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<blockquote data-quote="Fradak" data-source="post: 7362136" data-attributes="member: 6805410"><p>[SBLOCK=Background]</p><p><img src="http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Towering, gold-encrusted monuments break the unending monotony of a horizon formed of sun-blasted sand. Awe-inspiring, animal-headed gods walk among the people, offering them care and protection from the horrors of the desert. A wide, life-giving river offers its abundant bounty, providing for every physical need. Happy, hopeful people offer sacrifices in grand temples dedicated to their benevolent gods, addressing their spiritual needs. For they know that this life, as wonderful as it might be, is just the beginning—a prelude to the perfection that awaits them in the afterlife, promised to them by their God-Pharaoh. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/e3346b958bc8325ddcf5cc1513547ae7/5B2EC555/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/18443946_203237376853690_6249976709093785600_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Amonkhet, a demiplane of the God-Pharaoh, is connected to Heliopolis, the joint realm of three Mulhorandi deities in Arcadia's second layer of Buxenus. Beyond the lush river valley spreads endless scorching desert. Accursed, desiccated mummies roam that desert, while carefully embalmed mummies attend to the needs of the living in the glorious city-state. The people have everything they need. They are protected from the desert heat and wandering mummies by the magical barrier called the Hekma, and they spend their lives in focused training, honing body and mind to perfection. Yet they eagerly anticipate the time when they will be permitted to die in combat and leave this world behind.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_70.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>On the surface, Amonkhet seems like a marvelous place to live. But something unsettling and nefarious lurks behind the grand facade. The wise and benevolent God-Pharaoh, said to be busy preparing the wondrous afterlife for the worthy, is actually Sseth whose schemes reach far beyond his plane. And all the preparation and training, all the trials and contests, all the effort to be made worthy—all of this is meant to prepare the people of Amonkhet for transformation into an undead army under Sseth's command.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_34.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Unknown to any of the plane’s inhabitants, the entire society of Amonkhet has been manipulated by Sseth, who has seized control of the world, the gods, and the magic of the plane. Conveniently, he also found here a pious, structured civilization that he could easily subvert to his own purposes. Making himself the God-Pharaoh, he brought the gods themselves under his control, and eliminated anyone who tried to stand against him. Then he transformed the world into a factory designed to produce a huge army of perfect undead soldiers. Throughout their lives, the people of the plane believe they are drawing nearer to the promised afterlife—and at last they die in the final trial, a mass battle with no survivors. But rather than earning a place in the afterlife, they are instead embalmed and stored in Sseth's great necropolis, adding to the ranks of his undead army.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Even in the carefully constructed and curated city-state of Naktamun, and in the presence of the five gods, some people rebel against the doctrines of the God-Pharaoh. </p><p>These dissenters simply refuse to follow the ordained course of life that leads to the glorious afterlife. To contain this mouvement, the God-Pharaoh ordered the creation of a special unit of bounty hunters and sent them chase those dissenters. Khefren was one of them. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>His mission was to capture those who question the God-Pharaoh's rule and were hidden in the city. After he delivered his captives, the gods were tasked with carrying out the punishment that Sseth's law demands. Dissenters were bound into sarcophagi—the Tombs of Disgrace—and exposed to the mockery of fellow citizens in the Display of Doubt. On the following morning, the gods carry the sarcophagi into the desert and abandon the dissenters to the horrors of the sands.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_41.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Then, one day, Khefren found this Dissenter girl. She led him into their hiding place and there, as he was storming the place, he discovered that Oketra, the goddess of Solidarity was helping the Dissenters. Oketra showed him who was truly the God-Pharaoh. She managed to turn Khefren, he was the pawn she needed to get access to the God-Pharaoh. Together they set a plan up. Khefren had to bring back all the Dissenters that was hiding in the city, asking an audience to the God-Pharaoh for his exploit. Oketra will wait for the right time to strike. But she was far from understanding who the God-Pharaoh really was and the extent of his powers.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_49.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>In a simple wave of his hand, the Dissenters were all drained from their energy <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'">life.</span> Oketra could only watch them die... and raise, under the control of the God-Pharaoh. Before being submerged, Oketra manage to open a portal, urging Khefren to get help and save his people from this slavery. Without asking question, Khefren jumped into the gate and, traveling through the planes, landed in Sigil, in a back alley, dealing with portalsickness.</p><p>[/SBLOCK]</p><p><strong><strong>Khefren</strong></strong></p><p><em>Human, Monk Level 2, Chaotic Good</em></p><p><em>Native from Stygia, Ankhwugaht</em></p><p></p><p><strong><strong>Armor Class.</strong></strong> 17 (Unarmored Defence)</p><p><strong><strong>Hit Points.</strong></strong> 22 (2d8)</p><p><strong><strong>Speed.</strong></strong> 50 ft.</p><p><strong><strong>Initiative.</strong></strong> +4</p><p>--------------------</p><p><strong><strong>STR</strong></strong> 16 (+3), <strong><strong>DEX</strong></strong> 18 (+4), <strong><strong>CON</strong></strong> 16 (+3), <strong><strong>INT</strong></strong> 11 (+0), <strong><strong>WIS</strong></strong> 16 (+3), <strong><strong>CHA</strong></strong> 16 (+3)</p><p>--------------------</p><p><strong><strong>Saving Throws</strong>.</strong> Str +5, Dex +6</p><p><strong><strong>Skills.</strong></strong> Acrobatics +6, Athletics +5, Perception +5, Persuasion +5, Stealth, +6</p><p><strong><strong>Languages.</strong></strong> Common, Draconic</p><p><strong><strong>Background.</strong></strong> Urban Bounty Hunter</p><p><strong><strong>Tool.</strong></strong> Thieves' tools, Cartographer's Tools</p><p><strong><strong>Instrument.</strong></strong> Kalimba <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGMLcLC_k4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGMLcLC_k4</a></p><p></p><p><strong><strong>Actions</strong></strong></p><p>--------------------</p><p><strong><strong>Unarmed strike.</strong></strong> Melee : +6 (1d4+4 bludgeoning)</p><p><strong><strong>Spear.</strong></strong> Melee : +6 (1d6+4 piercing, thrown (20/60), versatile(1d8))</p><p></p><p><strong><strong>Features and Traits</strong></strong></p><p>--------------------</p><p><strong><strong>Unarmored Defence.</strong></strong> AC equals 10 + Dex + Wis</p><p><strong><strong>Martial Art.</strong></strong> d4. Unarmed strike as Bonus Action</p><p><strong><strong>Ki.</strong></strong> 2. Flurry of Blows (+1 attack), Patient Defense (Dodge), Step of the Wind (Disengage, Dash, jump x2)</p><p><strong><strong>Unarmored Movement.</strong></strong> Movement +10ft. </p><p><strong><strong>Mobile.</strong></strong> +10ft. When Dash action, difficult terrain doesn’t cost you extra movement. You don’t provoke OA from creature you attacked this turn.</p><p></p><p><strong><strong>Equipment</strong></strong></p><p>---------------------</p><p>Spear, Darts (10), Backpack, Bedroll, Mess kit, Tinderbox, Torches (10), Rations (10), Waterskin, Rope (50ft), Kalimba, Manacles</p><p></p><p><strong><strong>Coins</strong></strong> 18 gp <strong><strong>Equipment weight</strong></strong> 71lb</p><p></p><p><strong><strong>Carrying Capacity</strong></strong> 240 lb</p><p> </p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180308/7a86ccbbec9278c6ec54d54fdbb78117.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fradak, post: 7362136, member: 6805410"] [SBLOCK=Background] [IMG]http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_1.jpg[/IMG] Towering, gold-encrusted monuments break the unending monotony of a horizon formed of sun-blasted sand. Awe-inspiring, animal-headed gods walk among the people, offering them care and protection from the horrors of the desert. A wide, life-giving river offers its abundant bounty, providing for every physical need. Happy, hopeful people offer sacrifices in grand temples dedicated to their benevolent gods, addressing their spiritual needs. For they know that this life, as wonderful as it might be, is just the beginning—a prelude to the perfection that awaits them in the afterlife, promised to them by their God-Pharaoh. [IMG]https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/e3346b958bc8325ddcf5cc1513547ae7/5B2EC555/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/18443946_203237376853690_6249976709093785600_n.jpg[/IMG] Amonkhet, a demiplane of the God-Pharaoh, is connected to Heliopolis, the joint realm of three Mulhorandi deities in Arcadia's second layer of Buxenus. Beyond the lush river valley spreads endless scorching desert. Accursed, desiccated mummies roam that desert, while carefully embalmed mummies attend to the needs of the living in the glorious city-state. The people have everything they need. They are protected from the desert heat and wandering mummies by the magical barrier called the Hekma, and they spend their lives in focused training, honing body and mind to perfection. Yet they eagerly anticipate the time when they will be permitted to die in combat and leave this world behind. [IMG]http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_70.jpg[/IMG] On the surface, Amonkhet seems like a marvelous place to live. But something unsettling and nefarious lurks behind the grand facade. The wise and benevolent God-Pharaoh, said to be busy preparing the wondrous afterlife for the worthy, is actually Sseth whose schemes reach far beyond his plane. And all the preparation and training, all the trials and contests, all the effort to be made worthy—all of this is meant to prepare the people of Amonkhet for transformation into an undead army under Sseth's command. [IMG]http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_34.jpg[/IMG] Unknown to any of the plane’s inhabitants, the entire society of Amonkhet has been manipulated by Sseth, who has seized control of the world, the gods, and the magic of the plane. Conveniently, he also found here a pious, structured civilization that he could easily subvert to his own purposes. Making himself the God-Pharaoh, he brought the gods themselves under his control, and eliminated anyone who tried to stand against him. Then he transformed the world into a factory designed to produce a huge army of perfect undead soldiers. Throughout their lives, the people of the plane believe they are drawing nearer to the promised afterlife—and at last they die in the final trial, a mass battle with no survivors. But rather than earning a place in the afterlife, they are instead embalmed and stored in Sseth's great necropolis, adding to the ranks of his undead army. [IMG]http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_8.jpg[/IMG] Even in the carefully constructed and curated city-state of Naktamun, and in the presence of the five gods, some people rebel against the doctrines of the God-Pharaoh. These dissenters simply refuse to follow the ordained course of life that leads to the glorious afterlife. To contain this mouvement, the God-Pharaoh ordered the creation of a special unit of bounty hunters and sent them chase those dissenters. Khefren was one of them. [IMG]http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_9.jpg[/IMG] His mission was to capture those who question the God-Pharaoh's rule and were hidden in the city. After he delivered his captives, the gods were tasked with carrying out the punishment that Sseth's law demands. Dissenters were bound into sarcophagi—the Tombs of Disgrace—and exposed to the mockery of fellow citizens in the Display of Doubt. On the following morning, the gods carry the sarcophagi into the desert and abandon the dissenters to the horrors of the sands. [IMG]http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_41.jpg[/IMG] Then, one day, Khefren found this Dissenter girl. She led him into their hiding place and there, as he was storming the place, he discovered that Oketra, the goddess of Solidarity was helping the Dissenters. Oketra showed him who was truly the God-Pharaoh. She managed to turn Khefren, he was the pawn she needed to get access to the God-Pharaoh. Together they set a plan up. Khefren had to bring back all the Dissenters that was hiding in the city, asking an audience to the God-Pharaoh for his exploit. Oketra will wait for the right time to strike. But she was far from understanding who the God-Pharaoh really was and the extent of his powers. [IMG]http://s3.gatheringmagic.com/uploads/2017/05/03/ML_49.jpg[/IMG] In a simple wave of his hand, the Dissenters were all drained from their energy [FONT=Segoe UI]life.[/FONT] Oketra could only watch them die... and raise, under the control of the God-Pharaoh. Before being submerged, Oketra manage to open a portal, urging Khefren to get help and save his people from this slavery. Without asking question, Khefren jumped into the gate and, traveling through the planes, landed in Sigil, in a back alley, dealing with portalsickness. [/SBLOCK] [B][B]Khefren[/B][/B] [I]Human, Monk Level 2, Chaotic Good[/I] [I]Native from Stygia, Ankhwugaht[/I] [B][B]Armor Class.[/B][/B] 17 (Unarmored Defence) [B][B]Hit Points.[/B][/B] 22 (2d8) [B][B]Speed.[/B][/B] 50 ft. [B][B]Initiative.[/B][/B] +4 -------------------- [B][B]STR[/B][/B] 16 (+3), [B][B]DEX[/B][/B] 18 (+4), [B][B]CON[/B][/B] 16 (+3), [B][B]INT[/B][/B] 11 (+0), [B][B]WIS[/B][/B] 16 (+3), [B][B]CHA[/B][/B] 16 (+3) -------------------- [B][B]Saving Throws[/B].[/B] Str +5, Dex +6 [B][B]Skills.[/B][/B] Acrobatics +6, Athletics +5, Perception +5, Persuasion +5, Stealth, +6 [B][B]Languages.[/B][/B] Common, Draconic [B][B]Background.[/B][/B] Urban Bounty Hunter [B][B]Tool.[/B][/B] Thieves' tools, Cartographer's Tools [B][B]Instrument.[/B][/B] Kalimba [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGMLcLC_k4[/URL] [B][B]Actions[/B][/B] -------------------- [B][B]Unarmed strike.[/B][/B] Melee : +6 (1d4+4 bludgeoning) [B][B]Spear.[/B][/B] Melee : +6 (1d6+4 piercing, thrown (20/60), versatile(1d8)) [B][B]Features and Traits[/B][/B] -------------------- [B][B]Unarmored Defence.[/B][/B] AC equals 10 + Dex + Wis [B][B]Martial Art.[/B][/B] d4. Unarmed strike as Bonus Action [B][B]Ki.[/B][/B] 2. Flurry of Blows (+1 attack), Patient Defense (Dodge), Step of the Wind (Disengage, Dash, jump x2) [B][B]Unarmored Movement.[/B][/B] Movement +10ft. [B][B]Mobile.[/B][/B] +10ft. When Dash action, difficult terrain doesn’t cost you extra movement. You don’t provoke OA from creature you attacked this turn. [B][B]Equipment[/B][/B] --------------------- Spear, Darts (10), Backpack, Bedroll, Mess kit, Tinderbox, Torches (10), Rations (10), Waterskin, Rope (50ft), Kalimba, Manacles [B][B]Coins[/B][/B] 18 gp [B][B]Equipment weight[/B][/B] 71lb [B][B]Carrying Capacity[/B][/B] 240 lb [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180308/7a86ccbbec9278c6ec54d54fdbb78117.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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