Tajau Yao-tse
| Race | Human (Fijian) | Class | Swashbuckler |
| Exp | 3,225 | Alignment | Lawful Good |
| Age | 17 | Deity | Nature |
| Height | 5' 4" | Weight | 135 lb. |
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| Str | 12 (+1) | Hit Points | 33 | Fort Save | +4 |
| Dex | 16 (+3) | BAB | +3 | Ref Save | +5 |
| Con | 12 (+1) | Grapple | +4 | Will Save | +1 |
| Int | 14 (+2) | Armor Class | 13 (+3 dex) | Initiative | +3 |
| Wis | 10 | AC Flatfooted | 10 | Speed | 30 ft. |
| Cha | 12 (+1) | AC vs. Touch | 13 | Size | Medium |
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| Name | Total AB | Damage | Critical | Range | Weight | Size | Type |
| Unarmed | +6 (+4) | 1d4+3 | x2 | -- | -- | Light Medium | Bludgeoning |
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| Name | Armor Bonus | Type | Check Penalty | Max Dex Bonus | Spell Failure | Weight |
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Skills |
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| Untrained Skills | Total | Ranks | Ability Mod | Misc | Trained Only Skills | Total | Ranks | Ability Mod | Misc |
| Appraise (Int) | +2 | 0 | +2 | -- | Autohypnosis (Wis) | -- | 0 | +0 | -- |
| Balance (Dex)* | +11 | 6 | +3 | +2 | Decipher Script (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Bluff (Cha) | +7 | 6 | +1 | -- | Disable Device (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Climb (Str)* | +7 | 6 | +1 | -- | Handle Animal (Cha) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Concentration (Con) | +1 | 0 | +1 | -- | Knowledge (arcana) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Craft ( ) (Int) | +1 | 0 | +1 | -- | Knowledge (engineering) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Craft ( ) (Int) | +1 | 0 | +1 | -- | Knowledge (geography) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Diplomacy (Cha) | +3 | 0 | +1 | +2 | Knowledge (history) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Disguise (Cha) | +6 | 0 | +1 | +5 | Knowledge (local) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Escape Artist (Dex)* | +3 | 0 | +3 | -- | Knowledge (nature) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Forgery (Int) | +1 | 0 | +1 | -- | Knowledge (religion) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Gather Information (Cha) | +1 | 0 | +1 | -- | Knowledge (planar) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Heal (Wis) | +0 | 0 | +0 | -- | Knowledge (politics) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Hide (Dex)* | +3 | 0 | +3 | -- | Knowledge (psionics) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Intimidate (Cha) | +3 | 0 | +1 | +2 | Knowledge ( ) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Jump (Str)* | +3 | 0 | +1 | +2 | Knowledge ( ) (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Listen (Wis) | +0 | 0 | +0 | -- | Open Lock (Dex) | -- | 0 | +3 | -- |
| Move Silently (Dex)* | +3 | 0 | +3 | -- | Profession (sailor) (Wis) | +6 | 6 | +0 | -- |
| Perform (Cha) | +1 | 0 | +1 | -- | Profession ( ) (Wis) | -- | 0 | +0 | -- |
| Ride (Dex) | +3 | 0 | +3 | -- | Psicraft (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Search (Int) | +1 | 0 | +1 | -- | Sleight of Hand (Dex)* | -- | 0 | +3 | -- |
| Sense Motive (Wis) | +0 | 0 | +0 | -- | Speak Language | -- | 0 | -- | -- |
| Spot (Wis) | +0 | 0 | +0 | -- | Spellcraft (Int) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Survival (Wis) | +0 | 0 | +0 | -- | Tumble (Dex)* | +9 | 6 | +3 | -- |
| Swim (Str)* | +7 | 6 | +1 | -- | Use Magic Device (Cha) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
| Use Rope (Dex) | +9 | 6 | +3 | -- | Use Psionic Device (Cha) | -- | 0 | +1 | -- |
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Carrying Capacity |
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| Light Load | less than 43 lb. | Max Press | 130 lb. |
| Med Load | 44 to 86 lb. | Max Lift | 260 lb. |
| Heavy Load | 87 to 130 lb. | Max Drag | 650 lb. |
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Description |
| Yao is of average height for a Fijian of his age, and is thin and wiry from a physically active lifestyle. He has spent most of his life in the sun and salt-spray, and is darkly tanned, with tangled dreadlocks. His eyes are gray. He wears three earrings in his right ear, marking affiliation with his blood family, his adoptive family, and his ship. His clothes are patched and well-worn, although of good quality. He has a thin, ring-shaped, rust-colored birthmark low on his right hip. |
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History |
| Yao is the third son of a fairly well-to-do fisherman from the floating town of Saim Dzo, on the southwestern coast of Fijium. He was six when his family arranged a trade of sorts, with a cousin-by-marriage of his mother's sister. Yao-tse was sent from the Kemsha family to the Tajau family, in return for the youngest Tajau daughter, who would be betrothed to Yao's eldest brother. Formally adopted by the Tajau family, who lived in a larger port of trade further to the south, Yao grew up around the trading ships, bustling markets, and the 'unofficial' pirate crews that preyed on foreign ships leaving port. A Tajau uncle captained one of these pirate ships, and at the age of twelve, Yao joined the crew. He spent the next five years learning the (literal) ropes. When he was 17, their ship, the Xaoli Basa ('Blue Fin'), was intercepted by a Runlar galleon while in pursuit of a trading vessel, and was caught in a firefight that left the Xaoli with a hole blasted in her hull. Taking on water and crippled, the ship was doomed if the crew could not reach port before the weather turned bad. Unfortunately for everyone on board, a storm blew in, and the Xaoli sank. Much of the crew made it onto life-boats, including Yao, but he lost sight of the other boats during the storm. He died of thirst and a raging infection from a wound in his leg he had acquired in the fight, a week later. |
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Personality |
| Yao is generally good-natured and optimistic. He laughs readily and rarely grows angered or irritable. He, like many Fijians, sees the sequestered, devout life of the mainlanders as an ideal, but a distant one, that he knows he will never have the opportunity to take part in. At the same time, he is happy with his sea-going life, and sees pirating as a deed which (in the end) benefits Fijium by keeping trade prices high and demand up. |
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