Caz Female Changeling Rogue 3/Fighter 3/Cabinet Trickster 1, AL CG Stats: Str 12, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 14 (16), Armor Class 22 (+5 armor, +2 shield, +2 natural, +1 deflection, +2 Dex), 46 Hit Points. Saves: Fort +6, Ref +9, Will +5. Attacks: Rapier +9 (1d6+2, 19/x2 crit, +1d6 fire) or silversteel light mace +9 (1d6+1) or composite longbow +7 (1d8, 20/x3 crit) Skills (ranks/bonus): Bluff 9/+18, Disguise 9/+26, Escape Artist 1/+3, Gather Information 6/+11, Jump 5/+8, Knowledge (local) 1/+4, Listen 9/+9, Open Lock 1/+3 (+5 with masterwork tools), Ride 1/+3, Sense Motive 7/+9, Spot 9/+9, Swim 6/+7, Tumble 9/+13.  8 unspent. Languages: Common, Changeling, Shifter, Elven. Feats: Dodge, Investigate, Mobility, Persona Immersion, Weapon Focus: Longsword. Move: 30'. Space/Reach: 5 feet/5 feet Class Abilities: Sneak Attack +2d6, Trapfinding, Evasion, detect thoughts 2/day (DC 14 Will), Doppleganger Insights. Equipment: +1 glamered mithral chain shirt, +1 flaming rapier, greater bracers of accuracy (+2 to hit, +1 damage with melee weapons), silversteel light mace, composite longbow, quiver with 20 arrows, masterwork heavy steel shield, boots of striding and springing, +1 ring of protection, +2 amulet of natural armor, +2 cloak of charisma, circle of sound, +1 vest of resistance, circlet of persuasion, glove of storing, wand of cure light wounds, potion of cure moderate wounds, cloth of weapon storing , masterwork thieves' tools, backpack, waterskin, manacles, 50' silk rope, 10 days trail rations, chalk, sewing needle, fishhook, 7 sheets parchment, tent. Character Background: Caz comes from a military family. Growing up, there was no question of who her employer would be, although her choice of career was wide open. Caz was always taught that it was her duty to serve Breland and the ideals of her nation. Caz was also taught that just as you always sent the best person for any job, you should seek what you are good at and practice it, because if it's worth doing, it's worth doing your best. Caz knew that because of her race, she had certain talents that were her responsibility to hone. Her father taught her that other people trained for years just to do what came naturally to her, and he spent much time trying to gain the skill that her father showed for mimicry. Her father tried to teach her his skills, but although she could follow her father's natural form, and that of the many travelers that passed through the villages where their family was stationed, she never could match him. She could appear as human, Valenar, Shifter, dwarf, halfling, gnome, orc and even goblin, but could never mimic warforged or troll. While her father explained at length how to do it, she never could master the changes needed the way she could other creatures, no matter how she tried. When traveling, Caz and her father tried different forms and voices, Caz for practice, and her father by necessity. However, Caz's mother was a shifter, and simply kept herself hidden when they traveled. When Caz's mother needed to be seem, Caz would travel as another (but always different) shifter, so that she wouldn't be as distinctive. During one move, however, Caz's father hadn't been given sufficient intelligence on the land they were traveling through, and Caz was in shifter form. They happened to be traveling through a particularly remote village where few had seen a shifter in years, and for good reason. A cleric of the Silver Flame had settled there, and after wiping out the shifters in the village, had taught the villagers the evils of shifters, and how to spot them. When the family stopped for provisions, the villagers recognized what Caz's mother was, and while they took no direct action, word spread quickly. The family seperated and all hit different stores for provisions to make the move faster, as was their usual pattern. While leaving a store, Caz was struck by some young boys throwing rocks, who raised the alarm. Caz ran from them, panicked, trying to figure out why these strangers were attacking her. Then Caz realized that she hadn't changed to mimic the locals, and quickly paged through all the villagers she'd seen, realizing there wasn't a single villager that wasn't human. They were even all the same kind of human, such a rare thing that it hadn't even occurred to her. Caz turned and stopped, refusing to be chased away by these people. While the boys continued to throw things at her, she saw fear in their eyes, creating her chance for escape. She turned to them and raised her arms, howling as she stretched and grew into the tallest creature she could remember how to, she became a trogolodyte, smacking her lips and chasing the young boys. Once the boys were out of sight, she changed into a young human girl, careful to match her hair and skin colors to those she had seen in the village, and ran back to the wagon, where her mother was already hiding. Inside the wagon, Caz changed into a large wagonmaster with enough bulk to hide her mother inside and led the wagon through the town calling for “Master Orien” (one of the names her father used from time to time) and urging him to get on the wagon, as the city was under attack. While Caz had been taught that many won't trust a changeling, she had never seen firsthand hatred based solely on appearance, and when she learned that there were worse things than being feared. Caz remembered that lesson into adulthood when she enlisted. Although Caz still had a reluctance for violence, she was able to find work that suited her once she joined the military. It wasn't until she was placed in a mostly changeling unit and spoke with the other changelings did she realize that she wasn't the only one who couldn't wear the face of a warforged. Caz seemed even more suited to infiltration than the other units, although she wasn't chosen for many promotions because of her refusal to become an assassin, or to steal more than information. Caz specialized in intelligence gathering, and a strategy she used more than once was to be “captured”, only to free the hostages already gathered. Meanwhile, Caz had learned not to wear the same face more often than she had to, especially when visiting her mother and (now-retired) father. To explain the stream of travelers to their home, Caz's parents now live as an elderly shifter couple operating a very small bed-and-breakfast just outside of Sharn, where Caz visits whenever she can. © 2005 Casey McGirt Home