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A poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation that only about 50 percent of uninsured, non-elderly Americans understand the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the tax credits for people with low and middle incomes. According to the poll, 31 percent of people believed that the law would help them, while 14 percent thought the law would hurt them and 47 thought that it would not affect them.
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Former Republican Senate Majority Leader and Heart Surgeon Bill Frist indicated that he believes that the Affordable Care Act will not be repealed, even if the individual mandate provision, which requires that a person purchase minimum health coverage or face a modest monetary penalty beginning in 2014, is determined to be unconstitutional. He stated, "It's going to survive…it's not going to fail."
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The foursome makes an odd party, but the castle suits them. The unfolding of the relationship between these strangers is poignant and moving. When men enter the scene, scandal and betrayal erupt as secrets are told. The play, produced at the Caldwell in its Florida premiere, is naturally witty and poetic. The castle set is breathtakingly believable, and every actor is true-to-life.
Spear is priceless, turning from a flighty victim to a natural and exuberant leader of the group, more glowingly enthusiastic than Pollyanna. Turnbull, whose character Lotty refers to as "the disappointed Madonna," is equally magnificent, evolving from a repressed wife into a blooming young woman ready to accept love. Reilly and Nesbit play character roles, but both show growth, especially Nesbit, skillfully employing body language, speech, and a tight-lipped smile to unveil Mrs. Graves's more vulnerable side. Dennis Creaghan wonderfully portrays Mr. Wilton, a man who appreciates impressionistic art more than his wife. Jacqueline Knapp is funny as the Italian-speaking maid Costanza; Bruce Linser charms as the dapper young landlord who brings out the best in everyone.

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City College of New York Professor of Spanish Araceli Tinajero is the co-editor with J. Brian Freeman of "Technology and Culture in Twentieth Century Mexico." The book, published by the University of Alabama Press, departs from popular scholarly themes associated with Mexico such as tradition and culture.
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German journalist and author Hannes Stein, writer Jeffrey Yoskowitz and musicians Sruli & Lisa are among the speakers and performers in the third annual Michael & Irene Ross Lecture & Special Events Series at The City College of New York. The events are held 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 5/202, North Academic Center. The series starts October 3 and runs through November 21; no event is scheduled for November 7.
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Book Chapter
Haseman, Bradley & Mafe, Daniel
Acquiring know-how : research training for practice-led researchers.
Smith, Hazel & Dean, Roger (Eds.) Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice in the Creative Arts.
Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, pp. 211-228.
Haseman, Bradley C.
Performance as research in Australia : legitimating epistemologies.
Riley, Shannon Rose & Hunter, Lynette (Eds.) Mapping Landscapes for Performance as Research : Scholarly Acts and Creative Cartographies.
Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom, Hampshire, Basingstoke, pp. 51-61.
Haseman, Bradley C.
Rupture and recognition : identifying the performative research paradigm.
Barrett, Estelle & Bolt, Barbara (Eds.) Practice As Research : Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry.
I.B. Tauris, United Kingdom, London, pp. 147-157.
Haseman, Bradley C.
Creative practices.
Hartley, John (Ed.) Creative industries.
Blackwell Publishing, United States of America, Massachusetts, Malden, pp. 158-176.
Haseman, Bradley C., Keane, Michael A., & Wissler, Rodney C.
Wissler, Rodney C., Haseman, Bradley C., Wallace, Sue-Anne, & Keane, Michael A. (Eds.) Innovation in Australian Arts, Media and Design.
Post Pressed, Flaxton, Qld, pp. 258-269.
Haseman, Bradley C.
Research training for the arts, media, and design.
Wissler, Rodney C., Haseman, Bradley, Wallace, Sue-Ann, & Keane, Michael (Eds.) Innovation in Australian arts, media, design : fresh challenges for the tertiary sector.
Post Pressed, Australia, Queensland, Flaxton, pp. 181-193.
Haseman, Bradley C
The 'Leaderly' Process Drama and the Artistry of 'Rip, Mix and Burn'.
Rasmussen, B. & Ostern, A. (Eds.) Playing Betwixt and Between: The IDEA Dialogues 2001.
IDEA Publications and Between: The IDEA Dialogues 2001, Bergen, Norway, pp. 226-233.
Journal Article
Haseman, Bradley C. & Österlind, Eva
A lost opportunity : a review of Art for Art's Sake? The Impact of Arts Education [Review].
Research in Drama Education : The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 19(4), pp. 409-413.
Haseman, Bradley, Baldwin, Andrea, & Linthwaite, Hayley
Folk opera : stories crossing borders in Papua New Guinea.
Research in Drama Education : the journal of applied theatre and performance, 19(1), pp. 98-109.
Wright, Peter, Davies, Christina, Haseman, Brad, Down, Barry, White, Mike, & Rankin, Scott
Arts practice and disconnected youth in Australia : impact and domains of change.
Arts & Health : An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 5(3), pp. 190-203.
Baldwin, Andrea & Haseman, Bradley
Life Drama : an arts education response to social and cultural challenges in Papua New Guinea.
Asia Pacific Journal of Arts Education, 11(1), pp. 1-16.
Haseman, Brad & Winston, Joe
'Why be interested?' Aesthetics, applied theatre and drama education.
Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 15(4), pp. 465-475.
Haseman, Bradley C., Crethar, Meagan P., Phillips, Jan N., & Stafford, Paul J.
Practising inspired leadership : the use of applied theatre 'prophetical' in the Executive Leadership Development Program for Queensland Health.
Australian Health Review, 33(3), pp. 377-381.
McWilliam, Erica L., Hearn, Gregory N., & Haseman, Bradley C.
Transdisciplinarity for creative futures : what barriers and opportunities?
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 45(3), pp. 247-253.
Haseman, Bradley C.
Tightrope writing : creative writing programs in the RQF environment.
TEXT: journal of writing and writing courses, 11(1), pp. 1-15.
Haseman, Bradley C.
A manifesto for performative research.
Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy: quarterly journal of media research and resources, pp. 98-106.
Haseman, Bradley C.
Cooking Drama and Drama Education in the global kitchen.
NJ (Drama Australia Journal), 28(2), pp. 15-24.
Haseman, Bradley C.
The 'Creative Industry' of Designing and Contemporary Drama Curriculum.
Melbourne Studies in Education, 43(2), pp. 119-129.
Haseman, Bradley C.
Improvisation, process drama and dramatic art.
The Drama Magazine, July, pp. 19-21.
Conference Paper
Haseman, Bradley, Baldwin, Andrea, & Linthwaite, Hayley
Folk opera : stories crossing borders in Papua New Guinea. In
Finneran, Michael (Ed.)
International Drama in Education Research Institute, 10-15 July 2012, Limerick, Ireland. (Unpublished)
Jaaniste, Luke O. & Haseman, Bradley C.
Practice-led research and the innovation agenda : beyond the postgraduate research degree in the arts, design and media. In
Woodrow, Ross (Ed.)
ACUADS 2009 Conference : Interventions in the Public Domain, ACUADS, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland.
Haseman, Bradley C. & Rasmussen, Bjorn
Researching the possibilities for knowing in process drama. In
Shu, Jack, Chan, Phoebe, McCammon, Laura, Owens, Allan, & Greenwood, Janinka (Eds.)
Planting Trees of Drama with Global Vision in Local Knowledge: IDEA 2007 Dialogues, IDEA Publications, Hong Kong Drama/Theatre and Education Forum, Hong Kong, pp. 478-489.
Haseman, Bradley
Card Sharps - Playing Our Creativity: Reflective Keynote. In
Jeanneret, N & Gardiner, G (Eds.)
Backing Our Creativity: National Education and the Arts Symposium Proceedings, 12 - 14 September 2005, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne.
Creative Work
Baldwin, Andrea, Haseman, Brad, Linthwaite, Hayley, Awi, Jane, Hickling-Hudson, Anne R., Parker, Elizabeth A., et al.
Evolution of life drama program.
Makeham, Paul B., Gattenhof, Sandra J., & Haseman, Bradley C.
TAFE Governance Transitions Prophetical.
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Private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed) and costs USD 20 per day.
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The resort is located in a lovely area filled with palm trees and a sprawling ocean view. If you are a "red level" guest you get access to a private, adults only pool with free bali beds.
For a "five star" resort, you'd expect great treatment from the staff. Not our experience – from the woman who checked us in, to the staff at the restaurants, to the staff at the pool, EVERYONE was rude and paid you no attention. Additionally, the facility itself – the rooms, the restaurants are fairly outdated and not very clean. The food options are decent but overpriced and fairly limited. A beautiful location, but spend your money elsewhere.
Breakfast was good.
Paying as much as I did, figured the rooms would be much more comfortable and upscale. The tv was small and no pay per view. The cable was staticky. The room was bland. For as lavish as the rest of the hotel was, I expected more from the room. There needs to be more information about the hotel, nobody seemed to know where the hotel was. Or weren't even aware of the hotels existence.
Position of hotel wonderfull and Red Level ammenaties essential.Red Level pool and staff especially Tony and Rubén very helpful.the 2 restaurants were very nice but deserted in the evenings.A hire car became a must at £100 a day or an outside restaurant to send a taxi for a change of scenery.Management needs to be more forward lookin and arrange evenings better for the customers.
Evenings.Felt cut off from the world with 2 resturants and evenings good but not not enough variety.Not even a piano or light music except Friday and Saturday disco music far to load and about a dozen people to listen.Taxis non existent because hotel is to far away.A good idea would be to have a hotel shuttle to take at least down to highway 3 to catch a taxi to local Resturaunts or towns.So many various prices to stay at hotel.We came from the UK and according to other guest we were ripped off USA guests paid half what we did
Everything especially the Red Level service and prices at thr restaurants were moderate.
Alot of tips everywere!!
not much to say here... the resort itself is beautiful beach is small..pool area very crowded and only 3-4 umbrellas for guests
Customer service is awful The resort did not want to honor the credit that was posted on the site ($500-900) but thanks to Booking I was able to get it (the credit is still a scam...you can only use part of the credit as you spend more money in the resort) you feel imprisoned since everything is far and the taxis are under contract with resort and fixed rates (exorbitant) the food (B/L/D)is average but their prices are way above average If you don't have a room close to the pool/front desk, you will need to call a cart daily (which you need to call for!) to pick you up there is more, but no need to bore you with it
Friendly, helpful staff. Gorgeous hotel grounds and facilities.
Food etc expensive and charged to park car on site.
The beach was pristine and virtually empty- everyone and all the kids were at the pool area. There are so many hammocks and chaises on the beach...it was like being on a private island. The bars and atmosphere- the bali beds in the lounge, the gorgeous grounds- all incredible. We like to walk, so we didn't even wait for golf cart service. We did a little snorkeling in the turtle grass protected reef in the ocean. The staff was very polite. The resort is luxurious. We had a regular room and it was lovely and very large. I can't see why anyone would pay for the Red rooms- the Red pool is dull.
Check out was very very slow. They promised to email me a copy of my receipt and did not. I didn't find check-in to be slow. The valet car service provider was nice but confused. (There is plenty of self parking at 15.00 a day with in and out.)
The location, room sizes and privately
Lack of activities, lack of restaurants choices,high cost of food and drinks and lack of live entertainments.
The courtesy of the staff. The room was cleaned, well equipped, and all the kitchen utensils were cleaned. The response to room service requests was very good.
The big pool is really good, specially when you stay with young kids. But it is time for the hotel to schedule a major overhaul to it, specially the floor. I do not know the reason but the water supply/return nozzles were not functioning to a 100%
Beach Front Location (notice that it's not really a proper beach. You can only swim up to the knees. After that it's full of algae) Suites are quite big and the resort (even if it's not a true 5 star) is pleasant.
Customer Care services are simply unacceptable. They are unable to deliver, independently what basic services are you requesting (like a plate of fruit, missing towels, whatever) - notice that we had the red level room (beach front-line) where you are supposed to get a more "dedicate service". Too Expensive Vs Other similar \ or even lower category hotels (I would like to underline again, the extreme poor service provided). Beach Restaurant (the only one with "fast food" closes at 6pm). Other restaurants are too expensive (especially, if you are looking to eat a burger, salad, soup, etc.). While I did enjoy the location, you need to have a car. Too far away to walk and taxis are quite pricey. Excursions are very expensive (even comparing with other hotels). Overall, NEVER, NEVER AGAIN.
The service was very slow but the people were nice.
The 24 hour pool was so dirty. The beach needs to be clean. There is too much seaweed. My check on experience was horrible. I called a week before so I could be prepared. The $100 deposit for each night was a big much.
The grounds are beautiful. Nice beach chairs and hammocks. Great views; nice landscaping. The little store on-site is very helpful.
Rooms are dirty; hotel might have been "luxury"15 years ago but now the furnishings are beat up, run down. Ice machine never worked. I had 2 bad meals at their restaurants. One was so bad I sent it back - but was still charged.
Facilities are beautiful and beach is right in frnont of the hotel.
Prices in restaurants are too expensive.
Prior to arrival we read reviews which made is nervous. Such comments as unfriendly staff and facility not clean. My wife and I found the staff to be very friendly and most accommodating! Wonderful experience and would recommend upgrading to red level.
It is a very relaxing place!
The price was high when I arrived I found out that I have to pay $100 pe day as a guarantee and I was never noticed about it.
This was our second time there in 6 months. We love Gran Melia.
Good facilities, room cleaned thoroughly on daily basis, good size room.Japanese & Italian restaurants were very good , breakfast was typical international buffet. Bar was good but cocktails were expensive, as they are in all International hotels on PR.
Resort Oncosts, pricey bar bill, service not great in general & room service ridiculous. Took 25mins to get Room service to answer the phone & then told it would be 1hr 10 mins to wait. Needless to say we managed without Room service , so can't comment on the quality of the food! Had been forewarned by other reviews but the beds are really soft. So soft my husband asked for mattress to put on floor as was unable to sleep in the bed. But they did bring the mattress very quickly with additional bed linen.
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The Russian and Chinese stance has strongly projected that the Syrian crisis can be resolved only by the people of that country and the role of the international community should be confined to facilitating a national dialogue between and amongst the Syrian groups and the government.
The latest Russian and Chinese veto has been prompted by the western draft resolution invoking Chapter 7 of the UN Charter which allows the Council to authorize actions ranging from economic and diplomatic sanctions to military intervention. Evidently, the resolution, if passed, could have opened the door for a Libya-style western intervention in Syria.
What comes as an absolute stunner is that India voted in favor of the resolution. Equally, India has taken a rather dubious stance to justify its vote — namely, that the Indian vote in favor of the resolution was "to facilitate a united action by the Security Council in support of the efforts of the Joint Special Envoy [Kofi Annan]." This is a specious plea ridden with sophistry.
India's Statement in Explanation of the Vote read out by Ambassador Hardeep Puri a few hours ago at the Security Council plainly ignores that the western resolution invoked Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. In short, India fudged the core issue by ignoring it and sidestepping it in order to vote in favor of the resolution anyway.
This is a vote which is not consistent with India's opposition to foreign military intervention to settle internal conflicts. Until recently, India would have opposed tooth and nail such a move on J&K. The Indian vote is particularly controversial since the LIbya analogy is in full view and what happened in Libya following the NATO intervention was a bloodbath.
Also, India cannot be unaware that like in Libya, the West's agenda is "regime change" in Syria and the civil war conditions in that country have been orchestrated through covert intervention by various countries.
Why has India taken such a patently dishonest, unprincipled and highly opportunistic stance? The answer is clear: India wants to be on the "right side of history", as US secretary fo state Hillary Clinton would have exhorted. Plainly put, India has decided to take an open stance on the side of the US-Israel-Saudi-Qatari axis in the geopolitics of the Middle East.
What explains this Faustian deal may never be fully known — unless, perhaps, there is a change of government after the general elections in 2014 — given the abysmal levels of corruption prevalent today in public life under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's watch. Suffice to say, the Indian stance is certainly not borne out of ideology. Ironically, this is all happening at a time when the establishment pundits are proclaiming India's (re)discovery of "Non-Alignment.2″.
A footnote is also in order. The two countries which abstained during today's voting were South Africa and Pakistan. That is to say, out of the 4 BRICS countries currently represented in the Security Council, India has been the lone exception in identifying with the western resolution on Syria. Pakistan's abstention is a principled position; it cannot condone something that it wouldn't like being done to it. India should have followed Pakistan's footsteps.
If a western intervention indeed takes place in Syria, which seems increasingly likely, India will have blood on its hands — and on what remains of its conscience as an ancient civlisation that has experienced the horrors of colonial rule.
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Ashwin says
India wants Syria also to be a Democratic Country like India and want Syria also to go to Dogs like India under democratic pattern Govt. Several reports say, though Col Qadhaffi ruled Libya with an Iron hand, he has done a lot to his people in
ashok kumar says
Certainly its not a good move by India..Its against our very old tradition. Its like destroying our identity and culture.
Zahid Iftikhar says
Unfortunately principles take a back seat when confronted with strategy. I am glad that Pakistan's abstention goes against NATO powers.
I have thought for quite some time that change is inevitable in Syria. Alawite-led regime was never popular. I would not mind them going away, if real democracy comes in Syria. But let it be a Syrian affair, not a NATO one. I just do not trust NATO powers.
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Suffice to say, the Indian stance is certainly not borne out of ideology.
—————————Non-alignment policy and NAM movement policy are two distinct policy. NAM movement policies emerged out of freedom movement against colonial history. Non-alignment arose from the long term need to be an independent power commensurate with the size and civilization status.
Earlier the two policies often coalesced when it came to deployment of these policies in real world. Since 1998, the policy differentiation have become more discernible. The mature Chinese response to N-test, saw India opening up its economic linkage with China which has thereafter undergone spectacular growth. The contours of non-alignment policy implementation becomes easier to interpret if seen as efforts towards attaining independent pole status, while prioritizing development needs and safeguarding against real strategic threats.
Non-alignment can no more be constrained by imperatives of NAM movement bonding, and even less by Left of Center ideology which in an earlier era had conditioned NAM movement to a required tilt against their former colonial masters.
In Syrian case, deepening of democracy such that majority voices get heard; and also avoiding the looming civil war scenario has got precedence. In the absence of effective and timely measures, the alternative may be not just strife but emergence of a far steeper sectarian forces. The Security Council as a whole would be seen as acting responsibly from different vantages. Indian stance need not be interpreted as dilution of Non-alignment.
Coming together of Indian and US perspectives, with their congruence in Constitutional values and increasingly overlapping security needs is a welcome sign, if not always inevitable.
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i am unaware that anybody, china and russia themself, or outside commenters have read 'moral grounds' into their position. their position is based on LEGAL grounds. russia has made clear it doesn't have a problem with the assad/military regime going away. it doesn't approve of GCC autocrat-funded islamist militants taking over the regime by military force… leaving the unarmed civilian population which isn't thrilled about either 'side' left outside in the dark.
i'm not sure about the relevance of bringing up 'corruption' – since 'realpolitiks' was already brought up, why is corruption necessary or relevant to bring up?
navi_reyd says
India did right by voting in favour of the resolution. China and Russia vetoed the resolution, not on moral grounds, but ONLY because of their "interests" in Syria. But leftists be a little patient,, "The Ides Of March" are coming for Assad and his thugs. After Syria is free, it will be Iran's turn!
Ibne Ashfaque says
Mr. Bhadrakumar can't you see that Ghandhian India is slowly and surely moving closer into NATO's tight embrace. My hearts goes out for the millions of Indians surviving on less than a dollar per day as they will ultimately pay the price of this relationship.
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So, my gaming group has been building characters for several months right now, in the spirit of the old CO boards. There isn't much activity here, but in an effort to spur some extra discussion, I'll be sharing some of my work here on a weekly basis, aiming for a Friday posting. I welcome discussion of all sorts, so feel free to rip this to shreds, suggest improvements, or just *yoink* it wholesale for your games. (If you do, I'd love to hear about it.)
My group consists of two familiar names from the old CO board (Radical Taoist and DisposableHero_) along with three others (Andarious, Sionnis, and Seishi); whenever I showcase a build, I'll identify its lead author in the immediate preamble (just before the build's title). By no means should you assume I did all of these on my own – in fact, on some, my only contribution was to write up this post!
All of these builds, unless noted otherwise, assume 28 point buy and fractional base attack / saves (Unearthed Arcana; this dramatically simplifies the math and usually doesn't impact things much otherwise. If a build relies on fractional to work, I'll list a non-fractional variant as well); any expansion books and variant rules involved will be clearly identified, along with variants we've considered. I tend to do snapshots at significant levels, showing the rationale being specific choices and highlighting capabilities at key levels, rather than just presenting a giant table and summary and leaving it to you to figure out how to play them.
With that out of the way, let's get started. This week we start with a build on which I did the heavy lifting, but the basic inspiration came from RadicalTaoist and Andarious.
The cycle continues. Ashardalon had sought power since time immemorial. Not even the great druid Dydd could slay him - merely set him back. And, it turns out, Dydd's descendants couldn't finish the job - for following his defeat at the Bastion of Souls, Ashardalon exists today as a vestige of his former power.
The funny thing about the Bastion is the amount of raw incarnum that flows through it. That was why Ashardalon chose it for his plans. It may also have been his salvation. For not only did his consciousness find a new... lack of existence... as a vestige, his soul's passing corrupted countless threads of incarnum with his dark influence. And one of those threads seems destined to become the soul of another of Dydd's descendents - a child of those who dealt the final blow within the Bastion of Broken Souls. A child born with a soul far more dangerous than his own... a soul which hungers for power and burns with greed...
The cycle continues.
I will swallow your soul
Required Books: Magic of Incarnum, Tome of Magic, Dragon Magic, Drow of the Underdark (for Imperious Command and the Fearsome enhancement), Complete Champion (for Death Devotion), PHB2 (for retraining - optional).
Unearthed Arcana used: Bloodlines. This isn't actually negotiable; if you can't use bloodlines, this build will mostly work (except one feat choice), but it'll be seriously castrated. Note that this uses the RAW interpretation of how bloodlines work with pact magic, and follows a strict RAW translation of when you can buy off the bloodlines. You CAN buy them off later; if you aren't playing 1-20 it won't make that much of a difference over time, but the sooner the better.
Background: The basic mechanical concept here was to play around with Death Devotion at first. Over time a couple other approaches - RT's idea to use a Tenebrous-pact binder to get more Death Devotion uses to power it while having access to Focalor or Chupoclops to provide save-hosing auras, and Andarious' idea to play around with the Dragon Magic soulmelds to create a terrifying dragon totemist - merged together and created this monstrosity. It wasn't until I realized that it allowed a pretty strong way of blending dragon and demon together, along with a strong direct influence from the Ashardalon vestige, that every element of the lore fit together as well as it did. So I rejiggered a few things with that in mind and came up with a rather compelling villain - or antihero - build, which remains versatile and flexible at every level.
If you don't know who Ashardalon is, in the 3e context he was the Really Really Big Bad of the 3e Adventure Path starting with the Sunless Citadel. More is written on him in the Draconomicon (see the Disciple of Ashardalon) and Dragon Magic (his vestige). But, lore-wise, he was defeated by a powerful druid and survived by binding a demon to serve as his heart. Millenia passed, and his machinations eventually led to a second climactic encounter with descendents of the druid (the PCs in the Adventure Path) in the Bastion of Souls. (Yes, the very same Bastion of Souls later statted out in Magic of Incarnum). I couldn't resist writing a What Happened Next with this in mind.
The Basics
- Race: You actually have two options: The 100% legal one (Silverbrow Human with Major Demon bloodline) and the slightly-better-matched one (Azurin wth Major Red Dragon bloodline). The second is preferred narratively (it fits perfectly with the lore above and directly reflects Ashardalon's more prominent red dragon side), but it requires you to rule that having a dragon bloodline qualifies you for the Dragonblood subtype, which isn't made explicit anywhere since bloodlines are a UA variant. The lore just shifts a teensy bit if you pick the silverbrow; the mechanics really don't change much at all. (Biggest difference is the Azurin's bonus essentia.) I will be assuming the more appropriate Azurin one below, but as I said, it really doesn't matter all that much.
- Ability Scores: 13/10/15/14/8/12; advance Charisma at every opportunity. The Major Bloodline will also provide some bonuses on these scores (rounding out the odd results on Str/Con and providing a point of Cha, no matter what).
- Alignment: Any Evil. As if Ashardalon's reincarnation could be anything else. However, see the variants section at the end.
Skill Notes: Max out Intimidate – and note that the bloodline levels raise your maximum rank in a skill! It's okay if you don't advance it at 1st, though – you have enough Intelligence to get the required points at 2nd level. Just get in the habit of bumping it up to the maximum every time it shows up as a class skill. Other than that, just keep up with the (rather light) prerequisites; the only substantial investment is a 10 rank bump in Spellcraft, but that's optional. Remember that several totemist melds can give you substantial skill bonuses, too. You'll definitely want the Never Outnumbered skill trick at some point as well.
Basic Equipment: Like most totemist-based characters, you don't need much in mundane gear: just basic light armor. Investing in heavier armor may be useful once you get into Knight of the Sacred Seal; you're not a Dexterity character and by then check penalties may not matter much. Bonus points if it's made out of red dragonhide.
Magical Gear Goals: Definitely consider Incarnum Focus items for favored melds (such as the gloves – you'll be shaping Claws of the Wyrm a lot). Likewise, whatever armor you use should have the Fearsome enhancement (Drow of the Underdark; lets you Intimidate as a move action). Other than that, stick to the basics; nothing particularly nonstandard jumps out.
EDIT: 123456789blaaaaa observed that a Desert Wind cloak linked to Distracting Ember gives you a cheap way to summon an unlimited number of critters. At the early levels, this is not anything particularly synergistic with this build (mostly it's the intended use - a self-flanker - and the usual unintended uses - i.e. setting off traps), but at the late levels, assuming you just need to slay something instead of keeping a corpse around for the full minute, you can use it to fuel your Havest Soul ability. Sating your greed with elemental fire you form from your will - yep, that fits the theme.
The Build:
Build Stub: Totemist 6 / Binder 7 / Knight of the Sacred Seal 5 / Scion of Dantalion 1 / Necrocarnate 1. (See level 18's note before you judge that.)
Note: We assume that you get all three bloodline levels at ECL 1. This means you hit level 2 at 4000xp total, and level 3 at 6000, the same point that everyone else is hitting level 4. The XP system will cause you to catch up pretty quickly. As a side effect, your EBL - which governs virtually everything about your pacts, including which are available and how many you get - is 3 higher than it would normally seem. Similarly for your meldshaper level, which normally matters less but winds up proving important mid-build. The bloodline levels are what let us get away with mixing these two different systems without a theurge class; this odd choice will pay off.
I've also listed bloodline bonus feats in the list below; first with the red dragon, second with the demon. Non-feat bouses that aren't appropriate to the concept are present, but not shown below.
If you want a noncombat trick at this point, you can still tap into Dydd's heritage and shape the Unicorn Horn instead of the Dragon Tail. A SINGLE point of essentia invested in that, thanks to 3 bloodline levels and your Charisma, gives you a +9 Wild Empathy check. You can probably get a small army of weakling forest critters to accompany you if you wish. Wild Empathy isn't mind control, but it shouldn't be underestimated if you're getting boosts this big for free.
Also, adding Improved Binding to the mix lets you pick up 3rd level vestiges (EBL for vestige choice: 6), so you have a lot more options now if you don't want to stick to Malphas' ambush tactics. Focalor is an interesting choice – you get a pretty decent distance attack on par with a 5th-level warlock (that's about what level your team would be if you got the bloodlines at 1st), as well as your first saving-throw-hosing aura, which makes Death Devotion more likely to succeed. Consider switching your totem bind to the Basilisk Mask if you do this – Focalor's aura + a petrification effect + an ally with a hammer = good times.
5 – Totemist - (Totem's Protection).
6 – Binder - (Bonus Essentia.)
It's also worth noting that if you're making use of Never Outnumbered, you should definitely have the Brass Mane shaped if at all possible. It turbo-boosts Intimidate to the point where creatures don't really stand a chance, even if you gave up Focalor (with the saving-throw-lowering aura) for Tenebrous (for more Death Devotion uses).
9 - Totemist (Chakra Binds: Crown/Feet/Hands) (Weapon Focus: Bite or Claw) (Bloodline: +1 Constitution)
11 - Totemist (Improved Totem Bind +1/+1)
An example setup at this level is: Focalor+Tenebrous, {Dragonfire Mask/Totem}, Brass Mane, {Landshark Boots or Girallon Arms/Totem}, Totem Avatar OR Dragon Mantle, Claws of the Wyrm OR Dragon Tail (see level 3 for why you might need to pick the latter). This gives you an incredible Frightful Presence (which works great with Never Outnumbered and the Brass Mane's intimidate boost, supported by Focalor's aura if they're close-by), which can collectively hose opponent saves into the abyss. You then follow this up with Death Devotion and swallow their soul while hitting them with five or six natural attacks for raw damage.
And, unlike most damage-dealers, if you're moving into a noncombat part of the adventure, all of this is completely reconfigurable. (You'll note the feat choices are rather generic for this reason.)
Interestingly, the Tome of Magic repeatedly says that Chupoclops should grant you a poison bite, but the ability itself doesn't actually give your bite any poison properties.
Hilariously, your bloodline levels advance all of your class levels, including KOSS, which treats its class level as 4 for assorted formulas. One such formula is what level is added to your EBL for binding purposes - boosting your EBL all the way to 14 normally, or 16 for vestige level. This means you now have three pacts available at once and can go up to 7th level vestiges (there's a LOT of options open to you here; the binder handbook can help you narrow your choices down.)
All of those numbers assume only one piece of equipment: a +4 cloak of Charisma, which is a mere fraction of your WBL at this stage.
Oh, and as a side effect? You retain all your powerful melee presence abilities described above. The general pattern might look like Ashardalon + Chupoclops + Tenebrous + {Dragonfire Mask:Totem}+Brass Mane+Claws of the Wyrm/Dragon Tail + {Girallon Arms:Totem}+Totem Avatar/Dragon Mantle, giving you a bite, six claws (or four claws and a tail), a fear aura (and a fear "breath weapon"), and some draconic toughness. And one final thing: You hit base attack +11 here, so if you feel like adding in a weapon, you can.
16 - Knight of the Sacred Seal (Vestige Aura)
Hey, I'm trying a theurge without any theurge infrastructure, so sue me.
If you don't like the kluge, this works just fine with two "real" binder levels at the end too, but that prevents you from getting the sweetness I've managed to cram in at 20.
Snapshot: With +6 items on Strength, Constitution, and Charisma, you're looking at 261 expected HP after you bind Ashardalon; some other class features (pact augmentation, shaping the totem avatar, etc.) can change this. Base attack 16, saves 22/8/11, 8th level vestiges, up to 4 of them at once, at EBL 22; 5 soulmelds, 3 chakra binds (up to two to the totem), maximum essentia capacity on your primary meld 6, capacity of secondary melds 4, with functionally unlimited essentia at the end of the build, great DCs (28 for Death Devotion, 29 on the vestige powers (which tend to be the ones that will be calling for saves), and typically 16+Essentia for any meld powers (most of your melds aren't asking for saves, though),all of these usually made vs debilitated opponents), and a good combination of dragonlike melee prowess and fear effects, along with a permanent aura which lowers saving throws even more. All of this makes easy fuel for the Death Devotion feat, which is a surprisingly reliable way to deliver negative levels, provided you can turn undead - which this build can do from level 4. You also get a host of bloodline powers, most of which aren't all that useful here, but there are three key ability bumps and a bonus Power Attack feat, along with +2 to an already killer Intimidate score (a whopping +54 with Fearsome armor and 4 points of essentia in the Brass Mane – note that the bloodline levels raise your maximum skill rank by 3. Support for turning this into an action-controlling effect is present thanks to Never Outnumbered and Imperious Command). Not bad for combining two systems that have no direct support for each other at all. (Ashardalon thinks that theurges are for wimps.)
Overall Strengths: This build has quite a bit of flexibility, but in my experience the choices that will bring the greatest effects all key off of one of three things: Melee prowess, fear and intimidation, and energy drain. Two sample approaches are given below, depending on your choice for that Open Chakra feat at 18th.
- Melee Beast (physical damage + energy drain): Tenebrous, Chupoclops, Ipos, Ashardalon + {Girallon Arms:Totem}, {Totem Avatar:Shoulders}, Claws of the Wyrm OR Dragon Tail, {Heart of Fire:Totem}, and any other meld (probably Brass Mane, since you still have Imperious Command, which adds in a splash of fear.).
- Fear Engine (melee/ranged hybrid): Ashardalon, Chupoclops, Focalor, Ipos + {Dragonfire Mask:Totem}, {Brass Mane:Throat},Claws of the Wyrm OR Dragon Tail, {Girallon Arms:Totem}, and Dragon Mantle. (Focalor can be swapped for Tenebrous without much of a problem if you want to emphasize the negative energy abilities over the course of the whole day.)
Overall Weaknesses: Your Reflex save is alarmingly low; if you expect to be fighting lots of area effects, you might want to shore that up. Several of your powers are fear-based and mind-affecting, which get less useful as your levels go up. You don't require a lot of equipment, but on the flipside not a lot of equipment directly improves your combat power either. Also, you don't have the ability to rebind your totem chakra, so once you're set in that, you're stuck for the day in a fixed role. (You have Expel Vestige and/or a Vestige Phylactery, so the pacts are a bit more flexible, but sadly they're also the ones that are less flexible.) A side effect of relying so much on class features for your abilities is that the build really "matures" somewhat late (there's a couple godlike levels in the teens, compared to a few relatively "dead" levels earlier on), although it remains serviceable from 1-20 if you're willing to shift your role to what your features can provide.
Variants: An approach like this can work well in any team capable of accepting an evil character. If you want to drop the evil focus, exchange the last two levels for more of Binder (although this might bring up an XP penalty) and you still get four concurrent pacts. Exchange the Necrocarnate level for another Totemist level for a bit more essentia; sadly there aren't any good meldshaping PrCs for pure totemists, but this approach does remove the need to be Evil. This really opens up the fluff quite a lot (really, the Ashardalon connection is just for fun - evil, fiendish dragon abilities with an emphasis on draining souls? When one of the key vestiges you use was a fiendish dragon who met his end in an Incarnum-rich region? Too perfect - but not unchangeable.) In fact, if you want, you can drop Death Devotion altogether (freeing up the Tenebrous bind for another one) and Imperious Command, and just play a binder/totemist as if there were a theurge class somewhere between pact magic and incarnum; most of the build is actually pretty generic in that regard. If you're abandoning the Ashardalon flavor, you're also free to pick from any of the major bloodlines and it'll still work. Red Dragon and Demon still work the best, I think, but Efreeti is a possibility as well.
There you have it. I'd love to see ways to make this guy more beastly, or to channel the flavor a bit more strongly. Alternatively, I'd love to see him used to terrify your players; he might work quite well as a recurring villain.
Next week, to start the shift away from melee characters, we're probably showcasing the "A"-Game Paladin, unless I get requests for a specific character type. (This was originally going to be the Wiszassin, but I already have a writeup ready for the "A"-Game Paladin, and honestly it's one that just makes me want to squee.)


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