Jarval
Explorer
Bokaru Kitsuki
Human Level 1 Samurai, Lawful Good
STR 14 (+2)
DEX 16 (+3)
CON 12 (+1)
INT 14 (+2)
WIS 10 (+0)
CHA 12 (+1)
Combat Stats:
Base Attack Bonus: +1
Melee: +3 [+1 BAB, +2 STR]
Ranged: +4 [+1 BAB, +3 DEX]
Hit Points: 11 [10 (levels) + 1 (CON)]
Armor Class: 17 [10 + 3 (DEX) + 4 (Partial Armor))]
Initiative: +7 [+3 DEX, +4 Improved Initiative]
Movement Rate: 20 feet (30 base, reduced to 20 by armor)
Attacks per round:
Katana (+4 to hit, 1d10+2 dmg)
or Wakizashi (+4 to hit, 1d6+2 dmg)
or Shortbow (+4 to hit, 1d6 dmg)
Weapons and Armor:
Armor: Partial Armor (+4 AC, Armor penalty -3, 25% Spell Failure Chance)
Weapons: Katana (1d10 dmg, Crit 19-20/x2)
Wakizashi (1d6 dmg, Crit 19-20/x2)
Shortbow (1d6 dmg, Crit x3, Rng 60 ft)
Saving Throws:
Fort: +3 [+2 base, +1 CON]
Ref: +3 [+0 base, +3 DEX]
Will: +2 [+2 base, +0 WIS]
Feats:
Armor Proficiency (Light) (Free for Samurai)
Armor Proficiency (Medium) (Free for Samurai)
Simple Weapons Proficiency (Free for Samurai)
Martial Weapons Proficiency (Free for Samurai)
Quick Draw (1st level feat)
Improved Initiative (Bonus human feat)
Skills:
Climb +3 (4 ranks, +2 STR, -3 Armor)
Craft (Armorsmithing) +4 (2 ranks, +2 INT)
Diplomacy +5 (4 ranks, +1 CHA)
Iaijutsu Focus +5 (4 ranks, +1 CHA)
Intimidate +5 (4 ranks, +1 CHA)
Ride +7 (4 ranks, +3 DEX)
Sense Motive +4 (4 ranks)
Swim -9 (4 ranks, +2 STR, -3 Armor, -8 Weight)
Languages:
Celestial, Common, Draconic.
Special Abilities:
Bonus feat at 1st level.
+1 Skill Point per level.
Favored Class: Any.
Equipment:
Backpack
- 50' Silk Rope
- Grappling Hook
- Whetstone
- 2 Potions of Cure Light Wounds
- Potion of Jump
- Potion of Spider Climb
- 25 gp, 9 sp, 8 cp
Wearing / Carrying
- Explorer's Clothes
- Partial Armor
- Katana
- Wakizashi
- Shortbow
- 20 arrows
Total Weight Carried: 56 lb
Load: Light
Current XP:
Current: 0
Next Level: 1,000
Born the son of a noble in the lands of the Empire to the east, Bokaru had grown up with the finest things in life. This included weapons training, as he followed his father's wishes by following the path of the samurai. The young Bokaru showed much skill in this path, including the art of Iaijutsu.
The Empire was dominated by two clans: The Kitsuki clan and the Anborakaro clan. These two been at peace for many decades, but this changed on the death of Imura Anborakaro, and the ascendance of his niece, Emiko, to head of the clan. She converted the Kitsuki gold mines that lay just across the boarder from Anborako lands. She broke the age of peace, and lead her troops across the border. While they gained some ground, there progress was quickly halted by the Kitsuki army. After several months of bitter fighting, the two clan chiefs decided to end the bloodshed. The two clans struck a peace deal, including one of the Kitsuki gold mines. Unbeknown to either side, the mine workings were close to exhausted. After only two months of work, the gold dried up. Emiko became convince she had been betrayed, not least due to the whisperings of the court wizard.
Emiko's feeling of betrayal grew into full-blooded dark hatred. She decided to make sure the Kitsui's could never fool her again. She had her wizard summon demons, devils, and beasts so evil that their very names corrupted those who heard them. In the darkness of a moonless night, the demonic assassins struck, smashing their way into the Kitsuki manor. They were met by the blades of both Bokaru and his father, who struck down a dozen of the hell spawn, with only the slightest of wounds. Hoping to save his family, Bokaru's father quickly mother and young brother away from the now unsafe palace. However, Bokaru's father little knew the nature of the wound he now carried. The bile that had covered the creature's claws started to twist his body, and warp his mind. Even by the time they reached the lands of the Eagle clan, allies of the Kitsui's, his very soul was being tainted by evil.
Saku Eagle took in the family, naming them as part of his own family while they resided in his lands. All seemed well for the next few days, but then people started going missing around the Eagle palace. Fearing the Anborakaro demons, Saku had the palace put under heavy guard, and summoned his shugenja. They patrolled the palace by night, using their magical senses to search of any trace of evil. They found a strong trail to stables, where they found Bokaru's father, feasting on the body of a stable hand. The demon-man snarled as it spotted the shugenja. It sprang forwards, tearing the head off one of the young mages, and escaped the compound, fleeing into the night.
Bokaru has left his family in the care of Saku Eagle, and has come to the Academy to learn more of the western lands. He knows he will need allies to retake his homeland, and hopes his skills as a warrior will attract others to his cause. He also prays that the westerner's magic may offer some hope of finding and curing his father, although he holds out little hope on the count.
Human Level 1 Samurai, Lawful Good
STR 14 (+2)
DEX 16 (+3)
CON 12 (+1)
INT 14 (+2)
WIS 10 (+0)
CHA 12 (+1)
Combat Stats:
Base Attack Bonus: +1
Melee: +3 [+1 BAB, +2 STR]
Ranged: +4 [+1 BAB, +3 DEX]
Hit Points: 11 [10 (levels) + 1 (CON)]
Armor Class: 17 [10 + 3 (DEX) + 4 (Partial Armor))]
Initiative: +7 [+3 DEX, +4 Improved Initiative]
Movement Rate: 20 feet (30 base, reduced to 20 by armor)
Attacks per round:
Katana (+4 to hit, 1d10+2 dmg)
or Wakizashi (+4 to hit, 1d6+2 dmg)
or Shortbow (+4 to hit, 1d6 dmg)
Weapons and Armor:
Armor: Partial Armor (+4 AC, Armor penalty -3, 25% Spell Failure Chance)
Weapons: Katana (1d10 dmg, Crit 19-20/x2)
Wakizashi (1d6 dmg, Crit 19-20/x2)
Shortbow (1d6 dmg, Crit x3, Rng 60 ft)
Saving Throws:
Fort: +3 [+2 base, +1 CON]
Ref: +3 [+0 base, +3 DEX]
Will: +2 [+2 base, +0 WIS]
Feats:
Armor Proficiency (Light) (Free for Samurai)
Armor Proficiency (Medium) (Free for Samurai)
Simple Weapons Proficiency (Free for Samurai)
Martial Weapons Proficiency (Free for Samurai)
Quick Draw (1st level feat)
Improved Initiative (Bonus human feat)
Skills:
Climb +3 (4 ranks, +2 STR, -3 Armor)
Craft (Armorsmithing) +4 (2 ranks, +2 INT)
Diplomacy +5 (4 ranks, +1 CHA)
Iaijutsu Focus +5 (4 ranks, +1 CHA)
Intimidate +5 (4 ranks, +1 CHA)
Ride +7 (4 ranks, +3 DEX)
Sense Motive +4 (4 ranks)
Swim -9 (4 ranks, +2 STR, -3 Armor, -8 Weight)
Languages:
Celestial, Common, Draconic.
Special Abilities:
Bonus feat at 1st level.
+1 Skill Point per level.
Favored Class: Any.
Equipment:
Backpack
- 50' Silk Rope
- Grappling Hook
- Whetstone
- 2 Potions of Cure Light Wounds
- Potion of Jump
- Potion of Spider Climb
- 25 gp, 9 sp, 8 cp
Wearing / Carrying
- Explorer's Clothes
- Partial Armor
- Katana
- Wakizashi
- Shortbow
- 20 arrows
Total Weight Carried: 56 lb
Load: Light
Current XP:
Current: 0
Next Level: 1,000
Born the son of a noble in the lands of the Empire to the east, Bokaru had grown up with the finest things in life. This included weapons training, as he followed his father's wishes by following the path of the samurai. The young Bokaru showed much skill in this path, including the art of Iaijutsu.
The Empire was dominated by two clans: The Kitsuki clan and the Anborakaro clan. These two been at peace for many decades, but this changed on the death of Imura Anborakaro, and the ascendance of his niece, Emiko, to head of the clan. She converted the Kitsuki gold mines that lay just across the boarder from Anborako lands. She broke the age of peace, and lead her troops across the border. While they gained some ground, there progress was quickly halted by the Kitsuki army. After several months of bitter fighting, the two clan chiefs decided to end the bloodshed. The two clans struck a peace deal, including one of the Kitsuki gold mines. Unbeknown to either side, the mine workings were close to exhausted. After only two months of work, the gold dried up. Emiko became convince she had been betrayed, not least due to the whisperings of the court wizard.
Emiko's feeling of betrayal grew into full-blooded dark hatred. She decided to make sure the Kitsui's could never fool her again. She had her wizard summon demons, devils, and beasts so evil that their very names corrupted those who heard them. In the darkness of a moonless night, the demonic assassins struck, smashing their way into the Kitsuki manor. They were met by the blades of both Bokaru and his father, who struck down a dozen of the hell spawn, with only the slightest of wounds. Hoping to save his family, Bokaru's father quickly mother and young brother away from the now unsafe palace. However, Bokaru's father little knew the nature of the wound he now carried. The bile that had covered the creature's claws started to twist his body, and warp his mind. Even by the time they reached the lands of the Eagle clan, allies of the Kitsui's, his very soul was being tainted by evil.
Saku Eagle took in the family, naming them as part of his own family while they resided in his lands. All seemed well for the next few days, but then people started going missing around the Eagle palace. Fearing the Anborakaro demons, Saku had the palace put under heavy guard, and summoned his shugenja. They patrolled the palace by night, using their magical senses to search of any trace of evil. They found a strong trail to stables, where they found Bokaru's father, feasting on the body of a stable hand. The demon-man snarled as it spotted the shugenja. It sprang forwards, tearing the head off one of the young mages, and escaped the compound, fleeing into the night.
Bokaru has left his family in the care of Saku Eagle, and has come to the Academy to learn more of the western lands. He knows he will need allies to retake his homeland, and hopes his skills as a warrior will attract others to his cause. He also prays that the westerner's magic may offer some hope of finding and curing his father, although he holds out little hope on the count.
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Both the Karmic Twin and Warrior Instinct feats look good, definitely ones I'll invest in when I gain a few levels. Couldn't find Way of the Scorpion though.
