Hello, all! I'll be your resident shapeshifting, illusion crafting, and all around hedonist halfling for the forseeable future.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Serena</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Serena<br/>The Masked Mage - level 1, 1/8xp</strong><br/><br/><strong>Look:</strong><br/><br/>Flawless hair, illusory dress, flawless skin, arrogant face<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://s25.postimg.org/ajx7lljxr/tumblr_nx0ifbow7m1sxz68do1_1280.jpg)</div>Serena has spent her life becoming other people and perfecting the arts of crafting what others saw. She practiced guile and magic and breaking hearts with equal fervor. Her earliest years had taught her that command over the hearts and desires of others was worth a thousand swords. Take a castle by force and armies will come to take it from you. Amass a hoard of gold and thieves will come in stealth or from the skies with fire to steal it. Ascend a throne and people will spend their lives to put a dagger in your back. Make them love you with sweet words, promises, and a little pleasure - and they will give it you willingly with a smile on their lips. Men will fight against threats till their dying breath but will walk barefoot into hell for love.<br/><br/>Where she comes from no one is really sure as her answers change from person to person. Day to day. No one is honestly sure if she was actually hired by the Delver's Company or if she slipped in among them and simply proved too useful to approach about it. A few things though have been learned about her. It is known that all of her family are mages but while the others (and how many and even names) may change from telling to telling her brother is always described as another Masked Mage. Some of her comments have shown that her family were most likely into organized crime. And that she left home not out of any real moral protest but a dislike for the drudgery of the business.<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong><br/><br/>Serena is known to be whimsical and stubborn when it comes to hard work but loves the glamour and the carousing that comes with adventuring. She is generous with coin but less out of charity and more out of the inattention of the born wealthy. She has a strong love of finery though her clothes are more likely to be illusory than not - a thing she likes to tease in flashes and reveals. Pleasures of the flesh are a passion and a tool to her that she has no problem indulging in. She loves to talk but has little interest in the nitty-gritty of people's lives.<br/><br/>Most days she looks much like the picture beside this description. Think of it as her default setting but as a shapeshifter whose very clothes are an illusion...<br/><br/><strong>Armor:</strong>   0<br/><strong>Hit points:</strong>   16<br/><strong>Damage: </strong>  d4<br/><br/><strong>Str:</strong> 8 (-1)      <strong>Dex: </strong> 13 (+1)    <strong>Con:</strong>  12 (+0) <br/><strong>Int:</strong> 15 (+1)     <strong>Wis:</strong> 9 (+0)    <strong>Cha:</strong>   16 (+2)<br/><br/><strong>Drive:</strong> Inevitable Betrayal - Take advantage of another's trust<br/><br/><strong>Bonds:</strong><br/><br/>_______ has seen my true face.<br/>_______ thinks they have seen my true face.<br/>I have seen what lie's in _______ heart.<br/>_______ doesn't trust anything I say for some reason.<br/>_______ trusts me absolutely for some reason.<br/><br/><strong>Equipment (Load 4/15):</strong><br/>Dungeon Rations (5 uses, 1 weight)<br/>Disguise Kit (3 uses, slow, 2 weight)<br/>Adventuring Gear (5 uses, 1 weight) and a fine silver mask<br/>A mansion (complete with servants) and a priceless golden mask<br/>A loyal homonculus (+2 Loyalty, +2 Protector) who has no face (Cost: Get them a new one)<br/><br/><strong>Many Masks - Halfling:</strong><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Mask of Deceit</span> - You hide behind what people want to see, what people think is real, and keep the truth firmly at bay. <strong>When you Defy Danger to hide, escape notice, or avoid attention,</strong> roll +Cha instead of whatever the GM tells you to roll.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Mask of Flesh</span> - You are a changeling, a doppelganger, a creature of a thousand faces, none of them your own. <strong>When you touch someone skin to skin,</strong> you remember their form. <strong>When you take a minute to change your face,</strong> you can become a physical copy of anyone who's form you remember. Your clothes do not change with you. <br/><br/><strong>Starting Moves:</strong><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Smoke and Mirrors</span> - <strong>When you craft an illusion to fool the senses,</strong> describe it and roll +Cha. <strong>On a 10+,</strong> choose 3. <strong>On a 7-9,</strong> choose two.<br/>- The illusion makes them believe something specific<br/>- The illusion points them where you want them to go<br/>- The illusion lasts longer than a few crucial moments<br/>- The illusion is not out of place or hard to believe<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Pull Back the Curtain</span> - <strong>When you reveal a secret, discover something hidden, or see through a lie,</strong> tell us one extra detail about it it is now true.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Nothing is Certain</span> - <strong>When you tell a lie or half truth,</strong> it will be accepted as fact by anyone who does not have a history with you. <strong>As long as no one presents hard evidence to the contrary,</strong> anything you say will be accepted as open honesty.<br/></div></div><br/><br/><strong>Bonds:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Gwyndolin</strong>has seen my true face.<br/><strong>Rose</strong>thinks they have seen my true face.<br/>I have seen what lies in<strong>River's</strong>heart.<br/>_______ doesn't trust anything I say for some reason.<br/><strong>Ushie</strong>trusts me absolutely for some reason.