>>5174490LEVEL UP!
You have become better than ever at politesse and mercantilism.
When facing a matter where success is not guaranteed or terribly likely, failure has notable consequences, or I’d feel railroady making you fail or cheap forcing a success, I will roll dice: one d20 for each star next to that aptitude. If a couple apply, you will get a bonus d20 as well.
You also have an inherent bonus to disguise attempts when relevant, can use human magic items without your Reptilian race’s usual penalty, and you have a decreased difficulty to rolls wherein you fight an untrained opponent hand-to-hand due to martial arts training.
Having formed a symbiotic pact with the succubus Irinnile, you can also shapeshift (including to create wings or natural weapons), sense and influence emotions and even read surface-level thoughts or enter dreams, puppeteer a limited number of mortals by depositing a fragment of Irinnile into them—right now, you have inflicted this fate upon four agents of the Mages’ tower and a certain dangerous human noble’s chef. You are also seemingly immune to permanent injury as a result of fire and mundane weapons. Your demonic powers are not without a price: Irinnile has a powerful sense of <WANT> at her core. Every time you use her powers or deny her something she desires, the <WANT> grows stronger, increasing the DC of rolls to control her impulses. Thanks to you maintaining your soulbond in spite of romantic difficulties, this isn't as risky as it once was... But could still result in complications. Your current level of <WANT> is DC 16.
In general, DCs are 15, but disguise, magic item use, and favourable melees as discussed have DC 10. Thanks to Irinnile’s powers, you also currently have this reduced DC of 10 for nighttime or shadowy stealth checks, seduction rolls, and single-target illusion or mentalism checks.
Irinnile was not your only love, though. Your ill-fated romance with Edwin of Engel, a bookish human male, has left you with lasting HEARTBREAK that weakens your resolve to live and struggle against the odds. Luckily, Irinnile’s support helps to buoy you up, more than negating this penalty… For now.
You have also gained a one-time invocation of your Dark Gods’ <DIVINE FAVOUR>, and access to their <AKASHIC RECORD> of their mortal agents’ past activities; the DC to access it varies depending upon how long ago the event took place, how far away it occurred, and whether you have a relevant focus.
