Elowen Hale: Pathfinder 2nd Edition

“I have been around long enough to know that returns like this are never free. Nothing in the universe is ever free. There is always a ledger. A balancing. If something, or someone, let Elowen come back, then something may someday collect. I do not know what that means, and I do not like not knowing. She smiles as if the debt has already been paid. I hope she is right. 

But if something comes to collect from that girl, they will have to go through me first.” - Esmé Valethorne

Pathfinder 2nd Edition might not get the hype and play as Pathfinder 1st edition, but in some ways, I think it is better. It can stil play the same sorts of games you can with Pathfinder 1st ed, and of course D&D, but it has a some mechanics I like and many more that interest me.  Plus, I love the world Pathfinder has built.  

Character Background (Pathfinder 2nd Edition)

In this universe, Elowen is marked by the River of Souls. She died before her time, and a power neither divine nor arcane intervened.

Mechanically, she is a Witch, but narratively, she is one of the Returned. She perceives hauntings before they manifest. Undead feel uneasy in her presence. She does not radiate positive energy, but she disturbs the natural flow. I might have her take some levels of Seer later on. I have not decided just yet, I need to read up a little more on the class.

Elowen does not seek power. She studies it because she fears what might have brought her back. She works closely with the witches of West Haven, who understand that resurrection always carries a price. Resurrections of witches, even more so.

Her curse is subtle. At times, her reflection lags behind her movements. At others, she dreams of places she has never been but remembers dying in.  Despite this, she remains hopeful. She believes fate is not fixed. She has seen what lies beyond, and it has made her compassionate rather than cruel.

Elowen Hale
Female Human (versatile) Witch (Hedge Witch), Level 1

Background: Acolyte

Strength 0
Dexterity 0
Constitution 1
Intelligence 4
Wisdom 2
Charisma 2

AC 13
HP 15

Fortitude 4
Reflex 3
Will 7

Skills
Arcana 7, Crafting 4, Deception 5, Diplomacy 5, Lore (Ghosts) 7, Lore (Scribe) 7, Medicine 5, Nature 2, Occultism 7, Performance 5, Religion 5, Society 4, Survival 5

Weapon
Dagger 3, 1d6/1d4

Class DC 17

Feats
Additional Lore, Adapted Cantrip, Student of the Canon

Class Abilities
Attribute Boosts, Witch Initial Proficiencies, Witch Skill Training, Patron, Familiar "Mirepoix" (calico cat), Spellcasting (Occult), Hex Spells, Witch Lessons, Heightened Spells, Cantrips, Hexes, Spinner of Threads. 

Spells
Cantrips: Disrupt Undead, Daze, Detect Magic, Light, Prestidigitation, Read Aura, Shield, Telekinetic Hand, Telekinetic Projectile, Void Warp
First Circle: Sure Strike, Dizzying Colors, Enfeeble, Fear, Ill Omen, Mystic Armor

Focus Spells
Nudge Fate, Phase Familiar

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This was one of the other main rule sets that helped me define who Elowen was. Here in Pathfinder, she is an Occult-based Hedge Witch. Like Larina has said, Elowen isn't going to raise storms or even summon armies of the dead to fight. She will be a beacon to guide others home, and if she summons up an army of the dead, well, it will be so she can show them to their afterlife and give them peace. 

Of the two versions, Tales of the Valiant and this one, I am not sure which one I like the best.