the spell instead. The new target must pass the spell save of the original caster or suffer the effects.

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Skill Effects

Abeyance: This spell suppresses the effects of a single curse on a creature for the duration allowed. It does not restore any damage or drain that might have been caused by the curse. Abeyance cannot suppress curses that cannot be removed by remove curse. An individual curse can be suppressed only once by abeyance, even if cast by a different caster. Abeyance does not allow a creature to divest itself of cursed objects, though it can suppress a curse contracted from an object, if the DM allows.

Curse of Disgust: You place a curse upon a creature, causing it to avoid the sight of a specific trigger, which is a kind of creature, object, or condition designated by you. When the target is within 30 feet of a trigger and is aware of the trigger, it gains the sickened condition and feels an urge to leave. A successful save negates the urge to leave, but the sickened condition persists as long as the target is within 30 feet of a trigger and aware of it. Example triggers include beggars, filthy clothing, diseased creatures, the king, blood, spiders, rats, corpses, and sewage.

Dead Man's Ink: When you cast this spell, you can remove an enchanted tattoo from a slain target and place it upon the skin of a willing subject, including, if you choose, yourself. You cannot use this spell to place an enchanted tattoo which requires an open magic item slot upon a creature which already has that slot occupied.

Seal Mouth: (Alteration, Enchantment/Charm) This causes a person to be unable to speak against the caster. A subject who fails their save is unable to say anything that he believes to be insulting, critical or otherwise defamatory about the caster. If he tries, his lips seal shut and no words come out. This lasts for 5 minutes per gemstone rank of the caster, but a Remove Curse can be used to remove it before the duration is ended.

Seek Teleporter: (Divination) This spell allows the caster to discern the exact location of one individual who has used teleport, dimension door, or shadow walk within the last five minutes. It can also be used to follow, if the caster has a skill that allows teleportation of some sort. The caster must be within 90 feet of the place from which the other individual vanished. If you simply divine the creature's location it will tell you exactly where they went in relations to the point of departure (such as "800 feet directly south") but not conditions at the spot. To follow, you and your allies are instantly transported to the traveler's destination.

Breeze Lore: (Divination [air]) You inhale the air from the breeze, becoming attuned to the scents and flavors carried on it. Your sense of smell becomes keen – a new world of sensory impressions opens to you. You gain the scent ability allowing you to notice creatures by scent at a 30–foot distance (60 feet if downwind, 15 feet if upwind). In addition, you can track by scent for the duration allowed.

Gloves: (Evocation) This spell creates an invisible force field around the casters hands and up to 4 inches above the wrist or enchants one pair of leather gloves. The force field is weak but effectively blocks out all liquids allowing the caster to interact with liquids without getting wet or being affected by them. Thus acids, slimes, and various goos can be manipulated without incurring damage. The force-field is weak enough that anything sharp can penetrate the field and cause it to instantly dissipate.

Halt: (Evocation [force]) A sheet of invisible force materializes between the caster and the target creature, preventing it from drawing closer. The target is checked for the duration, although flying creatures are not moved backwards. If the target passes their spell save, they slip around the force and are unaffected by the spell. If combat ensues, the sheet disappears.

Absorbing Touch: (Transmutation) You absorb one object that your hand touches into your body. You can absorb any nonmagical, nonliving object weighing no more than 1 pound per gemstone level. A container and its contents count as a single object. Objects in the possession of another creature receive a save to prevent absorption. This is a non-combat spell. An absorbed object melds with your hand. If you dismiss the spell, the item appears in the hand that absorbed it, or falls to the ground if that hand is full. Multiple castings let you absorb additional items, but you can only store a single item per hand.

Anonymous Interaction: (Enchantment/Mind Effect) If your target fails it's save, you cause the target to forget all but the most general information about you. If they saw you or interacted with you, they still remember your presence and your general shape (such as humanoid), as well as the gist of your interactions with them (such as "She was asking about the queen"), but they don't remember specifically what you said, details of your appearance, or any identifying information about you. This spell targets any memories of you in the minute preceding its casting.

Open Sesame: With a burst of insight, you realize that the command word for the death ray is "fluffy kitten." If the target is a creature, you learn any passwords that the creature is waiting for you to speak. If the target is a magic item (or command word-controlled creature), you learn any command words that could activate the item or control the creature. This spell can only be used with DM approval, and with any limits the DM puts on it (such as only once per adventure) They can also ask for an opposed roll of their desire.

Shadow Scry: (Divination) This allows the caster to use a shadow as a scrying device in one's home or business. The shadow must be in the line of sight, and no more than 10 yards distant. Once the spell is cast, the caster can contact another shadow in their home or business and see out of it as if they were standing within that shadow, regardless of the shadow's size or shape. The caster can see everything within sight from the contacted shadow, including the passage of invisible creatures and all normal visual capabilities function normally. Shadows outside the caster's home or business cannot be reached in this way. The caster can switch shadows as she wishes to inspect different areas.

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Flavor Effects
Open/Close: (Transmutation) You can open or close (your choice) a door, chest, box, window, bag, pouch, bottle, barrel, or other container. If anything resists this activity (such as a bar on a door or a lock on a chest), the spell fails. In addition, the spell can only open and close things weighing 30 pounds or less. Thus, doors, chests, and similar objects sized for enormous creatures may be beyond this spell's ability to affect.

Clandestine Conversation: (Illusion) The targets can converse without anyone overhearing what they are saying. Creatures who can read lips might still be able to determine what is said, but no Perception check can possibly allow one to overhear the conversation. While under the effect of this spell, a target creature can speak to someone not affected by this spell, but everyone can hear that conversation normally. Only when one target creature speaks to the other target creature does the conversation remain private.

Skyhook: (Evocation [force]) This spell creates a solid hook of force invisible to all but the caster in a desired location. The hook need not be attached to anything, and is usually created in midair over a chasm or pit. Once cast, it remains immobile. Creatures can hang on to it, ropes can be tied to or hooked over it, and so on. It supports up to 30 tons of weight. The skyhook vanishes when the spell expires. Once created, the skyhook cannot be moved.

Scrollsee: (Divination, Enchantment) This spell allows the caster to record the events occurring around him on a piece of parchment, and have those events replayed as moving pictures sometime in the future. The caster must have a plain sheet of parchment or smooth bark. If this is being used in combat, the caster can do nothing but focus and concentrate on recording the scene. This spell is cast again for the replay, the image is lifelike but the quality is affected by the material used for the spell. Also, the size of the image is about a foot square, so tiny details are indiscernible.

Faithful Hound: (Conjuration/Summoning) You summon a phantom watchdog that only the caster can see. You can then command it to perform as guardian of a passage, room, door or similar space or portal. The phantom watchdog commences barking loudly if any creature larger than a cat approaches the place it guards. The hound can detect invisible and ethereal creatures, and does not react to illusions.

Force Ladder: This spell creates a 60ft immobile ladder of Force.

Private Sanctum: (Abjuration, Alteration) This spell insures privacy in a room of up to 1,600 square feet in area, or 40 foot by 40 foot in dimension. All windows in the room become dark and misty from the outside, preventing creatures with normal vision, darkvision or any other special vision from looking into the room. Those inside can look out normally. No sounds, no matter how loud, escape the room. Scrying attempts cannot penetrate.

Servant Horde: (Conjuration/Summoning) This spell creates a number of invisible servants similar to the "unseen servant" spell. The number of servants created is equal to 2d6 + 1 per gemstone level. These servants can be used for laboring tasks such as serving at a banquet, helping to dig earthworks, rowing a ship, assisting in a farmer's fields. They last as many hours as your INT bonus.

Tiny Hut: (Evocation [force]) You create an unmoving, opaque sphere of force of any color you desire around yourself. Half the sphere projects above the ground, and the lower hemisphere passes through the ground. As many as nine other Medium creatures can fit into the field with you; they can freely pass into and out of the hut without harming it. However, if you remove yourself from the hut, the spell ends. The temperature inside the hut is 70° F if the exterior temperature is between 0° and 100° F. An exterior temperature below 0° or above 100° lowers or raises the interior temperature on a 1-degree-for-1 basis. The hut also provides protection against the elements, such as rain, dust, and sandstorms. The hut withstands any wind of less than hurricane force, but a hurricane (75+ mph wind speed) or greater force destroys it. The interior of the hut is a hemisphere. You can illuminate it dimly upon command or extinguish the light as desired. Although the force field is opaque from the outside, it is transparent from within.

[Snowbird]

Background: What happened in her family's past that had an elf and a demon breeding is a secret that her grandmother took to the grave, but regardless of the tale of times past the present was the fact that when Snowbird was born she was different. For one, she had a full head of jet-black hair except for a shock of purest white above her right eye. It was winter in Kullyr, and this snow-white hair was so stark against the black that it spawned the nickname "Snowbird". Her eyes were also odd; a pale shade of eerie blue and her fingernails and toenails were solid black in color. This was the least of their worries, for she'd also been born with the ability to use magic which caused chaos throughout her childhood and teen years. It was not until she was a young teen that she realized she had been going about life in a form that was not her truest form. Anger and rage consumed her one evening at about age 13 and she shifted into a demonic creature slightly larger in mass, complete with horns (one white, one black), leathery bat-like ragged wings, severely pointed ears, sharpened claw-like nails, a mouth full of jagged teeth and a pointed tail along with pearly scales scattered throughout her body. She also appeared to know how to speak Abyssal upon the shift into her truest form. It took only a thought to turn herself back into her former appearance (Alter Appearance), and she was quickly shuffled off to live with her grandmother for several years until she found a Thief Adept mentor who took her into his tutelage when she was sixteen. She has learned to embrace her differences, playing up the white in her hair and going by "Snowbird" outside of her family, to sharpening her black nails into sharp points even in her hidden form.

[Snowbird]

COMBAT MANEUVERS

Surreptitious Bandit
Created by masters of burglary and stealth, Surreptitious Bandit is an extraordinary discipline for the art of sneaking around. Invented by a guild of thieves, Surreptitious Bandit has been adopted by thieves and rogues all over the world as a means to improve their sneaking ability.


>>Seagull Divebombs the Elephant: You adopt the tactics of a seagull hunting elephants, if the seagull was armed to the teeth with dangerous weapons and hard to detect.
ONE TIME ATTACK

>>Mosquito Bites the Giant: You move subtly, dangerously, and attack with agility and accuracy throughout combat.
CONSTANT ATTACK

>>Distracted Foe Misses the Thief: Your enemies blink and lose track of you, causing them to miss their attack and leaving you able to strike right back at them in a retaliatory move.
REFLECT

>>Fists in a Knife Fight: You grab your foes weapon when they move in to attack you, and strike them with it instead.
REFLECT

>>Torched Rabbit Springs for the Bushes: You spring out of the way using your agility, enabling you to evade an incoming attack that you can see.
EVADE

>>Rat Scurries Across the Field: You do the dance of the scurrying rat, careening around the battlefield, moving quicker than normal.
TRAIT BOOST: QUICKNESS

>>Footsteps of the Slug: Your steps are soft and gentle to the ground, making little sound. This boosts your Stealth.
TACTIC BOOST: STEALTH

>>Crane Catches the Fish: You stay perfectly still, watching your surroundings from your peripheral vision. This boosts your Hide.
TACTIC BOOST: HIDE

>>Mongoose Hunts the Snake: Your keen understanding of the ways that sounds and motions interact lets you catch the slightest detail. This boosts your Spot and Listen.
TALENT BOOST: SPOT/LISTEN

>>Knife Slits the Throat: You sneak up behind someone and disable their vocal cords. Not only do you do damage, but you cause the target to be unable to speak. (QCK vs END)
DUAL: DMG/HOLD

>>Master Hides the Newbie: This allows you to take the attack for an ally that is lower gemstone ranked than you, and only take half damage from the attack.
COMBAT EFFECT

>>Packrat Retrieves the Gadget: With a move faster than the eye can see, you pull the snack bar from the bottom of your backpack. When you initiate this maneuver, retrieve one item you are carrying or inside a container you are carrying and put it either into your hands or in your space. This does not take up a turn in combat.
COMBAT EFFECT

>>Squirrel Trades for Nuts: With a quick stab, you trade your rusty dagger for the Wizard's Wand of Plane Shift. When he tries to teleport away, he finds to his chagrin that he's just waving a knife around! This maneuver allows you upon making an attack against a creature and dealing damage, to also attempt to swap an item you are holding for an item they are holding. They get a save (QCK vs PER), and if they fail you swap items and they believe they are still holding theirs until they try to use it.
COMBAT EFFECT

>>Footsteps of the Moth: If you walk carefully enough, traps won't notice you. In this stance, you won't trigger traps upon the floor where you are walking.
SKILL EFFECT