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The Cabalist armor on asura...

The Cabalist armor... With other armor I can imagine the asura ears being stuffed inside the headpiece, but the Cabalist armor... Something tells me they simply forgot to allow the ears come through. It’s just shaped like that, it looks like someone cut off the poor asura’s ears... 

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Cabalist (Vigilante Archetype)

 I got a late start on this entry tonight, but that’s kinda appropriate since most classic vigilantes burn the midnight oil anyway.

This is easily one of my favorite vigilante archetypes, especially among the ones that grant spellcasting, since it manages to keep the dark and mysterious flavor of the class without any added effort from the character concept.

In short, the cabalist is similar to the warlock in that they practice their magic in secret. However, unlike the warlock, their magic is inherently dubious, channeling necromancy, shadow magic, and blood magic to get their way. The very name “cabalist” suggests that they are part of, or trained in a secret society of magic users with sinister powers at their disposal, if not sinister goals.

Regardless of exactly what they use this power for, these mystics have certain lines that they do not cross, which explains why their necromantic arts contain no spells that control or animate the dead. That being said, their use of blood magic and shadowy powers does mean that even the most benevolent of these vigilantes will likely have a poor reputation in the community, striking terror in foes, and unease in all but the most understanding populace.

Their reliance on blood magic does make them more melee-oriented than their warlock counterparts too, as they need to literally draw blood from foes to make best use of their abilities.

The result is a shadowy vigilante that strikes from the shadows and punishes foes with blood-drawing attacks and deadly spells.

 As one comes to expect from these spellcaster archetypes, the cabalist trades skill ranks and armor proficiencies for the ability to cast spells with mid-power progression. In their case, however, their spell list is that of the witch, though it is drawn from a spellbook. These dark powers provide them with plenty of support spells to heal and buff themselves up, but also deliver debilitating curses and debuffs to foes.

Experts in opening up a vein, these vigilantes are masters of causing heavy bleeding against foes that don’t see it coming, which in turn opens them up for their other abilities.

Cabalists gain access to a handful of special talents, such as the ability to gain vitality from spilled blood and even turn blood into a defensive shell around themselves; gaining a familiar; shapeshifting into living shadow; gaining a handful of debilitating necromancy spells; teleporting between shadows; and storing items in a pocket dimension and channeling any magical powers while so contained.

The real strength of this archetype is their skill as using the conduit that is blood to affect their targets more easily with their magic, especially necromancy spells.

Such bleeding foes also suffer grievous wounds or are otherwise wracked by their spells, striking fear into those who witness that power.

The most powerful among these sneaks can surround themselves in shadow to become harder to pin down, and can even briefly turn invisible as well.

Unlike other spellcasting vigilantes, this archetype fully expects you to get up into melee range with your foes, albeit preferably from ambush to lead with a bleeding attack which slowly drains them of health while also making them more vulnerable to the cabalist’s magic. From there you can continue to stack bleeding wounds, and/or cast debilitating curses, particularly necromancy debuffs, to set up their foes for a real bad time. With that in mind, I recommend a highly stealthy build that packs a lot of strong debuffs, but also useful battlefield control and buffing spells as well.

 A good portion of these vigilantes might be less crime fighters and more criminals, perhaps having inscrutable and selfish goals dealing with their dark magics. However, those that are not might have been part of a secret society, but saw them for what they were and fled, opposing their dark designs. Others might have belonged to entirely benign groups that simply use sinister magics. Either way, if the group still exists, their relationship with the vigilante might range from viewing them as a wayward pupil doing what they feel they must, to being a loose end that risks compromising their secrecy, no matter their goals.

  Born into a secretive clan of human-hating elves that seek to bring down their society from within, Norivas was trained early on in dark magics to subvert humanity. However, his status as a half-breed conceived to infiltrate did not do his reception among his kin any favors, so when the opportunity came, he fled, taking on the mantle of the Sylvan Shadow to oppose them.

 The clan seemed like it was perfect, a place where Syra could be herself. She didn’t mind the strange rituals, that is, until the day they captured and sacrificed a sacred cerynitus, one of the legendary golden hinds, that it hit her what they were capable of. Now, under the guise of the Golden Antler, she honors the fallen beast and works to make up for her hand in its death.

 A humble dealer in magic items and curiosities, officially Mister Misvas only has enough magical knowledge to properly identify his wares. However, when the sun goes down, he and his shop cat, in truth his familiar, don the silver mask of the Moon Man seeking those that misuse magic to harm others.

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Cabalist - The Enclave

Janushoved

2017

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My Characters 3: Charlotte Caskett, aka, The Mourner.

And now we immediately go back to the characters that come from wealth with Charlotte!

The heiress of what could be called a mortuary empire, Charlotte Caskett’s extended family has been attending to the dearly departed of nobility for hundreds of years, constructing elaborate mausoleums for the rich and powerful. However, some of the branch families also attend to the undertaking of less affluent clientele.

It is that mix of clients that caused Charlotte to realize that while death was the great equalizer, how people treated the remains of the dead in the same way they had in life, based on wealth and station.

Thinking she could use her family’s position to create a change, she began to pour over occult tomes of death and blood magic, as well as the blueprints of various crypts that the Casketts had worked on over the centuries, and began to carefully select tombs to pilfer, using her newfound magic and a supply of holy implements to destroy any vengeful undead she found in the tombs. Thus, she began to accrue personal off the books wealth and a supply of magical items to supplement her abilities, and the Mourner persona was born, a figure in a veil wielding concealed magic items and channeling the power of death to punish tyrants and those who would exploit the downtrodden.

She does not do so alone, for she also has her trusty butler and lover, a half-elven woman named Lameire, who provides additional cunning and insight to her schemes. She also provides a wry sense of humor to Charlotte’s sometimes grim exterior.

 Preferring to guard her true feelings, the young Caskett can certainly put on a show of friendly demeanor when needed, but she also has a tendency to withdraw into herself when alone, though Lameire’s presence can always bring a smile to her lips.

An athletic woman with brown skin and wavy, shoulder-length hair, Charlotte sports plenty of dark freckles that frame a broad smile when she deigns to allow one to be seen.

In her civilian persona, she favors garb suited to the situation, from elegant dresses for meeting with other nobles, to utilitarian workwear when overseeing the design and construction of elaborate grave sites.

In her guise as The Mourner, she wears a grey veil and dark cloak over her armor, which itself has long sleeves to conceal any magic items she uses, lest they be recognized.

 I plan on building Charlotte as a vigilante with the cabalist archetype, focusing on a mix of melee to get in those bleeding wounds and spellcasting to take advantage of all the abilities that bolster her spells on bleeding targets, specifically a combination of debuff and damage spells with stealth and misdirection-based magics. Furthermore, I plan on having her take the leadership feat so she can take Lameire as a cohort, specifically as a majordomo investigator.

The dynamic that would develop between Charlotte and Lameire is something I’m really looking forward to playing with, whenever I get the opportunity to run her in a game.

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