Fairmarrow

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NAME: Grandmother Fairmarrow
RACE: Human (Venerable)
CLASS: Domain Wizard (Deathbound) 5 / Alchemist Savant 5 (Magic of Eberron) / Wayfarer Guide 1
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral

LEVEL: 11

Ability Scores
STR: 8 (-1)
DEX: 8 (-1)
CON: 12 (+1) _{(Base 10, Amulet of Health +2)}
INT: 25 (+7) _{(Base 23, Hat of Int +2)}
WIS: 16 (+3)
CHA: 11 (+0)

Totals
Hit Points: 69 / 69 _{(58 without amulet)}

AC: 16 _{(10, -1 Dex, +4 Armour, +3 Deflection, +1 Insight)}
Touch: 13
Flatfooted: 16

Initiative: -1

BAB: +4
- Melee: +3 _{(4 BA - 1 Str)}
- Ranged: +1 _{(4 BA - 1 Dex - 2 flaw)}

Attacks
+1 dagger (alchemy blade); +4 to hit, 1d4-1, 19-20/x2

Saves
Fort: +7 (5 Base, +1 Con, +1 Res)
Ref: +2 (2 Base, -1 Dex, +1 Res)
Will: +11 (7 Base, +3 Wis, +1 Res)

Languages
Common & 3 others

Class Abilities
- Efficient alchemy (3 potions/day)
- Poison use
- Brew spellvial
- Create alchemical mixture
- Brew universal potion
- Enhanced Capacity Teleport (+1 medium creature)
- Improved Range Teleport (+50%)

Racial Traits
- Base speed 15ft
- Medium size
- Slow (trait, speed 15 and +1hp/lvl)
- Abrasive (+1 intimidate, -1 diplomacy and bluff)

Feats / Skills
- 1) Mentor - spellcaster (graduated from apprentice)
- 1) Arcane Disciple (healing)
- 1) Scribe Scroll
- 1) Improved Toughness
- 1) Mind over body
- 1) FLAW - shaky (-2 to ranged combat)
- 1) FLAW - murky eyed
- 3) Obtain (extra) Familiar
- 5) Bonus - Brew Potion
- 6) Improved Familiar (Homunculus)
- 9) Improved Familiar (Blade Familiar)

Skills _{(Total = Ranks + Ability + Synergy + Other Mods)}
Max Ranks: 14 / 7   (80/126 skillpoints)
Spellcraft _-int-: +25 _{(14+7+2+2 mentor)}
Craft (alchemy) _-int-: +21 _(14+7+0+0)
Knowledge (arcana) _-int-: +23 _{(14+7+0+2 mentor)}
Knowledge (geography) _-int-: +21 _(14+7+0+0)
Knowledge (history) _-int-: +21 _(14+7+0+0)
Knowledge (nature) _-int-: +21 _(14+7+0+0)
Knowledge (religion) _-int-: +21 _(14+7+0+0)
Knowledge (the planes) _-int-: +14 _(7+7+0+0)
Concentration _-con-: +10 _{(7+1+0+2 mentor)}
Handle Animal _-cha-: +7 _{(7+0+0+0) - cross-class}

Items
HEAD - Witches Hat of Int (+2 INT)
NECK - Amulet of Health (+2 CON)
BODY - Robes of Arcane Might (necromancy)
ARMS - Bracers of deflection +3
SHOULDERS - Cloak of resistance +1
Cauldron of flying (Flying carpet 5x5)
+1 dagger (alchemy blade)
Spellbook
Component pouch
Scrolls
Potions

Other notes
Blade guardian familiar
Homunculus familiar

Spellcasting

Spell Level	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Per day	4	7	7	6	5	4	3	-	-	-

Caster level : 11 (13 for necromantic spells)

Notable spells
Enervation
Magic Jar
Flesh to Stone
Teleport

Domain spells
1) Chill of the Grave†, Cure Light Wounds
2) Blade of Pain and Fear†, Cure Moderate Wounds
3) Fangs of the Vampire King†, Cure Serious Wounds
4) Wither Limb†, Cure Critical Wounds
5) Revive Undead†, Mass Cure Light Wounds
6) Awaken Undead†, Heal
7) Avasculate†, Regenerate
8) Avascular Mass†, Mass Cure Critical Wounds
9) Wail of the Banshee, Mass Heal

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Location - a large cave in the pale wastes, also known as the blasted wastes - a vast scar on the surface of the world created in an ancient magical battle (actually fallout from events on the outer planes). Far to the south of the Steadlands and thousands of miles from anywhere.

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As mentioned if you family are likely to turn up (by reputation if nothing else) they need a bit more grounding.
So far your grandmother (from your various posts):
-Is a witch doctor who frequently uses necromancy, who was specialised in magical beasts
-Of a high enough level to cast magic jar
-Sent Ka'lion away for killing her familiar
-Is based somewhat on Baba Yaga
-Occasionally taught magic, notably to sorcerers, but not to Ka'lion
-Lives in some form of oasis, surrounded by the undead disembodied heads of her relatives
-Is proficient at alchemy and the creation of lesser constructs (animated furniture, some kind of golem)
-Has bracers of protection

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I think this is close to her values - chaotic nutral with good tendencies but a temper. She however would be a necromancer adept- druid witch doctor persanality- She would be buildable as a 16th lever necromancer and 18th level adept - with the appearance of a witch doctor works really nicely. An owases is correct one that Ka’lions family has been caring for for the last 600 years.

Baba Yaga flies around in her caldorn if I remember correctly.

Ka’lions grandmothers feilds of magic as a necromancer are never conjurations - she never summons creatures- she wants nothing to do with enslaving others - she is an master at enchantments - which serves the same fuction as summoned animals and magical beast witch runs free in the awasest - the family lives in a large stone cave as hard as granent - as a family they are story tellers and it is the skulls that teach here - so the family can look after the water supply - walls of ice, ice scuplutres and forest of ice trees with She is feeling romantic - it all melts by morning - but it’s pretty. In all there are about 200 skulls with some magical ability the most powerful would be the founder of the family. Animated devices are made by Ka’lions mother not his grandmother. Ka’lion started the game with points in knowledge religen, nature and arcane - to represent his magic studies. He just lost his temper one day and killed his grandmother familier - a humoculios - and his father telaported him to some old freinds at the monestary until his grandmother cooled down.

Offishally he’s on dajama - means wolking in another foot steps. All family members have at least 2 classes - Ka’lion was being groomed to be a ranger wizard - but once his rage surficed they sent him away to gain control over it. They didn’t want him to hurt others that lived there. He’s free to return but his father would need to pick him up. His family is secrative They would exspect him to return married. Ka’lion’s of a ranger was drafted by the skulls and his family. They wanted some drudic infuances and his stidies are is an order not a request. Truth is Ka’lion loves his grandmother but she was so mad everyone in the family thought she’d kill him.

[sageaqua]

Kaolin's grandmother will need the feat Toughness as soon as possible - it's a prep spell for family members - required for the Tumb Warden undead prestige class. A prestige class most of the families dead take after they are awakened. It's feat I need to add to Ka'lion as will but not quite yet. I need to add tracking back in first. She also need's the spell hold monster so she can safely treat the creatures injuries. But this otherwise seams workable. The other spell she should have is ray of enfeeblement - it makes the animals less dangerous.

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Mar 20, 2016 8:30:54 GMT -5 sageaqua said:

Kaolin's grandmother will need the feat Toughness as soon as possible - it's a prep spell for family members - required for the Tumb Warden undead prestige class.

Done (toughness is replaced by improved toughness in this game setting, with no pre-reqs)

[sageaqua]

Ka'lions family is 17 generations long back home. His grandmother takes care of animals. and is based on Baba Yaga - Baba Yaga adopts abandoned children constantly - that is a family - I've always described the Teaching chamber as a place where children study with awakened undead skulls which are less powerful then liches ( casting most spells without gestures - no hands, no material components: = -2 on their spell casting levels unless they are casting teleport which requires no material components or gestures to cast. I said the founder was about 25th level:: When you wrote up grandma you cut her abilities as a spell caster to bare minimums to function.) The skulls can't teach non existent childern and family or the study chamber is pointless - I've always pictured it as a - campfire like room with skulls around the room teaching their students about history, magic, wildlife etc. Not all of which can cast spells. There would be children's skulls there. All family members take spastic feats to join the teachers in the chamber - all that's been long established.

Ka'lion father father teleported him to the monks temple - which you whipped out - But that means his father can cast teleport - ether with a device or the spell. And I'm mentioned his mother. None of which are dead as far as he knows. His grandmother was always intended to be more powerful then then she is - but it's your game and if you want to kill off Ka'lions family that's your choice and I will retire the character - basically he'll leave the party and head back home to find out what happened to them. I always assumed he was not a only child. I assumed his mother and father raised him and he worked for his grandmother taking care of local wildlife - like feeding them or moving the crocodile with a toothache where it can be treated by his grandmother. It is not designed to be a rich family but Ka'lion grow up around magical spells and creatures. Ka'lion does not know if his family would want the flesh golem tome - they might not - but having a flesh golem as a guardian of the chamber is a good idea - I thought of after the tome came into Ka'lions hands. Ka'lion had hoped to be contacted by his family from time to time - which has never happened.

I figure his mother raises with his father their children and the children his grandmother adopts. As will as extended family and their families. None establish class - but it is a family of non evil necromancers and spell casters with a necromancy focus of their magic. Bags of holding and quivers and other magical tools used for game, transportation of food and or made from animal skins or bone or blood - should all be possible there. Both his mother and father should be able to contact Ka'lion they never have. I always figured Ka'lions family is medium sized family. Not a family of 1. Which is how treat him. He comes from a family with roots in the past. He was never designed to be alone.. How many brothers and sisters does Ka'lion have - I honestly don't know but I'd base it on a typical Africa sized family - which places it somewhere around 4 to 5 in a family with no parents.

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Ka'lions family have generally been kept out of the game for the same reason that the high druids, the wizards council of Merebas, and so on have been kept out - the party are the heroes of the story, and extremely high level characters make the party irrelevant.

Similarly access to magical items, why go on a dangerous adventure when you can just dip into the family vault.


Grandmother Fairmarrow was statted out to a level at which she could interact with the party without overpowering the game - but much of Ka'lions family has gone deeper into hding for no other reason than that a 25th level caster could snap their non-existant fingers and break the game.

[sageaqua]

Okay - so you'll let the party try to contact grandma - even though her saves are going to make it impossible otherwise? scry has a -10 to seek out someone you don't know and -11 from her saves. Great we wasting our time.

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Sept 18, 2016 15:34:38 GMT -5 sageaqua said:

Okay - so you'll let the party try to contact grandma - even though her saves are going to make it impossible otherwise? scry has a -10 to seek out someone you don't know and -11 from her saves. Great we wasting our time.

Those are the rules of the spell, it's not being altered to make it harder for you.