Dice Storm King's Thunder: Intro & Characters

Ellya · Jan 28, 2021

Nobody wins when giants fight.
an unknown adventurer

The Savage Frontier (also known as the North) is a cold, rugged, sparsely populated land of snow-capped mountains, rocky hills, sprawling forests, and foggy vales. Isolated strongholds, ancient burial mounds, and the ruins of many forgotten empires dot this vast landscape. Bounded by the Sea of Swords to the west and the desert of Anauroch to the east, the Savage Frontier extends as far north as Icewind Dale and as far south as the town of Daggerford. Old roads stretch across this great expanse, linking the dwarven strongholds and mines in the mountains to the coastal settlements, frontier towns, and fortified outposts of humans and other folk. These roads are long, lonely or poorly defended, making them dangerous to traverse. In fertile valleys, towns and cities have sprung up, separated by dozens if not hundreds of miles of untamed wilderness haunted by bandits, barbarians and monsters.

Evil dragons stirred into action by their dark queen, Tiamat, threatened the settlements of the Savage Frontier for a time. Ultimately, they were defeated and forced to withdraw to their lairs, while Tiamat was banished to the Nine Hells. Fear of the dragons' wrath has faded quickly with the coming of a new threat: giants. The peoples of the North are no stranger to giant incursions. Frost giants have long claimed the Spine of the World as their demesne, and hill giants are known to scrounge for food in the untamed hills. But now, in the past couple of months, giants of every kind have emerged from their strongholds to threaten civilization as never before - and not just frost giants or hill giants, but also stone giants, fire giants and cloud giants. All of the giants are in an uproar. Reports of giant attacks throughout the North have reached the coastal cities of Luskan, Neverwinter, and Waterdeep, stoking fears that the giants are waging war against humans, dwarves, elves and other small folk.

Starting setting

Nightstone
Who-, what- or wherever you are, this tale begins in the town of Nightstone. This small settlement got its name from the massive chunk of obsidian that stands in the middle of the village square. It has strange glyphs carved into it and radiates magic under the scrutiny of detect magic spells, but its properties and purpose couldn't be ascertained. The town does not see many travelers aside nor trouble from the nearby goblin herds, being surrounded by a 15 foot high wooden palisade and a moat. The only bridge leading into the town is well guarded by the small but passionate town guard, and the strategic placement of two of the town's total of seven stone watchtowers near it.

Your purpose in Nightstone
Your connection with the town of Nightstone is up to you. Many of you might be residents, likely knowing each other quite well, or you might have business there. Perhaps are a sightseeing traveler keen to admire the keep on a lone island hill near the settlement, or are simply stopping by to stay at the local inn.

How will this work?D&D in a written form will obviously be very different from an actual real life game. I've thought and experimented a little bit with this, and these are what I find the main differences:

Heavier focus on roleplay
Writing gives you the opportunity to really explore what your character is thinking and feeling when something happens. Don't be afraid to really delve into it and vividly describe your actions

Combat
Since combat in actual D&D is very much a quick back-and-forth between the DM and each player, I'm going to make quite a change here. First of all, there will be no initiative. I realize this might come across as strange, but I feel like the flow of combat would be better if we just follow the order of posts. Of course, this being the case, everyone will only be allowed one round per round of posts, and each round starts and ends with me posting the enemies' actions.

I will share the AC and stats of each enemy at the start of an encounter. If they have to roll a saving throw against your attack, you are allowed to roll it for the enemy.
This way, you can describe your action and know its results without having to wait for me to tell you "yes" or "no" each time.

As I said, this may change over time, but I feel like this would be the most optimal way of keeping a decent pace without having to spam posts back and forth.

Experimental
Please keep in mind that I'm not perfect. I've never run a large scale adventure like this before and, fair warning, I will make mistakes. Changes may happen throughout the campaign here, but they will always be for the sake of fun.

Now this may also be a bit controversial and strange, but I'd rather warn you honestly than ambush you with a surprise later on. I do have quite a lot of other things going on in real life, and I don't have a lot of free time on weekdays especially. There will be slower weeks. There may even be slower months. There may even come a point where I say "hey, I can't bring myself to do this anymore". I really, really hope that point won't come, but the fact of the matter is I do not know how I will perform as a DM.

The golden rule here being please be understanding. I don't like letting people down and I'll try my hardest not to, but realize that I might not live up to your expectations.
I appreciate you all giving me a shot very, very much, and I aim to give you a fantastic experience here.

Character creationWe will start at level 1, but will be progressing through those levels pretty quickly at the start.
For your attributes, you may choose where to apply these six values:

7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 18

Please post your character here with the following information. The idea here being that this will be a guide for other players to come back to and get a general idea of what your character is/looks like. Of course, you are free to share your background here as well, but if you'd prefer to keep it all secret and mysterious, just let me know privately when it's relevant!

Name
Visual description or reference
Personality or general "vibe"
(Background)
Link to your D&D Beyond character

OOC threadOOC thread: Fantasy - Storm King's Thunder OOC
If you have any questions, you can DM me here, but for a faster response, my discord is Ellya#0322

Cast

Sherwood as Athaclenna Gollana (High Elf Wizard)
Psychie as Sasha Delmar (Tiefling Rogue)
Dethrix as Ehlark Umenorin (Wood Half-Elf Ranger)
Lazaro1505 as Timmothy Wahnabe Jr. (Ratfolk Alchemist)
Creek as Toric (Wood Elf Barbarian)
PlayWight as Helder Whethers (Human Monk)
TeikiFox as Esvele (Kalashtar Cleric)
Idea as Maythread Undergold (Automaton Warlock)

Ellya · Jan 28, 2021

As a note to everyone, all future OOC can be placed in this thread! (I'll be removing the previous messages here just to keep it tidy)

Fantasy - Storm King's Thunder OOC

OOC discussion thread

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Creek your answers are there too

Dethrix · Jan 28, 2021

Name: Ehlark Umenorin
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Race: Wood Half-Elf
Background: Veteran Mercenary
Age: 34
Sex: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 175 lb.

Attributes
Str: 10 / +0
Dex: 19 / +4
Con: 14 / +2
Int: 12 / +1
Wis: 14 / +2
Cha: 9 / -1

Level: 1
Class: Ranger (Revised)
Hit Points: 12
Hit Dice: 1d10

Armor Class: 14 (15 with Leather Armor)
Initiative: +4
Passive Perception: 12

Weapons and Attacks
Longbow
+6, 1d8+4 Piercing (Heavy, Two-Handed, Range: 150/600)

Shortsword(s)
+6, 1d6+4 Piercing (Finesse, Light)
+4 - Acrobatics (dex)
+2 - Animal Handling (wis)
+1 - Arcana (int)
+2 - Athletics (str, Proficiency +2)
-1 - Deception (cha)
+1 - History (int)
+2 - Insight (wis)
-1 - Intimidation (cha, Advantage)
+3 - Investigation (int, Proficiency +2)
+2 - Medicine (wis)
+3 - Nature (int, Proficiency +2)
+2 - Perception (wis, Disadvantage)
-1 - Performance (cha)
+1 - Persuasion (cha, Proficiency +2)
+1 - Religion (int)
+4 - Sleight of Hand (dex)
+4 - Stealth (dex)
+4 - Survival (wis, Proficiency +2)

Armor Proficiencies
Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields

Weapon Proficiencies
Martial Weapons, Simple Weapons

Tool Proficiencies
Dice Set, Vehicles (Land)

Languages
Common, Dwarvish, Elvish, Giant

Personality Traits
I can stare down a hell hound without flinching.
Live and Let Live. Ideals aren’t worth killing over or going to war for.
Those who fight beside me are those worth dying for.
I’d rather eat my armor than admit when I’m wrong.
Favored Enemy - Class Feature
Beginning at 1st level, you have significant experience studying, tracking, hunting, and even talking to a certain type of enemy commonly encountered in the wilds.

Choose a type of favored enemy: beasts, fey, humanoids, monstrosities, or undead. You gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with weapon attacks against creatures of the chosen type. Additionally, you have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track your favored enemies, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall information about them.

When you gain this feature, you also learn one language of your choice, typically one spoken by your favored enemy or creatures associated with it. However, you are free to pick any language you wish to learn.

Natural Explorer - Class Feature
You are a master of navigating the natural world, and you react with swift and decisive action when attacked. This grants you the following benefits:
- You ignore difficult terrain.
- You have advantage on initiative rolls.
- On your first turn during combat, you have advantage on attack rolls against creatures that have not yet acted.
In addition, you are skilled at navigating the wilderness. You gain the following benefits when traveling for an hour or more:
- Difficult terrain doesn’t slow your group’s travel.
- Your group can’t become lost except by magical means.
- Even when you are engaged in another activity while traveling (such as foraging, navigating, or tracking), you remain alert to danger.
- If you are traveling alone, you can move stealthily at a normal pace.
- When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would.
- While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area.
Mercenary Life - Background Feature
You know the mercenary life as only someone who has experienced it can. You are able to identify mercenary companies by their emblems, and you know a little about any such company, including the names and reputations of its commanders and leaders, and who has hired them recently. You can find the taverns and festhalls where mercenaries abide in any area, as long as you speak the language. You can find mercenary work between adventures sufficient to maintain a comfortable lifestyle.

Darkvision - Racial Trait
You can see in darkness (shades of grey) up to 60 feet.

Fey Ancestry - Racial Trait
You have advantage on saves against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Elf Weapon Training - Racial Trait
You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.

Eyepatch - Feat
You are missing your right eye. This gives you disadvantage on perception checks that rely on sight, but advantage on intimidation checks.
To be added.
20x Arrows
1x Backpack
1x Bedroll
1x Dice Set
1x Leather Armor
1x Longbow
1x Mess Kit
1x Rations (1 day)
1x Rope, Hempen (50 feet)
2x Shortsword
1x Tinderbox
1x Torch
1x Traveler’s Clothes
1x Waterskin

Money
Gold: 10
History: Ehlark was the only son to a widowed Wood Elf by the name of Elric Umenorin, a man who worked the entirety of the young boy’s life as the keeper of Longroad Inn. The establishment itself was named after an inland trading route that ran from Mirabar to Waterdeep, with the tavern being situated as a rest stop along the midway point. As a result of being in such an advantageous location, the Inn constantly had an influx of customers, and Ehlark was introduced to all different walks of life at a young age. Not only this, but he learned to tend to the wishes of patrons as he grew up, working in his home in accordance with his father. However, after years of running a successful trade at the Inn, a band of marauders ransacked the tavern and stole anything of value.
Elric used what savings he had left in order to hire a few mercenaries that worked under the Triboar Travelers, tasking them with hunting down his stolen goods for a cut of the wares. Unbeknownst to his father, Ehlark snuck out and followed the men as they hunted down the culprits, stupidly fueled by revenge. Though he was a capable young man at this point in his life, the mercenaries quickly noticed they were being followed and captured him. After explaining his motivations, the leader (a Bugbear named Katar) decided to take the young man under his wing and allowed him to aid in their search. It took two weeks of grueling work before they found the marauders hiding out in an abandoned farmstead in the nearby grasslands. Catching the thieves by surprise, the Triboar Travelers made short work of their bounties and it was here Ehlark saw death for the first time.
After returning what they could back to the Inn, the mercenaries took their payment and set off. Entranced by the call of adventure, the Half-Elf bid farewell to his father in pursuit of something greater than tending to a bustling tavern. For years, he stayed on with the troop and quickly worked his way through the ranks of their small band until he was seen as an equal amongst them all. Though he rarely visited home, over half of his payments would always be mailed back to his dad as a sign of gratitude and care. Things went on smoothly for a while, with a few rough patches here and there. It wasn’t until the group was tasked with hunting down a rogue sorcerer, that problems arose.
They’d chosen to split up into two units, as reports of the criminal varied in location. Each were only supposed to handle reconnaissance and reconvene when they’d properly found the suspect. Ehlark’s team made it to their designated town but found little evidence of the sorcerer or their magic. Yet, when his unit made its way back to the meeting point, they found that the other half of their regiment never came back. It didn’t take a genius to realize they’d likely encountered the foe with disastrous results, and upon entering the new town, all they found was destruction and dark magic. Quickly they were ambushed, both by townspeople and even members of their own company. All seemingly under the control of some devious spell. The battle raged all throughout the town, as they fought back their bewitched brethren and slew civilians, slowly making their way to the focal point of such magic.
In the skirmish, Ehlark was blinded by the same man that had once trained and mentored him, now enchanted by sorcery. Out of pain and guttural reaction, he killed his former commander Katar, and when he regained his bearings the Half-Elf realized that he was the only one left. The sorcerer was gone, any trace of the individual's magic had died with those being controlled by it. In a small town full of carcasses, Ehlark wept tears of blood.
After such an event, he returned home beaten and broken. Living out of a small room in his father's inn, the Half-Elf slowly underwent the process of rehabilitation. With only one eye and a jagged scar that was carved across his face, Ehlark had to reteach himself a majority of things he’d hardly even questioned in the past. With time, he gradually regained the traits that had allowed him to survive in the first place, and after cementing them for the most part, he ventured out into the world once more. Not with youthful ignorance this time, but instead with a cautious resolve.

Personality: Despite being physically 34 years of age, as a Half-Elf he's still viewed as a young adult among his kin. Regardless, Ehlark is a strong-willed man capable of outlandish feats when pressed against a rock and a hard place. A great deal of his perseverance comes from his trust in himself, and that of his own skill. Though at one point in his life this could have been viewed as youthful hubris, the reckoning that occurred showed that despite the worst of odds he truly could push through to the other side. As a former mercenary, Ehlark understands the dark corners of the world as much as the light. While never aligning himself with either, he chooses to abide by a simplistic code of equivalency. Doing good to those that have done right to him, and causing pain to those that hurt him.

Extras: The Ranger often goes by the name of Lark Norin, a tendency he learned from his mentor Akatarn "Katar" Moore. This simplification is superficial at best, with the concept behind it being that only those close to you deserve to know your true name.

Lazaro1505 · Jan 28, 2021

Name: Timmothy Wahnabe .Jr
Alignment: Neutral Good
Race: Dark furred Ratfolk
Background: Cloistered Scholar
Age: 23

Attributes
Str: 10
Dex: 20 / +5
Con: 12 / +1
Int: 13 / +1
Wis: 14 / +2
Cha: 8 / -1

Level: 1
Class: Alchemist
Hit Points: 9
Hit Dice: 1d8

Armor Class: 16
Initiative: +5
Passive Perception: 14

Weapons and Attacks:
Crossbow:
1d8 Piercing damage

Bombs:
1d6 fire damage + Wisdom

Leather armor: +1 AC
+5 - Acrobatics (dex)
+2 - Animal Handling (wis)
+1 - Arcana (int)
0 - Athletics (str)
+1 - Deception (cha, Profficent +2)
+3 - History (int, Profficent +2)
+4 - Insight (wis, Profficent +2)
-1 - Intimidation (cha)
+1 - Investigation (int)
+4 - Medicine (wis, Profficent +2)
+1 - Nature (int)
+4 - Perception (wis, Profficent +2)
-1 - Performance (cha)
-1 - Persuasion (cha)
+1- Religion (int)
+5 - Sleight of Hand (dex)
+7 - Stealth (dex, Profficent +2)
+2- Survival (wis)

Weapon Proficiencies:
Simple weapons & bombs

Languages:
Common, Beast

Personality Traits:

I always have plan for what to do when things go wrong

I am always calm, no matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me.

Self-Improvement. The goal of a life of study is the betterment of oneself. (Any)

Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral)

If someone is in trouble, I'm always willing to lend help.

I am easily distracted by the promise of information.
Ability Score Increase - Your Dexterity score increases by 2

Darkvision - You are used to dark areas, and your eyes have adjusted to such. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.

Sneaky - You have proficiency in the Stealth skill.

Thin Frame. You can squeeze through spaces as if you were a Small creature

Languages - You can speak, read, and write Common and Beast Speech. If not using a setting with multiple beastfolk races, you can substitute Beast Speech for one other language of your choice.

Darkfur Ratfolk Subrace:
Darkfur ratfolk are cynical like their windfoot counterparts, and just as introverted, but they have a knack for blending into society. They prefer to live on the fringes of the island nation's cities. Many disdain authority, but simply attempt to keep away from law enforcement, believing they will be left alone if they leave others alone. The dark hair on their bodies gives them an advantage in dark environments.

Ability Score Increase - Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Duplicity - You have proficiency in the Deception skill.

Shadow Blend - Your fur conceals you. You can attempt to hide in areas of dim light.

Alchemy: Alchemists are not only masters of creating mundane alchemical substances such as alchemist's fire and smokesticks, but also of fashioning magical potion-like extracts in which they can store spell effects. In effect, an alchemist prepares his spells by mixing ingredients into a number of extracts, and then “casts” his spells by drinking the extract. When an alchemist creates an extract or bomb, he infuses the concoction with a tiny fraction of his own magical power—this enables the creation of powerful effects, but also binds the effects to the creator.
When using Medicine to create an alchemical item, an alchemist gains a competence bonus equal to his class level on the Medicine check. In addition, an alchemist can use Medicine to identify potions as if using detect magic. He must hold the potion for 1 action to make such a check.

An alchemist can create two special types of magical items—extracts and bombs.

Bombs are explosive splash weapons, these are detailed in their section below.

Extracts are the most varied of the two. In many ways, they behave like spells in potion form, and as such their effects can be dispelled by effects like dispel magic. Unlike potions, though, extracts can have powerful effects and duplicate spells that a potion normally could not.

When an alchemist mixes an extract, he infuses the chemicals and reagents in the extract with magic siphoned from his own magical aura. An extract immediately becomes inert if it leaves the alchemist's possession, reactivating as soon as it returns to his keeping—an alchemist cannot normally pass out his extracts for allies to use (but see the “infusion” discovery below). An extract, once created, remains potent for 1 day before losing its magic, so an alchemist must re-prepare his extracts every day. Mixing an extract takes 1 minute of work—most alchemists prepare many extracts at the start of the day or just before going on an adventure, but it's not uncommon for an alchemist to keep some (or even all) of his daily extract slots open so that he can prepare extracts in the field as needed.

Although the alchemist doesn't actually cast spells, he does have a formulae list that determines what extracts he can create. An alchemist can utilize spell-trigger items if the spell appears on his formulae list, but not spell-completion items (unless he uses Use Magic Device to do so). An extract is “cast” by drinking it, as if imbibing a potion—the effects of an extract exactly duplicate the spell upon which its formula is based, save that the spell always affects only the drinking alchemist. An alchemist can draw and drink an extract as an action.

Creating extracts consumes raw materials, but the cost of these materials is insignificant—comparable to the valueless material components of most spells. If a spell normally has a costly material component, that component is expended during the consumption of that particular extract. Extracts cannot be made from spells that have focus requirements (alchemist extracts that duplicate divine spells never have a divine focus requirement).

An alchemist can prepare an extract of any formula he knows. To learn or use an extract, an alchemist must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the extract's level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against an alchemist's extract is 10 + the extract level + the alchemist's Wisdom modifier.

An alchemist may know any number of formulae. He stores his formulae in a special tome called a formula book. He must refer to this book whenever he prepares an extract but not when he consumes it. An alchemist begins play with two 1st-level formulae of his choice, plus a number of additional forumlmu equal to his Wisdom modifier. At each new alchemist level, he gains one new formula of any level that he can create. An alchemist can also add formulae to his book just like a wizard adds spells to his spellbook, using the same costs, pages, and time requirements. An alchemist can study a wizard's spellbook to learn any formula that is equivalent to a spell the spellbook contains. A wizard, however, cannot learn spells from a formula book. An alchemist does not need to decipher arcane writings before copying them.

Your Formulae List
At 2nd level you have a book with a formulae list containing four 1st-level alchemical formulae of your choice. Your formulae list is the repository of the formulae you know and is to an alchemist what a spellbook is to a wizard.

Brew potion: All Alchemists, regardless of their Chemistry Specialization, can brew a potion. You can create a potion of any 3rd-level or lower spell that you know and that targets one or more creatures or objects. Brewing a potion takes 2 hours if its base price is 250 gp or less, otherwise brewing a potion takes 1 day for each 1,000 gp in its base price. When you create a potion, you set the caster level, which must be sufficient to cast the spell in question and no higher than your own level. To brew a potion, you must use up raw materials costing one half this base price.

When you create a potion, you make any choices that you would normally make when casting the spell. Whoever drinks the potion is the target of the spell.

Create Bomb: In addition to magical extracts, alchemists are adept at swiftly mixing various volatile chemicals and infusing them with their magical reserves to create powerful bombs that they can hurl at their enemies. An alchemist can use a number of bombs each day equal to his class level + his Wisdom modifier. Bombs are unstable, and if not used in the round they are created, they degrade and become inert—their method of creation prevents large volumes of explosive material from being created and stored. In order to create a bomb, the alchemist must use a small vial containing an ounce of liquid catalyst—the alchemist can create this liquid catalyst from small amounts of chemicals from an alchemy lab, and these supplies can be readily refilled in the same manner as a spellcaster's component pouch. Most alchemists create a number of catalyst vials at the start of the day equal to the total number of bombs they can create in that day—once created, a catalyst vial remains usable by the alchemist for years.

Drawing the components of, creating, and throwing a bomb requires an attack that provokes an attack of opportunity. Thrown bombs have a range of 20 feet and use the Throw Splash Weapon special attack. Bombs are considered weapons and can be selected using feats such as Point-Blank Shot and Weapon Focus. On a direct hit, an alchemist's bomb inflicts 1d6 points of fire damage + additional damage equal to the alchemist's Wisdom modifier. The damage of an alchemist's bomb increases by 1d6 points at every odd-numbered alchemist level (this bonus damage is not multiplied on a critical hit). Splash damage from an alchemist bomb is always equal to the bomb's minimum damage (so if the bomb would deal 2d6+4 points of fire damage on a direct hit, its splash damage would be 6 points of fire damage). Those caught in the splash damage can attempt a Dexterity save for half damage. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the alchemist's level + the alchemist's Wisdom modifier.

Alchemists can learn new types of bombs as discoveries (see the Discovery ability) as they level up. An alchemist's bomb, like an extract, becomes inert if used or carried by anyone else.

Throw anything: Alchemists can throw anything. An alchemist adds his Wisdom modifier to damage done with splash weapons, including the splash damage if any. This bonus damage is already included in the bomb class feature.
Leather Armor
Crossbow
Scholar’s robes
Writing kit (small pouch with a quill, ink, folded parchment, and a small penknife)
Borrowed book about Alchemy
15x arrows
Alchemist’s supplies
Backpack

Money:
Gold: 10
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Creek · Jan 28, 2021

Name: Toric
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Race: Wood Elf
Background: Outlander
Age: 86
Height: 5'0"

Attributes
Str: 18 / +4
Dex: 15 / +2
Con: 14 / +2
Int: 10 / +0
Wis: 13 / +1
Cha: 7 / -2

Level: 1
Class: Barbarian
Hit Points: 14
Hit Dice: 1d12

Armor Class: 14 (unarmored)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 35ft
Passive Perception: 13

Weapons and Attacks
Greataxe. +6 to hit, reach 5ft.
1d12+4 slashing, heavy, two-handed.

Handaxes. +6 to hit, reach 5ft.
1d6+4 slashing, light, thrown (range 20/60)
+6 Strength (Proficiency +2)
+2 Dexterity
+4 Constitution (Proficiency +2)
+0 Intelligence
+1 Wisdom
-2 Charisma

+2 - Acrobatics (dex)
+3 - Animal Handling (wis, Proficiency +2)
+0 - Arcana (int)
+6 - Athletics (str, Proficiency +2)
-2 - Deception (cha)
+0 - History (int)
+1 - Insight (wis)
-2 - Intimidation (cha)
+0 - Investigation (int)
+1 - Medicine (wis)
+2 - Nature (int, Proficiency +2)
+3 - Perception (wis, Proficiency +2)
-2 - Performance (cha)
-2 - Persuasion (cha)
+0 - Religion (int)
+2 - Sleight of Hand (dex)
+2 - Stealth (dex)
+3 - Survival (wis, Proficiency +2)

Armor Proficiencies
Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields

Weapon Proficiencies
Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons

Musical Instrument Proficiency: Flute

Languages
Common, Elvish, Goblin

Personality Traits
I watch over my friends as if they were a litter of newborn pups.

Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)

I suffer awful visions of a coming disaster and will do anything to prevent it.

There's no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.
Wanderer - Background Feature
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.

Darkvision - Elf Racial Trait
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.

Keen Senses - Elf Racial Trait
You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Fey Ancestry - Elf Racial Trait
You have advantage on saves against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Trance - Elf Racial Trait
You don't need to sleep, but meditate semiconsciously for four hours a day. While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from eight hours of sleep.

Mask of the Wild - Wood Elf Racial Trait
You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.

Fleet of Foot - Wood Elf Racial Trait
Your base walking speed increases to 35 feet.

Rage (2 at current level) - Barbarian Feature
In battle, you fight with primal ferocity. On your turn, you can enter a rage as a bonus action. While raging, you gain the following benefits if you aren't wearing heavy armor:
- You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
- When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain a bonus to the damage roll that increases as you gain levels as a barbarian, as shown in the Rage Damage column of the Barbarian table.
- You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
If you are able to cast spells, you can't cast them or concentrate on them while raging. Your rage lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven't attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then. You can also end your rage on your turn as a bonus action. Once you have raged the number of times shown for your barbarian level in the Rages column of the Barbarian table, you must finish a long rest before you can rage again.

Unarmored Defense - Barbarian Feature
While you are not wearing any armor, your armor class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
Explorer's pack (and all that is usually contained within)
Hunting trap
Wolf claw necklace
Traveler's clothes
Simple wooden flute
Dagger

Money
Gold: 10
Backstory:
Toric's spent most of his life on his own, deep within the Ardeep Forest. He wasn't always alone, of course, as there had to have been parents around at some point. And there were; he was the son of a rather odd pair. His father had once been of good standing within some far away wood elven city or another -- a man who came from money and who acted the part. His mother, on the other hand, was an elven wereboar. However the pair came to meet and fall in love, the life of a lycanthrope was a dangerous and violent one, not one usually suited for raising a family, and so the couple retreated to a small, secluded dwelling in the forest, where they believed they would be safe. There they conceived of their little boar, who got a little pair of tusks and maybe a bit of curse out of the mix but was otherwise a fairly normal elf. And they were safe, as they thought they'd be, for a while, at least, but it didn't last forever. Whether it was adventurers and hunters chasing the prize of a wereboar or old enemies whose motivations ran deeper, it didn't really matter. They slew the pair all the same, even as they found themselves mortally wounded by a boar mother's protective rage, and so it was that a young Toric found himself surrounded for the first time by death. And now he was truly alone, a small child amidst the unforgiving wilderness.
Really, Toric shouldn't have survived long on his own. He knew the forest, to some extent, or at least the small area nearby, but he could neither get food nor protect himself. He could not yet bear to stay near his ruined home, either, and he wandered far from it, in no direction in particular. He just continued on and on until inevitably he collapsed, exhaustion and hunger taking him. And it was of course at this time that finally the threats of the wilderness finally deigned to show themselves, the hungry beasts of the night closing in. Deep in this part of the forest, however, something else lurked. It was something ancient and feral and hungry, a bestial spirit that had long slept trapped in the ruins here, and Toric's presence had somehow awoken it. Perhaps it somehow sensed the wild presence of his mother's curse in him, or perhaps he was just in the right place at the right time. As he found himself surrounded by hungry maws, near to rejoining the family the cruel world had taken from him, the spirit latched onto him, and he raged. Memories for a little while after that were hazy, at best, but he must have somehow gained the strength to fight off his attackers. He must have also made his way back to the remnants of his home, too, because when he came to he was back there, blood-soaked and hunger satiated. To his dismay, wild animals must have gotten to the bodies while he was gone, for all were half-devoured. Maybe he'd fought them off, too, to protect what remained of his family? He hoped so. He did his best to bury them, and from his mother he took a pair of tusks, as a keepsake to remember her by.
For the next several decades, Toric remained alone in the woods. He avoided any of the few people -- mostly rangers or druids -- who happened to wander close, though he did sometimes enjoy watching them at a distance. There would come a time, when he was ready to see people again, where he would dare approach them, but not yet. He was just fine as he was. The animals were all the company he needed; he understood them, more than he would ever understand the complicated dealings of people. Every now and then, that feral spirit, the inner beast, would get lose, go wild and destroy everything nearby. It also took him far sometimes, seeming to want to leave this place. But Toric was not yet ready to leave, and that was alright. The beast was more or less contained, and it slept more often than not. Everything was just fine.
He had to leave eventually, though. He was outgrowing this forest, and something drove him to wander. Perhaps it was that it was finally time to meet another person again, to speak and laugh as he once had with his mother and father -- did he have any other family? Perhaps it was the new dreams that were beginning to plague him, of fire and blood and destruction. Or perhaps he was simply growing tired of the place he had lived in solitude for so many long years, and longed for adventure. Whatever the reason, he packed up his meagre belongings -- his trusty axe, the mother's tusks he now wore with pride, whatever shiny things he had hoarded over the years -- and set off for the forest edge and beyond, eager to find what the rest of the world held in store for him.

Personality:
Toric is, at his core, a very sweet, trusting person. Maybe his naivete is a product of his youth, or perhaps it's the outlook of someone who's had very few dealings with other people over the course of his life. Sure, he's met some bad people, people he's tried his best to avoid, but that's probably just been bad luck on his part. That being said, he is also a rather lonely soul, despite his shyness. He's not great with people, and none would ever mistake him for charismatic, but now that he's left his forest home behind he would like to ingratiate himself with others as much as possible and will probably follow around anyone who's even remotely nice to him. He's probably the type who is easily manipulated. He does often like to help others out, too, be it a person who's found themselves in a tough situation or an animal in pain. He knows full well that the world isn't a fair place, that the weak are killed by the strong and that the loveliest of creatures might suffer the worst, but he'd like to do his best to make it a little less cruel. It makes him feel nice to lend a hand, and besides that it's a nice distraction from his own issues.
Speaking of, he does have his fair share of them! Other than being too loyal and trusting, he's not counting those as flaws. His reading abilities are sub-par and he can't count much past ten, and he's heard those are rather important abilities for a civilized person to have. He'd probably begrudgingly admit that his temper is even shorter than he is, too. He also swears the moon phases make him a little weird sometimes. And he supposes there is the issue of the beast. So maybe the feral spirit that dwells within him likes to cause problems for him sometimes. He does find it mildly concerning that sometimes when he gets really mad, he blacks out and comes to finding he's done something regrettable. Is it normal to think people look like they might be kind of tasty sometimes, too? He tries not to think about these things too much.

- Find extended family (any elves related to his father? other wereboars?)
- Figure out what's up with the ancient beast spirit. Also what's the deal with the dreams?
- Explore world, have fun

PlayWight · Jan 29, 2021

Character Name: Helder Whethers
Class & Level: Monk 1
Race: Human (Variant)
Background: Sailor

Ability Scores & Modifiers
Str: 13 / +1
Dex: 18 / +4
Con: 14 / +2
Int: 7 / -2
Wis: 14 / +2
Cha: 10 / +0

Armor Class: 16
Speed: 40ft
Hit Point Maximum: 10
Hit Dice: 1d8
Passive Perception: 14

Weapons and Attacks

Name	Attack Bonus	Damage	Properties
Spear	+6	1d6+4 Piercing	Thrown (20/60), versatile (1d8)
Unarmed Strike	+6	1d4+4 Bludgeoning
Darts	+6	1d4+4 Piercing	Finese, thrown (20/60)
Belaying pin	+3	1d4+1 Bludgeoning	Light

Saving throws
Strength, dexterity

Skills
Acrobatics, athletics, insight, perception, stealth

Languages
Common, Halfling

Other Proficiencies
Simple weapons, shortswords, navigator’s tools, vehicles (water), cobbler’s tools

Equipment
Spear, 10 darts, backpack, crowbar, hammer, 10 pitons, 10 torches, tinderbox, 10 days of rations, waterskin, 50ft hempen rope, belaying pin, 50ft silk rope, tooth from an unknown beast (sailor trinket), set of common clothes, vest with 100 tiny pockets (starting trinket), and a pouch containing 10 gold pieces
Mobile - Feat (from variant human)
You are exceptionally speedy and agile. You gain the following benefits: Your speed increases by 10 feet. When you use the Dash action, difficult terrain doesn't cost extra movement on that turn. When you make a melee attack against a creature, you don't provoke opportunity attacks from that creature for the rest of the turn, whether you hit or not.

Unarmored Defense
Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor and not wielding a Shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.

Martial Arts
At 1st level, your practice of Martial Arts gives you mastery of Combat styles that use unarmed strikes and monk Weapons, which are shortswords and any simple Melee Weapons that don't have the Two-Handed or heavy property.
You gain the following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding only monk Weapons and you aren't wearing armor or wielding a Shield.
• You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the Attack and Damage Rolls of your unarmed strikes and monk Weapons.
• You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your Unarmed Strike or monk weapon.
• When you use the Attack action with an Unarmed Strike or a monk weapon on Your Turn, you can make one Unarmed Strike as a Bonus Action. For example, if you take the Attack action and Attack with a Quarterstaff, you can also make an Unarmed Strike as a Bonus Action, assuming you haven't already taken a Bonus Action this turn.

Ship’s Passage
When you need to, you can secure free passage on a sailing ship for yourself and your adventuring companions. You might sail on the ship you served on, or another ship you have good relations with (perhaps one captained by a former crewmate). Because you're calling in a favor, you can't be certain of a schedule or route that will meet your every need. Your DM will determine how long it takes to get where you need to go. In return for your free passage, you and your companions are expected to assist the crew during the voyage.
Personality Trait
I stretch the truth for the sake of a good story.

Ideal
Fairness. We all do the work, so we all share in the rewards. (Lawful)

Bond
Nothing is more important than the members of my very first crew.

Flaw
Once someone questions my courage, I never back down no matter how dangerous the situation.

TeikiFox · Jan 29, 2021

Esvele
Kalashtar (Eberron) Cleric 1
Neutral Good
AC: 13 +2 (shield)
Speed: 30 ft
HP: 8 (1d8)
Passive Perception: 15
Personality Traits: There's nothing I like more than a good mystery. I'm willing to listen to every side of an argument before I make my own judgement.

Ideals: The goal of a life of study is the betterment of oneself. (Any)

Bonds: I work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery.

Flaws: I am easily distracted by the promise of information.

Quirk: You are strongly influenced by the emotions of those around you.

Age: 20 years

Size: Medium

Height: 5' 7" or 175.25 cm

Author's Note Esvele doesn't really know she's a Kalashtar? Her understanding is that she's entirely human, maybe with a far off relative of an elf if you're being picky. She will still use her Kalashtar Traits, but it will be more random and unintentional. Just a little fore-warning...

A rather petite girl, Esvele has curly blonde hair that extends a little further than her shoulders. Her eyes are a pale blue- silver that seem to glow whenever she's emotional. Pretty excitable, the cleric seems rather curious about the world and all it contains, despite seeming to have a decent knowledge or understanding on quite a few things. She tends to happily hum to herself and whenever really excited, will start rambling over interesting facts and how fascinating everything is in person. Her emotions tend to sway with how everyone else is feeling, but generally Esvele's just happy to be exploring.
Stats
Strength: 7 (-2)
Dexterity: 14 (+2)
Constitution: 10 (+0)
Intelligence: 12 (+1)
Wisdom: 20 (+5)
Charisma: 14 (+2)

Saving Throws
Strength: -2
Dexterity: +2
Constitution: +0
Intelligence: +1
Wisdom: +7
Charisma: +4

Kalashtar Traits
Dual Mind. You have advantage on all Wisdom saving throws.
Mental Discipline. You have resistance to psychic damage.
Mind Link. You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see, provided the creature is within a number of feet of you equal to 10 times your level. You don’t need to share a language with the creature for it to understand your telepathic utterances, but the creature must be able to understand at least one language.

When you’re using this trait to speak telepathically to a creature, you can use your action to give that creature the ability to speak telepathically with you for 1 hour or until you end this effect as an action. To use this ability, the creature must be able to see you and must be within this trait’s range. You can give this ability to only one creature at a time; giving it to a creature takes it away from another creature who has it.
Severed from Dreams. Kalashtar sleep, but they don’t connect to the plane of dreams as other creatures do. Instead, their minds draw from the memories of their otherworldly spirit while they sleep. As such, you are immune to spells and other magical effects that require you to dream, like dream, but not to spells and other magical effects that put you to sleep, like sleep.

Cleric Features
Spell Casting. You can cast spells with your Wisdom Modifier.
Divine Domain. Knowledge Domain.
- learn two languages
- proficiency in 2 skills: Arcana, History, Nature, Religion
- proficiency double for either skill above
- learn command and identify

Sage Feature
Researcher. When you attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know that information, you often know where and from whom you can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in an almost inaccessible place, or that it simply cannot be found. Unearthing the deepest secrets of the multiverse can require an adventure or even a whole campaign.
Skills
Acrobatics: +2
Animal Handling: +5
Arcana: +3
Athletics: -2
Deception: +2
History: +3
Insight: +7
Intimidation: +2
Investigation: +1
Medicine: +7
Nature: +5
Perception: +5
Performance: +2
Persuasion: +2
Religion: +5
Sleight of Hand: +2
Stealth: +2
Survival: +5

Equipment
1x Mace
1x Leather Armor
1x Light Crossbow
20x Bolts
1x Shield
1x Holy Symbol
1x Black Ink Bottle
1x Small Knife
1x Letter with Question
1x Common Clothes
1x Backpack
1x Blanket
10x Candles
1x Tinderbox
1x Alms box
2x Block of Incense
1x Censer
1x Vestments
2x Rations
1x Waterskin

Proficiencies
Languages. Common, Quori, Giant, Goblin, Dwarvish, Draconic, Gnomish
Armor. Light, Medium, Shields
Weapons. Simple
Tools. None

Money
CP: 0
SP: 0
EP: 0
GP: 10
PP: 0
Attacks

Name Attack Bonus Damage/Type Name Attack Bonus Damage/Type
Mace +0 1d6 -2 bludgeoning Crossbow, light (80/320); loading; 2 hands +4 1d8 +2 piercing

Spellcasting

Spellcasting Class:
Cleric

Spellcasting Ability:
Wisdom

Spell Save DC
15

Spell Attack Bonus
+7

Cantrips.

First Level.
Slots: 2

Light. Action; Touch; V, M (firefly, phosphorescent moss); 1 hour. Touch 1 object no longer than 10 feet, sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius, dim light for an extra 20 feet, can be colored, can be obscured, can be dismissed as an action. If target item on hostile creature, they must succeed on a Dex saving throw to avoid the spell
Sacred Flame. Action; 60 ft; V, S; Instant. Flame-like radiance descends on a creature within range, must succeed a Dex saving throw or take 1d8 radiant damage, no benefit from cover. Increases at later levels.
Spare the Dying. Action; Touch; V, S; Instant. Touch a living creature with 0 hp, they become stable. No effect on undead or constructs.

Command. Action; 60 ft; V; 1 round. Speak a one-word command to a creature within range, must succeed a Wis saving throw or follow command, no effect if undead, can't understand language, or command directly harmful to itself. Typical commands: Approach, Drops, Flee, Grovel, Halt.
Cure Wounds. Action; Touch; V, S; Instant. Creature you touch regains hp equal to 1d8 + spellcasting modifier, no effect on undead or constructs.
Guiding Bolt. Action; 120 ft; V, S; 1 round. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. Hit: 4d6 radiant damage, next attack has advantage.
Healing Word. Bonus Action; 60 ft; V; Instant. Creature of choice within range regains 1d4 + spellcasting mod, no effect on undead or constructs.
Identify. (Ritual) Minute; Touch; V, S, M (100 gp pearl, owl feather); Instant. Choose object must touch throughout casting. If magic, learns its properties, if it needs attunement, how many charges it has. Learn whether any spells affect the item, what they are, learn what spell created item. Can touch a creature throughout casting to learn what spells currently affect it.
Inflict Wounds. Action; Touch; V, S; Instant. Make a melee spell attack vs a creature you can reach. Hit: 3d10 necrotic damage.
Purify Food and Drink. (Ritual) Action; 10 ft; V, S; Instant. All nonmagical food & drink within 5-foot-radius sphere centered on point of choice is purified and rendered free of poison and disease.
Shield of Faith. Bonus Action; 60 ft; V, S, M (small parchment w/ bit of holy text); Concentration, up to 10 min. Surrounds creature of choice within range, granting +2 bonus to AC for duration.
Sage- Librarian.

Her Parents/ Not Known by Esvele
Her parents were a Kalashtar couple, spending their time in the forests. Otherworldly spirits continued to come after them, though, and wanting the next generation to survive, they went to Waterdeep. Safety would come in knowledge, and often times religion helped to further that. So the child would be left at the Font of Knowledge, before her parents quickly left to return to the forest where they continued to fight otherworldly spirits.

Esvele's Past
One of the librarians at the Font of Knowledge adopted the child and took her in as one of their own. The girl lived nearby the temple, spending most of her time wandering the shelves or by the librarian's side so that they could do their job and she could learn a bit. Her upbringing was a little strange, rather secluded despite how little restrictions were put on her. Once she got to an acceptable age, the girl was allowed to wander the temple on her own. Her favorite sections were on foreign nature and biomes, with spells being second. Of course spells were cool, who didn't want powers and the ability to control something generally uncontrollable? Her idea growing up was that she'd be a wizard.

As a teen, most of her time was still spent in the library. However, her explorations would continue outside of the Font of Knowledge, generally to other places that offered knowledge- the backs of antique shops, a bookstore, or buying some sweets to surprise the librarians. It was also this time that Esvele learned of cleric work and the ability to use knowledge to her advantage during this journey. It was obvious, of course, the Font of Knowledge was a library but also a temple to worship Oghma. Why wouldn't the two mix? So, it was in her late teens that she truly started learning about this option, falling into it more and more. It sounded like the perfect way to incorporate her life altogether. A cleric of Oghma with the intent to spread and collect knowledge.

A couple of weeks ago, Esvele had learned of Nightstone. A strange place with a strange obsidian chunk. Finding no accounts of what the glyphs or chunk might mean, the cleric started packing up her stuff to start off on her first real adventure. While Esvele had collected plenty of information and knew quite a bit on travelling and the environment around Waterdeep and Nightstone, her explorations had never brought her this far from home.

Uh- so, I was having fun playing around with all the different code blocks...

Idea · Jan 30, 2021

Maythread Undergold
Lvl 1 Celestial Warlock / Lvl 1 Artificer
Basics
Bio
Features & Traits
Skills

Race: Automaton (warforged reflavored) [Construct and Humanoid Creature Types]
Age/Gender: Female, as per the imprinted memories.
Height/Weight: 4 foot 3 / 190 Ibs
Languages: Common, Dwarven, Giant
More Appearance Details:

STR
14
Athletics: +4

DEX
10
Acrobatics: 0|Sleight of Hand: 0|Stealth: 0

CON
14
.

INT
14
Arcana: +4|History: +2|Investigation: +4

Nature: +2|Religion: +2

WIS
7
Animal Handling: -2|Insight: -2|Medicine: 0

Perception: -2|Survival: -2

CHA
18
Deception: +4|Intimidation: +4

Performance: +4 |Persuasion: +6
Alignment:
Lawful Good

Personality Traits:
*Playing with and taking care of children makes me feel mature and responsible.

*Sometimes I act in ways I'm not sure I would. For ill and for good.

*I think puns are hilarious.

Ideal:
*Law and Order- I'm pretty sure I think things should be orderly and within the rules. I mean, it would be pretty confusing if we just did things at random, right?

*Understanding- Behind every good thing, and every bad thing, there is always a story. I think we should always try to learn what it is, so we can learn from it. It's always good to learn new things. It's lonely when you can't.

Bonds:
*My quest for my family, whatever form they may be in, keeps me moving forward every day.

*I have a crowbar covered in dried blood. I can't quite make out why, and I have so many feelings about it I can't pinpoint them, except in how important they are to me.

Flaws:
*My situational awareness is not my strongest trait, especially when my curiosity gets the better of me.

*I am stubborn to a fault when it comes to following the rules, and might actively sabotage even my own friend's attempts at cheating.

Background:
(This section was mostly PMed to the GM and I intend to update it here as it is uncovered)

Sometime ago, Maythread found woke up half-frozen in snow amidst the crumbled remains of place that seemed familiar. She remembered most things, just not how she got into that position. She was stuck on rocks and metal, but managed to pull herself out somehow. She felt heavy and drowsy but awake and she never felt it had been this easy to move around. While she was excited to tell someone about this discovery, she felt alone. She looked around, she couldn't find either of her parents, not even her father's work. Now that she thought about it, she vaguely recalled something about an Earthquake. About the whole facility starting to rumble. Then she looked at her "hands", and she would've fainted if she could.

After collecting herself somewhat, she realized there was no point standing still. Whatever it took, she would have to go and find her family, and something, some kind of gut feeling, told her to go towards some big rock or something. She would probably get a clearer picture if she just walked a bit...right? Regardless, at the same time she did feel a degree of excitement. After all, she was getting to see the world for the first time, to really go on an 'expedition' like her parents did before!

Automaton (Reflavored Warforged):
*Constructed Resilience: You were created to have remarkable fortitude, represented by the following benefits:
-You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
-You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
-You are immune to disease.
-You don't need to sleep, and magic can't put you to sleep.

*Sentry's Rest: When you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but it doesn’t render you unconscious, and you can see and hear as normal.

*Integrated Protection: Your body has built-in defensive layers, which can be enhanced with armor.
You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class.
You can don only armor with which you have proficiency. To don armor, you must incorporate it into your body over the course of 1 hour, during which you must remain in contact with the armor. To doff armor, you must spend 1 hour removing it. You can rest while donning or doffing armor in this way.
While you live, your armor can't be removed from your body against your will.

*Specialized Design: You gain one skill proficiency and one tool proficiency of your choice. (Athletics , Navigator's Tools)

Warlock:
*Pact Magic: Your arcane research and the magic bestowed on you by your patron have given you facility with spells.

*Spellcasting Focus: You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells.

*Spell Versatility: Whenever you finish a long rest, you can replace one spell you learned from this Pact Magic feature with another spell from the warlock spell list. The new spell must be the same level as the spell you replace.

The ~~Celestial~~ Modron:

*Expanded Spell List: The ~~Celestial~~ Modron lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell.

*Bonus Cantrips: At 1st level, you learn the Light and Sacred Flame cantrips. They count as warlock cantrips for you, but they don’t count against your number of cantrips known.

*Healing Light: At 1st level, you gain the ability to channel ~~Celestial~~ arcane energy to heal wounds. You have a pool of d6s that you spend to fuel this healing. The number of dice in the pool equals 1 + your warlock level.

As a bonus action, you can heal one creature you can see within 60 feet of you, spending dice from the pool. The maximum number of dice you can spend at once equals your Charisma modifier (minimum of one die). Roll the dice you spend, add them together, and restore a number of hit points equal to the total.

Your pool regains all expended dice when you finish a long rest.

Artificer:

*Magical Tinkering:At 1st level, you've learned how to invest a spark of magic into mundane objects. To use this ability, you must have thieves' tools or artisan's tools in hand. You then touch a Tiny nonmagical object as an action and give it one of the following magical properties of your choice:

The object sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet.
Whenever tapped by a creature, the object emits a recorded message that can be heard up to 10 feet away. You utter the message when you bestow this property on the object, and the recording can be no more than 6 seconds long.
The object continuously emits your choice of an odor or a nonverbal sound (wind, waves, chirping, or the like). The chosen phenomenon is perceivable up to 10 feet away.
A static visual effect appears on one of the object's surfaces. This effect can be a picture, up to 25 words of text, lines and shapes, or a mixture of these elements, as you like.
The chosen property lasts indefinitely. As an action, you can touch the object and end the property early.

You can bestow magic on multiple objects, touching one object each time you use this feature, though a single object can only bear one property at a time. The maximum number of objects you can affect with this feature at one time is equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one object). If you try to exceed your maximum, the oldest property immediately ends, and then the new property applies.

*Ritual Casting: You can cast an artificer spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell prepared.

Young Assistant (Custom Background):
*Child at Heart: Though you may have attained knowledge through working with another in their craft, you have not dedicated your life to it yet, and still have the spirit of youth within you. Your demeanor help you come off more friendly, joyful and harmless on a first impression, and the young in age or in heart in particular seem to easily take a liking to you.

Proficiencies
Skills- Athletics, Persuasion, Medicine, Arcane, Investigation

Armor- Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields

Weapons- Simple Weapons

Tools- Navigator's Tools, Smith's Tools, Tinker's Tools, Thieve's Tools

Attacks

Spear - 1d6+2 (Piercing)

Spear (Two-Handed) - 1d8+2 (Piercing)

Spear (Thrown) - 1d6+2 (Piercing)

Light Hammer - 1d4+2 (Bludgeoning)

Proficiency Bonus: +2
Hit Points: 17
Hit Dice: 2d8
Armor Class: 12
Initiative: 0
Speed: 30 ft
Passive Perception: 8
Spellcasting Ability: Cha / Int
Spellsave DC: 14 / 12
Spell Attack Bonus: +6 / +4
- Race: Automaton (warforged reflavored) [Construct and Humanoid Creature Types]
  Class: Lvl 1 Celestial Warlock / Lvl 1 Artificer
  Age/Gender: Female, as per the imprinted memories.
  Height/Weight: 4 foot 3 / 190 Ibs
  Languages: Common, Dwarven, Giant
  More Appearance Details:
  
  STR
  14
  Athletics: +4
  
  DEX
  10
  Acrobatics: 0|Sleight of Hand: 0|Stealth: 0
  
  CON
  14
  .
  
  INT
  14
  Arcana: +4|History: +2|Investigation: +4
  
  Nature: +2|Religion: +2
  
  WIS
  7
  Animal Handling: -2|Insight: -2|Medicine: 0
  
  Perception: -2|Survival: -2
  
  CHA
  18
  Deception: +4|Intimidation: +4
  
  Performance: +4 |Persuasion: +6
- Alignment:
  Lawful Good
  
  Personality Traits:
  *Playing with and taking care of children makes me feel mature and responsible.
  
  *Sometimes I act in ways I'm not sure I would. For ill and for good.
  
  *I think puns are hilarious.
  
  Ideal:
  *Law and Order- I'm pretty sure I think things should be orderly and within the rules. I mean, it would be pretty confusing if we just did things at random, right?
  
  *Understanding- Behind every good thing, and every bad thing, there is always a story. I think we should always try to learn what it is, so we can learn from it. It's always good to learn new things. It's lonely when you can't.
  
  Bonds:
  *My quest for my family, whatever form they may be in, keeps me moving forward every day.
  
  *I have a crowbar covered in dried blood. I can't quite make out why, and I have so many feelings about it I can't pinpoint them, except in how important they are to me.
  
  Flaws:
  *My situational awareness is not my strongest trait, especially when my curiosity gets the better of me.
  
  *I am stubborn to a fault when it comes to following the rules, and might actively sabotage even my own friend's attempts at cheating.
  
  Background:
  (This section was mostly PMed to the GM and I intend to update it here as it is uncovered)
  
  Sometime ago, Maythread found woke up half-frozen in snow amidst the crumbled remains of place that seemed familiar. She remembered most things, just not how she got into that position. She was stuck on rocks and metal, but managed to pull herself out somehow. She felt heavy and drowsy but awake and she never felt it had been this easy to move around. While she was excited to tell someone about this discovery, she felt alone. She looked around, she couldn't find either of her parents, not even her father's work. Now that she thought about it, she vaguely recalled something about an Earthquake. About the whole facility starting to rumble. Then she looked at her "hands", and she would've fainted if she could.
  
  After collecting herself somewhat, she realized there was no point standing still. Whatever it took, she would have to go and find her family, and something, some kind of gut feeling, told her to go towards some big rock or something. She would probably get a clearer picture if she just walked a bit...right? Regardless, at the same time she did feel a degree of excitement. After all, she was getting to see the world for the first time, to really go on an 'expedition' like her parents did before!
- Automaton (Reflavored Warforged):
  *Constructed Resilience: You were created to have remarkable fortitude, represented by the following benefits:
  -You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
  -You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
  -You are immune to disease.
  -You don't need to sleep, and magic can't put you to sleep.
  
  *Sentry's Rest: When you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but it doesn’t render you unconscious, and you can see and hear as normal.
  
  *Integrated Protection: Your body has built-in defensive layers, which can be enhanced with armor.
  You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class.
  You can don only armor with which you have proficiency. To don armor, you must incorporate it into your body over the course of 1 hour, during which you must remain in contact with the armor. To doff armor, you must spend 1 hour removing it. You can rest while donning or doffing armor in this way.
  While you live, your armor can't be removed from your body against your will.
  
  *Specialized Design: You gain one skill proficiency and one tool proficiency of your choice. (Athletics , Navigator's Tools)
  
  Warlock:
  *Pact Magic: Your arcane research and the magic bestowed on you by your patron have given you facility with spells.
  
  *Spellcasting Focus: You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells.
  
  *Spell Versatility: Whenever you finish a long rest, you can replace one spell you learned from this Pact Magic feature with another spell from the warlock spell list. The new spell must be the same level as the spell you replace.
  
  The ~~Celestial~~ Modron:
  
  *Expanded Spell List: The ~~Celestial~~ Modron lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell.
  
  *Bonus Cantrips: At 1st level, you learn the Light and Sacred Flame cantrips. They count as warlock cantrips for you, but they don’t count against your number of cantrips known.
  
  *Healing Light: At 1st level, you gain the ability to channel ~~Celestial~~ arcane energy to heal wounds. You have a pool of d6s that you spend to fuel this healing. The number of dice in the pool equals 1 + your warlock level.
  
  As a bonus action, you can heal one creature you can see within 60 feet of you, spending dice from the pool. The maximum number of dice you can spend at once equals your Charisma modifier (minimum of one die). Roll the dice you spend, add them together, and restore a number of hit points equal to the total.
  
  Your pool regains all expended dice when you finish a long rest.
  
  Artificer:
  
  *Magical Tinkering:At 1st level, you've learned how to invest a spark of magic into mundane objects. To use this ability, you must have thieves' tools or artisan's tools in hand. You then touch a Tiny nonmagical object as an action and give it one of the following magical properties of your choice:
  
  The object sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet.
  Whenever tapped by a creature, the object emits a recorded message that can be heard up to 10 feet away. You utter the message when you bestow this property on the object, and the recording can be no more than 6 seconds long.
  The object continuously emits your choice of an odor or a nonverbal sound (wind, waves, chirping, or the like). The chosen phenomenon is perceivable up to 10 feet away.
  A static visual effect appears on one of the object's surfaces. This effect can be a picture, up to 25 words of text, lines and shapes, or a mixture of these elements, as you like.
  The chosen property lasts indefinitely. As an action, you can touch the object and end the property early.
  
  You can bestow magic on multiple objects, touching one object each time you use this feature, though a single object can only bear one property at a time. The maximum number of objects you can affect with this feature at one time is equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one object). If you try to exceed your maximum, the oldest property immediately ends, and then the new property applies.
  
  *Ritual Casting: You can cast an artificer spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell prepared.
  
  Young Assistant (Custom Background):
  *Child At Heart: Though you may have attained knowledge through working with another in their craft, you have not dedicated your life to it yet, and still have the spirit of youth within you. Your demeanor help you come off more friendly, joyful and harmless on a first impression, and the young in age or in heart in particular seem to easily take a liking to you.
- Proficiencies
  Skills- Athletics, Persuasion, Medicine, Arcane, Investigation
  
  Armor- Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields
  
  Weapons- Simple Weapons
  
  Tools- Navigator's Tools, Smith's Tools, Tinker's Tools, Thieve's Tools
  
  Attacks
  
  Spear - 1d6+2 (Piercing)
  
  Spear (Two-Handed) - 1d8+2 (Piercing)
  
  Spear (Thrown) - 1d6+2 (Piercing)
  
  Light Hammer - 1d4+2 (Bludgeoning)
Proficiency Bonus: +2
Hit Points: 10
Hit Dice: 1d8
Armor Class: 12
Initiative: 0
Speed: 30 ft
Passive Perception: 8
Spellcasting Ability: Cha / Int
Spellsave DC: 14 / 12
Spell Attack Bonus: +6 / +4

Spells: Cantrips: (4)
*Create Bonfire (Warlock)
*Prestidigitation (Warlock)
*Light (Warlock)
*Sacred Flame (Warlock)
*Shocking Grasp (Artificer)
*Mending (Artificer)

First Level: (2)
*Guiding Bolt (Warlock)
*Healing Elixir (Warlock)
*Detect Magic (Artificer) [Ritual] [Prepared]
*Catapult (Artificer) [Prepared]

Items: Equipped:
*Copper Plates (Reflavored Leather) (-10 GP)
*Arcane Focus - Crystal (-10 GP) [The Core Inside of Her]
*Sack x3 (-3 CP)
*Spear (-1 GP)

Currency:
0 PP
15 GP
14 SP
23 CP

Carrying:
*Miner's Pick (-2 GP)
*Pole (10 ft) (-5 CP)
*Bloodied Crowbar (-2 GP)
*Rope (Hemp - 50 ft) x2 (-2 GP)
*Chalk x4 (-4 CP)
*Piton x5 (-25 CP)
*Shovel (-2 GP)
*Light Hammer (-2 GP)
*Spear x2 (-2 GP)
*Shield (-10 GP)
*Navigator's Tools (-25 GP)
*Healer's Kit (-5 GP)

-Navigator's Tools Ruleset in use: Xanatar's Guide to Everything

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Sara Sidereal · Apr 2, 2021

Torgan Bomrek
Dwarf fighter

- hate creepy crawlies
- hate trolls
- hate orcs
- love minin'
- love ale
- love me axe

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Ellya · Apr 8, 2021

Sara Sidereal said:
Torgan Bomrek
Dwarf fighter

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- hate creepy crawlies
- hate trolls
- hate orcs
- love minin'
- love ale
- love me axe

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Stats look good! Just try to think of some character traits, personality, background, ... just some things to flesh him out a little, we're mostly focusing on character interactions after all

Sara Sidereal · Apr 8, 2021

um I believe you will find that I have included 100% of the personality traits of all dwarves

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Ellya · Apr 8, 2021

Sara Sidereal said:
um I believe you will find that I have included 100% of the personality traits of all dwarves

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Ah right, apparently I can't see those tabs, I didn't know about that :^)
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Sara Sidereal · Apr 8, 2021

done, let me know if i need a tragic backstory tho

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