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#1 kaostym Mar 14, 2008 3:19:04	Gabriel Knight (Charismatic Hero 7/Shadow Slayer 5): CR 12; Medium-size humanoid; HD 7d6 plus 5d8; HP 48; Mas 11; Init +1; Spd 30 ft; Defense 16, touch 16, flatfooted 15 (+0 size, +1 Dex, +5 class); BAB +8; Grap +9; Atk +10 melee (1d8+1/19-20, Blade of St. George), or +9 ranged (2d8+0, Sawed Off Shotgun); FS 5 ft by 5 ft; Reach 5 ft; SQ ; AL Schattenjäger; SV Fort +7, Ref +10, Will +6; AP 6; Rep +5; Str 13, Dex 13, Con 11, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 16. Occupation: Creative (Computer Use, Craft [writing], Knowledge [Arcane Lore]) Skills: Bluff +6, Computer Use +7, Concentration +1, Craft (visual art) +6, Craft (writing) +8, Diplomacy +7, Disguise +5, Gather Information +10, Handle Animal +8, Intimidate +8, Jump +3, Knowledge (Arcane Lore) +7, Knowledge (Art) +7, Knowledge (Behavioral Sciences) +7, Knowledge (Business) +3, Knowledge (Civics) +6, Knowledge (Current Events) +7, Knowledge (Popular Culture) +2, Knowledge (Streetwise) +5, Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) +4, Listen +3, Perform +8, Profession +7, Read/Write Language +3 (English / German), Speak Language +3 (English / German), Spellcraft +3, Spot +2, Tumble +5, Use Magic Device +5 Feats: Acrobatic, Advanced Firearms Proficiency, Archaic Weapons Proficiency, Creative (Craft [writing], Perform), Exotic Melee Weapon Proficiency, Lightning Reflexes, Magical Affinity, Personal Firearms Proficiency, Point Blank Shot, Simple Weapons Proficiency, Weapon Focus Talents (Charismatic Hero): Charm, Fast-Talk, Favor, Captivate Talents (Shadow Slayer): Detect Shadow, Shadow Immunity, Slayer Weapon, Shadow Enemy Possessions: Blade of St. George, Sawed Off Shotgun; Wealth +7 is the only son of Philip Knight and Margaret Templeton. At the age of 8, his parents died in a car accident, supposedly because Philip had seen something on the road which frightened him, causing him to swerve to the side. He was raised throughout the rest of his childhood by his grandmother, Rebecca Wright, widowed when her husband Harrison died at the age of 36. During his school days, he made the acquaintance of Franklin Mosely, they relished in mischievous pranks and still insult each other up to this day. The Knight family was financially depressed, and he inherited a small sum of money from the remainder of his mother's trust fund, given to his mother by the only Templeton who approved of the Templeton-Knight marriage. Gabriel used the money to put up his own book shop, St George's Rare Books on Bourbon Street of the French Quarter of New Orleans. He later hired Grace Nakimura, an American raised Japanese Yale student, to help him as his research assistant and help keep up the shop, as well as making his own advances on her. Gabriel tried to make a living as a novelist, only to meet failure after failure. In the summer of 1993, Gabriel began researching a slew of serial killings in the Quarter, dubbed "the Voodoo Murders" by the press due to Voodoo related paraphernalia left at the scene. Sounded like great sensationalist material. During the course of his investigation, he met and fell in love with one Malia Gedde, the head of the wealthy African-American descended Gedde family. After investigating the case with the assistance of Grace and Detective Mosely of the New Orleans Police Department, he uncovered much of the truth behind the so-called "fake Voodoo" Murders, getting quite too close for his own good, as the cult behind the murders began to closely watch his actions. His investigation exposed Malia Gedde to be the head priestess and medium for the cult's head loa, Tetelo (There goes her sex appeal.), with Doctor John of the Historical Voodoo Musuem as her right hand man. During this time, he received mysterious phone calls from an uncle he never knew he had, Wolfgang Ritter, from Germany and told him he was the last heir to an ancient family line, The Schattenjagers, a line dedicated to fighting evil. A line that believed in such things as witches and vampires and werewolves, with the duty to take up the shield and battle evil in the name of light. Apparently, this Voodoo thing had been going on for quite some time, and Malia's ancestor, Tetelo, stole the talisman from Gunter Ritter who had mistakenly fell in love for her. With the talisman deprived from Gabriel's family, the Gedde's prospered while the Knight/Ritter family withered and was cursed for centuries. Gabriel discovered too much about the cult, and was forced to flee from America and to Rittersberg, Bavaria. Gabriel spent the next few days at Schloss Ritter (literally translates to "Ritter Castle" or "Castle of the Ritters"), the family castle. There he initiated himself into the status of Schattenjager and gained access to the Schattenjager library. In the library, Gabriel was able to research the history and discover the secret location of the original Gedde hounfour. Thinking that Wolfgang must be there, Gabriel once again took a plane, this time to Benin, Africa. In Benin, Gabriel solved the puzzle of the wheel shaped hounfour and its stone tablets and met Wolfgang for the first time.. Within the hidden chamber of the hounfour, the talisman was locked within a ritual table that could only be unlocked by a human heart, which Wolfgang provided from himself, thus dying and leaving Gabriel alone to learn the ways of the Schattenjager. Gabriel retrieved the talisman, knowing fully well of the sacrifices made up to this point. Gabriel had Wolfgang's body shipped back to Rittersberg while he returned to New Orleans in search of the hounfour. Upon arrival at his bookshop, Gabriel found Grace kidnapped with a note left behind by Malia telling him to stay away from her and from the danger of Tetelo's spirit. Gabriel formulated a plan with Mosely to rescue Grace and expose the cult to the authorities. Gabriel found the entrance to the hounfour and made his way into the ritual room with Mosely, aware that they had to think fast to stop Tetelo. In the ensuing conflict, Mosely shot Dr. John spilling the bokor's blood over the table and opening the storage area for the Gedde idol, the source of the Gedde family's power. Mosely took Grace with him, and Gabriel managed to smash the idol before Tetelo could completely dominate Malia and kill him. Tetelo screamed at Gabriel, telling him to finish her off, that he is truly his father's son, truly a Schattenjager and a Witch-hunter. But Gabriel would not let Malia die, whilst Malia would not let Tetelo's madness continue. Malia committed suicide and fell into the fiery chasm below. Upon the conclusion of his first case, Gabriel moves to Bavaria to reluctantly take up his birthright. In the early months of the new century, Gabriel investigated a gruesome murder spree which took him from Bavaria back to the United states, it was in chicago he encountered the cult of Tiamat,a group of business men who worshipped the mother of all dragons and using blood sacrifice tried to pull her from the Shadowrealm to the modern world. Gabriel stopped the cult from summoning the dragon but at a cost, they kidnapped and killed his one time assistant, Grace Nakimura. The encounter changed Gabriel, he became more recluse and hunted down those members of the cult that escape. Blade of St. George Ornate runed Longsword +2 vs. Shadowkind [ Special Effect : Wounding ] Dmb 1d8 (+2 vs. Shadowkind) Crit 19-20
#2 j0lt Mar 15, 2008 11:28:37	*mock Jamaican accent* Gabriel Knight does not want t'do that wit de ladder!