Born prematurely while her parent's trading caravan was leaving the small Emerald Shire village of Woodsedge, along the road bordering the sea-fronted Emerald Forest, the eastern foothills of the Ruby Mountains, towards the Amazonite tribal lands and the Free City of Peridot, Zyindra was exceptional from the beginning. As her mother struggled with the premature birth in the back of her parent's covered wagon, nearby in the scrub brush, a young vixen was also giving birth, to a single kit. Born within moments of each other, the human girl's first cry was the first sound that kit ever heard, and as her eyes opened, glowing with golden green hue, that same light was reflected in the kit's eyes.

Startled and more than a bit terrified by what they had seen of their daughter, her parents abandoned her on the road, expecting the elements to claim the unnatural and freakish child and wanting nothing to do with her. They were never seen again. The child, however, was soon discovered by halflings of Woodsedge, and the warm, caring, community-centered people of that village took her in gladly, not only saving her life but giving her the best young life they could.

Young Zyindra wanted for very little. She was an open, happy child, given often to wandering around the village, trying to 'help' the people and the animals she encountered. It was not long before the toddler would encounter a young fox at the outskirts of the village, and she could often be found struggling to hold him and carry him, or giggling wildly while chasing after him as best her little feet could carry her. Bright and inquisitive, she always did all she could to learn about all of the people in the village, their tasks, and the world around them, including the languages and stories of visitors.

Zyindra's natural, inborn talent for magic was learned by her long hours spent with Sabbath, the fox she befriended in those tenderly young years. She would often exhibit tiny hints of her talents, but never anything so strong that she frightened her 'foster family' - namely, the entire village of Woodsedge.

Zyindra's demonstration of talent with healing and care for the sick would lead her eventually to apprentice herself to the masters of the Cult of John the Barber, a sect of the Church of Emerald focused on learning the arts of healing by studying the body, believing as much in scientific study of anatomy, physiology and (crude) biochemistry as in faith. Here the crude beginnings of poultice and herbal tea making she had learned in the village grew to a fascination with the mysteries of alchemy in their fullest extent, and she learned ever more about healing the sick. She also began to learn more about magic beyond just what she studied from her communions with Sabbath, who accompanied her to the Cult and remained ever with her, never far from his mistress. Sabbath was her one truest friend, the touch of comfort and the familiar as she left the village, not wanting to be a burden to them as she realized she would never truly belong as a part of the village long term, given her differences.

After several years with the Cult of John the Barber, Zyindra left, finding no call within herself to the Faith of Emerald, despite her deep and profound calling to heal and help others. She began then to wander from town to town, village to village, city and land without seeming end. As comfortable in the wilds as in the villages, she helped all those that she could in her journeys. She pursued the quiet, sometimes lonely path of the witch, learning all she could along the way. Her innate curiosity and urge to help others would lead her to often lend aid to others, aiding the sick or injured, and trying to solve various small mysteries as she encountered them along her travels, where the answers might help those she found in need.

Character Sheet

Attributes

STR 12 (+1) • DEX 15 (+2) • CON 13 (+1) • INT 18 (+4) • WIS 17 (+3) • CHA 12 (+1)

Hit Points 7 • Initiative +2 • Speed 30 ft (land) • Inspiration Points: 4

Defenses & Attacks

Armor Class 12 • Touch 12 • Flat-Footed 10 • CMD 13 • Flat-Footed CMD 11

Armor: XYZ • AC Bonus +0 • Max DEX NA • Armor Check Penalty 0 • Spell Failure 0%

Fortitude Save +1 • Reflex Save +2 (+4 w/ fox) • Will Save +5

Base Attack Bonus +0 • Melee Attack +1 • Ranged Attack +2 • CMB +1

XYZ • Attack Bonus +1 • Damage xdy + STR • Crit 20/x2 • Type Piercing
ABC • Attack Bonus +2 • Damage xdy • Crit 20/x2 • Range X ft • Type Piercing

Skills

Craft (Alchemy) +14
Diplomacy +1 (+2 for gathering information)
Heal +8
Knowledge (Arcana) +8
Knowledge (History) +8
Knowledge (Local) +9
Knowledge (Nature) +8
Perception +3 (+5 when within arm's length of your familiar)
Sense Motive +3 (+5 when within arm's length of your familiar)
Spellcraft +8
Use Magic Device +5

Proficiencies

Weapons: Simple Weapons
Armor/Shields: None

Traits, Drawbacks and Feats

Adopted (Trait): You were raised by Halflings and gain a Halfling trait at first level (you picked Well-Informed).
Alchemical Adept (Trait): You gain a +2 trait bonus on all Craft (alchemy) checks. You never ruin raw materials upon failure unless you roll a natural 1.
Caretaker (Trait): You gain a +1 trait bonus on Heal checks and Heal is always a class skill for you.
Well-Informed (Trait): You gain a +1 trait bonus on Diplomacy to gather information and on Knowledge (local) checks. Knowledge (local) is always a class skill for you.

Attached (Drawback): Whenever your familiar is in threatened, in danger, or in someone else's possession you suffer a -1 penalty on Will saves and a -2 penalty on saves vs fear effects. If your familiar is ever lost or killed, exchange this drawback for the Doubt drawback.

Alertness (Class Feature Feat): When within arm's length of your familiar you gain +2 on Perception and Sense Motive checks.
Brew Potion (Class Feature Feat): You can create a potion of any 3rd level or lower spell that you know and that targets one or more creatures or objects. Brewing a potion takes 2 hours if the base price is 250 gp or less or one day for each 1,000 gp in the base price. When you create a potion you set the caster level, which must be sufficient to cast the spell in question. The cost in raw materials is one half the base price.

Amateur Investigator (Feat): You gain an Inspiration Pool equal to your INT modifier. You can spend 1 Inspiration Point as a free action to add 1d6 to the result of a Knowledge, Linguistics or Spellcraft check so long as you are trained in the skill. You may spend the point even if you are taking 10 or 20 on the check. You spend the point after the check is rolled but before the results are revealed. You can only spend an Inspiration Point once per day per skill. Your Inspiration Pool refreshes each morning.
Extra Hex (Feat): Gain 1 extra hex class power. You chose Healing Touch.

Racial Abilities

+1 Skill Point per level
+1 Feat at 1st level
+2 to any attribute at 1st level

Class Abilities

Spells: You can cast arcane spells. You must choose and prepare your spells ahead of time. To know/cast a spell you must have an INT score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against your spells is 10 + the spell's level + your INT modifier. You must prepare your spells ahead of time by getting 8 hours of sleep and communing with your familiar for 1 hour. See the Witch's Familiar trait for the number of spells your familiar has stored for you to pick from when preparing. Currently you can prepare/cast 2 1st level spells per day.
Cantrips: You can prepare 0 level spells as described above. Prepared 0 level spells can be cast an unlimited number of times each day (though no more than once per round). You can currently prepare 3 cantrips each day.
Hex: You have learned magical tricks called hexes that grant you power. Unless otherwise noted, a hex is a standard action and does not provoke an attack of opportunity. The save to resist a hex is equal to 10 + 1/2 your witch level + your INT modifier.
- Cauldron (Ex): You receive Brew Potion as a bonus feat and a +4 insight bonus on Craft (alchemy) checks.
- Healing (Su): You can soothe wounds by touch. This acts as a Cure Light Wounds spell using your witch level. Once a creature has benefited from your Healing hex it cannot benefit from it again for 24 hours. At 5th level the hex upgrades and acts as a Cure Moderate Wounds spell.
Witch's Familiar: You have formed a close bond with a familiar, an animal that guides you and teaches you magic. At 1st level, your familiar stores all possible 0 level spells plus 3 + your INT modifier 1st level spells. At each new witch level, your familiar can store two new spells of any spell level which you can cast from the Witch spell list. It is also possible to teach your familiar new spells from a scroll (assuming the spell is on the Witch spell list). Your familiar may also learn spells from another familiar. In addition, due to your familiar you gain the following benefits:
- While the familiar is within arm's length you gain the Alertness feat.
- You may cast spells with a target of "You" on your familiar as a touch spell.
- You share an empathic link with your familiar that extends to a 1 mile radius. Only general emotions can be shared.
- Your familiar gives you a special ability (+2 bonus on Reflex saves).

Equipent

Item	Weight	Location
Dagger	1 lb	Belt, left
Quarterstaff	4 lbs	Held, left
Alchemy Basics	1 lbs	backpack
backpack	2 lbs	Worn, both shoulders
bedrol	5 lbs	Tied beneath the backpack
belt pouch	0.5 lbs	Belt, right
flint & steel		belt pouch
ink		backpack
pen		backpack
iron pot (cauldron)	5 lbs	backpack
mess kit	1 lbs	inside iron pot
soap		backpack
5 torches	5 lbs	backpack
5 days rations		backpack
waterskin	4 lbs	left shoulder
Formula Book	3 lbs	backpack
Healer's Kit (stocked herself)	1 lbs	backpack
Midwife's Kit (stocked herself)	2 lbs	backpack
Surgeon's Tools (case embossed with Icon for John the Barber)	5 lbs	healer's kit
Spell Component Pouch	2 lbs	waist
Cold Weather Outfit	7 lbs	backpack
Explorer's Outfit	8 lbs	backpack
10 Candles		backpack
10 Chalk		backpack
Chalkboard	2 lbs	backpack
iron skillet	2 lbs	inside iron pot
ladle	1 lbs	inside iron pot
skewer		inside iron pot
wooden cutting board	1 lbs	backpack
cutting knife	1 lbs	inside iron pot
iron tripod for the pot	1 lb	backpack
packet of tinder		belt pouch
selection of seasonings		belt pouch
50 foot of rope	10 lbs	tied around backpack
Sack	0.5 lbs	right shoulder
Shaving Kit	0.5 lbs	backpack
Sealing Wax	1 lb	backpack
Antidote Kit (stocked herself)	3 lbs	Healer's kit
2gp, 18sp		belt pouch

Spells

Zyindra
Class	Witch (Patron: Healing)
Archetype	Hedge Witch
Level	1
Race	Human
Experience Points	0
Details
Full Name	Zyindra
Age	18
Alignment	Neutral Good
Homeland	Emerald Shire
Favored Class	Witch

C	M	Name	Comp	Components	Range	AoE	Duration	Save	SR	Notes
C	M	Name	Cast	Components	Range	AoE	Duration	Save	SR	Notes
		Arcane Mark	1 standard action	V, S	touch	one personal rune or mark, all of which must fit within 1 sq. ft.	Duration permanent	none	no	Magically inscribe rune, mark, 6 char, vis or invis
		Bleed	1 standard action	V, S	close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)	one living creature	instantaneous	Will negates	yes	Causes stabilized to begin bleeding to death
		Dancing Lights	1 standard action	V, S	medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)	Up to four lights, all within a 10-ft.-radius area	1 minute (D)	none	no	Made lights
		Daze	1 standard action	V, S, M (a pinch of wool or similar substance)	close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)	one humanoid creature of 4 HD or less	1 round	Will negates	yes	clouds the mind of a humanoid creature with 4 or fewer Hit Dice so that it takes no actions
		Detect Magic	1 standard action	V, S	60 ft.	cone-shaped emanation	concentration, up to 1 min./level (D)	none	no	1st Round: Presence or absence of magical auras, 2nd Round: Number of different magical auras and the power of the most potent aura 3rd Round: The strength and location of each aura. Knowledge (arcana) to determine school of magic (One check per aura: DC 15 + spell level, or 15 + 1/2 caster level for a nonspell effect.)
		Detect Poison	1 standard action	V, S	close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)	one creature, one object, or a 5-ft. cube	instantaneous	none	no	determine exact type of poison with a DC 20 Wisdom check
		Guidance	1 standard action	V, S	touch	creature touched	1 minute or until discharged	Will negates (harmless)	yes	+1 competence bonus on a single attack roll, saving throw, or skill check
		Light	1 standard action	V, M/DF (a firefly)	touch	object touched	10 min./level	none	no	20-foot radius from the point touched
		Mending	10 minutes	V, S	10 ft.	one object of up to 1 lb./level	instantaneous	Will negates	yes	restoring 1d4 hit points
		Message	1 standard action	V, S, F (a piece of copper wire)	medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)	one creature/level	10 min./level	none	no	whisper messages, receive whispered replies, nearby can hear with a DC 25 Perception check
		Purify Food and Water	1 standard action	V, S	10 ft.	1 cu. ft./level of contaminated food and water	instantaneous	Will negates	yes	spoiled, rotten, diseased, poisonous, or contaminated food and water pure and suitable for eating and drinking
		Read Magic	1 standard action	V, S, F (a clear crystal or mineral prism)	personal	you	10 min./level	decipher magical inscriptions on objects
		Resistance	1 standard action	V, S, M/DF (a miniature cloak)	touch	creature touched	1 minute	Will negates (harmless)	yes (harmless)	granting it a +1 resistance bonus on saves
		Spark	1 standard action	V or S	close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)	one Fine object	instantaneous	Fortitude negates (object)	yes (object)	unattended Fine flammable object catch on fire
		Stabilize	1 standard action	V,S	close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)	one living creature	instantaneous	Will negates (harmless)	yes (harmless)	automatically stabilized and does not lose any further hit points
		Touch of Fatigue	1 standard action	V, S, M (a drop of sweat)	touch	creature touched	1 round/level	Fortitude negates	yes	immediately fatigued for the spell's duration
		Cure Light Wounds	1 standard action	V, S	touch	creature touched	instantaneous	Will half (harmless)	yes (harmless)	cures 1d8 points of damage +1 point per caster level (maximum +5)
		Diagnose Disease	1 standard action	V, S	close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)	one creature, one object, or a 5-ft. cube	instantaneous	none	no	any sort of disease or infestation (including molds, slimes, and similar hazards), or any exceptional or supernatural effects causing the sickened or nauseated effects, +4 bonus on Heal checks
		Ear-Piercing Scream	1 standard action	V, S	close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)	one creature	instantaneous for damage; 1 round for dazed condition.	Fortitude partial (see text)	yes	dazed for 1 round and takes 1d6 points of sonic damage per two caster levels (maximum 5d6). A successful save negates the daze effect and halves the damage
		Identify	1 standard action	V, S, M (wine stirred with an owl's feather)	60 ft.	cone-shaped emanation	3 rounds/level (D)	none	no	functions as detect magic, +10 enhancement bonus on Spellcraft checks made to identify the properties and command words of magic items in your possession
		Mage Armor	1 standard action	V, S, F (a piece of cured leather)	touch	creature touched	1 hour/level (D)	Will negates (harmless)	no	+4 armor bonus to AC
		Sanctify Corpse	1 standard action	V, S, DF, M (a pinch of silver dust)	touch	corpse touched	24 hours	none	no	preventing it from being turned into an undead creature
		Sleep	1 round	V, S, M (fine sand, rose petals, or a live cricket)	medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)	one or more living creatures within a 10-ft.-radius burst	1 min./level	Will negates	yes	4 HD of creatures