Kain Markowitz - Human Necromancer

[Yakumo]

Kain Markowitz

Human Male
Level 6 Necromancer
Age: 26
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 175 lbs
Hair: Fire Red
Eyes: Hazel
Alignment: Lawful Evil
God: Vecna

Attributes and Bonuses:

Str: 10 +0
Int: 19 +4
Dex: 14 +2
Con: 14 +2
Wis: 10 +0
Cha: 8 -1

Health and Defense:

Hit points: 31
Initiative: +2
Armor class: 13 (21 with Mage armor and Shield)
Flat footed: 11
Touch: 12

BAB: +3
Melee: +3
Ranged: +5

Saves:

Fort: +5
Ref: +5
Will: +6

Feats:

Spell Focus: Necromancy (+1 to DC)
Greater Spell Focus: Necromancy (+1 to DC)
Scribe Scroll
Alacritous Cogitation: If you leave a spell slot open, you can spontaneously cast any spell you know of that level or lower, though it takes a full-round action instead of a standard. You can only do this once per day. (Complete Mage)
Sickening Grasp: Any living creature Kain makes a touch attack against becomes sickened for a number of rounds equal to the highest level of Necromancy spell he has available to cast. A fortitude save reduces the time to 1 round. As a secondary bonus Kain receives a +1 to his caster Level for Necromancy spells. (Complete Mage)

Special Qualities and Abilities:

Arcane School Specialization: Necromancy
- Prohibited Schools: Enchantment and Transmutation and Evocation
- One Bonus Spell of Necromancy per spell level each day
- +2 spellcraft check for Necromancy
- -5 spellcraft check on Prohibited schools
- +2 to all DC for spells of Necromancy
Focused Specialist (Necromancer): Choose a third school to prohibit and lose 1 'general choice' spell slot per level. In exchange, Kain gets an additional 2 spell slots for every level that must be filled with your school's spells. This is in addition to the regular specializing.
Immediate Magic: Necromancy
- Lose Familiar
- Can activate the ability as an Immediate action (int bonus/day)
- Spell level is 1/2 Wizard level, and Caster Level is Wizard level
- DC = 10 + 1/2 wizard level + Int bonus. (20) (Spell focus+Necro spell)
- Effect lasts till the end of my Next turn
- Curse Glance: When a Visible Enemy within 60 ft Targets me with a spell or attack, I can respon with a curse that (if they fail a will save) gives them -2 to AC and -2 to all saves

Languages:

Common
Draconic
Infernal
Orcish
Goblin

Skills: (Max= 8 for class, CC= 4) (Total Available: 56 (28+7+7+7+7))

Appraise: +6 ₂₊₄ (+2 when dealing with Alchemy)
Concentration: +10 ₈₊₂
Craft (Alchemy): +14 ₈₊₄₊₂
Decipher Script: +7 ₃₊₄
Forgery: +8 ₄₊₄
Heal: +3 ₁₊₀₊₂
Knowledge (Arcana): +13 ₉₊₄
Knowledge (Religion): +12 ₈₊₄
Knowledge (Architecture and engineering): +5 ₁₊₄
Knowledge (Dungeoneering): +5 ₁₊₄
Knowledge (Geography): +5 ₁₊₄
Knowledge (History): +5 ₁₊₄
Knowledge (Local): +5 ₁₊₄
Knowledge (Nature): +5 ₁₊₄
Knowledge (Nobility and royalty): +5 ₁₊₄
Knowledge (The planes): +5 ₁₊₄
Spellcraft: +15 ₉₊₄₊₂ +2 (if dealing with Necromancy), -5 (If prohibited schools)

Weapons and Attack Info:

Attack: Dmg: Critical:

Masterwork Quarterstaff
+4 To Hit / 1d6 Damage / x2 Critical

Masterwork Heavy Crossbow
+5 To Hit / 1d10 Damage / 19-20 x2 Critical

Silver Masterwork Dagger
+4 To Hit / 1d4-1 Damage / 19-20 x2 Critical


Armor:

Tattoos Of Protection
+1 Armor Bonus Operates as Ring of Protection
+1 to all Saves, Operates as Cloak of Resistance


Equipment:

House
-An Alchemist's Lab
-Magnifying Glass
-Merchant Scales


Backpack:
-Bedroll
-Winter Blanket
-Seven Days' Trail Rations
-Two water skins
-Spell book
-Bag of Caltrops
-2 Superior Locks
-2 Chests

Quiver:
- 20 crossbow bolts

Spell Component Pouch

1st Belt Pouch:
-A Small Journal
-A Scroll case

Scroll case
-One Disguise self
-One Grease
-Two Comprehend Languages
-Two True Strikes


2nd Belt Pouch:
-A vial of ink
-Two inkpens

3rd Belt Pouch:
-Money and Gems
-Pair of Sending Stones

4th Belt Pouch:
-Two Bottles of Alchemist's Fire
-Two Bottles of Holy water
-One Tanglefoot Bag
-One Antitoxin
-Two Thunderstones
-One Smoke Stick

5th Belt Pouch
-One Potion of Endure Elements
-One Potion of Protection from Law
-Four Potions of Cure Light Wounds




Spells Per Day

0th Level- 6 - 3 must be Necro
1st Level- 6 - 3 must be Necro
2nd Level- 6- 3 must be Necro
3rd Level- 5 - 3 must be Necro

Spells Known

0th Level:

-Resistance
-Acid Splash
-Detect Poison
-Detect Magic
-Read Magic
-Ghost Sound
-Arcane Mark
-Prestidigitation
-Disrupt Undead
-Touch of Fatigue


1st Level:

Mage Armor
Shield
Protection from Good
Detect Secret Doors
Ventriloquism
Alarm
Blade of Blood
Chill Touch
Ray of Enfeeblement

2nd Level

Ghoul Touch
Command Undead
Spectral Hand
Blindness / Deafness

3rd Level
Vampiric touch
Ray of Exhaustion
Protection from Energy
Invisibility Sphere



Prepared Spells:


0th - 6
Detect Magic
Resistance
Ghost Sound
Touch of Fatigue x2
Distrupt Undead

1st - 6
Mage Armor
Shield
Ventriloquism
Blade of Blood
Chill Touch x2

2nd - 5
Spectral Hand x 2
Ghoul Touch
Blindness / Deafness x2

3rd - 4
Vampiric Touch x2
Ray of Exhaustion
One open for Feat!

Description and Background:

Kain was never really the bookish type, he never had the patience for practice or for studying too many things; if it didn't come naturally and didn't interest him, Kain wouldn't be bothered with it.

Kain is a selfish egotist, who turned to the dark circles of Magic for power and he doesn't care who he has to kill, lie to, betray or break to get what he wants. He hides behind a mask of uncaring bravado but in reality, Kain is a coward who is afraid of death, and surrounds himself with it so that others would also taste that fear.

He turned to Necromancy when he learned of his great lord Vecna, and his powers over life and death. Kain would kill for that power, but the only way to get it is to degrade oneself for a while until the times change. This is why Kain has spent the last 2 years of his life working as one of the bootheels for the City's Town guard. He has been called on for his amazing abilities in identifying and dealing with magic using criminals.

Kain thought he was the only one who knew that he was just biding his time there, watching, waiting and learning; that is until he got a letter calling him to meet a group of people with some common interests.

[Yakumo]

Bye bye Pronsias, we hardly knew you.

Hello update post:

Purchases:
Weapons:
Silver Dagger (20)
Total: (20CP)

Scrolls:
-One Disguise self (75)
-One Grease (75)
-One Invisibility (450)
-Two Comprehend Languages (150)
-Two True Strikes (150)
Total: (690CP) (Has 20% discount)

Potions:
-One Potion of Endure Elements (150)
-One Potion of Protection From Good (150)
-Four Potions of Cure Light Wounds (600)
Total: (900CP)

Miscellaneous:
-Two Bottles of Alchemist's Fire (120)
-Two Bottles of Holy water (150)
-One Tanglefoot Bag (150)
-One Antitoxin (150)
-Two Thunderstones (180)
-One Smoke Stick (60)
Total: (648) (20% discount)

Other things:
Ring of Protection: 2000
Cloak of Resistance: 1000
Sending stone Pair: 1400
4400

Character Points:
Total: 7000
Remaining: 342

[Deekin]

Comment: DO NOT ban Tranmutation. Ban Evocation if you have to specialize.

[TheUdjat]

Transmutation is usually a school people don't wanna drop, yeah. I was about to be aghast at the suggestion of dropping Evocation, until I realized we basically have an Evoker on wheels in Barrett. I also plan to do a fair amount of Illusion spells.

But I say ban whatever you want! Hell, ban Conjuration and Transmutation, bwahahaha! Who needs those?

[Rojito]

i actually kinda like this setup, and i am glad we have a spellcaster on our side as well...

[Yakumo]

The reason I wanted to keep evoke is because I notice that Barrett's spell list is really limited and while he does have the magic missle wand and shocking grasp he might want to get other spells that aren't really hard hitting so I wanted to leave me open for that.

Personally I don't really like Transmutation's Spells, they just don't appeal or fit to me

[TheUdjat]

Looks good! (I can't give approval or anything, I'm just sayin'...)

One note: Bracers of Armor don't stack with Mage Armor (both of them are an Armor bonus). So while your normal AC would be 13, your Mage Armor + Shield would still be 20.

[Yakumo]

Really? If thats the case I wonder if it is still worth the CPs just for a bonus when Im not armored (which in a normal fight I hope doesnt really happen).

Perhaps there is something else I can use or some better use for the CPs

[TheUdjat]

If you drop both the Bracers and the Pearl, you could pick up a Ring of Protection +1, which will stack with the Mage Armor.

Bracers of Armor +1 are handy in another way, though: They allow you to use Augment Crystals (per the Magic Item Compendium), which require something with an armor bonus to attach to. Some of them are pretty nifty. I've been thinking about picking one up in a level or two for simply that reason.

But then again, at this stage 1k CP is a quarter of what you've got. You might be better of with something else.

[Yakumo]

Yeah If it doesnt stack I'll drop it, but I do like the Pearl, as the spell recall I think is pretty useful. I'll have to scour through some magic items to see what I can find and to see if Its worth dropping half my points for a plus one to AC

[TheZebraShakes™]

Well, I'm sure you'll figure out what to do with your points. I can't really think of anything that you might need in particular.

But one thing

You should have 19 hp (6+4.5+4.5+4.5 rounded down to the nearest whole number.)

[Yakumo]

Okay, I gave up and put in the ring. So I'm set with Familiars, all CP spending, unless there is a potion that i might want that I overlooked.

All I have to do is write the description to this Evil man. That should take some thinking up. The more I flesh out of him the more he seems like a cultist.

[Yakumo]

All New Kain Updated! Changes in abilities, feats, no more familiar. Twice as creepy, hates the living loves the dead.

Also can't cast Evocation spells now.

[TheUdjat]

Looks good, though you need to drop Charm Person from your list.

[Yakumo]

Ah shit. Nice catch. I probably noticed and was like "Nope, banned Evoc not Enchant."

[TheZebraShakes™]

Just a problem concerning your feats. A wizard's bonus feat must be either one of the following

-Metamagic feat
-the feat Spell Mastery

(Item creation feat is the other one, but with the use of Character Points, you need only have ranks in the appropriate craft skill to gain items at a discount when leveling up)

None of your feats qualify as metamagic feats as they do not possess the (METAMAGIC) descripter.

Please remedy this at your earliest convenience, or if I'm mistaken, please let me know/explain

Again, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm not sure if I answered all of the initial ones, just remind me if there's anything I missed that you really needed to know.

from SRD

Bonus Feats: At 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, a wizard gains a bonus feat. At each such opportunity, she can choose a metamagic feat, an item creation feat, or Spell Mastery. The wizard must still meet all prerequisites for a bonus feat, including caster level minimums.

[Deekin]

Jul 13, 2008 16:07:18 GMT -5 TheZebraShakes™ said:

Just a problem concerning your feats. A wizard's bonus feat must be either one of the following

-Metamagic feat
-the feat Spell Mastery

(Item creation feat is the other one, but with the use of Character Points, you need only have ranks in the appropriate craft skill to gain items at a discount when leveling up)

None of your feats qualify as metamagic feats as they do not possess the (METAMAGIC) descripter.

Please remedy this at your earliest convenience, or if I'm mistaken, please let me know/explain

Again, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm not sure if I answered all of the initial ones, just remind me if there's anything I missed that you really needed to know.

from SRD

Bonus Feats: At 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, a wizard gains a bonus feat. At each such opportunity, she can choose a metamagic feat, an item creation feat, or Spell Mastery. The wizard must still meet all prerequisites for a bonus feat, including caster level minimums.

First: Note the Bold

ALACRITOUS COGITATION
You can leave a prepared spell slot open to spontaneously
cast a spell.
Prerequisite: Must prepare arcane spells.
Benefit: If you leave an arcane spell slot open when preparing spells, you can use that open slot to cast any arcane spell you know of the same level or lower. Casting the spell requires a full-round action.
You can use this feat only once per day, regardless of the number of slots you leave open.
Special: A wizard can select this feat as a wizard bonus feat.

2. His Feats
Scribe Scroll- Wizard Bonus Feat
Spell Focus Necro- Human bonus
GSF Necro: 1st level
ALACRITOUS COGITATION- 3rd level
5th level wizard Bonus

He's short a feat.

[Yakumo]

Its sickening Grasp. and If I can take Alacritous as the bonus, that would be my fifth, with Sickening grasp as the 3rd.

[Deekin]

Jul 13, 2008 22:57:51 GMT -5 Yakumo said:

Its sickening Grasp. and If I can take Alacritous as the bonus, that would be my fifth, with Sickening grasp as the 3rd.

yeah, just noticed it.

[Yakumo]

Thanks for pointing that out though, I was feeling lazy and didn't trudge through the complete mage again.