[Arcanamirium] Sabbato

[Cadic's Devoted]

Sabatto "The mage of no small skill"
Gnome Illusionist 5
CN Small Humanoid
Init +0; Perception +8

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Defense
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AC 11, touch 11, flat-footed 11
HP 32 (Wizard 6+4(4))+(Con 10)
Fort +4(Wiz 1, Con 2, trait 1), Ref +1 (Wiz 1), Will +4 (Wiz 4)
Defensive Abilities:
Weaknesses:

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Offense
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Speed 20 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Melee attack:
Ranged attack:
Space/Reach 5-Foot
Special Attacks
Spell-Like Abilities: Blinding Ray 7/day; Dancing Lights, Ghost Sound, Prestidigitation, and Speak with Animals 1/day;
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 19, Wis 10, Cha 11
Base Atk +2; CMB +1; CMD 11
(1st)Cross Training (Disable Device, Perception) (Wiz 1) Scribe Scroll; (3rd) Skill Focus: Kn(Architecture & Engineering); (5th) Brew Potion; (Wiz 5) Craft Wonderous Item

Skills: Craft Alchemy +12 (5 Rank, 4 Int, 3 CS), Craft Traps +12 (5 Rank, 4 Int, 3 CS), Craft Wood Working +9 (2 Rank, 4 Int, 3 CS), Craft Blacksmithing +8 (1 Rank, 4 Int, 3 CS) Disable Device +8 (5 Rank, 3 CS), Knowledge: Arcana +9 (1 Rank, 4 Int, 3 CS, 1 Trait), Knowledge: Architecture and Engineering +18 (5 Rank, 4 Int, 3 CS, 1 Trait, 2 Race, 3 Feat), Perception +8 (3 rank, 2 Race, 3 CS) Spellcraft +10 (3 Ranks, 4 Int, 3 CS), Linguistics +12 (5 Ranks, 4 Int, 3 CS)

Languages: Common(Taldane), Gnome, Sylvan, Draconic, Elven, Dwarven, Ancient Azlanti, Shoanti, ShadowTongue, Skald, G++

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Traits
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Resilient: +1 fort
Mathematical Prodigy: +1 Kn(arcana) & Kn(Engineering), and Kn(Engineering) is always a class skills


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Spellbook
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Prohibited Schools: Necromancy, Evocation

Per Day
Cantrips: Unlimited
Bonded Item: 1 (Any Spell in Spellbook)
1st-Level: 3 (Base), 1 (Bonus), 1 (Illusion)
2nd-Level: 2 (Base), 1 (Bonus), 1 (Illusion)
3rd-Level: 1 (Base), 1 (Bonus), 1 (Illusion)

Spellbook (43 of 100 Pages Filled)
-- Cantrips -- (20 pages)
Resistance
Acid Splash
Detect Poison
Detect Magic
Read Magic
Daze
Ghost Sound
Mage Hand
Mending
Message
Open/close
Arcane Mark
Prestidigitation
Caltrops
Silent Portal
Amanuensis
Launch Bolt
Launch Item
Repair Minor Damage
Stick

Evocation:
Electric Jolt
Light
Ray of Frost
Sonic Snap

--1st Level-- (9 Pages) (7 1st Level-Known, 2 2nd Level-Known)
Disguise Self
Silent Image
Ventriloquism
Nystul’s Magic Aura
Erase
Reduce Person
Enlarge Person
Charm Person
Lesser Orb of Electricity

Evocation:
Blood Wind
Burning Hands
Floating Disk
Ice Dagger
Light of Lunia
Magic Missile
Ray of Flame
Shocking Grasp
Sonic Blast

--2nd Level-- (8 Pages) (2 3rd Level-Known, 2 4th Level-Known)
Arcane Lock
Phanton Trap
Minor Image
Invisibility

Evocation:
Fireburst
Scorch
Scorching Ray
Shatter

--3rd Level-- (6 Pages) (2 5th-Level Known)
Major Image
Shrink Item

Evocation:
Chain Missile
Lightning Bolt
Most Common Spell List

0- Silent Portal
- Amanuensis
- Stick
- Ghost Sound
1- Nystul’s Magic Aura
- Ventriloquism
- Silent Image
- Lesser orb of Electricity
I: Disguise Self
2- Minor Image
- Minor Image
- Minor Image
I: Invisibility
3- Shrink Item
- Major Image
I: Major Image


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Equipment
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Items from PGB: SpellBook Backpack Bell x5 Bucket Caltrops x3 Candle x10 Canvas 3 sq. Yd Chalk, x10 Chest Flask (empty) x10 Flint and steel, x10 Hammer Ink (1 oz vial) x5 Inkpen x10 Jug, Clay x10 Lantern, bullseye Spell Component Pouch x2 Manacles x2 Mirror, Small Steel x2 Oil (1-pint flask) x20 Tankard, Clay x5 Paper (Sheet) x100 Pitcher, Clay x2 Piton x20 Pouch, Belt x5 Rope, Hemp 100ft Sack x20 Sealing Wax x5 Sewing needle x10 Signal Whistle Signet ring Sledge Soap x10 Spade Vial, ink or potion x25 Waterskin x10 Items from Arms and Equipment Guide Bolt Cutters Crane, Portable (Str 22) Earplugs x2 Flour, Buckwheat (1lb Bag) x2 Glass Cutter Hacksaw, Common Hammock Hand Keg Magnet, Small Marbles (2 lb bag) x5 Mess Kit Percolator Mortar and Pestle Pulley x2 Slate Board Sparker Spider Poles Tongs, Metal x3 Twine, Roll (50 ft) x10 Wick, Candle (50 ft) x5 Winch, Portable (Str 18) Crafted Before Game Start: Tindertwig x15 Sunrod x9 Acid Flask x3 Alchemist fire x3 SmokeSticks x2 TangleFoot bag x1 ThunderStone x2

Cost - 2 5 .5 3 .1 .3 .1 2 .3 10 .5 40 1 .3 12 10 30 20 2 .1 40 .04 2 5 2 2 5 5 .8 5 1 5 2 25 10 Cost 6 30 6 2 2 5 5 .5 10 1 .6 1 5 10 5 2 35 9 1 1 20 Cost 5 6.5 10 20 13.3 17 20

Current Wealth:
PP: 0
GP: 1
SP: 10
CP: 6
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Special Abilities
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Extended Illusions (Su): Any illusion spell you cast with a duration of “concentration” lasts a number of additional rounds equal to 1/2 your wizard level after you stop maintaining concentration (minimum +1 round). At 20th level, you can make one illusion spell with a duration of “concentration” become permanent. You can have no more than one illusion made permanent in this way at one time. If you designate another illusion as permanent, the previous permanent illusion ends.

Blinding Ray (Sp): As a standard action you can fire a shimmering ray at any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. The ray causes creatures to be blinded for 1 round. Creatures with more Hit Dice than your wizard level are dazzled for 1 round instead. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence modifier.

Small: Gnomes are Small creatures and gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a –1 penalty to their Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.

Slow Speed: Gnomes have a base speed of 20 feet.

Low-Light Vision: Gnomes can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light. See Additional Rules.

Defensive Training: Gnomes get a +4 dodge bonus to AC against monsters of the giant type.

Gnome Magic: Gnomes add +1 to the DC of any saving throws against illusion spells that they cast. Gnomes with a Charisma of 11 or higher also gain the following spell-like abilities: 1/day—dancing lights, ghost sound, prestidigitation, and speak with animals. The caster level for these effects is equal to the gnome's level. The DC for these spells is equal to 10 + the spell's level + the gnome's Charisma modifier.

Hatred: Gnomes receive a +1 bonus on attack rolls against humanoid creatures of the reptilian and goblinoid subtypes due to special training against these hated foes.

Illusion Resistance: Gnomes get a +2 racial saving throw bonus against illusion spells or effects.

Keen Senses: Gnomes receive a +2 racial bonus on Perception skill checks.

Obsessive: Gnomes receive a +2 racial bonus on a Craft or Profession skill of their choice.

Weapon Familiarity: Gnomes treat any weapon with the word “gnome” in its name as a martial weapon.

[Cadic's Devoted]

Description:
Sabatto, The mage of no small skill, is as most gnomes. Short. He stands at barely over 2 and a half feet tall. His hair is kept very short, and is a fiery orange color....when you can manage to see it in that color. Most times it is so soot covered and dirty that it looks more brown than orange. His clothes are a very flamboyant red mixed with dark blues, and are usually so dirty that they look brown and black. For someone with the power of a mage, it seems he is either very lazy, or very inattentive to his appearance. Anyone who meets him would quickly realize that it is the later. His skin is a brown earthy color, with just a tint of green in the right light.

Background:
Sabatto, the mage of no small skill, has been around for a while, at least compared to some of the younger lived races, being in his 60's and still young. He grew up a very rambunctious youth, even for Gnome standards. But then again, growing up in a large city, with very few actual Gnome influence besides his mother's, he went a bit eccentric in his influences, taking bits of all the other cultures around him. He started trying to find out about his roots at an early age as well, his mother not really much of one to talk about the past. In fact, after Sabatto was old enough to fend for himself, his mother left on an adventure, and he never heard from her again. While searching out about his heritage, he came to the conclusion, due to his odd coloration, his oddly tough constitution, and his ability to out drink almost anyone else his size (And many people larger than him), that his father had to have been an orc. What else explains it? Which made him... a Gnorc!

Thoroughly convinced he was a Gnorc, and proud of it, he went back about his life, following his passion.....inventing things. He loved creating things, small things, large things, explosive things were especially interested. He commonly got himself into trouble, thrown out of many apartments due to the collarteral damage caused by his experiments, not to mention the complaints from his neighbors. He finally began studying magic, as both a way to compliment his experimentation, and, in some ways more importantly, to help get himself out of trouble.

Finally, his experiments caught the attention of some powerful people, and he received a letter suggesting that he apply for application to the Arcanamirium. Between experiments, and mildly interested (if only for the free access to their labs), he decided to apply....and found that his tuition had been payed by a mysterious third party. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, mostly because hes not tall enough, and horses knees are just down right ugly, he packed up his supplies and moved into his dorm, excited about the prospects to come.......

[Cadic's Devoted]

Character Finished.

[Mesavan]

Thank you for the mysterious third party, I'll have fun with that.

[Cadic's Devoted]

No problem. It was entirely Intentional. Im excited to see this start.

Also, had a question. I was reading the rules on traps, and LOWEST cost trap is 1,000 gold according to the rules (1,000 GPx cr of the trap)

That just seems ridiculous to me. I wanted to get your opinion on it.

[Mesavan]

I would say that the traps that are costing 1000 gp per CR would be ones that are built into the walls to make the origin of the trap not noticeable. If you were to try and emulate an arrow trap for example, it would be expensive to have the wall torn out to have the arrow trap put in. If you mount a crossbow and have a tripwire trigger it, that would be less expensive, but obvious when the door is open.

The fact that the trap cost doesn't scale effectively is also a problem. So if you do a MacGyver trap, it would be (CR)² x 100 gp.

I wanted to note that profession is a skill where you provide a service. Profession inventor would be where you make money off of your designs but you don't make any goods. If you wanted to make things, you need a Craft.

[Kiirnodel]

Magic Traps aren't free, they cost money based on spell level and caster level of the spells used, just like crafting magic items. In the book the costs are on page 424, Table 13-5. Simply put, one time traps are 50 x spell level x caster level + costly components. If its an automatic reset, its 500 x spell x caster + 100xcomponents. The only exception is if the trigger is the alarm spell, you don't have to pay for that.

I have been wondering, why did you take Master Craftsman? just for the +2 to the skill? The only other benefit is it allows you to take Craft Wondrous or Arms/Armor without having a caster level, which you do...

[Cadic's Devoted]

Actually it allows me to use the skill of my choice when using craft wondrous item. And since my Spellcraft check is so low, its very handy, considering Spellcraft is usually what you have to roll when creating magic items.

As for the Profession Inventor, I wasnt sure what else to take. I took Craft Traps, and Craft Alchemy, and Knowledge Engineering, but I wasnt sure what kind of Craft/skill to take to account for my character being a Inventor, so i thought Profession would be appropriate. If you think there is another skill that would be appropriate to account for how good my character is at desigining and creating things, please, let me know and I'll change it.

And ok, sounds good to me on the other traps, but I had another question. For example, what I already had all the things needed for a trap (To continue with the example above: I already have the crossbow, the bolt, and the string.) Would it still cost me money to simply set the crossbow in the appropriate spot, and run and tie the trip line? Just trying to get an idea on how things are going to work here.

[Mesavan]

Spellcraft isn't the only skill for making magic items. Arms and armor can also use craft weapons or armor, potions can use alchemy, scrolls can use calligraphy or scribe, wands can use jewelry, sculptures, or woodcutter, and wonderous items uses whatever applies for the particular item.

Thanks Ben for finding the cost for magic traps, I looked and only found "A spell trap has a cost only if the builder must hire an NPC spellcaster to cast it."

As for having the materials, I would say that making a trap out of the misc. materials you have at hand would work, but the trap would be unreliable. I guess the cost comes from specifically designed parts calibrated for the trap. It doesn't explain why the cost is there.

If you want to make a trap out of materials in your backpack, there will be a chance of misfire, or of the trap triggering on yourself when you bypass it (dependent on your craft check).

By the way, I don't see craft (trap) on your character list.

[Cadic's Devoted]

Lmao, you're right. I don't see it on there either. Its on my hardcopy, just didn't get transferred to the online character sheet up there I guess. I'll fix it.

And I can work with that, (the traps thing), it makes sense to me. Quickly making a trap out of stuff I have laying around is going to be alot less reliable than making a trap out of stuff that is specially made for a trap.

And I realize that spellcraft isnt the only thing you can use (I saw the other ones), but considering that Wondrous Items is 'whatever makes sense for the item', then I figured that taking the Master Crafter feat and applying it to my Inventor skill, would work very well for Wondrous item.

And did you have any ideas on what you think I should take instead of Profession inventor?

[Kiirnodel]

Master Craftsman doesn't let you use a skill that does not otherwise apply to creating items of that type, it simply specifies that you must use the chosen skill for its effects to apply.

For example, a Fighter with Craft (armor) who took Master Craftsman (armor) could substitute his ranks in craft (armor) for the caster level requirement of crafting magical armor. It would also allow them to take the Craft Magical Arms & Armor feat, but because you can't use Craft(armor) to craft magical weapons you couldn't use the benefits of the Master Craftsman feat to be able to make magic weapons as well.

The Master Craftsman feat, taken by a spellcaster, has no further benefit than the +2 on the checks. You already qualify for the item creation feats and your Caster level is likely to be the same or better than your craft skill ranks...

By the way, the costs I cited were for Magical Device Traps, a trap that uses spell effects. The part you read was for Spell Traps, which is using spells flat out for a trap, like Glyphs of Warding, or Explosive Runes. Those spells don't need to be specially crafted into traps because they already function as one. A trap that is activated by proximity (an alarm spell) and casts lightning bolt down a hall would be a Magical Device Trap. These effectively function like magic items (and do require the Craft Wondrous Item feat), so Craft (traps) would probably be appropriate for crafting them.

[Mesavan]

Unless you want to use your engineering ingenuity to make money, it can be represented by your knowledge (architecture and engineering) and craft skills.

[Cadic's Devoted]

Hmmm... So you're saying I don't need any sort of other Craft check to represent the fact that my character invents things on a regular basis (He likes to come up with new magical items, new regular items, etc etc).... Alright works for me. Guess I'll switch my skill focus to Knowledge Engineering, and re-apply my ranks that are in profession Inventor into something else.

And I can use my craft skills to make money just like I could have used profession, cant i? I thought they worked the same.

And I guess if thats the way the feat works ben, then I'll change it out for something else. I guess I read it differently. Works for me, saves me a feat.

For wondrous items, is there a general skill that works that isn't spell craft? Like If im making a random magic item (Wondrous Item) that doesn't really fall under traps, alchemy, weapons, armor, etc etc, what would I use for that? Just spell craft? if so, I guess I should pump up my ranks in spellcraft. lol.

Btw, thanks for all the help you guys. i'm really looking forward to this Character, and want to make sure I know how everything works.

[Cadic's Devoted]

Character updated with changes that were needed to to various conversations above. Character finished, pending authorization of Feat selection by DM(Via PM)

[Mesavan]

You can potentially make money on a craft skill by selling what you make, but a profession is different in that a profession is a service and not a craft.