Sir Louis Archibald

[crazydave]

Basics

Name: Sir Louis Archibald

Race: Human

Class: Crusader 6, Swordsage 2

Alignment: Lawful Good

Gender: Male

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 170

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Appearance

Fair-skinned and clad in battle-scarred armor from head to toe, striking an imposing figure.

Modifications due to equipment are noted in parentheses.
Ability Scores
Strength: 20 (24)
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 10
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 9

Vitality and Saves

Hit Points: 53 (49)

Initiative: +6

AC: 11 (21)

Touch/Flatfooted: 11 (11)/10 (20)

BAB: +7/+2

Fort: +7 (+6)
Ref: +6
Will: +6

Skills
(Note: I've only listed skills that I have ranks in and their total modifier)

Concentration: +18

Diplomacy: +10

Listen: +11

Sense Motive: +11

Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty): +11

Martial Lore: +5

Flaws

Shaky: -2 to ranged combat rolls.

Feats
(Flaw): Improved Initiative

(Human): Dodge

(1st Level): Adaptive Style
(3rd Level): Blind-Fight
(Swordsage Bonus): Improved Unarmed Strike

(Swordsage Bonus): Weapon Focus (Falchion)
(6th Level): Power Attack

Class Abilities

Crusader:

Steely Resolve 10 (delayed damage pool)

Furious Counterstrike (bonus to attack and damage based on delayed damage pool)

Indomitable Soul (CHA bonus to will saves)

Zealous Surge (1/day, reroll a save) o

Smite (1/day, +CHA to hit, + crusader level [6] to damage) o

Swordsage:

Quick to Act +1 (bonus to initiative checks)

Discipline Focus: Weapon Focus (bonus feat)

AC Bonus: WIS to AC if wearing light armor

Equipment

Weapons:

Faithful Avenger

+2 cold iron falchion

-1 attack, -1 fort, -4 HP

Faithful Strike: +1/+2 to-hit and damage against foes who are Evil or Chaotic/Chaotic Evil.

Armor: +2 Full Plate

Equipment Regions:

Torso: Tunic of Steady Spellcasting (+5 to Concentration checks)

Waist: Belt of Giant Strength (+4 Strength)

Throat: Amulet of Tears (3/day, swift action for 12 temporary hit points) X X X

Other Gear:

Handy Haversack

27gp

Background

The latest in a long line of knight-errants sworn to stand vigilant for the return of the demon plague. The omens have turned ill and his master is no longer among the living, leaving Archibald alone and on the brink of despair. He was given a vision in which he saw himself overcome challenge after challenge with unflinching courage and honor; he was inspired by this vision and took up arms, following rumors of frozen cities and a creeping darkness. The legend of a band of heroes working together to slay a powerful demon and bring peace to the land may yet repeat...

Diety

Aski
A diety worshipped long ago, but forgotten in this modern age. Aski appears to his followers as a butterfly the size of a barn owl, with wings and body composed solely of small squares of two shades of light and dark green. His domain is composed of the same substance, and often takes the form of a crumblnig, nature-reclaimed tower looming over a wide open plain. He challenges those who would serve him to reach the top of these towers; each is filled with traps and seemingly-arbitrary rules to be followed (and occasionally defied; a favorite trick is to venture outside of the tower on the upper floors, where these rules no longer apply). Only by reaching the top of the tower do would-be acolytes truly understand: the meaning of life is to face challenges and break through them, and in doing so, improve oneself. Only when someone is at risk of being broken or on the vege of giving up (or, indeed, already has) should a folower of Aski intervene.
Alignment: Neutral
Domains: Knowledge, Luck, Magic, Nature, Travel, Trickery

[crazydave]

Maneuvers

Basic Attack Reference: +13 to hit, 2d4+7 damage.

Crusader: 7 maneuvers known; 2 stances known; 2 maneuvers readied. Maneuvers readied are randomly selected; dice will be rolled to determine which, according to the number listed.

1. Charging Minotaur. Full-round action; make a charge and bull rush that doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity. If you succeed, 2d6+STR mod damage and if you push the target beyond 5 feet, you don't have to follow it.
2. Crusader's Strike. Standard action; attack an immediately hostile foe whose alignment is at least 1 step from yours. If you hit, heal yourself or an ally within 10 feet for 1d6+5 HP.
3. Douse the Flames. Standard acttion; attack an adjacent foe. If you hit, that foe can't make attacks of opportunity for 1 round (but it still threatens the area). X
4. Battle Leader's Charge. Full-round action; make a charge attack that doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity. If you hit, deal 10 extra damage. o
5. Revitalizing Strike. Standard action; attack an immediately hostile foe whose alignment is at least 1 step from yours. If you hit, heal yourself or an ally within 10 fet for 3d6+8 HP.
6. Foehammer. Standard action. +2d6 damage and you ignore the target's DR.
7. White Raven Tactics. Swift action; change an ally's initiative to act after you, this can allow them to act a second time in the same round.
Stance 1: Martial Spirit. Each time you hit a foe with a melee attack, you or one ally within 30 feet heals 2 HP.
Stance 2: Iron Guard's Glare. Any enemy you threaten takes a -4 penalty on attack rolls against allied targets.

Swordsage: 7 maneuvers known; 2 stances known; 4 maneuvers readied. Maneuvers readied are chosen after a rest; per the Adaptive Style feat, they can be changed and recharged with a full-round action.

1. Moment of Perfect Mind. 1 immediate action. When you would be required to make a Will save, make a Concentration check instead; a 1 is not an automatic failure. X
2. Action Before Thought. 1 immediate action. When you would be required to make a Reflex save, make a Concentration check instead; a 1 is not an automatic failure. o
3. Mind Over Body. 1 immediate action. When you would be required to make a Constitution save, make a Concentration check instead; a 1 is not an automatic failure. X
4. Shadow Jaunt. 1 standard action. Teleport 50 feet to an unoccupied space; you need line of sight and line of effect. X
5. Emerald Razor. 1 standard action. Make a melee touch attack against an opponent, dealing normal melee damage on a hit.
6. Mountain Hammer. 1 standard action. +2d6 damage and you ignore the target's DR.
7. Counter Charge. 1 immediate action. When a foe charges you, make an opposed STR or DEX check (foe uses your choice), with bonuses based on size. If you succeed, their charge fails and you can move them up to 10 feet away from you. If they succeed, they get an additional +2 to the attack roll.
Stance 1: Island of Blades. If both you and an ally are adjacent to a creature, you both have flanking against that creature.
Stance 2: Pearl of Black Doubt. When an opponent misses you with a melee attack, +2 dodge bonus to AC. Stacks, but you lose all stacks at the start of your turn.