Vivian Jones

Vivian Jones
"Flint Lock Glock" - Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew
"The Wrong Side" - Abney Park
Aliases:	"Sparks" , "Black Rabbit"
Age:	20
Hair:	Auburn
Skin:	Pale
Eyes:	Acid Green
Height:	5'8
Weight:	Enough
Alignment:	CN
Deity:	Pit
Race:	Light-Lost Human
Class:	Psychic Rogue 1
Level:	1
Experience:	450
Gold:	809
Hit Points:	7
Skill Points:	44
Initiative:	+4
Base Attack:	+1
Grapple:	+1
Current Status:	Active
Played by Sawbones

SNCA

Adventures

• Little Girl Lost
  • Exp: 450
  • Gold: 600
  • Misc:
    • Masterwork Light Armor
      • This armor was taken from the gnolls.

Description

Vivian has a shock of long auburn hair that always seems to be singed in places; it whips around her neck and shoulders like a dark flame, constantly in an unending state of 'tousled'. Her acid-green eyes are framed by a high-boned, angular face and full lips are usually tilted into a rosy, lopsided smirk. A smooth, light complexion is matched with ruddy cheeks and a cheerful personality. She often wears practical clothing such as grease-stained overalls and thick tunics, things that can't seem to fully hide her curvy physique and other sundry attributes.

History

One look at Vivian's grinning mug is all it takes for most people to realize the woman practically -screams- heartbreak and trouble; the grease-covered, overall wearing woman with the dark auburn hair and eyes like a jade flame seems wild and outgoing enough to outstrip a whole horde of drunken beastfolk at a party. A disarming smile, a charming tilt of a ruddy brow, a quick flick of the wrist and some poor drunken sod at the bar left penniless and grinning are the usual signs of her presence and passing…who could guess the girl came from dark and lonely places?

+ Spoilers

Being one of the thousand and one 'cattle' owned by the damnable bloodsuckers down in the dark places isn't exactly a treat and a half, let me tell you. I mean sure, you got the opulence, you got the food kings would kill for and luxury that keeps your skin smoother than an elven ass on Wednesday, but it's not worth the price. It never is. That whole "Sitting around waiting for Master to get hungry or get a bug up his ass at some other jerk vampire" thing is a load of bull and really puts a damper on a good night out. That other 'no natural sunlight ever' thing kind of sucks as well.

Plus there's the fact that you get to see everyone you love die around you. That's always fun. Hell, my Master ate my mom when I was thirteen and my dad lost his life to one of those stupid petty vampire wars when I was sixteen. That's just the beginning. I've lost girlfriends and boyfriends and best friends and sisters and brothers and even hated enemies (though those guys could go straight to the hells; they were jerks anyway). Still wanna live down there? Yeah, didn't think so.

Best part? I was fourteen when he noticed me. Well, noticed my voice really. I was fixing some stupid contraption of his (the vamps? They totally steal machinery from gnomes. They have constructs piddling around doing gods know what (probably sexual stuff…the vamps are absolute perverts.) and weird tech that does work men should be doing…I kept my fine ass alive by learning how to fix those things myself. Anyway, I sing when I work. He heard me. Before I know it I'm whisked away to big man's palace and given singing lessons by his aging 'nightingale' as he called her.

I bet you can guess what happened to the poor old lady when Master felt my education was complete.

Soon I was his new nightingale. He dressed me up in all sorts of fancy and revealing clothes, had me dance and sing for him as he lounged with his harem, even used me as a focal point during his meetings with other dead bloodsuckers. It was the best life ever. Can you hear that? That's sarcasm, chief.

Heh. He never noticed the psychic stuff. Or if he did, he never let on. He DID notice me occasionally palming a thing or two from his guests….and encouraged the behavior. I kept the psychic bit on the dee el for obvious reasons, though; that stuff kept me alive back when I had to live with everyone else and scrapped on the streets for my life. Gave me the edge I needed to, you know, not die.

I was around seventeen when the bastard's empire finally crumbled all around him. Ironically enough I was shimmying out of my harem pants when it happened. That guy? Totally one-shotted by this hot black-skinned assassin looking dude. That assassin? My hero forever.

We …'we' being the entire damn herd of 'cattle' and I, eked out a living for a while in the ruins of this bastard's palace and grounds. Thankfully his enemies weren't too enthused about taking his stuff, so we were mostly left to our own devices. Our lives were fairly simplistic, we basically reverted to a tribal society. My problem? Too many people found out about my powers of braining. That made me an asset, good breeding stock for one and a means for crowd control for the other. Fuck that. I decided to jet my happy ass out of there a scant year later, getting lost in the Underdark and finding my way out through sheer dumb luck.

…Aaaand possibly falling into an underground river and being spat up in an aqueduct to be hauled out by a guy that looked suspiciously like an otter. It was very cold. Don't judge.

It also kind of sucked that I basically couldn't see for about the first seven months or so of my stay on the surface. One of those Otter-folk helped me out though. Really disciplined guy. A shaman. Made me do all sorts of really painful exercises to basically force my eyes to get used to the light. I helped them out by doing after-dark hunting and stuff.

Problem was I got antsy living in that village. I wanted to make my way elsewhere, and so carted my happy ass to the big city on the first merchant caravan out of there. So now I'm here, in your town, stealing your money and the hearts of your sons and daughters. Look out, Avalon.

Personality

Vivian carries herself with an air of confident ease; she is great for throwing around disarming smiles and offering an encouraging smile and a garrulous (if somewhat saucy) joke to anybody who seems somewhat under the weather. Not only that, but this lady is -smart- and not at all abashed about showing that….she doesn't use it as a weapon to make others feel inferior, but she does tend to get lost when she speaks of various theorems and experiments. There are times when the whirlwind that is Vivian calms and people can see a deeper, more serious side to the woman; these times are rare however, and often individuals must work very hard to be allowed the privilege of seeing her in this state.

Gallery

Gallery

Stats & Combat

Base	STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
Score	12	18	12	18	14	12
Bonus	+1	+4	+1	+4	+2	+1
Temp	STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
Score	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bonus	-	-	-	-	-	-

Defense	Ttl	Bonuses
AC	16	10, +2 Armor +4 Dex
Flat	12	10, +2 Armor
Touch	14	10, +4 Dex

Save	Ttl	Bonuses
Fort	+3	+0, +1, +2
Ref	+6	+2, +4, +0
Will	+2	+0, +2, +0

Offense	Attack	Damage	Type	CritRng	CritDmg	Range
Alchemical Silver Dagger	+1	1d4+1	Piercing/Slashing	19/20x2	2d4+1	10'

Offense	Attack	Damage	Type	CritRng	CritDmg	Range
Shortbow	+4	1d6	Piercing	x3	3d6	60'

Ammo	Qty
Arrows	100

skills

C	U	Skills	Ttl	Rnk	Abi	Syn	Msc	Mag
Strength Skills
C	U	Climb (Str)	+1	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Jump (Str)	+1	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Swim (Str)	+1	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0
Dexterity Skills
C	U	Balance (Dex)	+6	+2	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Escape Artist (Dex)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Hide (Dex)	+6	+2	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Move Silently (Dex)	+6	+2	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	-	Open Lock (Dex)	+10	+4	+4	+0	+2	+0
-	U	Ride (Dex)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	-	Sleight of Hand (Dex)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	-	Tumble (Dex)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
c	U	Use Rope (Dex)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
Constitution Skills
C	U	Concentration (Con)	+1	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0
Intelligence Skills
C	U	Appraise (Int)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Craft (Int)	+6	+2	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	-	Decipher Script (Int)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	-	Disable Device (Int)	+10	+4	+4	+0	+2	+0
C	U	Forgery (Int)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	-	Knowledge (Int)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Search (Int)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
-	-	Spellcraft (Int)	+4	+0	+4	+0	+0	+0
Wisdom Skills
C	U	Autohypnosis (Wis)	+6	+4	+2	+0	+0	+0
-	U	Heal (Wis)	+2	+0	+2	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Listen (Wis)	+2	+0	+2	+0	+0	+0
C	-	Profession (Wis)	+4	+2	+2	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Sense Motive (Wis)	+2	+2	+2	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Spot (Wis)	+6	+4	+2	+0	+0	+0
-	U	Survival (Wis)	+2	+0	+2	+0	+0	+0
Charisma Skills
C	U	Bluff (Cha)	+3	+2	+1	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Diplomacy (Cha)	+3	+2	+1	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Disguise (Cha)	+1	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Gather Information (Cha)	+1	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0
-	-	Handle Animal (Cha)	+1	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Intimidate (Cha)	+3	+2	+1	+0	+0	+0
C	U	Perform (Cha)	+3	+2	+1	+0	+0	+0
C	-	Use Psionic Device (Cha)	+5	+4	+1	+0	+0	+0
Non-Skills
-	-	Speak Language	+ 2	N/A

• Craft
  • Mechanics

• Knowledge
  • Planes

• Perform
  • Singing

• Profession
  • Mechanic

• Languages
  • Common
  • Undercommon
  • Literacy

Abilities & Feats

Race

+ Basic Human Stats

* Human characters get a +2 bonus to one ability score of their choice at creation to represent their varied nature.
* Medium: Humans are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
* Normal Speed: Humans have a base speed of 30 feet.
* Bonus Feat: Humans select one extra feat at 1st level.
* Skilled: Humans gain an additional four skill points at first level, and an additional one at every level after.
* Light Sensitivity: Lightlost humans suffer a -1 circumstance penalty to attack rolls, saves, and checks in bright sunlight or within the radius of a daylight spell.
* 60' Darkvision.
* Languages: Humans begin play speaking Common. Humans with high Intelligence scores can choose any languages they want (except secret languages, such as Druidic).

Class

+ Sneak Attack (1d6)

If a psychic rogue can catch an opponent when she cannot defend herself effectively from his attack, he can strike a vital spot for extra damage.

Basically, the psychic rogue's attack deals extra damage any time his target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the psychic rogue flanks his target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and it increases by 1d6 every three psychic rogue levels thereafter. Should the psychic rogue score a critical hit with a sneak attack, this extra damage is not multiplied.

Ranged attacks can count as sneak attacks only if the target is within 30 feet.

With a sap (blackjack) or an unarmed strike, a psychic rogue can make a sneak attack that deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. He cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal nonlethal damage in a sneak attack, not even with the usual -4 penalty, because he must make optimal use of his weapon to execute a sneak attack.

A psychic rogue can sneak attack only living creatures with discernible anatomies — undead, constructs, oozes, plants, and incorporeal creatures lack vital areas to attack. Any creature that is immune to critical hits is not vulnerable to sneak attacks. The psychic rogue must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach such a spot. A psychic rogue cannot sneak attack while striking a creature with concealment or striking the limbs of a creature whose vitals are beyond reach.

+ Trapfinding

Psychic rogues can use the Search skill to locate traps when the task has a Difficulty Class higher than 20.

Finding a nonmagical trap has a DC of at least 20, or higher if it is well hidden. Finding a magic or psionic trap has a DC of 25 + the level of the spell or power used to create it.

Psychic rogues can use the Disable Device skill to disarm magic and psionic traps. Magic and psionic traps generally have a DC of 25 + the level of the spell or power used to create them.

A psychic rogue who beats a trap's DC by 10 or more with a Disable Device check can study a trap, figure out how it works, and bypass it (with his party) without disarming it.

+ Weapon and Armor Proficiency

You know how to use certain weapons and armor. Fancy that.

Prerequisites
Psychic Rogue.
Benefit
Psychic rogues are proficient with all simple weapons, plus the hand crossbow, rapier, sap, shortbow, and short sword. Psychic rogues are proficient with light armor, but not with shields.

Feats

+ Light-Hardened (Racial)

Some creatures, especially beings that normally live in the Underdark, have a hard time dealing with the raw, merciless light of the surface world. Other creatures, most notably undead, actually take damage from such exposure, and from related effects. However, it is possible for many of these creatures to overcome their weakness to light through careful, steady doses of exposure. While these methods of gradual exposure can be grueling, and even potentially deadly in some instances, those who make it through the training process are hardened against what was once a great danger.

Prerequisites
Light-related weakness.

Benefit
Creatures with light sensitivity (such as orcs) are able to function in sunlight without any penalties. Creatures that are actually damaged by sunlight (such as vampires) suffer only half the effects, or are able to last twice as long if there is a time duration of survival listed rather than a damage amount, and do not suffer any movement penalties for exposure.

+ Psicrystal Affinity

You have created a psicrystal.

Prerequisites
Manifester level 1.
Benefit
See "Roosevelt" Tab.

Roosevelt

+ Appearance

Roosevelt is a particularly heroic psicrystal. Carved of brilliant violet and azure fluorite and painstakingly carved into the shape of a skull, this construct has a garrulous voice and wild, yet sometimes surprisingly sagacious personality. Roosevelt is wont to shout BULLY at random intervals and dispense nuggets of wisdom whilst engaging in elocution with the lower, living creatures.

Abilities

+ Alertness

The presence of a psicrystal sharpens its master’s senses. While a psicrystal is within arm’s reach (adjacent to or in the same square as its owner), its owner gains the Alertness feat.

+ Improved Evasion

If a psicrystal is subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, it takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw and half damage even if the saving throw fails.

+ Personality

Every Psicrystal has a personality. Roosevelt's personality is "Hero".

+ Self-Propulsion

As a standard action, its owner can will a psicrystal to form spidery, ectoplasmic legs that grant the psicrystal a land speed of 30 feet and a climb speed of 20 feet. The legs fade into nothingness after one day (or sooner, if the owner desires).

+ Share Powers

At the owner’s option, he can have any power (but not any psi-like ability) he manifests on himself also affect his psicrystal. The psicrystal must be within 5 feet of him at the time of the manifestation to receive the benefit. If the power has a duration other than instantaneous, it stops affecting the psicrystal if it moves farther than 5 feet away, and will not affect the psicrystal again, even if it returns to its owner before the duration expires.

Additionally, the owner can manifest a power with a target of “You” on his psicrystal (as a touch range power) instead of on himself. The owner and psicrystal cannot share powers if the powers normally do not affect creatures of the psicrystal’s type (construct).

+ Sighted

Although it has no physical sensory organs, a psicrystal can telepathically sense its environment as well as a creature with normal vision and hearing. Darkness (even supernatural darkness) is irrelevant, as are areas of supernatural silence, though a psicrystal still can’t discern invisible or ethereal beings. A psicrystal’s sighted range is 40 feet.

+ Telepathic Link

The owner has a telepathic link with his psicrystal out to a distance of up to 1 mile. The owner can-not see through the psicrystal’s senses, but the two of them can communicate telepathically as if the psicrystal were the target of a mindlink power manifested by the owner. For in-stance, a psicrystal placed in a distant room could relay the activities occurring in that room.

Because of the telepathic link between a psicrystal and its owner, the owner has the same connection to an item or place that the psicrystal does. For instance, if his psicrystal has seen a room, the owner can teleport into that room as if he has seen it too.

Equipment

Slot	Item	Description
Head	-	-
Face	-	-
Neck	-	-
Shoulder	-	-
Torso	Masterwork Light Armor	It's armor. It's really well made.
Arms	-	-
Hands	-	-
Ring1	-	-
Ring2	-	-
Waist	-	-
Feet	-	-
Pack	-	-
Weapon	Alchemical Silver Dagger	It's a dagger. It's covered in silver. It's very shiny.
Weapon	Shortbow	For when you just have to kill some far away bitches.

+ Carried Items

• Backpack
  • Rope
  • Hook
  • Masterwork Thieves' Tools

Spells

Psychic Rogue Powers

Power Points/Day: 2

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Level 1 Powers
Difficulty Class: 15
Per Day: 2

+ Force Screen

• Force Screen
• Psychokinesis [Force]
• Level: Psion/wilder 1, psychic warrior 1
• Display: Auditory
• Manifesting Time: 1 standard action
• Range: Personal
• Target: You
• Duration: 1 min./level
• Power Points: 1

You create an invisible mobile disk of force that hovers in front of you. The force screen provides a +4 shield bonus to Armor Class (which applies against incorporeal touch attacks, since the force screen is a force effect). Since it hovers in front of you, the effect has no armor check penalty associated with it.

Augment: For every 4 additional power points you spend, the shield bonus to Armor Class improves by 1.

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