Helena Wolcott

A character for XCrawl: Sparkle Motion.

Background

Helena is a pale, inky-haired 30-something who favors antique black and gray clothing. Once the owner of a prosperous occult book shop and the sole heiress to her family's granite monument fortune, Helena fell on hard times last year when her diabolist boyfriend's ritual with his pet succubus went awry, resulting in the destruction of Helena's house and a good-sized chunk of the surrounding city block. The resulting legal bills forced Helena to sell everything she owned, including her beloved shop and almost all of her books, and plunged her deeply into debt. Although she is still uncomfortable with her newfound notoriety, Helena has decided to make the most of it and possibly even turn a profit, since everyone believes she was responsible for blowing up the house (and her boyfriend and his succubus mistress) anyway. When she heard about an opportunity to join XCrawl, she learned all she could about it then signed up before she could change her mind.

Basics

• Race/Class/Role: Human/Arcanist/Controller
• Build: Controller Wizard
• Arcane Implement Mastery Option: Tome of Readiness
• Human Power Selection Option: Heroic Effort
• Recent Life - Explorer of the Ancient (+2 to History)
• Theme: Vile Scholar
• Tags: Bookworm, Problem Solver, Bullshit Intolerant, Intellectual Snob
• Likes: Creepy Old Houses, Graveyards, Peace and Quiet, Libraries
• Dislikes: Posers, Teases, Liars, Mean Girls, Sparkly Things

Combat Block

Human Arcanist 7
HP: 48 Healing Surges: 8 Surge Value: 12
AC: 21 Fort: 18 Reflex: 21 Will: 20

Currently Readied

Encounter

• Icy Terrain -- Standard Action, Area Burst 1 Within 10
• Icy Rays -- Standard Action, Ranged 10
• Repelling Sphere -- Standard Action, Close Burst 3
  • Stored in Tome of Readiness: Spectral Ram -- Standard Action, Ranged 10

Daily

• Phantom Chasm -- Standard Action, Area Burst 1 Within 10
• Sleep -- Standard Action, Area Burst 2 Within 20

At Will

• Thunderwave -- Standard Action, Close Blast 3
• Scorching Burst -- Standard Action, Area Burst 1 Within 10

Utility

• Wizard's Escape -- Daily, Immediate Interrupt
• Shadow of the Abyss -- Encounter, Immediate Interrupt, Close Burst 5

Cleric Utility

• Healing Word -- Daily, Minor Action

Ability Scores

Strength 8
Constitution 14
Dexterity 10
Intelligence 20
Wisdom 15
Charisma 10

Skills

Trained
Arcana +16, Dungeoneering +10, History +18, Insight +10, Nature +10, Religion +13
Untrained
Acrobatics +3, Athletics +2, Bluff +3, Diplomacy +3, Endurance +5, Heal +5, Intimidate +3, Perception +5, Stealth +3, Streetwise +3, Thievery +3

Feats

• Level 1: Ritual Caster
• Level 1: Unarmored Agility
• Level 2: Tome Expertise
• Level 4: Arcane Familiar
• Level 6: Initiate of the Faith
• Level 7: Action Surge
• Level 7: Improved Initiative
• Level 7: Improved Defenses

Powers

At-Will

• Basic Attack: Melee Basic Attack
• Basic Attack: Ranged Basic Attack
• Wizard Attack 1: Scorching Burst
• Wizard Attack 1: Thunderwave
• Wizard Utility: Prestidigitation

Encounter

• Vile Scholar Attack: Dark Speech
• Wizard Attack 1: Icy Terrain
• Wizard Attack 3: Icy Rays
• Wizard Attack 7: Repelling Sphere
• Wizard Attack 7: Spectral Ram (Tome of Readiness)
• Wizard Utility: Chameleon's Mask
• Human Racial Power: Heroic Effort
• Wizard Utility: Spook
• Wizard Utility: Suggestion
• Wizard Utility 2: Arcane Insight
• Vile Scholar Utility 6: Shadow of the Abyss

Daily

• Wizard Attack 1: Phantom Chasm
• Wizard Attack 1: Sleep
• Wizard Attack 5: Bigby's Icy Grasp
• Wizard Attack 5: Stinking Cloud
• Cleric Utility: Healing Word
• Wizard Utility 2: Memory to Mist
• Wizard Utility 6: Wizard's Escape

Rituals

• Fastidiousness. Time: 10 minutes. Duration: 24 hours. Arcana (no check). The wizard or a creature within 2 squares is warded against becoming dirty. No matter what the target does, touches, walks through, or experiences, the target’s person, clothes, and carried possessions are not soiled. If the target is in any way soiled when the ritual is completed, that filth is immediately shed. Attacks or other effects that involve dirtying the character work as normal but leave no lasting waste or residue.
• Comprehend Language.
• Portend Weather.
• Object Reading. Time: 1 hour. Duration: 5 minutes. Arcana. The wizard sees images related to an object held at the completion of the ritual. Arcana check result determines the number of images seen. Can choose to see a sword's last owner, the creature that forged it, and the last creature it killed.
• Familiar Mount. Time: 5 minutes. Duration: 12 hours. Arcana (no check). Familiar grows to Large size and can accommodate the wizard as a rider. It is in active mode for the duration. Can end the ritual by returning the familiar to passive mode with a minor action. If the familiar takes damage equal to 5 + one-half wizard's level, it returns to normal size and passive mode.

Equipment

• Spellbook
• Tablet of Ad-Baraz +1 x1 (Source: Heroes of the Elemental Chaos)
• Adventurer's Kit
• Residuum (Any)