Gaia, the Lonely Skies | D&D 5th Edition (Closed)

[Ness]

If you're still looking for people, I'd be interested. Never played D&D before, but I could throw together a character sheet - maybe a half-elf warlock?

 

[StorybookParagon]

Ness , of course! You can either start at level 3 with the current party or at level 1 and wait for a different game if you're more comfortable with less upfront setup.

 

[Ness]

I think I'd rather join the existing group. Here's my sheet, the personality-related stuff doesn't show up on the link so I put all that under the spoiler:

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Spoiler: An Impulsive and Self-Assured Gentleman

Lysander Girault
Warlock (The Archfey)
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Age: 25 | Gender: Male | Height: 6'1" | Weight: 150 lbs | Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Background: Noble
Position of Privilege: Thanks to your noble birth, people are inclined to think the best of you. You are welcome in high society, and people assume you have the right to be wherever you are. The common folk make every effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasure, and other people of high birth treat you as a member of the same social sphere. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to.

Personality Traits

• My favor, once lost, is lost forever.
• I take great pains to always look my best and follow the latest fashions.

Ideals
Responsibility. It is my duty to respect the authority of those above me, just as those below me must respect mine.

Bonds
Nothing is more important than the other members of my family.

Flaws
I secretly believe that everyone is beneath me.

Integrities

• I don't make mistakes. I might occasionally do something that looks ill-advised or downright stupid, but I know what I'm doing. Trust me.
• I always follow through on my commitments.

Image: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8oDmw

 

[StorybookParagon]

Ness , perfect! I'll be ready to post soon with everybody.

 

[A Sparkling Zombie]

Desperate Defense sounds interesting!

Spoiler: Flippant and Daring Mercenary

Carl Flatroot
Half-Orc Fighter (Battle Master)

Level: 3 | XP: 900

HP: 28/28 | Hit Dice: 3/3, d10 | AC: 12 | Speed: 30ft | Proficiency Bonus: +2

STR: 17 (+3) | DEX: 13 (+1)| CON: 14 (+2) | INT: 8 (-1) | WIS: 12 (+1) | CHA: 12 (+1)

Saving Throws
STR: +5 | DEX: +1 | CON: +3 | INT: -1 | WIS: +1 | CHA: +1

Skills

Acrobatics: +1	Animal Handling: +1	Arcana: -1
Athletics: +5 (prof)	Deception: +1	History: -1
Insight: +3 (prof)	Intimidation: +3 (prof)	Investigation: -1
Medicine: +1	Nature: -1	Perception: +1
Performance: +1	Persuasion: +1	Religion: -1
Sleight of Hand: +1	Stealth: +1	Survival: +3 (prof)

Passive WIS (Perception): 11
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Weapon Proficiencies: Simple, martial
Armor Proficiencies: All armor, shields
Tool Proficiencies: Smith's tools, dice, vehicles (land) (or if I may customize from the background a bit, maybe carpenter's tools instead?)
Language Proficiencies: Common

Age: 27
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 192lbs
Appearance: Carl has a messy crop of black hair and a scruffy beard. Scars adorn his face and other parts of his muscled body.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Integrities:
Life should never be taken too seriously. He never wants it to get under his skin.

Risks can have great payoffs...and can sometimes be the cure for boredom.

Personality Traits
He's ready to fire off a quip in almost any situation, including those that are inappropriate.

Loves a good insult, even those directed at him--most of the time; even he may have cracks in the armor.

In his mind, those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.

He can stare down a hellhound without flinching.

Ideals
Life isn't worth living if one isn't getting dirty from time to time.

Bonds
The last exchange with his mentor has stuck with him. When the memory grates, or someone calls him out on his irresponsibility or less-than-stellar character, it often compels him to do something upstanding, to offset the feeling that he really is trash.

He has a kid who doesn't know him, and he would rather keep it that way.

Flaws
Alas, he doesn't speak Orc.

Domesticated animals tend to dislike him. He doesn't really know why. (Penalty to animal handling, maybe?)

Has a weakness for the vices of the city.

A scandal prevents him from returning home. That kind of trouble seems to follow him around.

Might make the wrong decision even when he knows it's a bad idea...

Background
Soldier

Backstory
When the villagers found the baby, apparently abandoned, crying on the outskirts, well, some of them didn't quite no what to do. Adopting a half-orc seemed like trouble, but a blacksmith couple decided to take him in as their own alongside the other son they had.

There might have been reason to worry about trouble. Rowdiness and mischief were as much a part of his childhood as the crops and the chores: throwing cow piles at Mr. Odendirk's house, sneaking out at night, nicking from Ms. Windpetal's clothesline to dress a scarecrow, getting into scraps with other boys because they wanted to challenge the half-orc. These were just a few of the things he got tangled in.

At 17, monsters attacked. He pitched in to defend the village. It sparked an interest and it almost seemed as though he was shaping up, but then he might have gotten the reeve's son drunk, locked him in the stockade, and bare-assed him. In his defense, not many liked the son and Carl might have had a little help from one of the guards, but it was solely him who took the fall, not only with the village, but with that humble blacksmith couple, too. Enough was enough. They told him to leave.

So he left and never went back. He found his way into a mercenary company. He got close to its leader--real close, for a couple of years, until it petered out on its own. But the man was also a mentor to the half-orc and taught him how to fight tactically. Somehow, those years saw his best behavior, too, not that he was a saint by any stretch of the imagination, nor was he free from making questionable life choices. One involved having a fling with a lady in a city they were visiting. He accidentally got her pregnant. He decided to flee than to assume the responsibility that the lady expected of him, losing the respect of his then-leader in the process.

That was about four years ago. He's tried to recreate the same magic with other groups or work partners, and it has been mostly unsuccessful. Maybe the next attempt will be a winner.

Fighting Style: Dueling - When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other Weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to Damage Rolls with that weapon.

Maneuver Save DC: 13
Superiority Dice: 4, d8
Maneuvers:
Distracting Strike
Riposte
Sweeping Attack

Attacks

Equipment
Leather armor
Longbow
20 arrows
Longsword
Halberd
2 handaxes
Explorer Pack
Bone dice set
Common clothes
10 GP

I have another half-orc if Carl isn't catching interest so much, or if it might sound more appealing/fitting: the other is a battle master, too, but a NG, protective soldier or guard.

(Edited to correct the HP; I forgot to apply the CON modifier for 2nd and 3rd level.)

 

[Noam]

Hello! Is Desperate Defense still recruiting? I'd like to play a soft-spoken & curious hunter (tiefling ranger!).

 

[StorybookParagon]

Oop. I could've sworn I replied to you A Sparkling Zombie . That's perfect, I'll put you down.

And yes, we are still open Noam . Just send a character sheet and we'll hop right to it.

 

[Shadeofshade]

I'm interested in the Desperate Defence but I was wondering, as I might have missed it somewhere, how is the starting gold being decided or is it a case of you chose from the starting gear of the class and background?

 

[StorybookParagon]

Shadeofshade , yeup. Starting gear and background.

 

[Noam]

StorybookParagon Here he is! One Justice "Jay" Tialgo, from the southernmost end of whatever you've decided to invent.

Spoiler: A soft-spoken and curious ranger

Justice Tialgo (Jay)
Tiefling Ranger

Level: 3 | XP: 900

HP: 25/25 | Hit Dice: 3/3, d10 | AC: 12 | Speed: 30ft | Proficiency Bonus: +2

STR: 12 (+1) | DEX: 14 (+2)| CON: 13 (+1) | INT: 11 (+0) | WIS: 15 (+2) | CHA: 10 (+0)

Saving Throws
STR: +3 | DEX: +4 | CON: +1 | INT: +0 | WIS: +2 | CHA: +0

Skills

Acrobatics: +2	Animal Handling: +4	Arcana: +0
Athletics: +1 (prof)	Deception: +0	History: +0
Insight: +4 (prof)	Intimidation: +0 (prof)	Investigation: +01
Medicine: +4	Nature: +0	Perception: +4
Performance: +0	Persuasion: +0	Religion: +2
Sleight of Hand: +2	Stealth: +2	Survival: +2 (prof)

Passive WIS (Perception): 14

Weapon Proficiencies: Simple, martial
Armor Proficiencies: Light & medium armor, shields
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
Language Proficiencies: Common, Infernal, Draconic, Orc

Age: 25
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 130 lbs
Appearance: Red skin, yellow eyes with slit pupils, and black hair that's badly in need of a trim. When you say "tiefling", Jay is exactly what pops into the average person's mind. He walks with a slight limp and has an absolutely massive scar over the left side of his ribcage.

Alignment: Neutral Good.

Integrities:
I say what I mean, and only speak when I have something meaningful to say.

If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.

Personality Traits:
Curious, determined, deeply socially awkward.

Ideals:
The natural world is full of wonders that man has yet to discover--and I'll be the one to discover them.

Bonds:
I believe that my family and friends are still alive. I hope to see them again one day.

Flaws:
My curiosity frequently gets the best of me.

No one is as competent as I am. I'm always waiting for my companions to screw up.

Background
Hermit

Backstory
Justice Tialgo was born in a city in a forest so far south that it might as well have been the end of the world. People there were used to strangeness, and two tieflings--Justice and his mother--were far from the strangest thing they'd seen. The city accepted them, more or less. Justice's mother never said where she'd been before that.

Legends said that long ago, a dark wizard had carried out experiments on the people and animals of the forest. Or maybe it had been a demon, or a displeased god--nobody was really sure. In any case, there were nearly as many monstrosities in the woods as there were regular creatures. The Verdant Guard were a coalition of rangers who hunted and killed these creatures. As soon as he was tall enough to draw a bow, Justice joined them.

Not all monsters were beasts, however. When Justice was 23, an invading army attacked and destroyed his city. In the ensuing fight, Justice was trampled by a horse, his legs and ribs shattered, and left to die in the woods by friends who couldn't hope to carry him and escape themselves.

He attributes his survival to the gods--nothing else could have broken his fever. Still, by the time he was lucid and well enough to walk, everyone he knew was a prisoner, dead, or nowhere to be found. He spent a very long time in the woods by himself, trying to figure out a way to free his comrades; longer still traveling north through the jungle, until it turned into colder forest. He got a little...weird, spending two years alone.

 

[D. Rex]

StorybookParagon Still got an opening for Desperate Defense? I might try for a spot!

 

[Shadeofshade]

Got it. Give me about an hour and I'll build my Warlock.

 

[StorybookParagon]

So, I count A Sparkling Zombie Noam D. Rex Shadeofshade . I'll be closing the recruitment and will wait to post when I get everybody's character sheet.

 

[Shadeofshade]

Here Is my Warlock so far. Other things have popped up making it so that I was unable to complete them today. As far as I am aware, there are only a few things that I need to finish on it and then I can say it's done. If their is anything on it that you need me to change then please let me know or if you want to question me about something then please ask away.

 

[D. Rex]

StorybookParagon
Alrighty! I think out group needs a healer.

Which goes good with one of the concepts I been meaning to try out that can do a little healing.

Since the other party has a shy and anxious cleric, she seems a real sweetheart...

I think im going to go the opposite way. A loud and snappy druid. Circle of Spores with some spell focus on healing.

As for race! Well I'm still trying to get a gnoll into a lasting play. So might, by chance, I be able to play as gnoll? StorybookParagon

There are some decent gnoll homebrew sheets for their races out there. But I can also just modify an established racial template, like the Bugbear, if that is a more digestible approach.

 

[StorybookParagon]

D. Rex , sure. We can just use Custom Lineage from TCoE and make up a "Gnoll Feat." Any particular traits you want to adapt from the Gnolls? I'm thinking that a Gnoll would definitely need the Rampage trait from the Gnolls and possible both the Hungry Jaws and Bite Attack from Lizardfolk.

 

[D. Rex]

D. Rex , sure. We can just use Custom Lineage from TCoE and make up a "Gnoll Feat." Any particular traits you want to adapt from the Gnolls? I'm thinking that a Gnoll would definitely need the Rampage trait from the Gnolls and possible both the Hungry Jaws and Bite Attack from Lizardfolk.

Well looking around. Here is one I found that seemed pretty fleshed out. And took into account some of the things you mentioned. Though admittedly the ability scores can get a bit spread out. But some of the racial feets are very gnollish.

Gnolls - a Race of Ferocious Hyenafolk for 5e by Monco


When I think gnoll, definitely some of the traits I think about are constitution and strength. Them being savage scavengers as well.

And Hungry Jaws and Rampage both sound like good choices for a gnoll, tbh. And a bite attack is definitely necessary. (Though I can get around the bite with the Primal Savagery druid cantrip).

 

[D. Rex]

Some other trait ideas might be some resistance or the like to poison or disease. That seems to be in the wheelhouse of hyena folk.

 

[StorybookParagon]

Blackfang Gnoll with Wisdom bonus instead of Strength bonus is fine.

 

[D. Rex]

Blackfang Gnoll with Wisdom bonus instead of Strength bonus is fine.

Easy peasy. I can start writing that out then.

Do you want me to use that gnoll brew as a basis, or focus in the custom lineage from tcoe? Or that one you were suggesting?

I have no particular preference and can work with any version you like!

 

[Shadeofshade]

It's done. If anything needs changing then please let me know.

 

[StorybookParagon]

Easy peasy. I can start writing that out then.

Do you want me to use that gnoll brew as a basis, or focus in the custom lineage from tcoe? Or that one you were suggesting?

I have no particular preference and can work with any version you like!

I can handle the HB link you gave, at least the Blackfang Gnoll subrace. You can swap the STR to WIS from that subrace.

 

[StorybookParagon]

It's done. If anything needs changing then please let me know.

This is fine, so long as you don't mind Hilda coming once in a while to make demands. Devils don't make deals unless they profit after all.

 

[D. Rex]

Zudya the ApprenticeDruid (Circle of Spores) LV3 | Gnoll | Chaotic Neutral | Outlander

• Stats
• Special Abilities
• Equipment/Items
• Spellcasting
• Background

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  Current HP: 24
  Max. HP: 24
  Temporary HP: -
  
  AC: 13 | Speed: 30ft| Darkvision: 60ft | Size: Medium
  Proficiency bonus: +2
  
  Passive Perception: +3
  Passive Investigation: +3
  Passive Insight: +3
  
  Initiative: +2 | Inspiration: -
  Hit dice: d8 | Total hit dice: 3d8
  
  Death Saves:
  Successes ○○○ | Failures ○○○
  
  Ability scores:
  
  Strength: 13 +1
  Dexterity: 14 +2
  Constitution: 14 +2
  Intelligence: 10 +0
  Wisdom: 16 +3
  Charisma: 8 +1
  
  Saving throws:
  
  Strength: +1
  Dexterity: +2
  Constitution: +2
  Intelligence: +2
  Wisdom: +5
  Charisma: +0
  
  Abilities:
  Acrobatics: +2
  Animal Handling: +3
  Arcana: +0
  *Athletics: +3
  Deception: -1
  History: +0
  Insight: +3
  *Intimidation: +1
  Investigation: +0
  *Medicine: +5
  *Nature: +2
  Perception: +3
  Performance: -1
  Persuasion: -1
  Religion: +0
  Sleight of Hand: +2
  Stealth: +2
  *Survival: +5
  
  Other proficiencies:
  Light/Medium Armor, Shields
  
  Club, Dagger, Dart, Javelin, Mace, Quarterstaff, Scimitar, Sickle, Sling, Spear
  
  Birdpipes, Herbalism Kit
  
  Languages: Common, Abyssal(Gnoll), Sylvan, Druidic
  
  
  
  
  
  Attacks:
  
  Attack/Damage/Range
  
  Bite: +3 | 1d4+1 piercing | 5ft
  Scimitar: +4 | 1d6+2 slashing | 5ft
  Sling: +4 | 1d4+2 bludgeoning |30/120ft
  
  Spell
  Primal Savagery: +5 | 1d10 acid | 5ft
  Chill Touch: +5 | 1d8 necrotic | 120ft
  
  Reaction
  Halo Spores: Con13|1d4 Necrotic |10ft
  Absorb Elements:
  
  
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  Racial features:
  Bite. Your bite is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
  
  Darkvision. Being moderately nocturnal, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
  
  Ferocious. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
  
  Scavenger. You can safely consume raw or rotten food and have advantage on saving throws against disease and ingested poisons.
  
  Rampage. Immediately after you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on your turn, you can use a bonus action to move up to half of your speed and make an additional attack with your bite or with a melee weapon.
  
  
  Class features:
  Druidic:
  You know Druidic, the secret language of druids.
  
  Wild Shape
  As an action, you can magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before twice per short rest.
  
  You can stay in beast shape for 1 hours before reverting back to your normal form (or as a bonus action earlier or if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die).
  
  1 action.
  Duration: Half Druid Level/Down
  Uses: ○○ /short rest
  
  Max CR 1/4 - No flying or swimming
  
  
  
  Druidic Circle features: Spore
  
  Halo of Spores:
  You are surrounded by invisible, necrotic spores that are harmless until you unleash them on a creature nearby. When a creature you can see moves into a space within 10 feet of you or starts its turn there, you can use your reaction to deal 1d4 necrotic damage to that creature unless it succeeds on a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. The necrotic damage increases to 1d6 at 6th level, 1d8 at 10th level, and 1d10 at 14th level.
  Halo of Spores: 1 Reaction
  
  Symbiotic Entity:
  You gain the ability to channel magic into your spores. As an action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to awaken those spores, rather than transforming into a beast form, and you gain 4 temporary hit points for each level you have in this class. While this feature is active, you gain the following benefits:
  
  
  • When you deal your Halo of Spores damage, roll the damage die a second time and add it to the total.
  • Your melee weapon attacks deal an extra 1d6 necrotic damage to any target they hit.
  These benefits last for 10 minutes, until you lose all these temporary hit points, or until you use your Wild Shape again.
  
  
  Background features:
  Wanderer: You have an excellent memory for maps and geography, and you can always recall the general layout of terrain, settlements, and other features around you. In addition, you can find food and fresh water for yourself and up to five other people each day, provided that the land offers berries, small game, water, and so forth.
  
  
  Feats:
  
  
  
  
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  Money:
  CP: 0 | SP: 0 | EP: 0 | GP: 10 | PP: 0
  carried in money pouch
  
  Equipment:
  
  Backpack
  Bedroll
  Mess Kit
  Rations (1day) x10
  Rope (Hemp, 50ft)
  Tinderbox
  Torch x10
  Waterskin
  
  
  Equipment
  Travelers Clothes
  Hunting Trap
  Leather Armor
  Quarterstaff
  Scimitar
  Sling
  Wooden Staff (Druidic Focus)
  
  
  
  
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  You can cast prepared druid spells using WIS as your spellcasting modifier and prepared druid spells as rituals if they have the ritual tag. You can use a druidic focus as a spellcasting focus.
  
  Spellcasting Ability: WIS
  Spell Save DC: 13
  Spell Attack Modifier: +5
  
  
  Slots:
  1st - ○○○○
  2nd - ○○
  
  Cantrips
  
  
  Spoiler: Chill Touch

  Casting Time:1 action
  Range/Area:120ft.
  Components:V, S
  Duration:1 round
  
  You create a ghostly, skeletal hand in the space of a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the creature to assail it with the chill of the grave. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 necrotic damage, and it can't regain hit points until the start of your next turn. Until then, the hand clings to the target.
  
  If you hit an undead target, it also has disadvantage on attack rolls against you until the end of your next turn.
  This spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
  Spoiler: Druidcraft

  Casting Time:1 action
  Range/Area:30ft.
  Components:V, S
  Duration:Instantaneous
  
  Whispering to the spirits of nature, you create one of the following effects within range:
  

  • You create a tiny, harmless sensory effect that predicts what the weather will be at your location for the next 24 hours. The effect might manifest as a golden orb for clear skies, a cloud for rain, falling snowflakes for snow, and so on. This effect persists for 1 round.
  • You instantly make a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or a leaf bud bloom.
  • You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as falling leaves, a puff of wind, the sound of a small animal, or the faint odor of skunk. The effect must fit in a 5-foot cube.
  • You instantly light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.
  Spoiler: Primal Savagery

  Casting Time:1 action
  Range/Area:Self
  Components:S
  Duration:Instantaneous
  
  You channel primal magic to cause your teeth or fingernails to sharpen, ready to deliver a corrosive attack. Make a melee spell attack against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 acid damage. After you make the attack, your teeth or fingernails return to normal.
  
  The spell’s damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).
  
  
  Prepared Spells
  
  1st Level
  
  Spoiler: Absorb Elements

  Casting Time:1 reaction, which you take when you take acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage
  Range/Area:Self
  Components:S
  Duration:1 round
  
  The spell captures some of the incoming energy, lessening its effect on you and storing it for your next melee attack. You have resistance to the triggering damage type until the start of your next turn. Also, the first time you hit with a melee attack on your next turn, the target takes an extra 1d6 damage of the triggering type, and the spell ends.
  At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the extra damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.
  Spoiler: Cure Wounds

  Casting Time:1 action
  Range/Area:Touch
  Components:V, S
  Duration:Instantaneous
  
  A creature you touch regains a number of hit points equal to 1d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.
  At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the healing increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.
  Spoiler: Ice Knife

  Casting Time:1 action
  Range/Area:60ft./5ft.
  Components:S, M(a drop of water or a piece of ice)
  Duration:Instantaneous
  Attack/SaveEX 13
  
  You create a shard of ice and fling it at one creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 piercing damage. Hit or miss, the shard then explodes. The target and each creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 2d6 cold damage.
  At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the cold damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.
  
  
  2nd Level
  
  Spoiler: Blindness/Deafness

  Casting Time:1 action
  Range/Area:30ft.
  Components:V
  Duration:1 minute
  Attack/Save:CON 13
  
  You can blind or deafen a foe. Choose one creature that you can see within range to make a Constitution saving throw. If it fails, the target is either blinded or deafened (your choice) for the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make a Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell ends.
  At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 2nd
  Spoiler: Gentle Repose (Ritual)

  Casting Time:1 action
  Range/Area:Touch
  Components:V, S, M(a pinch of salt and one copper piece placed on each of the corpse's eyes, which must remain there for the duration)
  Duration:10 days
  
  You touch a corpse or other remains. For the duration, the target is protected from decay and can't become undead.
  The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don't count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead.
  Spoiler: Healing Spirit

  Casting Time:1 bonus action
  Range/Area:60ft./5ft.
  Components:V, S
  Duration:Concentration, up to 1 minute
  
  You call forth a nature spirit to soothe the wounded. The intangible spirit appears in a space that is a 5-foot cube you can see within range. The spirit looks like a transparent beast or fey (your choice).
  Until the spell ends, whenever you or a creature you can see moves into the spirit’s space for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, you can cause the spirit to restore 1d6 hit points to that creature (no action required). The spirit can’t heal constructs or undead. The spirit can heal a number of times equal to 1 + your spellcasting ability modifier (minimum of twice). After healing that number of times, the spirit disappears.
  
  As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the spirit up to 30 feet to a space you can see.
  
  At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the healing increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.
  Spoiler: Lesser Restoration

  Casting Time:1 action
  Range/Area:Touch
  Components:V, S
  Duration:Instantaneous
  
  You touch a creature and can end either one disease or one condition afflicting it. The condition can be blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned
  Spoiler: Spike Growth

  Casting Time:1 action
  Range/Area:150ft./20ft.
  Components:V, S, M(seven sharp thorns or seven small twigs, each sharpened to a point)
  Duration:Concentration, up to 10 minutes
  
  The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and sprouts hard spikes and thorns. The area becomes difficult terrain for the duration. When a creature moves into or within the area, it takes 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet it travels.
  The transformation of the ground is camouflaged to look natural. Any creature that can't see the area at the time the spell is cast must make a Wisdom (Perception) check against your spell save DC to recognize the terrain as hazardous before entering it.
  
  
  
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  Age: Adolescent | Height: 6'1" | Weight: 180lbs
  Eyes: Brown | Fur: Brown
  
  Appearance:
  
  
  
  Pitch: Snappy and Forceful Witch Doctor
  
  Personality traits:
  I detest being unclean.
  
  I am always hungry. I take every opportunity to enjoy a meal.
  
  I think ruthless violence is a great
  suggestion in any discussion.
  
  I'm only irritable because I care.
  
  I refuse to let myself by judged by my age and inexperience.
  
  Ideals:
  Glory. For the wellbeing of my tribe, I must prove my worth. And bring back the trophies to prove it.
  
  Nature does not need protecting. Exploit it if you believe you have the strength to do so. Destroy it, if you think you can. But always respect it, for it will win in the end.
  
  
  Bonds:
  It is my duty to provide children to sustain my tribe.
  
  As a Witch Doctor, it is my duty to aid the sick whether I (or they) like it or not.
  
  
  Flaws:
  Coming from the wilds, the ways of the civilized world are exotic and alien to me.
  
  Integrities:
  I pity my friends who lack fur and strong teeth. I worry they can't stay warm or chew their food. Not to mention their weak stomachs...
  
  I am the daughter of the greatest Chieftan, my mother the greatest Shaman, and I shall make them proud.
  
  Backstory:
  Even as a pup I was stubborn. Even as my body destroyed itself. I was sick, you see, deathly so. From birth I had this malady, and from birth I fought it with every duber of my being. Fighting tooth and nail to will myself to live another year.
  
  I was the first born daughter of the Packlord, my father. I was the first born daughter of the my clans Shaman, my mother. Both were great and powerful, and neither of whom I would shame by complaining about my affliction. And neither would I blame. Especially as both did everything they could to find a solution.
  
  It wasn't until I became three, however, that a light of hope actually surfaced. There was a meeting of Archdruids, they agreed to see me as a favor to my mother. And see me they did. It would have taken great magic to fix me, more than what they were capable of, but they had a way. I had to become like them. Like my mother. A path that was not to be taken lightly. For it was neither easy or guaranteed. There was a chance... so I wasn't about to be swayed from my decision to accept.
  
  The ritual began under the full moon. Of which I was then cast into the Everbloom. A special Grove within the Feywild where many different spirits of nature lived and dominated. I would be stuck there for a year... to live or die. Should the spirits be favorable, should my will to live be strong, and should the stars align, then I would be accepted into this path. I could survive one more year.
  
  And I did.
  
  The Everbloom was a scary place. But it was here I became one with nature and its spirits. It was here that I changed.
  
  I was too weak to find the sun. To weak to hunt for animals or fruits. I was tugged into my calling, amongst the damp undergrowth. Into the caves and into hollow fallen trees. Where the constant presence of death reminded me of my eventual fate. What should have frightened me, I instead found soothing. For even in the decay of the rotten foliage, life thrived. Death gave way to more life. And even what I thought was dead often managed to find the tenacity to live on. So it was among this world I made my home for the year. And I became apart of it as much as it became a part of me. The spirits, they had shown their mercy on me.
  
  Something took root in my body. And as the year drew to a close, I could feel power. I could feel life. Nature adopted me as one of its own, and gave me new life.
  
  But the year in the Everbloom was only the first step. As I was drawn from it, I was a new gnoll, and my training would now begin. Even though I had this second life, if I did not master it, it would most certainly consume me... as if there was any question that I would not tame it. This symbiotic relationship I now shared with the fungus, I would make it work for me as much as I worked for it.
  
  I was given tutelage under a fey named Tresmoira. I was her apprentice for several years. She taught me druidic ways and how to focus my powers. She taught me wisdom, and how to heal. I may have been a bit of an obstinate and unruly student, but I refused to be anything but promising.
  
  These years went by too fast, and the time was coming that I would need to go out on my own. To find a path of my own and temper myself outside of our lands. A test. A learning experience. To spread my wings and see what I can do. To see what I would do.
  
  Gnolls were never meant to be alone. A year in the Everbloom was maddening enough, but I did not know how long I would be gone this time. To say goodbye to my clan was hard, but I did. The world understands were not a fan of gnolls.
  
  I let the spirits guide me from here. And they lead me to mountains. Cold snowy mountains... and farms. This was a good a place as any to begin.
  
  
  
  Additional info:
  
  
  
  Family: Goryk the Laughless (Father), Durga the Wise (Mother), Toryk Saltpaw (Uncle), thirteen brothers and sisters.
  Other: Trismoira the Fey (Master)
  
  

 

[D. Rex]

Still got plenty of work to do. But there is a start I'll try to work on more tomorrow.