Albina Mariposa
Female human Cleric of Asmodeus 1
LN Medium humanoid
Init +1; Senses Perception +2
DEFENSE
AC 16, touch 11, flat-footed 15
(+3 armor, +2 shield, +1 De)
hp 9 (1d8+1)
Saves Fort +3, Ref +1, Will +4
OFFENSE
Spd 20 ft.
Melee mace +1 (1d8+1 B/P / 2)
Ranged fire bolt +1 ranged touch (1d6/2)
Special Attacks channel energy (DC 14)
Spells CL 1st (-/2+1)
Spells Prepared
1st- cure light wounds x2, burning hands (DC 13)
0- detect magic, guidance, stabilize
STATISTICS
Str 12, De 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 16
Base Atk +0; CMB +1; CMD 12
Traits Diabolist Raised (+1 to Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate & Sense Motive checks against Westcrown nobility and +1 to saves vs. mind-affecting attacks from devils), Sacred Conduit (+1 save DC on channeled energy attacks)
Feats Command Undead (human Bonus, Will DC 14), Selective Channel
Skills (2 +1 (int bonus), +1 (human), +1 (favored class)) Appraise 0 (+1), Bluff 0 (+3), Craft (alchemy) 0 (-), Diplomacy 1 (+7) , Disguise 0 (+3), Heal 1 (+6), Knowledge (arcana) 0 (-), Knowledge (history) 0 (-), Knowledge (nobility) 0 (-), Knowledge (religion) 1 (+5), Knowledge (planes) 0 (-), Linguistics 0 (-), Profession (-) 0 (-), Sense Motive 1 (+6), Spellcraft 1 (+5), Stealth 0 (+1); armor check penalty 0
Languages Common (Taldane), Infernal
SQ orisons, channel negative energy (1d6, Will DC 14 for ½ damage) 6/day, spontaneous inflict spells, 30 ft. fire bolt for 1d6 damage 5/day, move action to create 1 mirror image that lasts 1 round / level 5 / day, bluff, disguise and stealth are cleric class skills
Load 48.5 lbs; Lt 0-43 lbs., Med 44-86 lbs, Hvy 87-130 lbs.
Combat Gear
Other Gear studded leather (25 gp, 20 lbs, -1 ACP), heavy wooden shield
(7 gp, 10 lbs, -2 ACP), morning star (8 gp, 6 lbs), clerics vestments (0 gp,
6 lbs), silver holy symbol (25 gp, 1 lb), spell component pouch (5 gp, 2 lbs),
healer's kit (50 gp, 1 lb), backpack (2 gp, 2 lbs), belt pouch (1 gp, ½
lb), 16 gp, 9 sp and 10 cp
Out of 140 gp
Racial +2 Charisma, +1 Feat, +1 skill point / level, Favored Class: Cleric (bonus taken for skill points)
Appearance
Born pale and near death, her mother nearly bled out during the difficult birth,
Albina (and her mother) only survived through clerical intervention. The cleric
of Asmodeus attending the birth claimed that he had never felt such dark delight
brining a newborn into the world, and that the child was special, blessed by
hell itself, with the difficulty of the birth being an omen, that the enemies
of the infernal masters did not want this child to enter the world, and were
fighting to keep her away. Rubbish, for the most part, but her family had skirted
the line during the 'Thrune business' and chose to keep up their fragile position
with the clergy by handing over this 'blessed child' to the Iron Fane at the
first opportunity, happy to peddle the flesh of their firstborn to cement their
'enthusiastic support of the church of Asmodeus.'
For her part, Albina took the change without complaint, as her parents had always been standoffish (and were very obviously not at all interested in the House of Thrune or the church of Asmodeus, merely wanting to curry favor with rulers they feared, instead of loved). The priest who officiated at her birth was long-gone, and apparently not so well-connected as he had proclaimed, for she was given no special treatment or favor as an acolyte, and indeed found the children of more 'reputable' houses to be given leave to treat 'lessers' such as herself as their personal drudges and whipping dogs.
Over the years, her pallor faded to a more normal hue, although she tends to accentuate it with powders, to better suit the ivory flesh she was named for. Her hair is a light brown, which she finds an utterly boring color, and dyes with henna to make it a striking shade of almost metallic red. Naturally straight and lacking curve, Albina takes the opportunity afforded by the stiff treatment to sculpt and curl her hair, often setting her bangs up in curling 'horns' in the fashion that is so popular among her peers. (It's trendy to look like a tiefling. It's completely unacceptable to *be* a tiefling…) With a slender build, and a studded leather breastplate pulled so tight as to require the assistance of someone stronger than herself to fasten the straps in the morning, Albina cuts quite the lithe and fiendish figure, despite her lack of infernal heritage.
In the temple, brutality was balanced by order, and she found it child's play to outmaneuver some of the more base scions of houses greater than her own, as there were rules that simply were not to be broken, and with a little cunning, she could ensnare this arrogant whelps into getting caught sneaking out after curfew, or harboring proscribed substances. Keeping anyone who tormented her in a perpetual state of ill-favor with their clerical tutors became something of a game for her, and she loves nothing more than how the rules can be bent, broken and turned against the truly base. Indeed, as a result of this behavior, she came to find that the more venal evils encouraged by some of her tutors led to, in her opinion, sloppy and arrogant thinking. Of her peers, it seemed that the most vulgar and ignorant eagerly embraced the tenets of brutality and excess, while the truly clever, such as herself, focused on mastering the law, and, more importantly, mastering themselves. Instead of surrendering to a false sense of superiority and entitlement, those who learned to 'work the system' were, like her, less likely to embrace the selfish and rapacious aspects of their faith.
And so this young woman, who decorates herself to present a fiendish front to the world, whose birth was heralded in darkness, and whose childhood was filled with duplicity and scheming in a temple full of devil-worshippers, finds that she has no stomach for evil. She finds it banal, and suspects that the true challenge is to skirt the lines and stay one step ahead of a charge of heresy, flirting with a much more dangerous and thrilling game than any other.
In truth, she's quite a bit like her parents, in that respect, never quite
accepting the ascension of the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune and attempting
to juggle the appearance of obedience with private apostasy, but pointing that
out would be a great way to piss her off…