Fox Spirit Disguise (At Will Minor Personal ✦ Polymorph) | Fox Spirit Racial |
Effect: The Black Fox takes on the appearance of any Medium humanoid. Statistics, clothing, armor, and possessions do not change in the new form. The new form lasts until the fox changes form again. Any creature that attempts to see through this ruse makes an Insight check opposed by the Black Fox's Bluff check, and the fox gains a +5 bonus to this check. |
Wild Shape (At Will Minor Personal ✦ Polymorph, Primal) | Druid Multiclass |
Effect: The Black Fox changes from humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When changing from beast form into humanoid form, the fox can shift 1 square. While in beast form, the fox can't use weapon or implement powers that lack the beast form keyword, although such powers can be sustained. When appearing in its natural state, the fox is reckoned to be medium sized, with the same statistics as in human form. The equipment the fox uses in human form becomes part of the beast form, and the fox continues to gain the benefits of worn equipment, but all equipment held, except usable implements, is dropped. Properties and the powers of implements as well as magic items worn may be used, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While appearing as a fox, equipment worn cannot be removed, and is inaccessible. | |
Special: This power is usable once per round. |
Staggering Note (At-Will Standard Action Ranged 10 ✦ Arcane, Implement, Thunder) | Bard Attack 1 |
Target: One Creature | |
Attack: +9 v. Will | |
Hit: 4 thunder damage, and the target is pushed 2 squares. As a free action, an ally of the Black Fox's choice can make a free basic melee attack against the target before, during, or after the movement. |
Vicious Mockery (At-Will Standard Action Ranged 10 ✦ Arcane, Charm, Implement, Psychic) | Bard Attack 1 |
Target: One Creature | |
Attack: +9 v. Will | |
Effect: 1d6+5 psychic damage, and the target and one other enemy within 2 squares of the target (MW of Vicious Mockery) take a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of the Black Fox's next turn. |
Blunder (Encounter Standard Action Ranged 5 ✦ Arcane, Charm, Implement) | Bard Attack 1 |
Target: One Creature | |
Attack: +9 v. Will | |
Hit: 1d6+5 damage and the target slides 2 squares. During the slide, the Black Fox or an ally can make a melee basic attack against the target as a free action, with a +5 power bonus to the attack roll. |
Dissonant Strain (Encounter Standard Action Ranged 5 ✦ Arcane, Implement, Psychic) | Bard Attack 3 |
Target: One Creature | |
Attack: +9 v. Will | |
Hit: 2d6+5 psychic damage and the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of the Black Fox's next turn. In addition, an ally within 5 squares of the fox can make a saving throw. |
Fox Spirit Trick (Encounter Minor Melee 1 ) | Fox Spirit Racial |
Target: One Creature | |
Effect: The Black Fox makes a Bluff check opposed by the target's passive Insight. If the check succeeds, the fox gains combat advantage against the target until the end of the fox's next turn. |
Grasping Claws (Encounter Standard Melee touch ✦ Beast Form, Implement, Primal) | Druid Multiclass |
Target: One Creature | |
Attack: +6 vs. Reflex | |
Hit: 1d8+2 Damage and the target is slowed until the end of the Black Fox's next turn. |
Majestic Word (Encounter Minor Action Close Burst 5 ✦ Arcane, Healing) | Bard Feature |
Target: The Black Fox or one ally in burst | |
Effect: The target can spend a healing surge and regain 4 additional HP. The Black Fox slides the target 1 square. | |
Special: The Black Fox can use this power twice per encounter, but only once per round. |
Words of Friendship (Encounter Minor Action Personal ✦ Arcane) | Bard Feature |
Effect: +5 power bonus to the next Diplomacy check the Black Fox makes before the end of the fox's next turn. |
Noble Presence (Encounter Move Action Close Burst 3 ✦ Martial) | Noble Utility |
Target: One or two allies in burst | |
Effect: Each target can shift up to 2 squares as a free action and each target gains a +2 power bonus to all defenses until the end of the Black Fox's turn. |
Stirring Shout (Daily Standard Action Ranged 10 ✦ Arcane, Healing, Implement, Psychic) | Bard Attack 1 |
Target: One Creature | |
Attack: +9 vs. Will | |
Hit: 2d6+5 damage | |
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, whenever an ally hits the target, that ally regains 4 hit points. |
Song of Discord (Daily Standard Action Ranged 10 ✦ Arcane, Charm, Implement) | Bard Attack 1 |
Target: One Creature | |
Attack: +9 vs. Will | |
Hit: the target is dominated until the end of the Black Fox's next turn. | |
Effect: the target makes a basic attack against an enemy of the Black Fox's choice as a free action. |
Canon of Avoidance (Daily Standard Action Ranged 10 ✦ Arcane) | Bard Utility 2 |
Target: One Ally | |
Effect: The target gains a +2 power bonus to all defenses until the end of the Black Fox's next turn. | |
Sustain: Minor. The effect persists. When the effect is sustained, it can be transferred to another ally within 10 squares of the Black Fox. |
Changeling's Armor (At-Will Minor Action ✦ Polymorph) | Magic Item |
Effect: The Black Fox can transform this armor into a normal-looking set of clothes. While in clothes form, the armor does not provide an armor bonus, but neither does it impose an armor check penalty or speed reduction. The Black Fox can change this armor back into its true form, or into the form of a different set of clothes, as a minor action. | |
Special: As a (reskinned) changeling, the Black Fox can use this armor’s power as a free action when the fox uses the Fox Spirit Disguise power. |
Painted Drum (Encounter Move Action ) | Magic Item |
Effect: The Black Fox moves 6 and the Fox and an ally within 5 squares ignore difficult terrain until the end of the Fox's next turn. |
Amulet of Seduction (Daily Standard Action Close Burst 1 ✦ Charm) | Magic Item |
Target: One Creature in Burst | |
Attack: +7 vs. Will | |
Hit: The target cannot attack the Black Fox (save ends). While this effect lasts, if the target is adjacent to the Black Fox when the fox is targeted by a melee or a ranged attack, the target interposes itself (as an immediate interrupt) and becomes the target of the attack instead. If the target takes damage from any source, the effect of this power ends. |
Foxes
In the Kingdom of Jade, it is said: When a fox lives to be a hundred years old, it becomes capable of taking human form. Foxes can assume any human (or humanoid) form, but are known to prefer appearing as an old man, a child of either sex, or particularly as a beautiful young woman. Many a young man has encountered a woman traveling alone, and fallen in love with her, only to discover later that she was really a fox. Foxes in human form are difficult to recognize, but when they are drunken or forgetful, they may have trouble concealing their tails. This is traditionally one of the ways that foxes are recognized for what they are. When discovered, they will usually assume their vulpine form and flee.
Some claim that foxes are purely malevolent creatures that lure men in only to feast upon their hearts. While there are evil foxes, most are merely mischievous, and delight in causing consternation to greedy or prideful people through elaborate tricks. Foxes can be quick to take offense, and often will go out of their way to humiliate someone for a perceived slight.
When a fox first learns to change its shape, it knows little about the human world, other than what a wild animal might learn by watching. For a curious fox, this lack of experience can cause trouble, and may be what causes some foxes to become malicious. As foxes age and grow in power and wisdom, they will grow additional tails. The wisest and most powerful foxes have nine tails, and have beautiful golden fur.
The Black Fox
This fox is relatively young, only having learned to take human form recently. The Black Fox comes, of course, from the Kingdom of Jade, but since that land is beset by demons, life is not safe there, even for a fox spirit. Therefore, the Black Fox, like many others, has fled, and has come to ground at last in Daunton. The Black Fox is a skilled musician, and when in human form usually is seen with a drum or flute, which the fox also uses to work magic.
The true shape of this fox is relatively large for a fox, with a dark, almost black coat, except for the tip of the tail, which is white. The human forms of the fox are varied, of course, but unless impersonating a specific person, the fox will usually appear as a person from the Kingdom of Jade.
Known Aliases
Hú Lí
Attributes | |||||||||||
Ability | Cost | Initial | Racial | Level | Final | Mod | |||||
Str | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | -1 | ||||||
Con | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
Dex | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
Int | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | |||||
Wis | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||||||
Cha | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | |||||
Totals | 25 | 10 |
Defenses | ||||||||||||
Defense | Attrib | Attrib Type | Class | Racial | Feat | Feat Name | Equip | Equip Name | Misc | Misc Name | Level | Total |
Armor Class | 1/4 | dex/int | 5 | Changeling's Hide Armor +2 | 2 | 21 | ||||||
Fortitude | -1/1 | str/con | 1 | Amulet of Seduction +1 | 2 | 14 | ||||||
Reflex | 1/4 | dex/int | 1 | 1 | Amulet of Seduction +1 | 2 | 18 | |||||
Will | 1/4 | wis/cha | 1 | 1 | 1 | Amulet of Seduction +1 | 2 | 19 |
Senses and Reactions | |||||||||||
Sense/Reaction | Attrib mod | Class | Class Feature | Racial | Feat | Feat Name | Equip | Equip Name | Level | Other/Trained | Total |
Initiative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Passive Insight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
Passive Perception | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
Health | |||||||||||||
-- | Base Class | Con | Per Level | Racial | Feat | Feat Name | Equip | Equip Name | Other | Surge Value Bonus | Total | Bloodied | Surge |
Hit Points | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 22 | 11 |
Surges per Day 8 (Class 7 + Con 1)
Basic Attacks | |||||||||||||
Attack Type | Attrib | Attrib Type | Class | Class Feature | Feat | Feat Name | Equip | Equip Name | Misc | Misc Name | Level | Total | vs? |
Basic Melee |
-1 | str | 0 | 0 | 5 | Lesser Cloaked Short Sword +1 | 2 | 6 | AC | ||||
Basic Ranged |
1 | dex | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unarmed | 2 | 3 | AC |
Power To-Hit | |||||||||||||
Attack Type | Attrib | Attrib Type | Class | Class Feature | Feat | Feat Name | Equip | Equip Name | Misc | Misc Name | Level | Total | vs? |
Vicious Mockery | 4 | Cha | 0 | 1 | Wand Expertise | 2 | Bone Flute (Accurate MW of Vicious Mockery) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | Will | |
Staggering Note | 4 | Cha | 0 | 1 | Wand Expertise | 2 | Bone Flute (Accurate MW of Vicious Mockery) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | Will | |
Blunder | 4 | Cha | 0 | 1 | Wand Expertise | 2 | Bone Flute (Accurate MW of Vicious Mockery) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | Will | |
Stirring Shout | 4 | Cha | 0 | 1 | Wand Expertise | 2 | Bone Flute (Accurate MW of Vicious Mockery) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | Will | |
Dissonant Strain | 4 | Cha | 0 | 1 | Wand Expertise | 2 | Bone Flute (Accurate MW of Vicious Mockery) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | Will | |
Grasping Claws | 1 | Wis | 0 | 1 | Wand Expertise | 2 | Bone Flute (Accurate MW of Vicious Mockery) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | Reflex | |
Amulet of Seduction | 4 | Cha | 0 | 0 | 1 | Amulet of Seduction | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Will | ||
Song of Discord | 4 | Cha | 0 | 1 | Wand Expertise | 2 | Bone Flute (Accurate MW of Vicious Mockery) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | Will |
Skills | ||||||||||
Skill | Trained | Attrib | Attrib Type | Racial | Feat | Feat Name | Equip | Equip Name | Level | Total |
Acrobatics | 1 | 1 | dex | 3 | Bard of All Trades | -1 | Hide | 2 | 6 | |
Arcana | 5 | 4 | int | 2 | 11 | |||||
Athletics | 1 | -1 | str | 3 | Bard of All Trades | -1 | Hide | 2 | 4 | |
Bluff | 5 | 4 | cha | 2 | 2 | Amulet of Seduction | 2 | 15 | ||
Diplomacy | 5 | 4 | cha | 2 | Amulet of Seduction | 2 | 13 | |||
Dungeoneering | 1 | 1 | wis | 3 | Bard of All Trades | 2 | 7 | |||
Endurance | 1 | 1 | con | 3 | Bard of All Trades | -1 | Hide | 2 | 6 | |
Heal | 1 | 1 | wis | 3 | Bard of All Trades | 2 | 7 | |||
History | 1 | 4 | int | 3 | Bard of All Trades | 2 | 10 | |||
Insight | 5 | 1 | wis | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||
Intimidate | 1 | 4 | cha | 3 | Bard of All Trades | 2 | 10 | |||
Nature | 5 | 1 | wis | 2 | 8 | |||||
Perception | 5 | 1 | wis | 2 | 8 | |||||
Religion | 1 | 4 | int | 3 | Bard of All Trades | 2 | 10 | |||
Stealth | 1 | 1 | dex | 3 | Bard of All Trades | -1 | Hide | 2 | 6 | |
Streetwise | 1 | 4 | cha | 3 | Bard of All Trades | 2 | 10 | |||
Thievery | 1 | 1 | dex | 3 | Bard of All Trades | -1 | Hide | 2 | 6 |
Class Features: Bard
- Defense Bonuses: +1 Reflex, +1 Will
- Ritual Caster
- Black Fox may perform one bard ritual per day without expending components.
- Multiclass Versatility
- Skill Versatility
- Song of Rest: at the end of a short rest, each ally may spend a healing surge and regain 4 extra hit points.
- Virtue of Cunning: Once per round, when an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares of the Black Fox, the ally may slide 1 square as a free action.
Racial Features: Changeling
- Ability Scores: +2 Intelligence, +2 Charisma
- Mental Defense: +1 to Will
- Size: Medium
- Speed: 6
- Language: Common (Allarian)
- Skill Bonuses: +2 Bluff, +2 Insight
- Shapechanger
- Changeling Trick (encounter power)
Background: Kingdom of Jade
- Tsugo language added
Theme: Noble
- Noble Presence power
Skills Trained
- Arcana
- Bluff
- Diplomacy
- Insight
- Nature
- Perception
Feats Known
- Initiate of the Old Faith
- Bard of All Trades
- Superior Implement Proficiency: Accurate Wand
- Wand Expertise: ignore partial and superior cover on attacks with wand.
Equipment Name | Price | Weight |
---|---|---|
Changeling's Hide Armor +2 (Special Reward)) | treasure | 25 |
Bone Flute (Reskinned Accurate Master's Wand of Vicious Mockery) | treasure | - |
Painted Drum (Reskinned Vistani Tambourine) | treasure | - |
Amulet of Seduction | treasure | - |
Hide Armor (not worn) | 30gp | 25 |
Lesser Cloaked Short Sword +1 | 10gp/upgraded | 2 |
Adventurer's Kit | 15gp | 33 |
Fine Clothing | 30gp | 6 |
Flute | 5gp | 1 |
Drum | 3gp | 1 |
Weight Carried: 68 lbs
Money Remaining: 7 GP
Magic Items
Accurate Master's Wand of Vicious Mockery +1 (Reskinned as Bone Flute)
- +1 to attack and damage rolls
- +1d8 Critical
- adds effect to Vicious Mockery Power
Changeling's Hide Armor +2
- +2 to AC
- At will power (see powers)
- Special: A changeling can use this armor’s power as a free action when using the Changeling Disguise power.
- Note: This item is modeled on Impostor’s Armor (level 6), but it comes as light armor rather than heavy, does not include the bonus to Bluff checks, and has a little extra synergy for changelings.
Vistani Tambourine (Reskinned as Painted Drum)
- +1 to attack and damage rolls
- +1d6 Critical
- encounter power (see powers)
Amulet of Seduction +1
- +1 to non-armor defenses
- +2 to Bluff and Diplomacy checks
- When the Black Fox imposes a charm effect that a save can end, the target takes a -2 penalty to the first saving throw against the effect.
- Daily power (see powers)
Lesser Cloaked Short Sword +1
- +1 to attack and damage rolls
- +1d6 Critical
- When stowed, the sword cannot be detected or taken from its owner. The Black Fox must speak a chosen word when stowing the sword somewhere on his or her person. This word becomes the sword’s command word. As a minor action, the Black Fox can give the command word and reach for the location where the sword was last stowed, and it will appear in the fox’s hand. The fox can use the same command word or choose a different one each time the sword is stowed.
Rituals Known
- Glib Limerick
- Traveler's Camoflauge
Wish List
Items I would not mind having:
- Secret of Life's Persistence 6 (alternative)
- Resplendent Circlet 7 (head)
- Boots of the Fencing Master 7 (feet)
- Eye of Deception 8 (head)
- Gauntlets of the Ram 8 (hands)
- Jade Macetail 8 (wondrous)
- Master's Wand of Vicious Mockery +2 9 (wand--upgrade of current)
Treasure
2011-07-18 Accurate Master's Wand of Vicious Mockery +1 (Reskinned as Bone Flute)
2011-07-19 126 gp
2011-09-17 Vistani Tambourine (Reskinned as Painted Drum)
2011-10-18 304 gp
2011-11-07 356 gp
2012-02-03 762 gp
2012-03-01 Changeling's Hide Armor +2 (special item), "bought" Amulet of Seduction +1 for 1000 gp.
2012-04-24 700 gp
2012-06-22 700 gp
Experience
2011-07-19 1042 xp
2011-10-18 759 xp
2011-11-07 851 xp
2012-02-03 1270 xp
2012-04-24 1074 xp
2012-06-22 1795 xp
Changes
level 2
- Feat: Bard of All Trades
- Utility Power: Canon of Avoidance
level 3
- Attack Power: Dissonant Strain
- Theme: Noble
level 4
- Ability Bonus: +1 to Int and Cha
- Feat: Superior Implement Proficiency: Accurate Wand
level 6
- Expertise Feat: Wand Expertise
- Attack Power: Song of Discord
- Theme Bonus: Free item (Lesser Cloaked Weapon +1)
Events
2011-05-01 Hú Lí appears in the tavern, ready to entertain!
2011-05-30 Having met some countrymen and intrigued by a strange person's invitation to a contest, Hú Lí departs the tavern to enter into the adventure "Serpent's Skull: Souls for Smuggler's Shiv"
Role | Leader |
Status | Assigned |
Location | Smuggler's Shiv |
Notes |
Judge Comments[]
Level 1[]
Approval 1[]
Comments from horticulture
- Summary: the power bonus to the MBA from Blunder should be 5 (1 + 4 [Int mod]).
Approved
Approval 2[]
Approved by TwoHeadsBarking.
Status[]
Approved for level 1 by horticulture and TwoHeadsBarking.