Buffy-verse PC (only) Thread

Aya 30th:

History:

Zodiac Symbol:
Each warforged has a unique rune on its forehead, much like humans have unique fingerprints. This rune is known as a “ghulra,” a word that means “truth” in Primordial.

Aya's ghulra is a violet Gemini (about 3" in height).

Notes:

Capricorn Symbol on left Ankle



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Eric Brooks (Blade), level 30
Drow, Assassin, Soaring Rake, Thief of Legend
Build: Night Stalker Assassin
Guild Training Option: Night Stalker
Versatile Expertise Option: Versatile Expertise (Heavy Blade)
Versatile Expertise Option: Versatile Expertise (Ki Focuses)
Uncanny Prowess Option: Charisma
Blood Drain Option: Blood Drain Dexterity
Darkfire Option: Darkfire Charisma
Luskan (Luskan Benefit)
Theme: Bregan D'aerthe Spy

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
STR 22, CON 22, DEX 32, INT 22, WIS 22, CHA 30

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
STR 20, CON 20, DEX 20, INT 20, WIS 20, CHA 20


AC: 48 Fort: 41 Ref: 47 Will: 45
HP: 148 Surges: 12 Surge Value: 37

TRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +33, Athletics +26, Perception +31, Stealth +37, Thievery +32

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Arcana +21, Bluff +25, Diplomacy +25, Dungeoneering +21, Endurance +21, Heal +21, History +21, Insight +26, Intimidate +27, Nature +21, Religion +21, Streetwise +25

POWERS:

FEATS:

ITEMS:

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Blade In Action:

Taurus Zodiac sign on his left shoulder.

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Ashe, level 24
Dragonborn, Paladin/Sorcerer, Questing Knight, Avangion
Hybrid Paladin Option: Hybrid Paladin Reflex
Sorcerous Power Option: Sorcerous Power Strength
Hybrid Talent Option: Paladin Armor Proficiency
Arcane Implement Proficiency Option: Arcane Implement Proficiency (heavy blade group)
Versatile Expertise Option: Versatile Expertise (Heavy Blade)
Versatile Expertise Option: Versatile Expertise (Light blade)
Perfection of Mind Option: Charisma
Perfection of Mind Option: Wisdom
Armor of Adaptable Resistance +5 Option: Armor of Adaptable Resistance +5 (Fire)
Dragonborn Racial Power Option: Dragon Breath
Dragon Breath Key Ability: Dragon Breath Strength
Dragon Breath Damage Type: Dragon Breath Fire
Wandering Duelist (Wandering Duelist Benefit)

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
STR 29, CON 22, DEX 22, INT 22, WIS 24, CHA 31

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
STR 20, CON 20, DEX 20, INT 20, WIS 20, CHA 20


AC: 44 Fort: 42 Ref: 39 Will: 44
HP: 150 Surges: 14 Surge Value: 43

TRAINED SKILLS
Arcana +23, Heal +24, Religion +23

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +15, Athletics +18, Bluff +22, Diplomacy +22, Dungeoneering +19, Endurance +15, History +20, Insight +21, Intimidate +27, Nature +19, Perception +19, Stealth +15, Streetwise +22, Thievery +15

POWERS
Basic Attack: Melee Basic Attack
Basic Attack: Ranged Basic Attack
Dragonborn Racial Power: Dragon Breath
Paladin Feature: Divine Challenge
Paladin Attack 1: Virtuous Strike
Sorcerer Attack 1: Blazing Starfall
Paladin Utility 2: Call of Challenge
Sorcerer Utility 6: Sudden Scales
Sorcerer Attack 7: Spark Form
Sorcerer Attack 9: Winds of Change
Sorcerer Utility 10: Narrow Escape
Questing Knight Attack 11: Strength of Ten
Questing Knight Utility 12: Quester's Discipline
Sorcerer Attack 15: Lightning Daggers
Sorcerer Utility 16: Dominant Winds
Sorcerer Attack 17: Thunder Summons
Paladin Attack 19: Wheel of Fate
Questing Knight Attack 20: Virtuous Wrath
Sorcerer Utility 22: Platinum Scales
Sorcerer Attack 23: Sun and Stars

FEATS
Level 1: Hybrid Talent
Level 2: Arcane Implement Proficiency
Level 4: Astral Fire
Level 6: Versatile Expertise
Level 8: Improved Defenses
Level 10: Superior Will
Level 11: Hero's Poise
Level 12: Mark of Warding
Level 14: Mighty Challenge
Level 18: Draconic Challenge
Level 21: Weakening Challenge
Level 21: Divine Mastery
Level 22: Quickened Spellcasting
Level 23: Icon of Purity
Level 24: Paladin's Truth

ITEMS
Ring of the Dragonborn Emperor x1
Handy Haversack
Rope of Climbing
Immovable Shaft
Dice of Auspicious Fortune
Ring of the Radiant Storm x1
Goggles of Night
Iron Armbands of Power (paragon tier) x1
Helm of Ghostly Defense
Elven Chain Shirt (paragon tier)
Ruby Scabbard
Stone of Earth
Stone of Wind
Stone of Light
Vistani Buzuq
Enshrouding Candle
Decanter of Endless Water
Demonskin Tattoo (paragon tier)
Eager Hero's Tattoo (paragon tier) x1
Gauntlets of Blood (paragon tier)
Circlet of Indomitability (paragon tier) x1
Sunblade Longsword +5
Gloves of Storing
Heavy Shield
Crossbow
Crossbow Bolts
Stalkerhide Armor of Adaptable Resistance +5 x1
Symbol of the Champion's Code +5 x1
Recoil Shield Heavy Shield x1
Radiant Longsword +5 x1
Diamond Cincture (paragon tier) x1
Foe Caller Gauntlets x1
Helm of Able Defense
Cloak of Distortion +5 x1
Pelor's Sun Blessing (level 23)
Siberys Shard of Radiance (epic tier)
Phantom Chaussures x1
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Wishlist
1,000 Sunblades +1 (all different types)

Boots of Teleportation
Ring of Free Time

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Ember -Wiz, level 13
Genasi, Wizard
Build: War Wizard
Arcane Implement Mastery: Staff of Defense
Elemental Manifestation: Cindersoul
Background: Genasi - Academic Exhibit (+2 to Arcana)


History: Ember was a child that never fit in at school. She was too smart and athletic to hang around the in-crowd. She also was too athletic and pretty to be accepted by the nerds. She was considered a loner by everybody, spending much of her time studying in the library and turning out for individual only sports like long distance running/track & field. Many find her strange since she has a deep fascination with the myths about magic, witches and warlocks. She has seen every Harry Potter Movie at least 20 times and read 100s of fantasy and mythology books on the subject. With all the extensive research (+11 arcane, history and religion) she has done, many clues point to the conclusion that magic did exist at one time. All of her experiments to replicate any form of magic spell have failed. She wonders to herself if waving two sticks (her wand & staff) around is just plain crazy.


Paragon Item Wish List
Grace Ring o Prowess (L19)
Bands of Equilibrium (L18)
Ring of Radiant Storm (L17)


Zodiac Scar:
Ember has a red Aires (about 2" in height) on her right back side of her neck.

level 1

Ember -Wiz, level 11

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Telgarth BoarBlade, level 17
Longtooth Shifter, Avenger, Zealous Assassin
Build: Pursuing Avenger
Avenger's Censure Option: Censure of Pursuit
Dark Sun, House Vadalis
Curious Archeologist (+2 to Perception)
Theme: Iron Wolf Warrior
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
STR 25, CON 21, DEX 22, INT 21, WIS 26, CHA 21

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
STR 20, CON 20, DEX 20, INT 20, WIS 20, CHA 20

AC: 32 Fort: 32 Ref: 31 Will: 31
HP: 131 Surges: 12 Surge Value: 32

TRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +19, Heal +21, Religion +18, Stealth +19, Streetwise +18

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Arcana +13, Athletics +17, Bluff +13, Diplomacy +13, Dungeoneering +16, Endurance +15, History +13, Insight +16, Intimidate +13, Nature +18, Perception +20, Thievery +14

POWERS
Basic Attack: Melee Basic Attack
Basic Attack: Ranged Basic Attack
Iron Wolf Warrior Attack: Iron Wolf Charge
Longtooth Shifter Racial Power: Longtooth Shifting
Avenger Feature: Abjure Undead
Avenger Feature: Divine Guidance
Avenger Feature: Oath of Enmity
Wild Talent Cantrip: Sensing Eye
Avenger Attack 1: Bond of Pursuit
Avenger Attack 1: Bond of Retribution
Avenger Utility 2: Enduring Spirit
Avenger Attack 5: Storm Father's Favor
Avenger Utility 6: Cloaked Steps
Avenger Attack 7: Inexorable Pursuit
Avenger Attack 9: Temple of Shadow
Avenger Utility 10: Channel Endurance
Zealous Assassin Attack 11: Strike from Empty Air
Zealous Assassin Utility 12: Avenging Shadow
Avenger Attack 13: Whirling Blades
Avenger Attack 15: Bond of the Sacred Duel
Avenger Utility 16: Refire the Forge
Avenger Attack 17: Lethal Intercession

FEATS
Level 1: Unarmored Agility
Level 2: Avenging Resolution
Level 4: Master at Arms
Level 6: Battle Berserker
Level 8: Superior Reflexes
Level 10: Tainted Wounds
Level 11: Devastating Critical
Level 12: Painful Oath
Level 14: Halo of Isolation
Level 16: Superior Fortitude

ITEMS
Dejada
Adventurer's Kit
Sling Bullets
Holy Water (level 1)
Sun Disk of Pelor Holy symbol +2
Mark of the Tembo (heroic tier)
Iron Armbands of Power (heroic tier)
Gauntlets of Blood (heroic tier) x1
Horned Helm (heroic tier) x1
Boots of Adept Charging
Avalanche Hammer Warhammer +1
Sunblade Broadsword +1
Blade of the Eldritch Knight Broadsword +3 x1
Davros Elden's Defensive Step
Diamond Cincture (heroic tier)
Ring of Giants x1
Bloodthread Githweave Armor +3 x1
Boots of Sand and Sea x1
Badge of the Berserker +3 x1
Ring of Eladrin Grace x1
Iron Armbands of Power (paragon tier) x1
Mental Block (paragon tier)
Zehir's Shadow Cloak (heroic tier)
====== End ======


Wish List

Bloodgem Shard +4 Level 20+ Uncommon
When you reduce a nonminion creature to 0 hit points, you gain a cumulative +1 item bonus to Fortitude, Reflex, and Will (maximum +3) until the end of the encounter.

Dantrag's Bracers Level 18 Uncommon
•You can draw or sheathe a weapon, or draw or stow an item, once per round as a free action.
Requirement: You must be using Dantrag's bracers in the arms slot. Standard Action. Make a melee basic attack against one or two creatures.
Requirement: You must be using Dantrag's bracers in the feet slot. Move Action. Shift a number of squares equal to half your speed.

Phantom Chaussures Level 18 Uncommon
if you move at least 3 squares on your turn, gain concealment until the end of your next turn.
Power (Illusion) Daily (Free Action)Use this power when you have moved at least 6 squares on your turn. You become invisible until the end of your next turn.

Reaper's Axe(Battle Axe)+4 Level 20 Uncommon
When you reduce an enemy to 0 hit points, you can shift 1 square and make a melee basic attack with this weapon.



While Telgarth's family is one of sun worshipers, he was one of the more extreme practioners. He reveres the cleansing of the sun and light of hope and the compassion of life. Through his research/worship of many of the sun deities, his studies lead him to the discovery of an ancient tome of Pelor. He would often search the antique shops and even spent a summer at a dig site of Pelor. It was at this dig that Telgarth discovered the symbol of Pelor among the debris. After showing the site academia the token, Telgarth borrowed the piece to meditate. It was then he had the vision of Pelor and Boarblade protecting the less fortunate. At the end of the summer, the head of the dig gave Telgarth the minor token in appreciation; never knowing how important it was to Telgarth.

While Telgarth excelled in studies and athletics as a child, he found little solace in the ‘normal’ sports. Too often in the heat of competition, he would be savage almost animalistic; exhibiting enormous strength, speed and endurance. Many years ago, he was introduced to the calming influence of Tai Chi. He expended considerable effort to become well versed in many of the different forms, but was exquisite at the sword forms. Being a perfectionist, he then began studying other styles of sword play (medieval and other martial arts.)

As Giles and Telgarth escaped into the darkness, Boarblade managed to grab both of his prized possessions, the ancient Pelor holy symbol and the Tai Chi sword.


Telgarth has a 3" Golden Scorpio symbol on his right forearm.

Brad, I'd like to change my
+2 Ruin Guardian Staff (L8) to a +2 Ruin Mindwarp Staff (L8)
The +2 to force power doesn't work with Magic Missiles as I hope.

Archive of Level 1




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Angelus, level 1
Revenant, Monk
Build: Stone Fist Monk
Monastic Tradition: Stone Fist
Choose your Race in Life: Half-Elf
Background: Wandering Mercenary (Wandering Mercenary Benefit)

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 20, Con 22, Dex 22, Int 20, Wis 20, Cha 20.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 20, Con 20, Dex 20, Int 20, Wis 20, Cha 20.


AC: 21 Fort: 17 Reflex: 17 Will: 17
HP: 34 Surges: 13 Surge Value: 8

TRAINED SKILLS
Stealth +11, Perception +10, Acrobatics +11, Athletics +10

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Arcana +5, Bluff +5, Diplomacy +5, Dungeoneering +5, Endurance +8, Heal +5, History +5, Insight +5, Intimidate +7, Nature +5, Religion +5, Streetwise +5, Thievery +6

FEATS
Level 1: Unarmored Agility

POWERS
Monk at-will 1: Five Storms
Monk at-will 1: Lion's Den
Monk encounter 1: Scattering of Leaves
Monk daily 1: Spinning Leopard Maneuver

ITEMS
Monk Unarmed Strike, Adventurer's Kit, Dagger (2), Shuriken (10), Bloodthread Cloth Armor (Basic Clothing) +1, Boots of the Fencing Master (heroic tier), Blurred Strike Ki Focus +2
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Wish List:
Raven Cloak +2
Bloodthread Cloth Armor +2 (have +1, need to upgrade to +2 10th level item)
Iron Armbands of Power (heroic tier)
Rhythm Blade Dagger +1
Gauntlets of Blood (heroic tier)
Ki Dagger +1
Belt of Sonnlinor Righteousness (heroic tier)
Boots of the Fencing Master (heroic tier)
Blurred Strike Ki Focus +2



Zodiac Scar:
Angelus has a Blood Red Gemini (about 2" in height) on his left bicep.

Angelus has a Black symbol of the Raven Queen over his heart (about 4" in height)

Ken, I replaced Levitate with Disguise Self for Ember's 6th level utility power.

Instead of placing a new post for every level of your character, please instead edit your existing Character's post.

Aura Shurifon, level 6
Elf, Shaman
Companion Spirit: World Speaker Spirit
Background: Geography - Forest, Athlete (+2 to Athletics)

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 20, Con 21, Dex 22, Int 20, Wis 23, Cha 20.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 20, Con 20, Dex 20, Int 20, Wis 20, Cha 20.


AC: 21 Fort: 19 Reflex: 19 Will: 20
HP: 58 Surges: 12 Surge Value: 14

TRAINED SKILLS
Nature +16, Insight +14, Religion +13, Perception +16

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +9, Arcana +8, Bluff +8, Diplomacy +8, Dungeoneering +9, Endurance +8, Heal +9, History +8, Intimidate +8, Stealth +9, Streetwise +8, Thievery +9, Athletics +10

FEATS
Level 1: Resilient Spirit
Level 2: Implement Expertise (Bow)
Level 4: Intolerable Command
Level 6: Vicious Advantage

POWERS
Shaman at-will 1: Claws of the Eagle
Shaman encounter 1: Bramble Ally
Shaman daily 1: Wrath of the Spirit World
Shaman utility 2: Protective Roots
Shaman encounter 3: Steadfast Mountain Guardian
Shaman daily 5: Spirit of the Hawk's Wind
Shaman utility 6: Spirit of the Keeper

ITEMS
Leather Armor, Longbow, Arrows (30), Adventurer's Kit, Dagger(Wooden Stake), Totem

Background:
Aura is a descendent of the Shurifon clan of elves. They share their name with the Shurifon forest where most of the clan resides. While very similar to elves, they commonly have darker skin tones and pale hair colors, sometimes causing them to be mistaken for Drow despite having more in common with normal elves. Their skin color has also lead to them commonly being called "Dark Elves." The Shurifon elves also vary from most elves in that they tend not to be as slender, having a slightly more muscular build. Long lost books from the age of magic speculated that the dark elves were actually "imported" en mass from a parallel world by powerful vampire mages seeking to increase the number and variety of humanoids to feed on. This theory came about because while elves and dark elves are very similar, their lineage cannot be traced back to a common point. This theory also supports the current variety of humanoid races found in the world, as they may also have been brought here against their will to be livestock for the vampires.

Aura herself grew up with her mother and father in a cabin on the edge of the Shurifon forest. Her parents wanted her to have more exposure to the modern world than they did in their upbringing, so she attended school in town, and lived a fairly normal life. Her mother passed away when Aura was a pre-teen, but Aura had already learned her people's history and legends from her. Her father shared his knowledge of nature with her, and taught her how to use a bow. She enjoyed high school, getting good grades in most studies, making friends, and having a natural athletic talent at sports.

Unfortunately, two years ago the remote location of her home made it an ideal target for a couple recently-sired vampires out looking for a snack. Aura was woken in the middle of the night by commotion and yelling, and when she looked into the living room she found her father being attacked by two men with grotesque faces and fangs. Her father did a lot work outdoors and was by no means a weak man, but these two men seemed impossibly strong for their size. Her father managed to turn one's momentum against him, and sent him sprawling headfirst into the fireplace, burning the side of his face on the dying embers. Even this didn't stop him, and instead just seemed to make him angry. It was then that the second man noticed Aura peering through the door. Her father noticed this, and with a panicked expression on his face, told her to run. The second man blocked her escape, and was clearly enjoying toying with her. She retaliated by hitting him with a chair. In a rage he swiped at her, but missed and sent a kerosene lamp flying across the room, where it smashed apart on the floor and some embers the burned man had brought out of the fireplace with his face. The resulting blaze was enough of a distraction for her to bolt for the door. On her way out she grabbed a small wood carving her mother had made. It was of a protective spirit she had learned about as a little girl, and now seemed like a good time for any help available.

As she ran into the darkness, she looked back to see that the burned man had overpowered her father. There, backlit by the flames of her burning home, she saw him bite her father's neck, and her father fall limp to the floor. She ran as fast as she could, determined to survive. Even though she was a good runner and knew the forest well, she could hear the two men gaining on her. When she tried to leap over a creek her foot sunk into the soft soil at the steep edge of the bank, and she fell to her knees. She knew they were right behind her, and she clutched her mother's wood carving tightly as she waited for the end. But, there was silence. She turned to face the men, and saw them on the opposite bank, motionless. In the air directly over the stream floated a faint humanoid figure. It was vague, but she immediately recognized it as the spirit depicted in the carving she held. For what seemed like an eternity to her, all three of them silently stared at the ghostly figure. Then the two horrible men, looking as surprised as she was, turned and ran off. Aura relaxed and finally breathed again, and in a blink of her eyes the spirit was gone, as if it had never been there.

Not knowing what else to do, she cautiously returned to her home. No one was there, and house itself was in blazes. The family car had also caught fire, and her father's adjacent workshop was also starting to burn. Acting quickly, she recovered her father's longbow and his leather work gear from it before it became impassable. Then, for the remainder of the most miserable night of her life, she sat and waited for anyone to come. And cried.

Eventually emergency services did arrive, but by then there wasn't much for them to do. Police took her in, and she was assigned a Child Protective Services agent named Gwendolyn Post to help her find a new home. For the tumultuous period of her life that came next, she was taken in by her aunt and uncle that lived deeper in the forest with more of her extended family. Aura continued to have appointments with Ms. Post as well. She helped with medical checkups, legal proceedings, and also provided counseling to help Aura cope with her loss. What amazed Aura though, was that Ms. Post genuinely seemed to believe Aura's recollection of the attack even though officially the fire was determined to be an accident and there was no police action accordingly. Ms. Post even believed in the appearance of the spirit, once Aura had worked up the courage to tell her about it. Eventually she told Aura that she was sure magical things existed in this world, and that the two attackers were probably not men, but vampires. Finally, Ms. Post encouraged Aura to explore her power that summoned the spirit

With Ms. Post's help, Aura settled in to her new home comfortably, but eventually she decided she wanted to return to high school in town. The family of her best friend, Lithia, offered to let her stay in their house, and Aura graciously accepted. She continued to do well in school, and found it comforting to have something that was the same as before the incident.

In the summer she returned to her relatives in the Shurifon forest, and studied the legends of her people more closely. Then secretly, as Ms. Post had suggested, she began attempting to summon the spirit that had saved her. It took a great deal of focus, but with practice she found she could control it, and that it could even interact physically with the world. Its appearance had become more defined as she improved her control over it too. When summer ended she traded her spiritual studies for school studies, but she also began to follow the news more carefully. Specifically, she looked for stories of disappearances and murders not involving weapons. She found many. She began to notice patterns of when and where, too.

Her senior year of high school ended without incident, and she was even awarded scholarships to the city university, which she accepted. When she returned to the forest for the summer, her training took a new turn. She practiced her archery, and began testing her summoned spirit to see what kinds of combat ability it had. She also tailored her father's leather work gear into a snug protective suit.

A week before the start of university classes, a particular violent crime news story caught her attention. Three men had violently attacked and killed a gas station attendant, and a surveillance camera had gotten some footage of them before they destroyed it. She wasn't completely sure as the man's face didn't look horrible like it had that night, but she thought she recognized one of the men as the vampire that had tried to grab her before the fire started. The neighborhood the gas station was in was one of the major hotspots for violent crimes and disappearances too, so she figured the detour on the way to the University was worth it.

She fired up the dual-sport touring motorbike she had bought for transportation using some of her inheritance. As she kept so few belongings with her most everything fit in the saddlebags and in a pack on the luggage rack of the bike; only her father's bow didn't, so she rode with it strapped to her back as she headed for Los Diables. She didn't know exactly what to look for when she arrived, but it ended up being a non-issue. Most of the buildings were boarded up, and there was very little traffic. It seemed like no one wanted to be here unless they had to be. This was fine by Aura, as it made it much easier to keep track of everyone who came and went as she cruised the neighborhood on her bike.

She wasn't having any luck spotting her attacker, but she did spot a familiar face she never expected to encounter here. It was Ms. Post. "What on earth would she be doing here?" wondered Aura as she followed Ms. Post to yet another abandoned-looking building. Aura watched and waited for her to leave, then decided to sneak in and have a look...

Personality: Aura is rather mature for her age, and is very cool, collected and focused most of the time. When something surprises or embarrasses her, the cool exterior completely shatters, leaving her looking extremely befuddled or shy. Those that do not know her may think she is distant and hard to approach, but to her friends she is very open and caring. She enjoys rising to challenges, but will also admit defeat when she is bested.

Zodiac Symbol: She has a 2" wide birthmark that resembles the symbol of Cancer on her left shoulder blade.

Spirit Companion:



Aura's spirit companion resembles a slender humanoid suit of armor. As it is a nature spirit, it is composed of wood, bark, and stone and is green, brown, black, and white in color. Its chest is a transparent sphere of water. Air currents keep it aloft, so it mostly hovers from place to place and rarely stands on its feet. It has decorative feathers on its helm, and a long tassel of silvery hair originating from the center of its upper back.

Aura calls it the Seikijin.

Wish List:

Flameburst Longbow +2 [lvl 8]
Bear Spirit Leather Armor +2 [lvl 9]
Cat Tabi (Heroic Tier) [lvl 8]
Endless Quiver (Heroic Tier) [lvl 9]
Dynamic Belt (Heroic Tier) [lvl 9]
Crown of Nature's Rebellion [lvl 15]
Restorative Gauntlets [lvl 16]

Grace Ring of Salvation [lvl 14]
Bear Spirit Studded Leather Armor [lvl 14]
Bracers of Brachiation [lvl 15]
Flying Hook [lvl 15]

Kenneday, level 16
Human, Warlord, Commando Captain
Warlord: Battlefront Leader
Commanding Presence: Bravura Presence
Human Power Selection: Bonus At-Will Power
Background: Athlete, Geography - Urban, Society - Wealthy (Acrobatics class skill)

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 26, Con 21, Dex 21, Int 23, Wis 21, Cha 22.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 20, Con 20, Dex 20, Int 20, Wis 20, Cha 20.


AC: 30 Fort: 33 Reflex: 31 Will: 34
HP: 108 Surges: 12 Surge Value: 27

TRAINED SKILLS
Diplomacy +19, Heal +18, Endurance +17, Acrobatics +18, Athletics +20

FEATS
Human: Saving Inspiration
Level 1: Weapon Expertise (Bow)
Level 2: Stubborn Survivor
Level 4: Improved Inspiring Word
Level 6: Weapon Expertise (Spear)
Level 8: Lightning Reflexes
Level 10: Iron Will
Level 11: Fight On
Level 12: Double Team
Level 14: Lend Might
Level 16: Repel Charge

POWERS
Bonus At-Will Power: Direct the Strike
Warlord at-will 1: Paint the Bulls-Eye
Warlord at-will 1: Brash Assault
Warlord encounter 1: Leaf on the Wind
Warlord daily 1: Destructive Surprise
Warlord utility 2: Knight's Move
Warlord encounter 3: Deadly Distraction
Warlord daily 5: Stand the Fallen
Warlord utility 6: Rousing Words
Warlord encounter 7: Sudden Motivation
Warlord daily 15: Renew the Troops
Warlord utility 10: Tactical Orders
Warlord encounter 13: Invitational Assault (replaces Deadly Distraction)
Warlord utility: Commando Maneuver
Warlord utility: Reflexive Dodge

ITEMS
Mantle of the Golden General +3, Acrobat Boots (heroic tier), Belt of Vigor (heroic tier) (2), Adventurer's Kit, Dagger, Supremely Vicious Longbow +2, Serpentskin Earthhide Armor +3, General's Longspear +3, Heavy Shield, Dynamic Spear +2, Casque of Tactics (heroic tier), Couters of Second Chances (heroic), Seashimmer Cloak +3

Wish - General's Belt* (14), Ring of Tactical Brillance** (16), Luckbender Gloves (16), upgrade Mantel to +4* (17th), upgrade General's Longspear to +4** (18th)


Okay, I'll be Aquarius, Birthmark is the pouring vase, location is left breast.

Kenneday is the daughter of a wealthy family of bankers. She went to the finest private boarding school and her life was busy with all manner of scheduled activities. She learned to shoot at her father's private gun club, took foil fencing lessons, archery lessons from a retired olympic medalist, several martial arts, jazz dancing, gymnastics, music lessons and debate. There was rarely time for friends and most peers were viewed as opponents more than companions. She was better "friends" with Karla her driver and Yukari her martial arts instructor. Of all her many activities, Kenneday's favorites were volleyball and singing, both of which she did with unmatched passion. Although driven to personal excellence in numerous individual endevors by her parents, Kenneday discovered on the volleyball court that no matter how much of a star you are, you can't win without the rest of the team. By making her team mates the very best they could be in each of thier roles, her school achieved several years of state titles.

Among her many achievements; 1st Place Jr Div Highland Rifles 2009, voted Most Likely to Suceed Rallod High, Rallod High Class President, Girls State VB Championships 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; Black Belt Okinawan Karate; Girl Scout Gold Award; Outstanding PeeWee Gymnast of 2004; cameo appearance on "I Carly" 2002.

...more to follow...

[quote="Teramotos"]Kenneday, level 11

Stu, your ability scores are supposed to start at 20 and then add racial & level modifiers

jibuki wrote:Kenneday, level 11

Stu, your ability scores are supposed to start at 20 and then add racial & level modifiers

That, and it's a low magic campaign compared to all the others I've run. You can start with cash for PCs to help you craft items, but you'd only start with 1 of 11th or 12th level. (The baddies control the world and all the living have forgotten all about magic. As far as most know, magic is occult hocus pocus, much like in the real world.)

You'll also need to (eventually) choose one of the remaining Zodiac signs as a birthmark or childhood scar and decide where & how it is on your person. This doesn't have to be right away.

Oh, okay, I'll adjust my numbers.
Instead of a single 12th level item, do we have the option to take the GP value of a 12th level item and purchase multiple lower level items instead?

Teramotos wrote:Oh, okay, I'll adjust my numbers.
Instead of a single 12th level item, do we have the option to take the GP value of a 12th level item and purchase multiple lower level items instead?

No. The point is that in the Buffyverse, the living aren't aware that magic exists (only the Vampires et al know this). Nobody can purchase a magic item, there are no magic stores since society disbelieves in magic's existence. The one powerful item you have is a family heirloom and thought to be mundane until you discovered otherwise. You've never seen another magic item and until you meet the other Slayers, you've never met anyone else who can cast magic. This is one of the biggest secrets of the Vampires, that and their very existence...

Stu, you'll probably want to take an 11th or 12th that you've already listed. Then put the rest on your wish list. You'll probably get 2-3 during the first encounter.

Since you're coming late we may already have found them before you get there...

Imposter's Layered Plate Armor

Not think you will want to go plate armor. Studded leather and your +5 from stats be the same but without the -1 movement penalty.

Mick wrote:

Imposter's Layered Plate Armor

Not think you will want to go plate armor. Studded leather and your +5 from stats be the same but without the -1 movement penalty.

Also, you'll stand out...

No one walks around the city in plate armor.
The closest equivalent would be the heavy riot gear the police were wearing.

Shields are also rarely seen.

Only guessing on these:

Wish List for Damon
Iron Armbands Paragon L16

Wish list for Scott
Psychic Schism L15

There are quite a few people who have not listed thier Zodiac sign in thier character descriptions. I can't tell if the ones I want are taken or not. Brad, do you have a master list?

I added my first choice to the top of my page. I think I deleted it sometime when replacing my character summary.

Gravin - level 14
Dwarf, Fighter, Dreadnought(MP)
Background: Former Gladiator

STR 26
CON 24
DEX 22
INT 21
WIS 22
CHA 21

AC 31
FORT 29
REF 27
WILL 25

HP 127
Surge Num: 18
Surge Val: 39

Initiative: 17
Speed: 5

Trained Skills: Athletics, Endurance, Intimidate

Class/Paragon Feats:
Combat Challenge
Combat Superiority
One-Handed Weapon Talent
Dreadnought Action
Unfailing Resources

Feats:
Level 1: Dwarven Weapon Training(PHB)
Level 2: Mark of Warding(EPG)
Level 4: Improved Initiative (PHB)
Level 6: Bludgeon Expertise (HotFL)
Level 8: Vigilante Justice Style(D 373)
Level 10: Improved Defenses (HotFL)
Level 11: Ubiquitous shield (D385)
Level 12: Hammer Shock(MP)
Level 14: Dwarven Durability(PHB)

Powers:
Fighter At-Will: Tide of Iron(PHB)
Fighter At-Will: Brash Strke(MP)
Fighter Daily 1: Driving Attack(PHB)
Fighter Utility 2: Glowering Threat(HotFL)
Fighter Encounter 3: Parry and Riposte (MP)

Fighter Daily 5: Rain of Steel (PHB)

Fighter Utility 6: Ignore Weakness (HotFL)
Fighter Encounter 7: Come and Get It (PHB)

Fighter Daily 9: Thicket of Blades (PHB)

Fighter Utility 10: Mighty Surge (D 379)
Paragon Encounter 11: Inexorable Advance(MP)
Paragon Utility 12: Blood Iron(MP)
Fighter Encounter 13: Anvil of Doom (PHB)

Equipment:
+3 Thundering Warhammer
Handaxe(3)
+3 Black Iron Wyvernscale Armor
Heavy Shield
lvl 16 Horned Helm
Adventurer's Kit
Flask
chain(10ft)

Wishlist:
Searing Shield(MME)
Brooch of Vitality(AV)
Diamond Cincture(MME)
Dwarfstride Boots(AV)

Dwarmaj wrote:
Paragon Wish List
Belt of Sonnlinor Righteousness, paragon (lvl 16 item)

With Angelus' build, this item is too powerful, as I believe its intent was to protect the unconscious and dying, not the superhero Angelus, mightiest of the Slayers. I'm going to say this item either doesn't exist in the Buffyverse, or, at your option, exists but instead of an ongoing property, it works 1x/encounter as an immediate interupt until the end of your next turn. Same daily power applies. Let me know if you still want the nerfed version or not and possibly a substitute waist slot item. Thanks, & sorry.

Angelus has been using the Heroic version since level 7. Has it been too powerful up til now?

Currently, with the heroic version, when below zero hitpoints he has resist 10 all. Without that he can't stay below zero for more than a round or two since he dies at -Bloodied.

The item scales with the expected damage of the monsters. It does reduce the amount of damage taken, but has monster levels increase so does their damage.

The whole point of the build is to be able to fight while below zero hit points.


The combination of the belt and Revenants "Unnatural Vitality" has been around for a couple of years and WotC hasn't errata'd it.

It is powerful, but so are some of the abilities of some of the other PCs...

Belt of Sonnlinor Righteousness:

I believe Angelus is using it as intended as there are several way to be below zero hitpoint and remain fighting. And no errata has come from WotC.

I'm not sure how it's too powerful as it's totally defensive in nature. There are also several ways around it...

How about leaving the item as is for now and just not handing it out the paragon/epic versions as treasure?

Since it's level 16 and uncommon a PC wouldn't be able to make it until 21st level. Once we get to 21st you can decide whether or not to allow it.

I'm still not sure how this is any more unbalancing than a PC that can evade being damaged (invisibility/interrupts) or one that has lesser resistance but a lot more hitpoints/surges (Jeff's PC from WAR).

Also...

Is Stormhawk's Vengence "too" powerful (I took it at 16th)?

Stormhawk's Vengeance
Benefit: If an enemy reduces you to 0 or fewer hit points with an attack, it takes 10 thunder damage. This damage increases to 20 at 11th level and 30 at 21st level.

ie, the Ranger in the last battle would have killed himself if he had attacked (and hit) Angelus...

@ Dwarmaj - re: Stormhawk's Vengenance - hmmm...doesn't seem any more powerful than some Marks that Defenders have where the monster takes some huge amount of Radiant damage each time they attack some PC other than the Defender...someone remind me what character class does this and what the damage is at 17th level (and can the damage be boosted with certain items and feats?).

Paladins have the mark that does radiant damage.

Divine Challenge
You boldly confront a nearby enemy, searing it with divine light if it ignores your challenge.
At-Will Divine, Radiant
Minor Action Close burst 5
Target: One creature in the burst
Effect: You mark the target. The mark lasts until you use this power again. The mark also ends at the end of your turn if you didn’t engage the target, meaning you neither attacked it during your turn nor are adjacent to it at the end of your turn.
Until the mark ends, the target takes radiant damage the first time each round when it targets any of your allies with an attack power that doesn’t include you as a target. The damage equals 3 + your Charisma modifier.
Level 11: 6 + your Charisma modifier radiant damage
Level 21: 9 + your Charisma modifier radiant damage

Divine Sanction does the same damage but is usually applied via powers.

Ashe's mark does less than that since he is a hybrid Paladin but Divine Sanction functions the same as a normal Paladin. Most of the time the marks I use come from Divine Sanction rather than Divine Challenge. Ashe currently has a +8 CHA which is how he does 14 radiant damage per violation of the mark.

Might Challenge is a feat that will add my STR modifier to the damage (challenge only, not sanction) but I haven't taken that since I have no good way to force someone to disobey my mark.

The reason I asked about the feat is that it has the exact same wording as the belt...

The feat is different because it's giving out damage to NPCs which are built to go down anyway. Kind of a strawman. The belt is nixed at paragon level because it makes a PC too invulnerable. Way too few 'out of the box' monsters consistently do above 20 hits/attack. By comparison, the next waist item to grant resistence is three levels higher & says:

Belt of Raging Endurance
Property: You gain 1 healing surge
Power: (Encounter) immediate interrupt. Trigger: An enemy hits you and causes damage. Effect: You gain resist 25 against that attack, but also take 15 damage at the end of your next turn.

20 resist all, all the time is many orders of magnitude out of line with this. Every superhero has to have his Krypton.

Is the heroic version OK?

How about the paragon version in epic?

Also, it's not Resist 20 all the time. It only kicks in when Angelus is at 0 or below HP. Usually doesn't kick in until the 2nd or 3rd encounter.

I agree that the paragon version is powerful but so are a lot of other combos.

The item by itself isn't powerful, it's the combination of
Racal ability: Unnatural Vitality (become dazed instead of conscious until 1 failed death save)
Superior Will: to get rid of dazed
2 Feat/2 Items to get +7 to death saves
Paragon Path: to remain conscious indefinitely


Note: The build I used for Angelus isn't the most powerful of it's type.
Revanant (Shadar-kai) with an Epic Destiny of Raven Consort is. Even without the belt you have to do their full HP in damage in a single round to kill them. When below zero they can get surgeless healing almost every round if needed.

Hmmm...comparing the Belt of Ragine Endurance as a stand alone item visa vie Angelus' situation; is that a valid comparison. How many factors did Ken's PC have to align in order to cause the item to work as it does? Just throwing that out there...

Now that I carefully read Dwarmaj's post above, I'm stating the exact same thing. It's took five power/ item/ feat selections to combine to get to where we are...not just a single item.

Guys, the thing is this: I've built out many of the paragon as well as epic encounters already. I have nothing planned that can challenge that item, so the choices are: Openly say Angelus is on Godmode for the rest of the campaign, jack up the monsters & encounters to match Angelus which would likely overpower the rest of the Slayers, assasinate Angelus in a way that removes him from the campaign, or else nerf that item. What does everybody think is the simplest and fairest? Any other solutions?

And yes, thank you for not picking the most broken build you could find, but if the 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc most broken also doesn't fit the campaign, then it doesn't fit the campaign either. If this isn't obvious, I'm at a loss as to why not... Remember, the same monsters that are fighting Angelus are also fighting Aura. Remember too the most fun encounters have some excitement in them. You help me write this for everyone if none of the PCs are outliers. This is more difficult otherwise.

Thanks, just needed an a reason other than "it's broken".

Though I don't think you'll be able to make a monster that Aura can stand up against that will still be a challenge to Angelus or a couple of other members of the party... (no offence to Aura...)

But in 4E, that's suppose to be ok. That's what defenders, controllers, and strikers are for. She only has to be able to take one or two hits and another member of the party will be there to help.

Taking our PCs out of it, it'll be hard to make monsters that won't kill a pure leader or controller that will still be a challange for a defender or striker.

Another alternative is to nerf it, like only allowing it to give resistance to all, with the exception of specific specific attacks, like Necrotic damage.

Ross wrote:Another alternative is to nerf it, like only allowing it to give resistance to all, with the exception of specific specific attacks, like Necrotic damage.

That was his initial ruling...

I don't think having specific exceptions will work since I can always pick up resistances to those (I already have necrotic and cold resistance, only 5 now but could get higher). Also there are a couple of other items I can take that provide similar benefits...

The root of the problem as Brad pointed out is that he already has the monsters/encounters done.

There are some monsters that can slay Angelus with a single hit or take him totally out of the battle for multiple rounds. But they may not fit into his "story".


I guess my point is that if he's built his monsters to challenge or not kill Aura and not the entire party then it may already be too late.

He could always just say certain attacks by certain powers aren't effected by resistance, kind I like the way our stun negation doesn't work.

Ross wrote:He could always just say certain attacks by certain powers aren't effected by resistance, kind I like the way our stun negation doesn't work.

Yes, but there are:
encounter interrupts that can avoid damage.
a feat that says you can reduce the damage take by an attack (not resistance so it'll work)
ways to burn a surge as a free action (I normally only use 3 surges per adventrue, if the belt is nerfed I'll probably have to use a few more).
a feat to become incorporeal, 1/2 damage.

The belt does make things easier, but there's lots of other stuff out there...

====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======
Razalon, level 17
Elf, Ranger, Lyrandar Wind-Rider
Build: Archer Ranger
Fighting Style Option: Archer Fighting Style
Ranger Option: Prime Shot
Silent Hunter (Silent Hunter Benefit)
Theme: Noble Adept

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
STR 21, CON 21, DEX 26, INT 21, WIS 26, CHA 21

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
STR 20, CON 20, DEX 20, INT 20, WIS 20, CHA 20


AC: 32 Fort: 28 Ref: 30 Will: 29
HP: 113 Surges: 11 Surge Value: 28

TRAINED SKILLS
Athletics +17, Endurance +17, Nature +23, Perception +24, Stealth +21, Thievery +20

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +15, Arcana +13, Bluff +13, Diplomacy +13, Dungeoneering +16, Heal +16, History +13, Insight +16, Intimidate +13, Religion +13, Streetwise +13

POWERS
Basic Attack: Melee Basic Attack
Basic Attack: Ranged Basic Attack
Noble Adept Feature: Adept's Insight
Elf Racial Power: Elven Accuracy
Hunter's Quarry Power: Hunter's Quarry
Ranger Attack 1: Nimble Strike
Ranger Attack 1: Twin Strike
Ranger Utility 2: Invigorating Stride
Wizard Utility 2: Feather Fall
Ranger Attack 3: Disruptive Strike
Ranger Attack 5: Spitting-Cobra Stance
Ranger Utility 6: Weave Through the Fray
Rogue Attack 7: Snap Shot
Ranger Attack 9: Attacks on the Run
Ranger Utility 10: Defensive Volley
Lyrandar Wind-Rider Attack 11: Wind Burst
Lyrandar Wind-Rider Utility 12: Zephyr Wings
Ranger Attack 15: Confounding Arrows
Ranger Utility 16: Word of Warning
Ranger Attack 17: Pounding Barrage

FEATS
Defensive Mobility
Level 1: Weapon Proficiency (Greatbow)
Level 2: Wintertouched
Level 4: Weapon Focus (Bow)
Level 6: Bow Expertise
Level 8: Mark of Storm
Level 10: Sneak of Shadows
Level 11: Lasting Frost
Level 12: Treetop Sniper
Level 14: Novice Power
Level 16: Called Shot

ITEMS
Longsword
Deathcut Hide Armor +3 x1
Thunderbolt Greatbow +3 x1
Bracers of Archery (paragon tier) x1
Boots of Eagerness x1
Gloves of Ice (paragon tier) x1
Casque of Tactics (paragon tier) x1
Cloak of Distortion +3 x1
Ring of Giants x1
Diamond Cincture (heroic tier) x1
Frozen Whetstone (heroic tier) x10
Siberys Shard of Merciless Cold (paragon tier)
====== End ======

Note:
I've assigned items of your level, but Buffyverse is a "low" magic world and Brad may say that you start with none of the items and you'll need to find them on your first adventure.

Items that your character must have to function are:
great bow
armor
cloak

Nice to have items are
Bracers
Gloves
Whetstones

The rest is just gravy...

Send me an email (KMills@q.com) and I'll send you info on the character builder

I think Brad allows you to start with 3 item of you level.
a 16th, 17th and 18th. and 16th item in GP.
He can have a few minor items made once he meets the right wizard.

Mick wrote:I think Brad allows you to start with 3 item of you level.
a 16th, 17th and 18th. and 16th item in GP.
He can have a few minor items made once he meets the right wizard.

Having an 18th, 17th, 16th, and 16th in gold is the norm.

I remember Aura started with nothing and got a bow and a couple of other items after defeating a vampire.

When I created the character I used the normal rules to figure out how much gold and bought items.

If it's three items only then:
Thunderbolt Greatbow +4 (18th level)
Deathcut Hide Armor +3 (15th level)
Bracers of Archery (15th)

There's really nothing good for his PC that's 16th or 17th so he's basically loosing 60k in value by taking two 15ths.

Archiving Angelus...

Angelus

17th version:

Paragon Wish List
Belt of Sonnlinor Righteousness, paragon (lvl 16 item)
Blurred Strike Ki Focus (upgraded from +3 to +4) (lvl 20)
Bloodthread Mindweave Armor +4 (lvl 20)


Projected Epic Destiny
Raven Knight


Zodiac Scar:
Angelus has a Blood Red Gemini (about 2" in height) on his left bicep.


Angelus has a Black symbol of the Raven Queen over his heart (about 4" in height)

Archiving Angelus...

Is he leaving the campaign? Replacing with a new character?
How does that work into the storyline with only 12 PC slots and all filled by now.
Brad, is switching out a PC an option for everyone?

I'd like to switch PCs as I really think the party could use a defender and we've been playing these chars for the last year and a half.

Angelus plays like a striker/defender, but has no way to deter monsters from going after the leaders. A defender with a mark and other punishment features can do that. It would be much more efficient for the leaders to heal someone with more HP/surges than it is for them to heal themselves.

Ashe does that on occasion, but can't make it very often.

I've sent Brad a history and summary of the new PC. He hasn't said no, but hasn't said ok either...

Since I was planing on retiring Angelus, I was hoping to have the new PC have equivalent gp value in items. (at least that's what I currently have equipped on them). At a minimum though any new PC needs appropriate magic weapon/armor/neck items otherwise they'll have a hard time hitting anything or evading enemy attacks.

We coul always say Angelus collapsed after that last encounter an died. Then his mark went to your new character.

...or better yet, Angelus LOST HIS SOUL and became evil.
...oh wait, his name was "Angelus" wasn't it, not Angel.
He can still join the bad guys; that would be an interesting twist.
Maybe one of our Epic quests will be to find an old witch and try to infuse Angelus' soul back into his body after which he will have an aversion to fighting and become a priest. Alternately, one of our Epic quests could be to dust Angelus...(where's Spike when you need him?).

Don't give Brad too many ideas...

I don't think we want to fight Angelus, especially in Epic.

bradly wrote:
First encounter then will be in Egypt...

Brad, did you read the history for Aya that I sent you (about a month ago)? It's also posted with the PC on the Buffyverse PC thread.

Does it need to be revised? Her inital race was Water Genasi before she became Warforged. Not sure if I need to change it to another type of Genasi, something more desert like.