Rosalie J. Cameron

Rosalie at 19.	Description Rosalie J. Cameron is a proper young woman of about 19 years. She stands 5'7", and weighs 125 lbs., with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She carries herself with the unconscious self-assurance of the wealthy and powerful, but is invariably polite and well-spoken. Rosalie always dresses elegantly and in the most tasteful and becoming clothes; no one has ever seen her rumpled or turned out less than perfectly. She's graceful, and able to charm almost everyone she meets. She is of average intellect, and generally level-headed but inclined to be a bit reckless and take chances that aren't necessarily prudent. So far, however, she's taken remarkably little harm - physically or financially - from the chances she's taken. She's not strong and tires more easily than she would like, but tries to keep going nonetheless.  When not traveling, Rosalie lives in a San Franciso townhouse. Notable among her staff, as they have been known to accompany her on certain of her travels are: Jeanette Duval, personal maid Henry Carter, manservant Tabbitha Grey, seamstress.
Background and Personality Note to the reader: Most of the information below is information Rosalie will not discuss unless asked directly, and even then there are things of which she will not speak. Therefore, please treat this information as OOC information. Rosalie grew up on her parent's estate south of San Francisco, learning to ride, shoot, and hunt at an early age. Her parents had hoped that she had the talent for magic, but were disappointed in that Rosalie showed no interest at all in the subject. Rather, she spent most of her time with the horses or in the ballrooms of San Francisco Society, acquiring a knowledge of the workings of that Society that sometimes astonishes her parents. As she grew older, Rosalie realized that she didn't know quite what she wanted to do with her life. She didn't have her mother's special gifts for scholarship and common sense, nor any real interest in magic. However, she was interested in horses, business, and languages, and worked diligently to be a worthy heir to her father.  She grew up with the knowledge that there are dark forces as well as benign in the world. Her father was disfigured in a magical accident - to be honest, he's not quite human anymore, though that fact is NEVER spoken of outside of the family. The remedy was in the hands of her father's enemy, who destroyed it and many innocents rather than let Jason have it. Thus, when Rosalie was approached by one of her father's friends and associates about having the opportunity to combat such evil, she readily agreed.  Although she sees her father's friend regularly, he has not again spoken of the matter. Rosalie waited patiently until he did, or until another opportunity presented itself, spending time in the meantime with the horses, the business, and quite a bit of travel. She has visited London and Paris, as well as Boston and New York and has been welcomed by the Society crowd there and in several other large cities in America and abroad. It was while she was traveling to Chicago for the World's Fair that the opportunity for which she had been waiting presented itself. There she found herself working with a varied group of travelers like herself, all of whom worked diligently to bring a successful resolution to a problem at the Fair. Since then, Rosalie has travelled to places as remote as the Catskill Mountains of New York and as far as South Africa.  However, it was in Milwaukee that the gifts her parents were sure she had finally surfaced. In thanks for taking care of a troubling situation for a wealthy Milwaukee family, she was given a violin. Not long after, the violin seemed to awaken something in her, and she felt the stirrings of magic. She still only wields the most rudimentary magic, but continues to work with the violin. Something seems to be telling her that constant practice will bring its own reward.
Family Rosalie is the eldest daughter of Rail Baron Jason Cameron and his wife Rose. Both Jason and Rose are noted scholars and breeders of Arabian horses. They are also adepts, but keep that fact from Society in general. Jason and Rose live on their estate south of San Francisco and rarely leave it; consequently, when Rosalie was old enough, they gave her the San Francisco townhouse and staff. She has augmented that staff since with others that accompany her on some of her trips.

Statistics

Skills:
 

Skill	Total	Ranks	Attribute and modifier	Bonus and type	Notes	Class
Animal Husbandry	+5	5	+0 - Wis			cTxA
Archeology	+4	2	+0 - Int	+2 unnamed bonus	Certed bonus	xc
Bluff	+8	5	+3 - Cha			xc
Dancing	+6	3	+3 - Cha			xc
Diplomacy	+12	7	+3 - Cha	+2 synergy, Bluff +4 bonus when dealing with government agencies regarding matters of a scientific or cultural nature (not included)		xc
Equestrian	+8	4	+4 - Dex			xc
Etiquette	+13	4	+3 - Cha	+4 synergy, Savoir Faire +2 synergy, Diplomacy		xc
FL: Ancient Crete	+4	0	+0 - Int	+4 unnamed bonus	Certed bonus	xTcA
FL: Arcane Magic	+4	4	+0 - Int			xTcA
FL: Constructs	+4	2	+0 - Int	+2 unnamed bonus	Certed bonus	xTcA
FL: General	+3	3	+0 - Int			xTcA
FL: Ireland	+4	4	+0 - Int		Certed bonus ranks (4)	xTcA
FL: Unspeakable Knowledge - Imhotep	+7	7	+0 - Int		Certed bonus ranks (7)	xTcA
FL: Vampires	+3	0	+0 - Int	+3 unnamed bonus	Certed bonus	xTcA
Gather Information	+5	2	+3 - Cha			xc
Gunsmithing	+5	3	+0 - Int	+2 unnamed bonus, Skill Focus		cTxA
Handle Animal	+4	1	+3 - Cha			xc
Hunting	+1	1	+0 - Wis			xc
Language, Ancient: Egyptian	+1	1	+0 - Int			xTcA
Language, Ancient: Greek	+1	1	+0 - Int			xTcA
Language, Ancient: Sanskrit	+1	1	+0 - Int			xTcA
Language, Ancient: Were-Leopard	+2	2	+0 - Int		Certed bonus ranks (2)	xTcA
Language, Modern: Arabic	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Chinese	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Eqyptian	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: French	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: German	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Hebrew	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Hindustani	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Hopi	+0	0	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Italian	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Japanese	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Latin	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Nahuatl	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Portugese	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Romanian	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Russian	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Spanish	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Language, Modern: Zulu	+1	1	+0 - Int			sp(xc)
Listen	+15	11	+0 - Wis	+4 unnamed bonus, Keen Sense (Hearing)		xc
Musician: Piano	+5	2	+3 - Cha			cTxA
Musician: Violin	+13	7	+3 - Cha	+3 circumstance bonus, Violin of Emil Balan	Certed bonus	cTxA
Religion, Ancient - Egyptian	+2	2	+0 - Int		Certed bonus ranks (2)	xTcA
Search	+1	0	+0 - Int	+1 unnamed, Enchanted Medicine Bag (Horse totem)	Certed bonus	xc
Sense Motive	+1	1	+0 - Wis			xc
Sixth Sense	+2	2	+0 - Int			xTcA
Spot	+0	0	+0 - Wis			xc
Teamster	+5	5	+0 - Int			cTxA
Toxicology	+2	2	+0 - Int			cTxA

Feats:
Keen Sense: Hearing, Martial Weapon Proficiency (Rifle), Perfect Memory: Auditory, Savoir Faire, Skill Focus: Gunsmithing, Spell Focus: Conjuration, Uncanny Sense: Hearing, Weapon Focus: Navy Pistol.

Spells:

Spells known:
DC for successful casting of spells is 8 (6 conjuration, 8 enchantment (with violin)) + spell level; roll is d20 + int mod.
0-level (4/day; spell save DC 10/12/12): daze, detect magic, disrupt undead, flare, ghost sound, light, prestidigitation, ray of frost, read magic, resistance.
1-level (2/day; spell save DC 11/13/13): alarm, burning hands, charm person, comprehend languages, detect secret passages, detect undead, disguise self, hypnotism, lesser confusion, mage armor, magic weapon, protection from evil, shocking grasp, silent image, sleep, true strike.

Spells to which Rosalie has access (0- and 1st-level only listed here):
 

0-level	1-level
Starting detect magic disrupt undead read magic resistance	Starting mage armor sleep
Book 1 flare ghost sound light	Book 1 alarm charm person ray of enfeeblement ventriloquism
Book 2 daze disrupt undead light mage hand ray of frost	Book 2 charm person endure elements expeditious retreat hypnotism obscuring mist shield silent image sleep true strike
Book 3 ghost sound mage hand message open/close	Book 3 hypnotism mage armor shield
Individual Spells acid splash daze flare ghost sound mending message prestidigitation	Individual Spells charm person burning hands comprehend languages detect secret doors detect secret passages detect undead disguise self expeditious retreat feather fall hypnotism lesser confusion magic weapon mount protection from evil shocking grasp silent image silent image

Equipment:
 

Pistol, Derringer (2) Pistol, Navy (2) Pistol, Army (2) Rifle, Repeating Rifle, Repeating (willed to Rosalie by Casey Jones) Bullets, Derringer - 50 Bullets, silver, Derringer - 30 Bullets, Navy pistol - 50 Bullets, silver, Navy pistol - 110 Bullets, Rifle - 25 Bullets, silver, Rifle - 20 Holster for navy pistol Rifle Cover Knife Buttonhook Calling cards Handcuffs Ink Pen, writing Notebook, pocket (2) French perfume and scented soaps (from Seamus MacGregor, PC, All's Fair) 30 17 vials of Oil of Magic Weapon (created / remaining)

Riding boots Kid gloves Corset Petticoat Skirt, walking Blouse (2) Dress, fancy Suit, ladie's dress Overcoat Raincoat (oil slicker) Bonnet Handbag Handkerchief Ladies' dress watch Proper clothing and accessories for all occasions Trunk Club bag Gunsmith's kit Small oven for gunsmithing

Favors and Contacts:

• Favorable Notice of the Inner Circle
1. All's Fair
2. Ancient Footprints
3. Broken
4. Cycle of the Hunter (used)
5. Death of a Librarian
6. Distant Thunder
7. Equinox (Very Favorable)
8. Fallen Angel
9. Flowers in the Sand
10. Heritage
11. Leverage
12. Medicine Claw
13. Medicine Quest (Highly Favorable)
14. Night in Shanghai
15. Requiem
16. Restoration
17. Return to Lost Valley
18. Sand Trap
19. The M
20. Tomb of Jade
21. Unspeakable
22. Urgent Affair (used)
23. Warrior's Rest
24. Weighing of the Heart
25. White Christmas
26. White Lightning
• Hero Points
• Ancient Footprints
• As Ottawa Sleeps [used, Medicine Quest]
• Broken [used, Sand Trap]
• Caliban Dreams [used, Sand Trap]
• Celestial Dreams
• Cycle of the Hunter [used, As Ottawa Sleeps]
• Death of a Librarian
• Death of Kings III: Requiem
• Distant Thunder [used, As Ottawa Sleeps]
• Equinox
• Ex Altum Mare
• Fallen Angel [used, As Ottawa Sleeps]
• Holiday in Ireland
• House of Sand
• Leverage
• Medicine Bones [used, Medicine Quest]
• Medicine Claw x2
• Medicine Doll [used, Medicine Claw]
• Medicine Quest [used, Medicine Claw]
• Restoration
• Return of the Queen
• Road of Bones [used, As Ottawa Sleeps]
• Sand Trap
• The M (used, Ancient Footprints)
• Unbound (used, Ancient Footprints)
• Unspeakable [used, Medicine Quest]
• Upon a Cross of Gold [used, Medicine Quest]
• Warrior's Rest
• White Lightning [used, Medicine Quest]
• Contacts and Notices
• Andersons (Shanghai) [Ex Altum Mare]
• Arthur Baille (Trinidad) [Eyes Without A Face]
• Arthur Evans (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England (July-January); Crete (February-June)) [Caliban Dreams]
• Bishop Nicolas (San Francisco, CA) [Death of a Librarian]
• Boer Government (South Africa) [White Christmas]
• Chantel Renard Montgomery Halston Marchand (Paris, London, or Egypt) [Flowers in the Sand]
• Charles Hoffman, Emergency Contact (Chicago, IL) [Medicine Claw]
• Chief Washakie (Wind River Reservation, Wyoming) [Medicine Bones]
• Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association aka Chinese Six Companies (San Francisco, CA) [Heritage]
• Consolidate Chinese Benevolent Association of New York City (NY, NY) [Fire of Revenge]
• Elder Doctor - Favorable Notice [Fire of Revenge]
• Elder Doctor - Favorable Notice [Night in Shanghai]
• Hamid ibn Abdullah (Egypt) [Weighing of the Heart]
• Inspector Martise (Bristol, England) [Cycle of the Hunter]
• Inspector Martise (Paris, France) [Unspeakable]
• Jacob Riis, New York Evening Sun reporter (NY, NY) [Fire of Revenge]
• James Madsen, Boston Herald News Reporter (Boston, MA) [Yuletide Spirit]
• John Peralta, were-coyote - Animosity (Arizona Territory) [Medicine Doll]
• John Wesley Powell (US) [Medicine Quest]
• Mrs. Louise Carnegie (New York, New York) [Carnegie's Music Hall]
• La Lumiere (Augustin Marun, Bernard Laroque, Henrietta Pomeroi)(Paris, France) [Requiem]
• La Lumiere (Augustin Marun, Bernard Laroque, Henrietta Pomeroi)(Paris, France) [The Reign of Terror]
• Lt. Robert Mains (San Francisco, CA) [Death of a Librarian]
• Marie Curie (Paris, France) [The Reigh of Terror]
• McDaniel Whiteside - Promise fulfilled (Pompeii, Italy) [Broken]
• McDaniel Whiteside - No longer his friend (Pompeii, Italy) [Restoration]
• McDaniel Whiteside - Favorable impression (Chicago, IL) [The End]
• McDaniel Whiteside - The Promise (Athens, Greece) [The M]
• Mike Bartel (Chicago, IL) [The End]
• Officer Edward Horton, Boston Police Department (Boston, MA) [Yuletide Spirit]
• Red Princess (unfavorable notice) (Paris, France) [The Reign of Terror]
• Sebastian Shaw (Chicago, IL) [The End]
• Theodore Roosevelt (New York, NY) [Upon a Cross of Gold]
• Theresa Duvall (Carenage, Trinidad) [Eyes Without A Face]
• Thutmes III (Egypt) [Sand Trap]
• Wilfrid Laurier (Ottawa, Canada) [As Ottawa Sleeps]
• William Jennings Bryan (Omaha, NE) [Upon a Cross of Gold]
• Yu Hsiu Ching, Chinese Businessman (China) [Night in Shanghai]
• Yum Wei-shan (China) [Night in Shanghai]
• Other
• Alchemical Recipe for Oil of Magic Weapon [Fire of Revenge]
• Amulet of Nut [Sand Trap]
• Ancestral Call [Death of Kings Part III: Requiem]
• Blood of Kings [Death of Kings Part i: Signs and Portents]
• Bond with Dracula [Unbound]
• Book on Constructs (Russian) [Death of a Librarian]
• Book on the Library of Alexandria (Ancient Greek) [Death of a Librarian]
• Bottle of good California wine [Death of a Librarian]
• Cameo with Ghost of Anita Garibaldi [House of Vengeance]
• Clone [Celestial Dreams] - repudiated
• Cosmos Club Membership [Medicine Quest]
• Curse [Medicine Quest]
• Dagger made in Dahomey, Africa (gift from Leroy Jackson [Return to the Bayou])
• Dead But Not Forgotten [Leverage]
• Debt of Sacagawea [Medicine Bones]
• Enchanted Medicine Bag [Medicine Claw]
• Gift of Knowledge [Holiday in Ireland]
• Hopi Totem / Medicine Bag (Totem: Eagle)[Medicine Doll]
• Hunted! [Ancient Footprints]
• Hunted and Inspired [Cycle of the Hunter]
• Legacy from McDaniel Whiteside [The Library] - $800.00 in jewelry and artwork, and 10 acres of property in the Appalachian Mountains, valued at $10.00 per acre. It is lightly forested acreage that is near roads and with water access and a small old cabin.
• Madness Certificate - Ophthalmorphobia [Yuletide Spirit [removed, Return to Lost Valley]
• Medicine Bag Gift of Sitting Bull (Totem: Horse) [Medicine Bones]
• MW Navy pistol [Night in Shanghai]
• Notice of the Imhotep [Cycle of the Hunter]
• Potions [Return to Lost Valley]
  • Potion of Cure Serious Wounds (CL17; 3d8+15)
  • Potion of Heroism (CL 15)
  • Potion of Bear's Endurance (CL 15; duration as per LDCS)
• Potion of Remove Disease [Celestial Dreams]
• Ritual of Renewing the Seal [House of Sand] - -2 hit points until 11/05/2007
• Ritual Participation Certificate [Caliban Dreams]
• Scarab Ritual [House of Sand] - Violet scarab tattoo above heart
• Silver Ankh [Return to Lost Valley]
• Silver cross on a chain [Urgent Affair] - no longer magical
• Spellbook [Carnegie's Music Hall]
• Spellbook [The Mindless Ones]
• Stayed to Complete Expedition [Restoration]
• Suit of clothes from Muriel's FInest, NYC, worth $100 [Carnegie's Music Hall]
• Thank You Gifts [Equinox]
• Totem item for Medicine Bag (Totem: Horse) [Medicine Claw]
• Train pass - Free lifetime pass for the Great Northern Railroad [Urgent Affair]
• Unspoken Knowledge [Cycle of the Hunter]
• Unspoken Knowledge [Unspeakable]
• Violin of Emil Balan [Strange Brew]
• Necklance worth $200 from McDaniel Whiteside [ ]
• Visit with were-leopards [White Lightning]
• Ward of the Tuatha de Danann [Holiday in Ireland]
• Zulu Tribe Tattoo - elephant on left leg, outside thigh [White Lightning]
• Zuni Spirit Fetish (Totem: Horse) [Medicine Doll]

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