I will be keeping the information in the header as well - it makes the most sense in such forum games, I think.<br/><br/><strong>Name: Talia of Ashwood</strong><br/><strong>Class: Cleric</strong><br/><div class="floatright">(https://img2.gelbooru.com/images/6f/59/6f598d313ba77344b4baadf6b4c5cbcd.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Strength</strong>: Arms<strong>Vulnerability</strong>: Head<br/><br/><strong>Willpower</strong>: 25<strong>Defense</strong>: 8<strong>Morale</strong>: 11<br/><br/><strong>Bondage:</strong><strong>Head</strong>:<strong>Arms</strong>:<strong>Legs</strong>:<br/><br/><strong>Conditions</strong>:<br/><br/><strong>Passive Abilities</strong><br/>Passive: Guardian Spirit - The Cleric gains +2 defense while buffing or assisting any ally.<br/>Passive: Spiritual Surge - When reaching 0 morale, a Spirit User gains 1d6 temporary morale. This morale is lost at the rate of 1 morale per turn, or if the Spirit User becomes Helpless. This may occur once per combat.<br/><br/><strong>Attack</strong><br/>Melee Strike: 2d4 damage, +1 to hit<br/><br/><strong>Spells</strong><br/><strong>Helping Hands:</strong>Assist an ally by reducing a restraint's maximum HP by 1d6. May not be used if Harnessed or Worse.<br/><strong>Boost Resolve:</strong>Heals for 1d6 WP or remove one duration-based debuff immediately. Clerics may cast this spell on others.<br/><strong>Grant Blessing:</strong>Grant an ally a Blessing of Accuracy, Power, or Will, giving +1d4 to Hit, Damage, or Morale. One blessing of each type may exist at a time. They are removed if the Cleric is either gagged for more than one turn or compelled.<br/><strong>Retribution: </strong>The Cleric uses a Blessing to lash out at an enemy. Must be used the turn after a Blessed player receives HP damage or Bondage. Inflicts 2d4 + extra damage equal to the HP or Bondage gained. Must target the enemy responsible for the attack. This may only use the damage inflicted to one area of bondage.<br/><strong>Martyr: </strong>The Cleric chooses an ally and transfers up to 3d6 Bondage HP to themselves. All locations and types remain the same. Impossible Bondage may not be transferred, and the Cleric may not exceed 20 HP in any area. For certain types of bondage, the Cleric must be able to totally transfer the bondage on the victim, or this ability fizzles. This ability may not be used if the Cleric has more restraints than the ally.<br/><strong>Restore: </strong>The Cleric sacrifices a Blessing for the remainder of the mission to revive an ally from 0 WP, removing all bondage from them, and restoring 1/3rd of their WP. This ability may be used between combats as well.<br/><br/><strong>Background</strong><br/>An unwilling cleric of Calistria, the Goddess of Lust, bound by a vow made in desperation and a sinister curse, Talia travels the land, seeking vengeance, looking for those who wronged her and her family. But she wasn't born a cleric, and never thought she'd take such a path...<br/><br/><em>Be careful what you wish for, you might actually get it<br/>  -- Ancient Wisdom<br/></em><br/>Our story begins in the middle of Ashwood forest. Near its western border there stood an inn, rather large one, with numerous stables and small cottages for the guests staying overnight. It was fairly popular inn, frequented by merchants traveling through the forest, dwarven caravans and adventurers alike. Talia's father, the owner of the inn, was a retired adventurer himself, worked there as an innkeeper and a cook, together with Talia's mother, who served the drinks and food.<br/>When Talia was born, her parents already built up inn's reputation and transformed it into a noisy place full of visitors, resting, drinking and eating.<br/><br/>Years passed, Talia grew up to be a curious and happy young woman. She helped her parents to run the inn, often serving food and drinks instead of her mother, and sometimes tended to the inn, when her father was away. She was happy with her life, yet... having grown up with her father's stories of adventure and battle, she yearned to see the world, to investigate mysteries and discover new places, to fight and fall in love, to experince the same life her father had. Little did she know that her wish would come true, but not in a way she thought.<br/><br/>Sooner or later, all things come to an end, and so Talia's happy life of an inkeeper's daughter was about to change. One night she awoke from loud cries outside. As she sat on the bed, she heard noises of battle,<br/>metal hitting metal, terrible battle-cries and screams of the wounded. She stood up from her bed and rushed to the window, only to stand there, horrified by the sight. A group of armed people was attacking the inn,<br/>fighting the various guests led by her father, who was shouting commands while hacking at his enemies. For a few moments, everything seemed fine, until Talia gasped, hand raised to her mouth. Axe wielding man hit her father<br/>from the back, dropping him almost instantly, like a rag-doll.<br/>"No!!" she cried, unable to avert her eyes from the battle and the corpse of her father.<br/>Suddenly, she heard footsteps behind her. Talia whirled around, only to see a cruelly grinning tall man in dark armor and sword in his hand at the opening of her bedroom.<br/>She only managed to see a crescent shaped scar on his face before he stepped closer and slashed her with a wide swing of his sword.<br/>Talia collapsed on the floor, almost blinded by the pain of the cut, feeling her life force drain, the cold breath of death upon her. With her last thoughts, she wished with all her heart to avenge her and her father's death.<br/>She heard a soft voice in her head.<br/>- "I can help you... if only you let me."<br/>- "I'll do whatever you want!" whispered Talia, "..just let me have my revenge!"<br/>- "Swear an oath to me then..." whispered the dark and seductive voice. "...Swear and I will grant you power to avenge..."<br/>- "I.... swear...." mouthed Talia, too weak even to whisper and after what seemed like eternity, she felt a rush of power flowing inside her. A moment later and she breathed deeply and opened her eyes.<br/>Stunningly beatiful elven woman was kneeling beside her, smiling.<br/>- "Rise, mortal" she said in a melodic voice. "I am Menotherian, Herald of Passion. My mistress, Calistria The Savored will lend you her power, but you must find those who wronged you and punish them!"<br/>- "What... what is happening?! Who are you?" asked Talia, looking around in confusion. She was laying in her bedroom, but apparently there was a fire, as her room was charred and the furniture was in smoldering heaps.<br/>Talia got up, walked around feeling dazed, followed by the strange elven woman. She saw only death and destruction. The inn was heavily damaged and partially burned, dead visitors everywhere and to her horror, she found her mother lying dead with a quarterstaff in her hands.<br/>The strange elven woman tried to comfort her, and after a good part of the next hour, when Talia didn't have tears to cry any more, servant of Calistria talked and talked, hiding nothing, explaining what happened.<br/><br/>There was a bandit attack who were bent on revenge on her father, who killed their leader in the past, while adventuring. Talia was now a cleric of Calistria, whom she swore oath to while dying. Under the threat of divine punishment, Talia had to spend<br/>all her time searching for the bandits who attacked her inn. If she stayed for too long at the same place or made Calistria think she abandoned her quest for vengeance, the goddess, who apparently was goddess of lust and vengeance, would make her so lusty, she wouldn't be able to resist any male advances.<br/><br/>So, Talia's adventure has begun.