Ruven's Character Sheet/Themes/Mechanics info

Trying something new out here! Ruven is a dual-class PC for Pathfinder 2e. (Specifically, he's an exemplar/sorcerer.) I'm running it largely RAW but incorporating Mythic GME into it for scene structure (e.g. Chaos Factor) and Oracles (e.g. Fate Rolls). Very occasionally you might see me use the excellent Triple-O as well, which is a character emulator - I do that only when I'm genuinely uncertain which course Ruven would choose.

This is obviously a cheeky sort of take on Conan et al. As always, my kinks are not my politics - these stories (at least the first, but I think in general) involve a fair amount of maledom/femsub, misogyny, and in some cases probably some dubcon as well. Hence the trappings of ancient fantasy - none of that is ok in real life!

For those interested, here's Ruven's (current as of 2/24/2026) character sheet (some very minor spoilers discernible for later events in "The Lamb and the Wolf"):

Skull Taker Ruven, Exemplar/Sorcerer 1
Medium Human Versatile Human Humanoid
Perception +5; Languages Common, Orcish

Skills Acrobatics +4, Athletics +7, Intimidation +6, Lore: Plains +3, Nature +3, Religion +3, Stealth +4, Survival +3

Str +4, Dex +1, Con +2, Int +0, Wis +0, Cha +3

Items:
Unarmored, Backpack, Bedroll, Chalk (10), Flint and Steel, Rope, Rations (2), Torch (5), Waterskin, Soap, Grappling Hook, Tack, Arrows (19), Predator's Claw

AC 14; Fort +7, Ref +4, Will +5

HP 20

Shield Block Trigger While you have your shield raised, you would take physical damage (bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing) from an attack. | You snap your shield in place to ward off a blow. Your shield prevents you from taking an amount of damage up to the shield's Hardness. You and the shield each take any remaining damage, possibly breaking or destroying the shield.

Speed 25 feet

Melee Bastard Sword +7 (Two-Hand d12), Damage 1d8+4 S

Melee Dagger (+) +7 (Agile, Finesse, Thrown 10 ft., Versatile S), Damage 1d6+4 P

Ranged Shortbow +4 (Deadly d10), Damage 1d6 P

Shift Immanence (Divine, Exemplar) Frequency once per round | You shift your power, filling one of your ikons with your divine spark. That ikon softly glows with radiant light, emits subtle chimes as it moves, or is otherwise obviously empowered in a way that matches your growing divinity, granting the ikon the divine trait and granting you that ikon’s immanence effects for as long as your divine spark is empowering it. Your spark is indivisible, so it can empower only one ikon at a time. You can also Shift Immanence to return your spark to the depths of your soul, leaving none of your ikons empowered. Special In addition to the above usage, you can also Shift Immanence as a free action triggered when you roll initiative.

Transcendence - Survive the Wilds (Aura, Manipulate, Transcendence) You wrap the pelt around yourself. You can choose to change the damage type the pelt is attuned to. The pelt shines gold, drawing the offending energies into itself. Until the start of your next turn, this shine creates an aura in a 15-foot emanation. You and all allies in the emanation gain a +2 circumstance bonus to AC and saving throws against effects with that trait.

Transcendence - Drink of my Foes (Healing, Transcendence, Vitality) Requirements Your last action was a successful Strike with the barrow's edge; Effect Your blade glows as it absorbs your foe's vitality. You regain Hit Points equal to half the damage dealt.

Transcendence - A Moment Unending (Concentrate, Prediction, Transcendence) You take in every movement around you, affording you unparalleled accuracy. Your next successful Strike against an enemy before the end of your next turn deals an additional 1d6 precision damage. This damage increases to 2d6 at 10th level and 3d6 at 18th level.

Predator's Claw (Consumable, Magical, Talisman) Activate (concentrate) Trigger You critically succeed at an attack roll with the affixed weapon. | This claw set in an iron clasp and chain is usually that of a large predator. When you activate the claw, the triggering attack gains the weapon's critical specialization effect.

Divine Known Spells DC 16, attack +6; 1st Malediction, Runic Weapon, Fear (3 slots); Cantrips Shield, Light, Void Warp, Bullhorn, Caustic Blast

Focus Spells (1 points) Glutton's Jaws

Additional Feats Assurance (Survival), Canny Acumen, Energized Spark, Ride

Additional Specials Blood Magic, Bloodline (Demonic), Canny Acumen (Perception), Divine Spark and Ikons (Barrow's Edge), Divine Spark and Ikons (Gaze Sharp as Steel), Divine Spark and Ikons (Pelt of the Beast), Energized Spark (Cold), Humble Strikes, Sorcerous Potency, Spark Transcendence

Edicts: Take what you want, mercilessly crush your enemies, extend your rule over weaker beings
Anathema: acknowledge or institute an authority not backed by ****, beg for mercy, refuse a challenge issued in good faith

Backstory
Ruven grew up running free on the steppes of Kal-Dranor, a wild land populated only by his people: the Dranorrin. Nomads famed equally for their herding and raiding skills, the Dranorrin are a people rightly feared by many of the other inhabitants of the wide world. Ruven, like all Dranorrin youths, was educated in the way of horse and blade, and proved an able pupil. He was also, however, always slightly set apart from his peers. His mother had died in childbirth, and rumors swirled that he, infant though he was, had killed her - because she had consorted with dark spirits. Certainly there was no man of the clan claiming him as their son, though in Dranorrin culture this was not entirely unusual. Ruven grew resentful and obstreperous, frequently clashing with his peers and even with the clan elders. When he slew one of his elders in a rage one night, the others turned on him. He ran into the darkness, seized a horse from the clan paddock, and set out into the world, determined to make his own way through it. Unbeknownst to him, his rival and the son of the man he killed, Tooth Gnasher Kargik, has followed him into it...