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

'''Binding DC:''' [[Binding DC::25]]

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

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 depths 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 businessmen and was an inspiration for many young thieves of both gendergenders.

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 timetimes, one of the many young thief thieves inspired by the act who got shunted out of reality by mischance , or even the fictional character herself , who gained somekind some kind of existence thanks to her popularity and near worship.

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

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

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

If the binder is very promiscuous , she will simply make the binder more so, couple ; coupled 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 becomes 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 becomes 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 makes the binder resent harming a child in any way and often take insane risk risks to save a child from harm. This is trait is even more acute toward orphans. A binder influenced by the scarlet rogue Scarlet Rogue will try to actively hurt those who hurt or hurted have hurt children and orphans in the past.

The Scarlet Rogue's power give gives you incredible bold charm. You gain a +4 competence bonus to [[SRD:Bluff Skill|bluff]], [[SRD:Diplomacy Skill|diplomacy]] , and [[SRD:Intimidate Skill|intimidate]] as well as immunity to fear.

You gain a +8 competence bonus on all [[SRD:Perform Skill|perform]] checkchecks.

As a swift action , you replicate the effect of [[SRD:Crushing Despair|''crushing despair'']]. If you are under the Scarlet Rogue's influence and a creature fail it fails its save against cruel comment this ability, you gain the effect of [[SRD:Good Hope|good hope]] for one round because you think it hilarious. Once you have used this ability, you cannot use it again for 5 rounds.

You gain proficiency with [[SRD:Hand Crossbow|hand crossbows]] and gain the ability to reload them as a free action that do does not provoke [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attacks of opportunity]]. You gain the benefits of [[Sharpshooter (3.5e Feat)|sharpshooter]], [[SRD:Rapid Shot|rapid shot]] , and [[Distracting Barrage (3.5e Feat)|distracting barrage]] whield while wielding one or more [[SRD:Hand Crossbow|hand crossbowcrossbows]] (these only applies apply to attacks made with [[SRD:Hand Crossbow|hand crossbowcrossbows]]).

The power of the Scarlet Rogue make Rogues makes you kind of crazy (but not enough to be debilitating), granting you immunity to the [[SRD:Confusion|confusedconfusion]] and compulsion effecteffects. Additionally , you react very badly to violence, ; whenever you are struct struck, you may immediately fall under the effect of the [[SRD:Rage|''rage'']] spell, however but you must attack the creature that attacked you and the rage effect last lasts until the creature is dead or has been knocked unconscious (or until the pact endends). If the target flee flees, that could potentially launch you into a pretty huge revenge trip.

While bound with the Scarlet Rogue , you gain the [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/cwc/20070227x ''seduce to learn''] ability. If the Scarlet Rogue is influencing you, you gain an additional +4 bonus on the check.

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