<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Marissa</span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">The Wise Woman's Apprentice</span></div><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f0/Wise_Woman%27s_Apprentice.jpg)</div><strong>Name: </strong>Marissa<br/><strong>Gender: </strong>Female<br/><strong>Race: </strong>Human<br/><strong>Alignment: </strong>Chaotic Good<br/><strong>Class: </strong>Arcanist (Blade Adept) 1 // Swashbuckler (Inspired Blade) 1<br/><strong>Traits:</strong>Charming, Fencer, Precise Treatment<br/><strong>Flaws:</strong>Power-Hungry<br/><strong>Ability spread (including racial stat mods):</strong><br/>Str 10, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 12<br/><strong>Equipment: </strong>Arcanist Kit, Explorer's Outfit, Dagger<br/><br/><strong>Starting Description:</strong><br/>As Mebbeth's apprentice and one of the Champions chosen this turn, Marissa stands at about average height for a human female -- though far from short, she won't tower over others anytime soon. She is slim of build, her fair skin and jet-colored hair giving her a dainty look that belies her skill with a blade. Though her figure is clearly feminine -- and quite fetching, all things considered -- she is far from voluptuous and could likely cross-dress if she bound her handfuls and wore lose clothing. The problem with that proposition, however, is that her narrow-shaped face would easily give her away: between naturally red pert lips, her delicate lightly aquiline nose, the silky skin and soft cheeks that adorn her visage, no one would ever mistake her for the opposite gender.<br/><br/>Blue eyes, light to the point they almost look white in the right lighting, watch her surroundings with keen interest, holding a glint that often speaks of secrets known and quiet amusement. They are framed by dark eyelashes, with a small birthmark situated just under her left eye providing the finishing mark to her otherwise symmetrical face. Her brows, well-shaped but prominent due to the contrast between light skin and black hair, are thin and follow the curve of her eye, giving Marissa a mischievous look that turns all too easily into a light scowl.<br/><br/>Her hair is long and straight and reaches well past her shoulders, running down to her waist at the back and almost below the swell of her breasts on the front -- however, she wears it parted on her forehead, with a good portion -- to forelock --  cut short to just above her eyebrows so that the lustrous black doesn't interfere her vision under ordinary circumstances.<br/><br/>Though she rarely shows off, she moves with a lightness afforded to her by her fencing training and her body language suggests a level of confidence she rarely feels. Her voice is pleasant and light, though slightly roughened by a past tonsil infection -- it gives her a sultry edge when flirting and a tendency to cough when her throat is dry, but has left no other permanent marks.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong><br/>Marissa is a young woman full of hope and curiosity. She has a mischievous side and prefers to solve problems with cunning and guile over brute force, though part of the reason for this may be her lack of confidence. She tries to hide it behind a brave front, but when faced with a threatening foe or difficult problem she will often question her own ability to deal with it/them.<br/><br/>This problem finds it root in her arcane abilities. They manifested at an early age and marked her an outsider, as unwanted -- despite trying to take a positive attitude, she could easily have turned into a recluse if not for the wise woman who took her in. Under her tutelage Marissa reconnected with other people and began to form positive relationships, developed a strong sense of curiosity and interest in the wondrous and fantastic. She learned not to blame others for their ignorance, as well.<br/><br/>Now, years later, she looks forward to helping protect her village. Her skills are still very basic, but she is smart and keeps an open mind about the esoteric and strange, has learned a number of spells and even knows how to fight. She doesn't have any intimate knowledge of men (or women, for that matter), but she is well aware that her pretty face and smile can earn a favour or two.<br/><br/>She is kind and wants to help people, but is  often plagued by occasional nightmares that she secretly believes are a sign of things to come. She has resolved to learn and train even more since she was chosen, but worries that it won't be enough. That she is a bad choice for the role.<br/><br/>On the other hand, she is excited by the idea of going to another world, to have opportunities few else ever will and secretly hopes that it isn't quite the terrible hell-realm people think it is.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong><br/>Marissa grew up in a decently sized town - still somewhat rural, but already large enough to be considered a bustling settlement. She grew up with only her father to raise her -- the identity of her mother was never shared with her, though she strongly suspects that she might have been a witch or sorcerer. The specter of war loomed on the horizon, however, and her father was called to duty when she was eight years old, never to return.<br/><br/>She had to steal or work to get food and she opted for the latter, doing light deliveries for various local shops and other simple tasks - between that and the loss of her only parent, she wasn't the most popular child. At one point, at the age of ten, she was teased by a number other children and at the height of emotion produced a flash of magical light -- ultimately harmless, but enough to scare a bunch of adolescents and very obvious.<br/><br/>The town was not particularly fond of sorcery and she was quickly ostracized. Turning to begging and food theft, she likely would have ended up in a far worse place if she had not been approached by a kindly wise-woman named Mebbeth. Though she appeared to be a producer of poultices and expert at hearth wisdom-type of things, she was actually a skilled practitioner of the secret arts. Magic.<br/><br/>She taught Marissa for years. She knew of the Sacrifice and realized all too soon that if she remained here, the choice would fall on Marissa. It would be convenient: the city council would have their protection and be rid of someone unwanted. Why Mebbeth didn't send Marissa away remains a mystery (Plot hook *cough*), but instead she made certain to give her a holistic education, to keep an open mind and see beyond the obvious, to respect gods and god-like entities without blindly relying on them and much more.<br/><br/>Realizing that a few minor spells would not protect her from an army of demons, she even recruited a fencing instructor for Marissa, making certain that she was physically prepared as well.<br/><br/><strong>Bonds:</strong><br/>1: Was bullied by Canin for a long time, but doesn't blame her. As her apprentice, she is aware of everything Mebbeth did for her, but hasn't revealed that fact.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC Character Sections</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>On/off:</strong><br/><strong>On:</strong> <br/>Transformation, mental and physical, though never anthro-dom. Faces, not snouts.<br/>Corruption. Slowly growing to lust for power, corruption, until the very heart is dyed in the colors of evil -- ahhh, delicious. <br/>Monster people (Monstergirl-esque, so all with strong human characteristics). Female/futa salamanders and dragons, driders, cowgirls, succubi and omnibi, sharkgirls, centaurs, witches, insect people, naga, slime ... <br/>Bondage (Light, mostly)<br/>Classic mythology. Unlike my other complaints about full furries, it's fine for a Minotaur to have a proper bull-head. It'd be weird if they didn't. Mental disconnect and all.<br/>Mind/arousal control. Implanted fetishes and desires, spells to get the loins frothing, aphrodisiacs ...<br/>Pregnancy, lactation and oviposition are great, too, on female/futanari characters.<br/>Cum-Addiction is fine, too.<br/><br/><strong>Off:</strong><br/>Anthro/furry. I don't really enjoy the aesthetics of classic furries and generally prefer the 'defurred' version of existing CoC characters that had the option. Though I'm cool with others going down that route and non-sexual appearances, like Rathazul's.<br/>Multiple sex organs. One extra dick is fine, a bunch of tentacles is fine,  but four dicks, three breasts and five vaginas is just weird.<br/>Extreme proportions. Large is great, but ... yeah, people still need to be able to move.<br/>Inflation, not sexy.<br/>Weird nipples. Fuckable nipples, cock nipples, 'lipples' ... very meh on those.<br/>Mutilation, Scat, urination, err ... the super-extreme stuff, so to speak, if it isn't otherwise mentioned.<br/><br/><strong>Transformations:</strong> demonic succubus/omnibus transformations (demonic tail, horns, wings, eyes, claws, what have you … not a big fan of the bone-heel-thing since it sounds more painful than sexy, though) are wonderful, turning the character into a futa, growing hair or changing to unnatural colorization, breast and penis growth (though I prefer them in a semi-realistic range, no boobs that would seriously straight up break your spine or penis that you could actually skewer people on) … all great.<br/><br/>What else? Not a fan of full-on furry, but monster girl stuff is nice. Big fan of cow girls and arachne/drider types, though I'd prefer an omnibus-appearance as the main transformation 'goal', so to speak. Tasteful tattoos and intimate piercings are nice, some Ceraph-style implanted fetishes (as long as they're not Offs, of course) wouldn't be too bad either.<br/><br/>The Bimbo liqueur item is something I enjoy, but if at all as a temporary thing. I prefer corruption towards selfish evil, not over sexualized ditziness -- but it can be fun for a bit and something to be dreadfully embarrassed about afterwards.<br/><br/>Corruptive parasites are nice, too, though I'm not a fan of the existing worms. A symbiotic suit or weapon* would be more interesting.<br/><br/><strong>Favorite biome:</strong> Love 'em all, really. Cityscape is nice for greater interaction opportunities, so if we decide on a place to settle 'by default' and aren't camping right in front of the portal, that'd be the preference.<br/><br/><br/>*The Blade Adept binds with a weapon at level 1 - considering the Inspired Blade Swashbuckler archetype, the desired weapon would of course be a Rapier. The wording is a bit different from the Gunslinger and their Battered Gun and since we only start with a simple weapon at the beginning, the class feature won't actually take effect until she encounters one. I'd actually prefer that, especially if we could work the following in:<br/><br/>A 'cursed' weapon that becomes more and more demonic once the Black Blade features kick in, perhaps a symbiote latching onto her arcane energies, or perhaps it's simply a reflection of her own slowly accumulating corruption, but … well, something along that line would be neat.</div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character Sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Marissa</strong><br/>Female human arcanist (blade adept) 1/swashbuckler (inspired blade) 1/gestalt 1 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 8, 56, 76, 125)<br/>CG Medium humanoid (human)<br/><strong>Init </strong>+2; <strong>Senses </strong>Perception +4<br/>--------------------<br/><strong>Defense</strong><br/>--------------------<br/><strong>AC </strong>12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+2 Dex)<br/><strong>hp </strong>12 (1d10+2)<br/><strong>Fort </strong>+1, <strong>Ref </strong>+4, <strong>Will </strong>+2 (-2 vs. Charm or Compulsion effects if there's a promise of wealth or power)<br/>--------------------<br/><strong>Offense</strong><br/>--------------------<br/><strong>Speed </strong>30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)<br/><strong>Melee </strong>dagger +1 (1d4/19-20)<br/><strong>Special Attacks </strong>arcane reservoir (1/4), consume spells, deeds (derring-do, opportune parry and riposte), panache (4)<br/><strong>Arcanist (Blade Adept) Spells Prepared </strong>(CL 1st; concentration +4)<br/>. . 1st---mage armor, color spray<br/>. . 0 (at will)---detect magic, ghost sound (DC 13), mage hand, prestidigitation<br/>--------------------<br/><strong>Statistics</strong><br/>--------------------<br/><strong>Str </strong>10, <strong>Dex </strong>14, <strong>Con </strong>12, <strong>Int </strong>16, <strong>Wis </strong>10, <strong>Cha </strong>12<br/><strong>Base Atk </strong>+1; <strong>CMB </strong>+1; <strong>CMD </strong>13 (13 vs. disarm)<br/><strong>Feats </strong>Combat Reflexes, Fencing Grace, Weapon Focus (rapier)<br/><strong>Traits </strong>charming, fencer, precise treatment<br/><strong>Skills </strong>Acrobatics +6, Bluff +5 (+6 vs. characters who could be attracted to you), Craft (alchemy) +7, Diplomacy +5 (+6 vs. characters who could be attracted to you), Heal +4, Knowledge (arcana) +7, Perception +4, Profession (herbalist) +4, Sense Motive +4, Spellcraft +7<br/><strong>Languages </strong>Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Elven<br/><strong>SQ </strong>inspired panache, power-hungry, sword bond<br/><strong>Other Gear </strong>dagger, backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, flint and steel, ink, black, inkpen, mess kit, pot, soap, spell component pouch, torch (10), trail rations (5), waterskin<br/>--------------------<br/><strong>Special Abilities</strong><br/>--------------------<br/><strong>Arcane Reservoir +1 DC or CL (4/day) (Su)</strong> Pool of points fuel exploits, or can expend to add +1 CL or DC while cast spell.<br/><strong>Charming</strong> +1 Bluff/Diplomacy/save DC for a language-dependent spell vs. targets who could be sexually attracted to you.<br/><strong>Combat Reflexes (3 AoO/round)</strong> Can make extra attacks of opportunity/rd, and even when flat-footed.<br/><strong>Consume Spells (Su)</strong> As a move action, expend a spell slot to add its spell levels to arcane reservoir.<br/><strong>Fencer</strong> +1 to hit with dagger or sword AoOs.<br/><strong>Fencing Grace</strong> Add Dex instead of Str to rapier damage. +2 CMD vs. disarm if you have at least 1 panache point.<br/><strong>Inspired Panache (Ex)</strong> Gain no panache from killing blow, only from rapier crits.<br/><strong>Panache (Ex)</strong> Gain a pool of points that are spent to fuel deeds, regained on light/piercing crit/killing blow.<br/><strong>Power-Hungry</strong> -2 vs. Will saves if the effect's creator promises wealth or power<br/><strong>Sword Bond (Rapier, 1/day)</strong> Arcane bond with proto-black blade.<br/>--------------------<br/><strong>Spellbook</strong><br/>--------------------<br/>. . 0 --- All<br/>. . 1 --- Charm Person, Color Spray, Grease, Mage Armor, Shield, Silent Image<br/></div></div>