The Scarlet Rogue (3.5e Vestige)

The Scarlet Rogue
Summary::The scarlet rogue was a popular cabaret character centuries ago, whether a real person originally or not. Now a vestige she grant great power to whoever is worthy.

Level: Level::5

Binding DC: 25

Special Requirement: The Scarlet rogue only answer the call of chaotic characters who are either very promiscuous, were raised in violence or had one of their dearest romance ending in death.

Legend
It is unknown if the Scarlet Rogue was even a real person to begin with. She became popular as a character played in a so called 'historic play' in a theatrics cabaret in the Old Metropolis, a city so full of sins that it said the Gods eventually plunged it into the depth of the sea. According to the play the Scarlet Rogue was a female thief of great beauty, more than a little mad she had adventures in love and revenge all over the world, even going as far as slashing the throat of a powerful emperor to avenge a fallen lover but also a dear protectors of the orphans. The Scarlet Rogue became so popular that entire cabaret were built to house shows featuring the characters, she brought prosperity for many businessman and an inspiration for many young thieves of both gender.

Eventually a tidal wave destroyed almost all of the Old Metropolis, the city was abandoned and the Scarlet Rogue was forgotten. The vestige known as the Scarlet Rogue is theorized to either be the original, whose story was told and re-told multiple time, one of the many young thief inspired by the act who got shunted out of reality by mischance or even the fictional character herself who gained somekind of existence thanks to her popularity and near worship.

Manifestation
The seal beneath you start flashing red, soon the entire area around you become filled with light and shadow. You can hear the clapping and cheering of an unseen crowd, the seal become much like a stage. An unseen female figure then approach the binder as the cheering fade and ask her if she has the guts of performing the act of the Scarlet Rogue (see special requirement). If the binding is successful the cheering become intense as the entire seal crumble into nothing.

Sign
The binder's face become covered in make up, as if she was starring a famous cabaret show in the Old Metropolis. The makeup can be simply wiped off the binder's face but reappear one hour later. Your colors and the colors of your clothing seem intensified, the contrast between color is made very apparent. The contrast between red and other color is even more extreme, leading to any article of red clothing stand out perfectly from your outfit.

Influence
The Scarlet Rogue make the character very bold in both social situation and combat situation. She also make the binder essentially shameless, increase her impulsiveness and twist the binder's sanity. The binder become much more vengeful as well, punishing slights disproportionately. The pact also particularly increase the binder's traits that allowed her to summon the Scarlet Rogue.

If the binder very promiscuous she will simply make the binder more so, couple with the shamelessness this can lead to rather bad memories after the pact is over.

If the binder was raised in violence then her sense of revenge become even more disproportionate, often killing (or beating to submission) at the slightest insult.

If the binder had one of her dearest romance end in death she become obsessed with avenging her dead lover and will go after anything that could be blamed for his or her death (except herself).

The Scarlet Rogue's influence also make the binder resent harming a child in any way and often take insane risk to save a child from harm. This is trait is even more acute toward orphans. A binder influenced by the scarlet rogue will try to actively hurt those who hurt or hurted children and orphans in the past.

Beguiling Moxie
The Scarlet Rogue's power give you incredible bold charm. You gain a +4 competence bonus to bluff, diplomacy and intimidate as well as immunity to fear.

Cabaret Singer
You gain a +8 competence bonus on all perform check.

Cruel Comments
As a swift action you replicate the effect of crushing despair. If you are under the Scarlet Rogue's influence and a creature fail it save against cruel comment you gain the effect of good hope for one round because you think it hilarious. Once you have used this ability, you cannot use it again for 5 rounds.

Hand Crossbow Mastery
You gain proficiency with hand crossbows and gain the ability to reload them as a free action that do not provoke attacks of opportunity. You gain the benefits of sharpshooter, rapid shot and distracting barrage whield wielding one or more hand crossbow (these only applies attacks made with hand crossbow).

Mad Dog
The power of the Scarlet Rogue make you kind of crazy but not enough to be debilitating, granting you immunity to the confused and compulsion effect. Additionally you react very badly to violence, whenever you are struct you may immediately fall under the effect of the rage spell, however you must attack the creature that attacked you and the rage effect last until the creature is dead or has been knocked unconscious (or until the pact end). If the target flee that could potentially launch you into a pretty huge revenge trip.

You only gain this ability if you allow The Scarlet Rogue to influence you.

Seduction of the Innocents
While bound with the Scarlet Rogue you gain the seduce to learn ability. If the Scarlet Rogue is influencing you, you gain an additional +4 bonus on the check.

Sneak Attack
You have sneak attack as a rogue of a level equal to half your effective binder level.