Callistra is the daughter of a wandering healer, born on the road in the course of her mother's travels. She never knew who her father was. Bright and cheerful, she grew up travelling and while she learned a smattering of her mother's trade, she was also dreamy, preferring to avoid work wherever possible. Eventually she was apprenticed to Tamara, her mother's own teacher in an effort to make decent mage out of her, but Tamara's efforts to teach her discipline only bored Callistra. She started sneaking out and carousing with male students at night, gambling and drinking. Without an income she soon piled up a huge debt, and refusing to pay the way her creditors thought a woman should, tried to make money by petty theft. Eventually she came to the attention of the local professionals, who decided to to take her under their wing - a thief with a smattering of magic made a valuable apprentice. For a few years, Callistra stayed with Tamara, brushing up her magic skills and then practicing them nefariously by night. Eventually her lack of discipline and attention (worsened by sleepiness) drove Tamara to distraction and she was turned out. She made her living then as a thief, until one of her thieving mentors tried to get into her bed. She left town straight after that. Her nickname comes from the fact that she has pale grey eyes - which she thinks is a legacy of her long vanished barbarian father - and her preference for money over romance, which many young men think is cold-hearted.
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Characteristics |
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STR |
13 |
+6 |
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DEX |
17 |
+21 |
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CON |
13 |
+6 |
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BOD |
12 |
+4 |
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INT |
15 |
+5 |
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EGO |
14 |
+8 |
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PRE |
10 |
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COM |
15 |
+2 |
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PD |
4 |
+1 |
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ED |
4 |
+1 |
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SPD |
4 |
+13 |
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REC |
6 |
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END |
26 |
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STUN |
26 |
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Total |
+67 |
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OCV |
6 |
+4 (shortsword) ± 3 (multipower) |
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DCV |
6 |
± 3 (multipower) |
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ECV |
5 |
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Powers, skills, etc |
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5 |
FAM - common melee and missile weapons, Blowgun |
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18 |
Stealth, Sleight of Hand, Concealment, Crytography, Security systems, Climbing (all 12-) |
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1 |
Literate (speaks Dymerian as Native) |
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8 |
+4 OCV with Shortsword |
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5 |
+2 DCV to offset armour penalties |
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14 |
Streetwise, Gambling, Carousing (12-), Acrobatics, Horse riding (both 13-) |
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22 |
Magery (18-), + 3 levels with Multipower |
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9 |
Magical Powers : 50 point multipower - Spells of Darkness - all take Gestures and Incantation (throughout, -1), full turn (-1), Skill roll (-1/2), Focus (Spell book and implements, OAF, hard to replace -11/4), Concentration (1/2 DCV, throughout, -1/2), Requires Mana (-1/4) for a total of -41/2. |
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1 |
(u) Dark Fear |
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1 |
(u) Dark sight |
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1 |
(u) Night blindness |
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1 |
(u) The next whiskey bar |
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1 |
(u) Know the size of the hidden |
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1 |
(u) Silence |
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1 |
(u) Generic : 10 d6 EB (bolt of energy-stealing darkness) |
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1 |
(u) Generic : Darkness (2" radius, all sight, at 0 END) |
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1 |
(u) Extinguish fire |
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1 |
(u) Awe strike (but spell causes darkness to flow and induces fear and confusion) |
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1 |
(u) Ward Malevolence (but special effect is darkness, not light) |
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1 |
(u) Gather Darkness: 1d6 END Aid, +20 max, continous, return delayed to 5 hours, only in darkness, costs END to cast |
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94 |
Powers and Skills cost |
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161 |
Total Cost |
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Normal Equipment |
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soft boots |
backpack |
2 weeks rations |
3 flasks of oil |
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gloves |
belt pouch |
wineskin (1/2 pint) |
bone scrollcase |
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breeches |
dart case |
waterskin (1 pint) |
large sack |
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wool shirt |
20 darts for blowpipe |
50' rope |
leather ties |
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cloak |
5 torches |
2 flasks of quicklime |
thieves tools |
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mask |
quiver |
tinderbox |
30 Cp, 13 Sp, 22 Gp |
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belt |
20 arrows |
hooded lantern |
7 assorted gems |
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Magical Equipment |
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Bracers of protection |
6 PD/ED force field, invisible effects |
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Ring of Warning |
Danger sense (mystical, personal, out of combat) |
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Short sword |
+2 DC/+2 OCV (2d6 HKA with STR) |
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Dagger |
+3 DC/+2 OCV (2d6 HKA with STR) |
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Potion of levitation |
1 use - as spell of same name |
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5 arrows |
enchanted so each has one use with no range penalties - arrows vanish after contact |
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50+ |
Disadvantages |
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20 |
Hunted (former Guild, 8-, NCI, limited area) |
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20 |
Hunted (City Watch, 8-, NCI, limited area) |
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15 |
Psychological limit : lusts for wealth (common, moderate) |
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15 |
Psychological limit : Weak-willed - likes to party, chase women etc (common, moderate) |
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5 |
Reputation (8-) Thief |
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36 |
Stealing-by-dark-of-night bonus |