Sandcat - Aleria Songblade

Icon Relationships

Negative: Lich King (1 point)
He lost control over you (mostly) and wants you back.
Positive: Elf Queen (2 points)
You are the last Songblade warrior and she wants to guide you.

Backgrounds

Songblade warrior (4 points)
Trained to be quick, perceptive, elegant, fight with grace, and behave at the Court. Songblade warriors see fighting as a form of art. Their blade swings sound like music and their moves look like a dance.
Lich King assassin (4 points)
Used by the Lich King as an assassin. Memories about this time are vague, and sometimes there are flashbacks. But the skills learned (stealth, poisons, lockpicking, etc) are still there.

Key Ability Modifier (Multiclass)

Dex/Cha (lowest of the two): +3
If you would use Dex or Cha for an attack, effect, power or spell (not skill), you use the key modifier instead.

Talents

Two-weapon Mastery (Ranger)

You gain a +1 attack bonus when fighting with a one-handed melee weapon in each hand.

Jack of Spells (Bard)

You can choose 1 spell from the spell list of another spell-casting class, of your own level or lower. This spell is a bonus spell, not included in your bard class count - Chosen: Zombie Form (from Necromancer)

Battle Skald (Bard)

Increase the number of battle cries you know by one.

Battle Cries

Show your dance moves!

Flexible melee attack
Triggering Roll: Natural even roll
Effect: Choose either:

An ally can move as a free action
An ally can make a disengage check as a free action

Look at their footwork!

Flexible melee attack
Triggering Roll: Natural 16+
Effect: Give a nearby ally a +2 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn.

This dance is not over yet!

Flexible melee attack
Triggering Roll: Natural 11+; use only twice per battle
Effect: One nearby ally can heal using a recovery.

Keep dancing!

Flexible melee attack
Triggering Roll: Natural odd roll
Effect: Give a nearby ally 8 temporary hit points. If the ally is staggered, give 16 temporary hit points.

Racial Power

Highblood Teleport (High Elf)

Once per battle as a move action, place yourself in a nearby location you can see.

Basic Actions

Rally

You can rally (using a recovery) once per battle as a standard action. If you want to use it again make a normal save (11+). If you succeed you can rally again, if you fail you still can take your turn normally.

Songs & Spells

Song of Blades

Bardic song
Recharge 11+ after battle ♦ Quick action each turn; 11+ to sustain
Opening & Sustained Effect: You and your nearby allies gain a +1 attack bonus until the start of your next turn.
Final Verse: The effect ends immediately, but one ally of your choice gains a +2 bonus to their next attack roll this battle.
Name in 13th Age book: Song of Heroes
Other spell levels: default ♦ +1 bonus to saves ♦ Sustain on a 9+ ♦ Recharge is 6+ ♦ +1 MD

Song of Aid

Bardic song
Daily ♦ Quick action each turn; 11+ to sustain
Opening & Sustained Effect: You or a nearby ally gains 3d6 temporary hit points.
Final Verse: One target that gained temporary hit points can also heal using a recovery.
Name in 13th Age book: Song of Aid
Other spell levels: 1d6 ♦ 3d6 ♦ 5d6 / sustain 9+ ♦ 7d6 / recovery is free ♦ 9d8 / sustain 7+

Song of Thundering Blades

Bardic song
Daily ♦ Standard action each turn; 11+ to sustain
Opening & Sustained Effect: Make the following attack against 1d4 + 1 nearby enemies.
Attack: +7 vs. PD
Hit: 5d6 + 3 thunder damage.
Miss: -
Final Verse: Make the attack again, but this time it deals half damage on a miss.
Name in 13th Age book: Song of Thunder
Other spell levels: 5d6 ♦ 7d6 ♦ 9d8 ♦ 10d12

Zombie Form

Daily ♦ Ranged spell
Special: You can only cast this spell outside of battle; it requires 2d4 rounds to cast.
Target: You or one willing nearby ally
Effect: The target gains 50 temporary hit points that last until the end of the next battle. Until the end of the next battle, the target takes a –5 penalty to Charisma and Dexterity skill checks (no penalty to attacks), to disengage checks, and to initiative rolls.
Remarks: The idea is that this is a leftover from the Lich King control. And sometimes (DM choice) this form can be enforced upon Aleria by the Lich King influence. Aleria can also cast it herself.
Other spell levels: 30 ♦ 50 ♦ 80 ♦ 130 ♦ 210

One Unique Thing

Only living member of the ancient Songblade warriors (Resurrected by Lich King from her grave. Saved by the Elf Queen from his control)

Wyrmshock the Dragon-Slayer+1

ATTACK

+9*

HIT

4d8+6

MISS

Recharge 11+: when fighting a dragon, dragonic or kobold

ATTACK

+10*

HIT

4d8+7

MISS

* On a natural 2, reroll the attack (Two-Weapon Fighting)

Haughty Longbow+1

ATTACK

HIT

4d8+4*

MISS

* +1d3 dmg when attacking most dangerous foe

Feats

Two-weapon multiclass (Adv, Ranger)

While fighting with 2 melee weapons, you gain the benefit of the Two-Weapon Mastery talent and any feats for it when using attacks from your non-ranger class.

Heritage of the Sword (Adv, Racial)

You have +2 damage bonus with Swords.

Two-weapon Mastery (Adv, Ranger)

While fighting with 2 melee weapons, increase the damage you deal with missed attacks by adding your level to it.

Keep dancing! (Adv, Bard)

If the ally is staggered, double the temporary hit points.

Keep dancing! (Champ, Bard)

Add your level to the temporary hit points given (add before any doubling).

Equipment

GP: 50

Elven leather armor (Light Armor), 2 Longswords, Elven traveling gear, Torches, Rope, 50ft elven, Lockpicks,

Magic Items

Haughty Longbow+1 (+1d3 dmg when attacking most dangerous foe)
Quirk: Challenges others to improvised contests.
Ring of Defense (Recharge 6+: When you take damage from an attack, prevent 10 of that damage)
Quirk: Stubborn.
Wyrmshock the Dragon-Slayer+1 (Longsword) (Recharge 11+: When fighting a dragon (or dragonic, or kobold) double the bonus granted by this weapon.)
Quirk: Desires to eat eggs.
Leather Armor of Butterflies+1 (Quick action – Recharge 6+: You may send the butterflies off to protect an ally. That ally gains the magical protection of your armor instead of you (the bonus from your armor stacks with theirs). The butterflies return to you at the end of your next turn.).
Quirk: Fragile sense of self.

Character description

Background story

Aleria was born and trained as a Songblade warrior during the 12th Age. Songblade warriors were elite elven warriors, trained to battle with swords. When fighting it looks like a dance, and their blades slashing around sounds like a song. Everything is done on a rythm, and they are aware of every move in the fight. Aleria died around the age of 130 and was buried in an Elven tomb.

About 25 years ago servants of the Lich King found the lost and forgotten Elven tomb where she was buried. The Lich King felt the strength in her bones and decided to resurrect her. He had control over her and made her one of his assassins. She served the Lich King this way for many years. But slowly the Elf Queen started to feel Aleria's presence through their mystically connection. The Elf Queen could sometimes reach Aleria during her dreams. It was when Aleria was send to kill someone at the Court of Stars by the Lich King that the Elf Queen found and saved her. She managed to release Aleria from the control of the Lich King.

After that Aleria served the queen on multiple missions. The Elf Queen wants her to adventure and improve her skills as the last Songblade warrior. And maybe one day she can start training new Songblade warriors and restore this ancient Art to the Elven.

Aleria has no memories about her old life in the 12th Age. And only some flashbacks about the time she was under control of the Lich King. And while the Lich King doesn't have control over her anymore. Sometimes she has nightmares about that period. And even during the day, sometimes he forces her to turn back into the zombie form she had while under his control. But slowly Aleria gets control about that form. She sees it as part a of her now, and tries to use it to her advantage.