The Red Knights of Iskarin – Temorath Marbane

   Temorath simply had a knack. The Mages Council of the Telgar Academy was well aware of that talents limits – of the limits of any rune mage – but it still was well worth training. The boy would never explore the depths of magic, or work mighty enchantments, but he would be a competent agent in short order, and would more than repay the effort of educating him.

   They gave him a scholarship.

   As a journeyman, Temorath opted to join a party of adventurers. Rune magic had it’s limits – but it was fast, and flexible, and a rune mage could reach a useful level of power very quickly indeed.

   Experimenting with the Rite of the Silver Key may have been a mistake. It was such a fascinating idea; it was a spell that changed everyone who participated into a creatures of another world – and then allowed their new affinity with that world to draw them there.

   Unfortunately, Temorath lacked the strength to fully control a spell so powerful; he and his party have been wandering the dimensions ever since. Unfortunately, he swiftly found that, while his focus on magic had made him a formidable mage, his lack of combat training meant that he kept getting flattened at just the wrong moment.

   That may have influenced the Rite this time. His new body possesses a great deal of raw physical power – and has actually drastically increased his magical abilities.

   Temorath Marbane

   Level One Veltine Runemaster

• Rolled Attributes: Str 14, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 16, Wis 12, and Cha 13.
• Race-Modified Attributes: Str 20 (+5), Dex 22 (+6), Con 20 (+5), Int 14 (+2), Wis 14 (+2), and Cha 11 (–).
• Secondary Attributes: Inherent Power 5, Generic Spell Levels 7, and Mana 3.
• Total Mana: 3 (Base) +8 (Purchased) = 11

   Available Character Points: 48 (level one base) +6 (level one Feat) +10 (three disadvantages; History, Obligations/owes a variety of magical favors, Compulsive/Meddler and magical tinkerer) +2 (Duties to his school) = 66 CP.

   Basic Purchases (16 CP):

• Proficient with All Simple Weapons (3 CP).
• +8 Skill Points (8 CP).
  • Net Total: 12 (Int) +8 (Purchased) + 8 (Fast Learner) = 28.
• +1 on Will Saves (3 CP).
  • Fortitude +5 (+5 Con)
  • Reflex +6 (+6 Dex)
  • Will +3 (+1 Purchased +2 Wis).
• Hit Points: 6 (L1, 1d6, 2 CP) + 20 (Racial Bonus HD) + 60 (6 x [Con Mod + Str Mod]) = 86
• BAB +0 (0 CP)

   Combat Notes:

• Armor Class 10 (base) +4 (Armor, Shimmermail) +6 (Dex) +3 (Natural) = 23.
• Initiative +6 (Dex)
• Move 50′ (In hybrid form).
• Ranged Attacks +6 (+6 Dex).
• Melee Attacks +5 (+5 Str), +5 Damage (Str). Two natural 1d8 claw attacks.

   Special Abilities (50 CP):

• Adept (6 CP): Buys Transmutation Rune Casting and Transmutation Rune Mastery, Knowledge/Arcana, and Spellcraft at half cost.
• Fast Learner, Specialized in Skills (6 CP).
• Magician (6 CP)/May use bonus spell slots to cast Rune Magic. Bonus Slots; 2/2/1/1/1/1.
• Runic Ritual (6 CP).
• Mana (8) (2d6, 12 CP). Natural Magic; Spell Enhancement.
• Rite of Chi with +4 Bonus Uses, Corrupted/Requires a ten-minute ritual (8 CP).
• Enthusiast, Specialized and Corrupted for triple effect/Changes only when entering a new dimension (3 CP). This provides 3 CP, which is currently being used to pay off the “formlocked” limitation.
• Wealth Level/Well-Off, Corrupted/Depends on student stipend (2 CP). Provides four extra languages and the use of three charms and two talismans. Currently that’s Dust of Illusion, a Fireworks Pouch, a Scrying Mirror, and Shimmer Mail.
• Spell Formula: The Rite of the Silver Key (level six, requires a full day and does 1d4 Con damage when cast. It’s barely within his reach even spending Mana. Unfortunately, he currently can’t cast it in the twilight isles).

Skills:	SP	Base	Att	Bonuses	Net
Concentration	4	+4	+5		+9
Knowledge/Arcana	2	+4*	+3		+7
Rune Casting (Dex)
-Abjuration	2	+2	+6	+5R	+13
-Divination	2	+2	+6	+5R	+13
-Necromancy	2	+2	+6	+5R	+13
-Transmutation	2	+4*	+6	+5R	+15
Rune Mastery (Dex)
-Abjuration	3	+3	+6	+5R	+14
-Divination	3	+3	+6	+5R	+14
-Necromancy	3	+3	+6	+5R	+14
-Transmutation	2	+4*	+6	+5R	+15
Spellcraft	2	+4*	+3		+7
Survival	1	+1	+2	+4R	+7

*Half cost due to adept.

   Veltine Racial Modifier Summary (+1 ECL Race):

• -2 Cha, +2 Wis.
• Normally in a “Hybrid” Humanoid-Dire Wolf form, in which they can speak clearly. Str +6, Dex +6, Con +4, Low-Light Vision, Scent, +20 Ground Movement, +3 natural armor, 1d8 natural weapons, +4 bonus when tracking by scent, monstrous appearance.
• Must occasionally make will checks to avoid giving in to wolfish instincts.
• +5d4 Hit Dice
• Add Str Mod to Con Mod for HP for all hit dice up to level three.
• May use Charms and Talismans according to their Wealth level.
• May use a maximum total of 4 CP worth of Relics.
• Add Str Mod to Dex-Based Skills while in Hybrid and Dire Wolf forms
• Add Dex Mod to Str-Based Skills while in Hybrid and Dire Wolf forms.
• Cannot use heavy armor.
• May heal 2d8+10 hit points (5 + Level/3) times daily as the player wishes, although this will not work against damage caused by tissue-destroying effects, such as fire, acid, or amputation.
• May spend one Mana to turn their natural weapons into magic weapons for up to an hour.
• May spend one Mana to gain +4 Str, +4 Con, +2 Will, and -2 AC for (3 + Con Mod) rounds up to (1 + Level/3) times per day.
• Immune, or at least resistant, to natural weather conditions while in furred forms.
• +4 racial bonus to Survival (4 CP).
• Formlocked. Must learn to actually shapeshift if they wish to do so.
• Poor. Their effective wealth level is reduced by one.
• Inept/-2 penalty on Charisma-linked skills.
• Can only tolerate (Con) “points” worth of regular magic items, with the point values of items set by the game master (as a rule, low-level single-charge items are little trouble, spell storing items are only moderately troublesome, and permanently-active personal enhancement items are very troublesome). Annoyingly enough, this limit also affects temporary external spells – although their short-term nature means that the limit is increased by the user’s (Con Mod).

   Temorath, like his friends, has picked up quite a lot of physical and magical power with his new species. He is, however, having some trouble adjusting to having become a “werewolf”…