[CHAR] Aesithas (D&D 5e Homebrew) - On Hiatus

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Amaryllis

*Note: While she may look human in this pic, she is still a wooden construct made out of plant fibers and vines. Hers is more flower based. (OOC: The pic is the closest approximation to how I envision the character's appearance)

Meet Amaryllis!

Amaryllis
Wooden One Druid 3

AC 16 HP 18/18 Speed 30ft

Str 8 (-1) Dex 16 (3) Con 11 (0) Wis 20 (5) Int 10 (0) Cha 16 (3)

Attacks
Quarterstaff +1 1d6/1d8-1
Shillelagh +7 1d6/1d8+5




Wisdom +2. Wisdom Cap increased to 22.
Charisma +2. Charisma cap increased to 22.
+1 to a different stat of choice (DEX).

Size - Medium
Speed - 30

One With Nature - You have Climb and Swim speeds equal to your walking speed.

Forest Construct - You do not need to eat, drink, or breathe to survive. Through sounds and gestures, you can communicate simple ideas with Beasts.

Warden of the Heartlands - You are proficient with the Animal Handling skill and the Nature skill.

The Blessings of Water - While it is raining or you have access to a large body of water such as a river or lake and are standing or submerged in it, you may spend Hit Dice as an action to regain hit points. Add your proficiency modifier to hit die expended in this way.

The Warmth of the Sun - While you are in direct Sunlight, your Move Speed is increased by 10.

The Tendrils of the Everbloom - You may, as a bonus action, touch a tree and travel through its root systems and emerge from another tree within 60 feet of the one you touched. You may do this a number of times per long rest equal to your proficiency modifier.

Everbloom's Fabled Freezing - You are vulnerable to Cold Damage; in addition, your movement speed is reduced by 10 until the end of your next turn whenever you take cold damage. This may stack to a movement speed of 0.

Druidic: You know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You can speak the language and use it to leave hidden messages. You and others who know this language automatically spot such a message. Others spot the message's presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check but can't decipher it without magic.

Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before. You can use this feature twice. You regain expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.
Your druid level determines the beasts you can transform into, as shown in the Beast Shapes table. At 2nd level, for example, you can transform into any beast that has a challenge rating of 1/4 or lower that doesn't have a flying or swimming speed.
Beast Shapes
Level Max. CR Limitations Example
2nd 1/4 No flying or swimming speed Wolf
4th 1/2 No flying speed Crocodile
8th 1 — Giant eagle
You can stay in a beast shape for a number of hours equal to half your druid level (rounded down). You then revert to your normal form unless you expend another use of this feature. You can revert to your normal form earlier by using a bonus action on your turn. You automatically revert if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die.
While you are transformed, the following rules apply:
Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but you retain your alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the creature. If the creature has the same proficiency as you and the bonus in its stat block is higher than yours, use the creature's bonus instead of yours. If the creature has any legendary or lair actions, you can't use them.
When you transform, you assume the beast's hit points and Hit Dice. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit points you had before you transformed. However, if you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. For example, if you take 10 damage in animal form and have only 1 hit point left, you revert and take 9 damage. As long as the excess damage doesn't reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you aren't knocked unconscious.
You can't cast spells, and your ability to speak or take any action that requires hands is limited to the capabilities of your beast form. Transforming doesn't break your concentration on a spell you've already cast, however, or prevent you from taking actions that are part of a spell, such as call lightning, that you've already cast.
You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. However, you can't use any of your special senses, such as darkvision, unless your new form also has that sense.
You choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal, but the DM decides whether it is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the creature's shape and size. Your equipment doesn't change size or shape to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can't wear must either fall to the ground or merge with it. Equipment that merges with the form has no effect until you leave the form.

Star Map: You've created a star chart as part of your heavenly studies. It is a Tiny object and can serve as a spellcasting focus for your druid spells. You determine its form by rolling on the Star Map table or by choosing one.

A stone tablet with fine holes drilled through it

While holding this map, you have these benefits:
You know the guidance cantrip.
You have the guiding bolt spell prepared. It counts as a druid spell for you, and it doesn't count against the number of spells you can have prepared.
You can cast guiding bolt without expending a spell slot. You can do so a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
If you lose the map, you can perform a 1-hour ceremony to magically create a replacement. This ceremony can be performed during a short or long rest, and it destroys the previous map.

Starry Form: As a bonus action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to take on a starry form, rather than transforming into a beast.
While in your starry form, you retain your game statistics, but your body becomes luminous; your joints glimmer like stars, and glowing lines connect them as on a star chart. This form sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. The form lasts for 10 minutes. It ends early if you dismiss it (no action required), are incapacitated, die, or use this feature again.
Whenever you assume your starry form, choose which of the following constellations glimmers on your body; your choice gives you certain benefits while in the form:
Archer. A constellation of an archer appears on you. When you activate this form, and as a bonus action on your subsequent turns while it lasts, you can make a ranged spell attack, hurling a luminous arrow that targets one creature within 60 feet of you. On a hit, the attack deals radiant damage equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier.
Chalice. A constellation of a life-giving goblet appears on you. Whenever you cast a spell using a spell slot that restores hit points to a creature, you or another creature within 30 feet of you can regain hit points equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier.
Dragon. A constellation of a wise dragon appears on you. When you make an Intelligence or a Wisdom check or a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell, you can treat a roll of 9 or lower on the d20 as a 10.

Discovery: The quiet seclusion of your extended hermitage gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have uncovered a fact that has long been forgotten, or unearthed some relic of the past that could rewrite history. It might be information that would be damaging to the people who or consigned you to exile, and hence the reason for your return to society.
Work with your DM to determine the details of your discovery and its impact on the campaign.

Free Feat: Skill Expert
You have honed your proficiency with particular skills, granting you the following benefits:
*Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 20. (CHA)
*You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice. (Insight)
*Choose one skill in which you have proficiency. You gain expertise with that skill, which means your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make with it. The skill you choose must be one that isn't already benefiting from a feature, such as Expertise, that doubles your proficiency bonus. (Survival)

Backstory WIP

Born from a union between a Wooden One and a Human, Amaryllis appears almost human herself. Ten years she was just a seed, and for thirty years after, she grew in isolation and meditation. While her heritage as a Wooden One is apparent, she received her fascination of the stars and the heavens above from her Human parent, her father.

Why was she isolated? Amaryllis is aware that her situation amongst other Wooden Ones in the Heartlands is complicated. On one hand, she was to be treated as lesser than other Wooden Ones because one of her parents was a human. But her mother is current Druid, and Amaryllis herself has shown a talent for the Druidic arts.

So leadership, or advising the next leader at the very least, would fall to Amaryllis. So, it was decided that her life was to be spent in isolation, so that she may focus on her studies and tending to the world around her.

Amaryllis worked diligently in her own area of the Heartlands, away from any other contact. In her studies, she found a way to unite the light of the stars with druidic magic.

One day, in her own isolation, she learned something important: A portent of the future from the stars as well as present signs from nature around her.

With this portent and signs, Amaryllis realized that sitting around in her grove would not help matters. So, she left.

She realizes that the best course of action would be to speak with the leaders. Starting with the Princess of the Dale Folk.

Oh? She's already sent out a Summons? Even better!

Amaryllis takes the opportunity to accept the summons in order to speak with the Princess.

During Amaryllis's journey out of the Heartlands, she realizes the isolation caused her own heart to freeze on the surface. She can be blunt, and more often than not, appear aloof to others. However, deep down, she wants to be accepted into a group. She wants to be a part of a community, to have friends and loved ones of her own. But she also tells herself that that is not as important as the problem at hand now.

[karamonnom]

Zzyvia || Iris

Zzyvia, aka “Iris”

Iris
Zephyrite Monk 4

AC 17 HP 23/23 Speed 35ft/ 50ft
Str 11 (0) Dex 22(6) Con 12 (1) Wis 14 (2) Int 10 (0) Cha 9 (-1)

Attacks
Wakizashi +7 1d6
Kama +7 1d4
Darts + 7 1d4

+4 Dexterity. +1 to other stat of choice. Dex cap raised to 24.

Size - Small
Speed - 25 (+10)
Fly (Hover) - 50

The Rune of Wind - Zephyrites may hold their breath indefinitely. They know the Gust cantrip. At level 5 they know the Gust of Wind spell and may cast it once without expending a spell slot. At level 11 they know the Control Winds spell and may cast it once without expending a spell slot. At level 17 they know the Investiture of Wind spell and may cast it once without expending a spell slot. Charisma is the spellcasting modifier for these racial castings. They recharge on a Long Rest.

Cloudcraft innovators - Proficiency in Tinker’s Tools and Cartographer’s Tools. You may spend an hour working with a cloud to write a message in the sky as if with the ‘skywrite’ spell.

Zephyrite Weapon Training - You are proficient with all 'Zephyr' weapons.

The Spark of the Old Nimbus - twice per long rest, you may imbue Lightning into your attacks for one minute. Whenever you hit a target with an attack, they suffer additional Lightning damage equal to your proficiency modifier.

The Fall of Zentar and the Fading of the Old Nimbus - Zephyrites are Vulnerable to Falling Damage and have one less hit point per level.

Ki = 4
Flurry of Blows. Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 ki point to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.
Patient Defense. You can spend 1 ki point to take the Dodge action as a bonus action on your turn.
Step of the Wind. You can spend 1 ki point to take the Disengage or Dash action as a bonus action on your turn, and your jump distance is doubled for the turn.

If you spend 1 ki or more as part of your action on your turn, you can then immediately make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.

Distant Eye
[–]
When you make a ranged weapon attack, you can spend 1 ki point to prevent attacking at long range from imposing disadvantage on your attack rolls until the end of the current turn.

Quickened Healing
[–]
As an action, you can spend 2 ki points and roll a Martial Arts die. You regain a number of hit points equal to the number rolled.

Slow Fall
[–] You can use your reaction when you fall to reduce any falling damage you take by an amount equal to five times your monk level

Feature: Guild Membership-
As an established and respected member of a guild, you can rely on certain benefits that membership provides. Your fellow guild members will provide you with lodging and food if necessary, and pay for your funeral if needed. In some cities and towns, a guildhall offers a central place to meet other members of your profession, which can be a good place to meet potential patrons, allies, or hirelings.

If you spend 1 ki point or more as part of your action on your turn, you can make one attack with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon as a bonus action before the end of the turn.

Kensei Weapons. Choose two types of weapons to be your kensei weapons: one melee weapon and one ranged weapon. Each of these weapons can be any simple or martial weapon that lacks the heavy and special properties. The longbow is also a valid choice. You gain proficiency with these weapons if you don't already have it. Weapons of the chosen types are monk weapons for you. Many of this tradition's features work only with your kensei weapons. When you reach 6th, 11th, and 17th level in this class, you can choose another type of weapon—either melee or ranged—to be a kensei weapon for you, following the criteria above.

Agile Parry. If you make an unarmed strike as part of the Attack action on your turn and are holding a kensei weapon, you can use it to defend yourself if it is a melee weapon. You gain a +2 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn, while the weapon is in your hand and you aren't incapacitated.

Kensei's Shot. You can use a bonus action on your turn to make your ranged attacks with a kensei weapon more deadly. When you do so, any target you hit with a ranged attack using a kensei weapon takes an extra 1d4 damage of the weapon's type. You retain this benefit until the end of the current turn.
Way of the Brush. You gain proficiency with your choice of calligrapher's supplies or painter's supplies.

Unarmored Movement-
Starting at 2nd level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield. This bonus increases when you reach certain monk levels, as shown in the Monk table.

At 9th level, you gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during the move.

Deflect Missiles-
Starting at 3rd level, you can use your reaction to deflect or catch the missile when you are hit by a ranged weapon attack. When you do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your monk level.

If you reduce the damage to 0, you can catch the missile if it is small enough for you to hold in one hand and you have at least one hand free. If you catch a missile in this way, you can spend 1 ki point to make a ranged attack (range 20/60 feet) with the weapon or piece of ammunition you just caught, as part of the same reaction. You make this attack with proficiency, regardless of your weapon proficiencies, and the missile counts as a monk weapon for the attack.

Background: Guild Artisan
Guilds often wield tremendous political power. If you are accused of a crime, your guild will support you if a good case can be made for your innocence or the crime is justifiable. You can also gain access to powerful political figures through the guild, if you are a member in good standing. Such connections might require the donation of money or magic items to the guild's coffers.

You must pay dues of 5 gp per month to the guild. If you miss payments, you must make up back dues to remain in the guild's good graces.

Specialty- Smithing and Metal Forging
Guilds are generally found in cities large enough to support several artisans practicing the same trade. However, your guild might instead be a loose network of artisans who each work in a different village within a larger realm. Work with your DM to determine the nature of your guild.

Free Feat: Observant
Quick to notice details of your environment, you gain the following benefits:
Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom by 1, to a maximum of 20. (Wis)
If you can see a creature's mouth while it is speaking a language you understand, you can interpret what it's saying by reading its lips.
You have a +5 bonus to your passive Wisdom (Perception) and passive Intelligence (Investigation) scores.)

Backstory WIP

Stubborn and ambitious, Zzyvia has been taught under a strict master during her early days as spawn. The lessons were grueling and took many, long years, but she has finally completed his tutelage when she defeated him in combat. Still, she was unsatisfied and still strived to further perfect her craft.

She decided that to fully master her weapons art, she also has to master creating them first. Better known now as Iris, she travels the world, practicing and learning from many craftsmen and fighters alike. She has also joined a guild whose members also acted as her mentor when she was first learning the craft.

In her travels, she has seen the decline of Aesithas herself and upon hearing the Summons, decided it was a good use of her skills and potentially an even greater opportunity to improve herself.

[XxFellsingxX]

Vigil

Character Sheet

Vigil
Behemoth Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) 4

AC 18 HP 40/40 Speed 40ft

Str 18 (4) Dex 14 (2) Con 16 (3) Wis 14 (2) Int 6 (-2) Cha 16 (3)

Attacks
Long Front Claws (Longsword) +5 1d8+4
Plated Head (Shield)




RACIAL
Ability Score. +4 Strength. Strength cap increased to 24.
+1 to a different stat of choice. (WIS)

Size. Large.

Darkvision. 60 feet.

Keen Senses (smell).

Tyrania’s Heirs. Proficient in Survival.

Quadruped Form. Behemoths are quadruped beasts, and as such cannot hold or wield equipment. Armor can be crafted for them but they require assistance to don or doff it, and it faces increased costs similar to barding.

Warriors of tooth and claw. While incapable of wielding weapons, Behemoth bodies are natural tools of hunting and battle; spines, claws, bludgeoning limbs, and vicious fangs adorn these people. During a short rest, Behemoths can alter their physiologies to approximate up to two pieces of equipment they are proficient with. Ranged weapons without the Thrown property may not be approximated in this way. Heavy and Two Handed equipment require both uses of this ability. If the Behemoth is proficient with Shields, they may manifest one in the place of another piece of equipment and gain the benefit listed under Natural Armor. Ex; a Behemoth Fighter may manifest a Greatsword (Bladed forelimbs), a Spine Tail (Javelin) and Wicked Fangs (Warpick), or Razor Claws (Longsword) and a Hardened Crest (Shield) as examples. If you create a Thrown weapon such as a Javelin, you are assumed to have virtually unlimited numbers of them as your body produces additional spines, spikes, teeth, or whatever you are flavoring your ranged attack as

Natural Armor. A Behemoth’s natural armor class depends on their proficiencies and can be changed at the end of a Long Rest. This represents scales, toughened hide, padded fur, chitinous growths, etcetera.
- Light Armor: 12+Dex
- Medium: 14+Dex (2 max)
- Heavy: 16 (disadvantage Stealth)
- Shield: +2 AC

Note on attuning to magic items: When a Behemoth Attunes to a magic item, it is absorbed into their body and the ability becomes innate. When attuning to weapons and armor, they gain the option of approximating those specific pieces of equipment

Tyrania’s Leap. A number of times per short rest equal to your proficiency modifier, as an Action, you may leap a distance of up to twice your strength statistic.

Prehensile Tail. a Behemoth’s tail may be used to do things such as Open Doors, Hold Keys, Administer Potions, but may not be used to attack or wield equipment besides approximation via Natural Weapons. Additionally, the Prehensile Tail may be used to utilize Tools that the Behemoth is proficient with.

Arcane Conduit. if a Behemoth has the Spellcasting feature, they may use one of their Natural Weapon approximations to approximate either an Arcane Focus or a Component Pouch. An Arcane Focus takes the form of an obviously mystical approximation; Crystalline horns, glowing orbs along the spine or on the chest, etc.

The Shackling of Tyrania. Behemoths have disadvantage on Saving Throws to resist Restrain or Hold type magical effects

CLASS
Divine Sense. The presence of strong evil registers on your senses like a noxious odor, and powerful good rings like heavenly music in your ears. As an action, you can open your awareness to detect such forces. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet of you that is not behind total cover. You know the type (celestial, fiend, or undead) of any being whose presence you sense, but not its identity (the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich, for instance). Within the same radius, you also detect the presence of any place or object that has been consecrated or desecrated, as with the Hallow spell. You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 + your Charisma modifier. When you finish a long rest, you regain all expended uses.

Lay on Hands. Your blessed touch can heal wounds. You have a pool of healing power that replenishes when you take a long rest. With that pool, you can restore a total number of hit points equal to your paladin level x 5.
As an action, you can touch a creature and draw power from the pool to restore a number of hit points to that creature, up to the maximum amount remaining in your pool.
Alternatively, you can expend 5 hit points from your pool of healing to cure the target of one disease or neutralize one poison affecting it. You can cure multiple diseases and neutralize multiple poisons with a single use of Lay on Hands, expending hit points separately for each one.
This feature has no effect on undead and constructs.

Fighting Style. Starting at 2nd level, you adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.
- Protection. When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield.

Spellcasting. By 2nd level, you have learned to draw on divine magic through meditation and prayer to cast spells as a cleric does.
Preparing and Casting Spells
The Paladin table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your paladin spells. To cast one of your paladin spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
You prepare the list of paladin spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the paladin spell list. When you do so, choose a number of paladin spells equal to your Charisma modifier + half your paladin level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.
For example, if you are a 5th-level paladin, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Charisma of 14, your list of prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the 1st-level spell Cure Wounds, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn't remove it from your list of prepared spells.
You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of paladin spells requires time spent in prayer and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your paladin spells, since their power derives from the strength of your convictions. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a paladin spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

Spellcasting Focus. You can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus for your paladin spells.

Divine Smite. Starting at 2nd level, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can expend one spell slot to deal radiant damage to the target, in addition to the weapon's damage. The extra damage is 2d8 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d8. The damage increases by 1d8 if the target is an undead or a fiend, to a maximum of 6d8.

Divine Health. By 3rd level, the divine magic flowing through you makes you immune to disease.

Harness Divine Power. Also at 3rd level, you can expend a use of your Channel Divinity to fuel your spells. As a bonus action, you touch your holy symbol, utter a prayer, and regain one expended spell slot, the level of which can be no higher than half your proficiency bonus (rounded up). The number of times you can use this feature is based on the level you've reached in this class: 3rd level, once; 7th level, twice; and 15th level, thrice. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Martial Versatility. Whenever you reach a level in this class that grants the Ability Score Improvement feature, you can replace a fighting style you know with another fighting style available to paladins. This replacement represents a shift of focus in your martial practice.

SUBCLASS
Tenets of the Ancients. The tenets of the Oath of the Ancients have been preserved for uncounted centuries. This oath emphasizes the principles of good above any concerns of law or chaos. Its four central principles are simple:
- Kindle the Light. Through your acts of mercy, kindness, and forgiveness, kindle the light of hope in the world, beating back despair.
- Shelter the Light. Where there is good, beauty, love, and laughter in the world, stand against the wickedness that would swallow it. Where life flourishes, stand against the forces that would render it barren.
- Preserve Your Own Light. Delight in song and laughter, in beauty and art. If you allow the light to die in your own heart, you can't preserve it in the world.
- Be the Light. Be a glorious beacon for all who live in despair. Let the light of your joy and courage shine forth in all your deeds.

Channel Divinity. When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options:
- Nature's Wrath. You can use your Channel Divinity to invoke primeval forces to ensnare a foe. As an action, you can cause spectral vines to spring up and reach for a creature within 10 feet of you that you can see. The creature must succeed on a Strength or Dexterity saving throw (its choice) or be restrained. While restrained by the vines, the creature repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns. On a success, it frees itself and the vines vanish.
- Turn the Faithless. You can use your Channel Divinity to utter ancient words that are painful for fey and fiends to hear. As an action, you present your holy symbol, and each fey or fiend within 30 feet of you that can hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is turned for 1 minute or until it takes damage.
A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can't willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also can't take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there's nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge action.
If the creature's true form is concealed by an illusion, shapeshifting, or other effect, that form is revealed while it is turned.

BACKGROUND
Why Are You Here? Separated from tribe/kidnapped(?)

Where Are You From? Badlands.

All Eyes on You. Your accent, mannerisms, figures of speech, and perhaps even your appearance all mark you as foreign. Curious glances are directed your way wherever you go, which can be a nuisance, but you also gain the friendly interest of scholars and others intrigued by far-off lands, to say nothing of everyday folk who are eager to hear stories of your homeland.
You can parley this attention into access to people and places you might not otherwise have, for you and your traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about your distant homeland and people.

FEATS
Athlete. You have undergone extensive physical training to gain the following benefits:
- Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- When you are prone, standing up uses only 5 feet of your movement.
- Climbing doesn’t cost you extra movement.
- You can make a running long jump or a running high jump after moving only 5 feet on foot, rather than 10 feet.

Heavy Armour Master. You can use your armor to deflect strikes that would kill others. You gain the following benefits:
- Increase your Strength score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- While you are wearing heavy armor, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage that you take from nonmagical attacks is reduced by 3.

Backstory WIP

Born and raised in the Badlands, Vigil hasn't experienced much else of Aesithas, nor has he had any desire to. Until recently, he was very content with his life: he had a tribe that respected him and depended on him to protect it as one of its oldest warriors. He had a mate who loved him and trusted him to always return to her after each battle. He had four children who he was raising and training to serve the tribe just as well as he had. It wasn't a easy life by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a rewarding one.

Then one day, all of that changed. After a particularly grueling battle against some creatures from the Lands Beyond, Vigil and the rest of his patrol were ambushed and captured by a band of strangers in robes and masks, who took Vigil and his surviving comrades away from his home and all the way to a city in the Dale Lands. Here, they were put into servitude, forced to participate in gladiatorial matches in an underground arena. His time there threatened to break Vigil's spirit, as he was forced to kill in order to survive, his opponents ranging to reluctant and begging for mercy to savage and half-crazed from a life of violence. While hesitant at first to participate in these shows, Vigil quickly learnt he had no choice if he wanted to live, and while he wasn't afraid of dying, his desire to one day hopefully see his family again kept him from giving up. Over time, he became more and more savage, brutal in taking down his foes, and gained some notoriety.

This came to a head he was put up against one of the warriors from his own tribe, leading to a very brutal fight that lead to his tribemate dead and Vigil near-fatally wounded. He spent several days flitting between consciousness and horrible nightmares where he imagined returning home to family, only for them to be disgusted and horrified for what he had become. It was at this point Vigil realised he no longer could bear being trapped here, and managed to escape by playing dead and managing to sneak out. He had spent the last few months simultaneously trying to make his way home to his tribe and dragging his paws out of shame for the terrible acts he had committed while in the arena. He wanted to badly to return home to his family, but how could he face them after what he had done? After how changed he had been by the violence he had witnessed and caused? During this time, however, he ended up hearing about a summons to Fenhall for anyone who held Aesithas dear and wished to restore hope. Hoping to redeem himself and wanting to stop anything that might threaten his tribe, far away as they may be, Vigil heads towards Fenhall.

[Goldmarble]

Durwood Webb

Durwood

Durwood Webb
Human Cleric (Forge) 3

AC 19 HP 24 Speed 30ft

Str 15 (2) Dex 14 (2) Con 14 (2) Wis 16 (3) Int 14 (2) Cha 9 (-1)

Attacks
Mace (Melee) +4 1d6+2
Quarterstaff +4 1d6/1d8+2
Shillelagh +5 1d8+3

+1 to all statistics.

Versatile Skills - Proficiency with three skills or tools of choice. (Athletics, Perception, Leatherworker's Tools)

Inner Strength - Humans are not the most powerful of race in the land, but they have a tenacity that astounds those who travel with them. A number of times per long rest equal to their proficiency modifier, a Human may expend a hit die and give themselves advantage on any D20 roll.

Background Feature: Shelter of the Faithful[–]

As an acolyte, you command the respect of those who share your faith, and you can perform the religious ceremonies of your deity. You and your adventuring companions can expect to receive free healing and care at a temple, shrine, or other established presence of your faith, though you must provide any material components needed for spells. Those who share your religion will support you (but only you) at a modest lifestyle.

You might also have ties to a specific temple dedicated to your chosen deity or pantheon, and you have a residence there. This could be the temple where you used to serve, if you remain on good terms with it, or a temple where you have found a new home. While near your temple, you can call upon the priests for assistance, provided the assistance you ask for is not hazardous and you remain in good standing with your temple.

Feat: Magic Initiate (Druid)
(Shillelagh, Thorn Whip, Longstrider)
Choose a class: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You learn two cantrips of your choice from that class's spell list.

In addition, choose one 1st-level spell to learn from that same list. Using this feat, you can cast the spell once at its lowest level, and you must finish a long rest before you can cast it in this way again.

Your spellcasting ability for these spells depends on the class you chose: Charisma for bard, sorcerer, or warlock; Wisdom for cleric or druid; or Intelligence for wizard.

Blessing of the Forge

At 1st level, you gain the ability to imbue magic into a weapon or armor. At the end of a long rest, you can touch one nonmagical object that is a suit of armor or a simple or martial weapon. Until the end of your next long rest or until you die, the object becomes a magic item, granting a +1 bonus to AC if it's armor or a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls if it's a weapon.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Channel Divinity: Turn Undead

As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a prayer censuring the undead. Each undead that can see or hear you within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1 minute or until it takes any damage.

A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can't willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also can't take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there's nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge action.

Channel Divinity: Artisan's Blessing

Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to create simple items.

You conduct an hour-long ritual that crafts a nonmagical item that must include some metal: a simple or martial weapon, a suit of armor, ten pieces of ammunition, a set of tools, or another metal object (see chapter 5, "Equipment," in the Player's Handbook for examples of these items). The creation is completed at the end of the hour, coalescing in an unoccupied space of your choice on a surface within 5 feet of you.

The thing you create can be something that is worth no more than 100 gp. As part of this ritual, you must lay out metal, which can include coins, with a value equal to the creation. The metal irretrievably coalesces and transforms into the creation at the ritual's end, magically forming even nonmetal parts of the creation. The ritual can create a duplicate of a nonmagical item that contains metal, such as a key, if you possess the original during the ritual.

Channel Divinity: Harness Divine Power

You can expend a use of your Channel Divinity to fuel your spells. As a bonus action, you touch your holy symbol, utter a prayer, and regain one expended spell slot, the level of which can be no higher than half your proficiency bonus (rounded up). The number of times you can use this feature is based on the level you've reached in this class: 2nd level, once; 6th level, twice; and 18th level, thrice. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Backstory

The scion of a minor noble family, birthed with a caul and the seventh son, Durwood was born into Omens and Portents. On his fifth birthday, Durwood was sent to the Temple of the Two-Faced Gods. He spent two years being trained in the Selside Village Temple, when the first display that he may have a higher calling presented itself, when the cup he drank from parted ways with its handle, dousing Durwood with the red waters of life. Swiftly he was sent to Great Temple in Fenhall, to be tested, measured, and trained.

Diligently, Durwood underwent the training necessary to become a Knight-Brother, a warrior-priest that channels the strength of the Gods themselves. He was trained to fight like a warrior, taught to read and write, tested on his knowledge of the past, and with every moment, reminded that he is but a servant of the people. That his strength is not for himself, but it is to carry out the will of Noffe. Be it blessing a forge, or destroying a fell-beast that rises to threaten the natural world.

As he was returning from a mission to investigate and subdue a lesser creature, his brothers and he took refuge in the town of Knettishall, to rest before continuing their trek back to Fenhall. Durwood stopped by the smithy to bless the hearth and anvil, before working on the arms and armour of his brothers. As he worked, the coal in the furnace began to klink and pop, before suddenly a loud crack resounded through the smithy, ejecting a lump of coal, burning with a flame that flickered blue and green rolled to rest on the dirt floor near his bare foot.

Brought out of his prayers to Noffe, Durwood examined the lump of coal for but a moment, when he heard a commotion outside in the town square. Stepping out, into the damp afternoon, he watched the rider dismount and make their announcement. A slight man, on a fast horse, with a remount in tow. Most of the townspeople seemed to take little heed of the messenger's words, and he would leave on another road, headed for another town or village in the area.

As Durwood returned to his task, he stooped to examine the flickering flame of green and blue coming from the lump of coal as it sputtered and died. He returned to his task, repairing the weapons and armour of his brothers before he pocketed the cooled black fire stone. He would make his request to his superiors in Fenhall that he be a part of the audience.

[Vertigo]

I'Rajith

Bladesinger Wizard^「lv4」| Noctem | True Neutral

Sheet & Background

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Personal

Gender: Male
Age: Chronologically 9; in practice a young adult of a noctem (19 or so in human years)
Height: 4'10''
Weight: 100lbs

Speed: 30 feet
Size: Medium

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Stats

Armor Class: 14 | 17 (Mage Armor) | 22 (Bladesong)
Initiative: +4
Hit Points: 30 ^{[4 x 1d6]}

Strength: 9 ^-1
Dexterity: 19 ⁺⁴
Constitution: 16 ⁺³
Intelligence: 20 ⁺⁵
Wisdom: 9 ^-1
Charisma: 14 ⁺²

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Proficiencies

Proficiency Bonus: +2

Proficient Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
Proficient Skills: Arcana, Investigation, History, Performance, Stealth, Deception

Proficient Weapons: Rapiers, daggers, darts, slings, quarterstafves, light crossbows
Proficient Armor: Light armor
Other Proficiencies: Thieves' tools, disguise kit

Languages: Common, Noctish

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Attacks

Rapier | +5 | 1d8+3 Piercing
Dagger | +5 | 1d4+3 Piercing

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Spellcasting

Spell save DC: 15
Spell Attack modifier: +7

Cantrips (3): Green Flame Blade, Booming Blade, Prestidigitation
1st level (9): Magic Missile, Shield, Absorb Elements, Comprehend Languages, Disguise Self, Find Familiar, Identify, Mage Armor, Inflict Wounds*
2nd level (5): Mirror Image, Detect Thoughts, Invisibility*, Misty Step, Shadow Blade

* from Feat: Shadowtouched

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Features

The Ever Waking^「noctem」Noctem do not sleep. Instead, they enter a trance nand require only 4 hours to complete a Long Rest. While in this trance they are incapacitated, blind, and deaf, but can be roused by touch. Noctem cannot be put to sleep by magical means. While in this trance they commune with others of their kind in a unique demiplane shared by all Noctem called 'The Conference of Minds'. This allows all Noctem to share in information, though the communal dialogue is ever shifting and no one topic is discussed or weighed for long.

The Conference of Minds^「noctem」During a Long Rest and while visiting the Conference of Minds, a Noctem may draw upon the life experiences and insights of their kin. Until the end of their next Long Rest, a Noctem may choose a Class Feature (But may not designate a Subclass) of another class that they meet the multiclass and Level requirements for and gain its benefits. Spellcasting cannot be gained in this way, and if an ability requires a resource or scales with class level, use your proficiency bonus in place of the class level. Ex; For Unarmored Movement, a level 17 Noctem would be considered a level 6 monk because of their proficiency bonus of 6. Similarly if they gained Rage instead, they would be considered a level 6 barbarian for the rage table.

Rogue (lv 2): Cunning Action^{「conference of minds」}Starting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.

Superior Darkvision^「noctem」120 feet; Greyscale

Abandoned by the Light^「noctem」Due to a curse from a deity slighted by the (in)famous Noctem Scholar O'Sovoka, Noctem are vulnerable to Radiant Damage and may only be resurrected by a spell of 5th level or higher.

Feat: Shadow Touched^{「level 1」}Your exposure to the Shadowfell's magic has changed you, granting you the following benefits:

- Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma by 1, to a maximum of 20.

- You learn the invisibility spell and one 1st-level spell of your choice. The 1st-level spell must be from the illusion or necromancy school of magic. You can cast each of these spells without expending a spell slot. Once you cast either of these spells in this way, you can't cast that spell in this way again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast these spells using spell slots you have of the appropriate level. The spells' spellcasting ability is the ability increased by this feat.

Spellcasting^{「wizard 1」}

wizard spellcasting

As a student of arcane magic, you have a spellbook containing spells that show the first glimmerings of your true power.

Cantrips
At 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from the wizard spell list. You learn additional wizard cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Wizard table.

Spellbook
At 1st level, you have a spellbook containing six 1st-level wizard spells of your choice. Your spellbook is the repository of the wizard spells you know, except your cantrips, which are fixed in your mind.

The spells that you add to your spellbook as you gain levels reflect the arcane research you conduct on your own, as well as intellectual breakthroughs you have had about the nature of the multiverse. You might find other spells during your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard's chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library.

Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a wizard spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your spellbook if it is of a spell level you can prepare and if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it.

Copying a spell into your spellbook involves reproducing the basic form of the spell, then deciphering the unique system of notation used by the wizard who wrote it. You must practice the spell until you understand the sounds or gestures required, then transcribe it into your spellbook using your own notation.

For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp. The cost represents material components you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it. Once you have spent this time and money, you can prepare the spell just like your other spells.

Replacing the Book. You can copy a spell from your own spellbook into another book-for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your spellbook. This is just like copying a new spell into your spellbook, but faster and easier, since you understand your own notation and already know how to cast the spell. You need spend only 1 hour and 10 gp for each level of the copied spell.

If you lose your spellbook, you can use the same procedure to transcribe the spells that you have prepared into a new spellbook. Filling out the remainder of your spellbook requires you to find new spells to do so, as normal. For this reason, many wizards keep backup spellbooks in a safe place.

The Book's Appearance. Your spellbook is a unique compilation of spells, with its own decorative flourishes and margin notes. It might be a plain, functional leather volume that you received as a gift from your master, a finely bound gilt-edged tome you found in an ancient library or even a loose collection of notes scrounged together after you lost your previous spellbook in a mishap.

Preparing and Casting Spells
The Wizard table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your wizard spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

You prepare the list of wizard spells that are available for you to cast. To do so, choose a number of wizard spells from your spellbook equal to your Intelligence modifier + your wizard level (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

For example, if you're a 3rd-level wizard, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With an Intelligence of 16, your list of prepared spells can include six spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination, chosen from your spellbook. If you prepare the 1st-level spell Magic Missile, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn't remove it from your list of prepared spells.

You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of wizard spells requires time spent studying your spellbook and memorizing the incantations and gestures you must make to cast the spell: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your wizard spells, since you learn your spells through dedicated study and memorization. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a wizard spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Ritual Casting
You can cast a wizard spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell in your spellbook. You don't need to have the spell prepared.

Spellcasting Focus
You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your wizard spells.

Learning Spells of 1st Level and Higher
Each time you gain a wizard level, you can add two wizard spells of your choice to your spellbook. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the Wizard table. On your adventures, you might find other spells that you can add to your spellbook.

Arcane Recovery^{「wizard 1」}You have learned to regain some of your magical energy by studying your spellbook. Once per day when you finish a short rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your wizard level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher. For example, if you're a 4th-level wizard, you can recover up to two levels worth of spell slots. You can recover either a 2nd-level spell slot or two 1st-level spell slots.

Training in War and Song^{「wizard 2: bladesinger」}When you adopt this tradition at 2nd level, you gain proficiency with light armor, and you gain proficiency with one type of one-handed melee weapon of your choice. You also gain proficiency in the Performance skill if you don’t already have it.

Bladesong^{「wizard 2: bladesinger」}Starting at 2nd level, you can invoke an elven magic called the Bladesong, provided that you aren’t wearing medium or heavy armor or using a shield. It graces you with supernatural speed, agility, and focus. You can use a bonus action to start the Bladesong, which lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are incapacitated, if you don medium or heavy armor or a shield, or if you use two hands to make an attack with a weapon. You can also dismiss the Bladesong at any time (no action required).

While your Bladesong is active, you gain the following benefits:

- You gain a bonus to your AC equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1)

- Your walking speed increases by 10 feet.

- You have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.

- You gain a bonus to any Constitution saving throw you make to maintain your concentration on a spell. The bonus equals your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1).

- You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

Cantrip Formulas (Optional)^{「wizard 3」}At 3rd level, you have scribed a set of arcane formulas in your spellbook that you can use to formulate a cantrip in your mind. Whenever you finish a long rest and consult those formulas in your spellbook, you can replace one wizard cantrip you know with another cantrip from the wizard spell list.

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Background

Background: Criminal

I'Rajith did not grow up among his kin.

For all the knowledge the young man has gathered thus far, the fate of his biological family still eludes him. Those he came to call his parents said they found him wandering the wilds alone, but he's never been one to trust information from an unreliable source. If the Conference knows - and surely, they must - they don't consider the matter important enough to discuss.

From an early age, I'Rajith was an asset to his adoptive human parents, perhaps more so than they were to him. He spoke before he could walk, and by age two he knew magical theory. At three, he taught his parents mathematics. At four, he'd begun casting spells. His childhood, quick as it was to pass, was spent supplying his parents and their small band of criminals knowledge on all manner of topics. Tidbits from the past, present and future, strategies, tactics, the ability to decode messages not meant for prying eyes.

But though his adoptive parents sought to benefit from him, they did not treat the noctem boy poorly by any means. Quite the contrary; they provided for I'Rajith the best they could. He was their prodigy of a son, after all. The only thing they refused to grant him was freedom. I'Rajith was not satisfied with knowledge borrowed; he wanted to set out and see the world he'd only heard of in his dreamless dreams. His head was full with whispered warnings, with prophecies left unfinished, storied that lacked a beginning and an end. He wanted to craft his own tale - one only he knew before he'd choose to divulge it.

More and more, I'Rajith started to understand that knowledge was a double-edged sword. The tidbits bestowed upon him by the Conference were often incomplete, sometimes frustratingly so. Many a night he writhed in his bed, trying to solve puzzles with incorrect pieces, to connect dots that weren't there. Sometimes words eluded him; other times, there were so many he choked on them. And when his mind gave him respite, the outside world refused to; eventually other bandits caught wind of his existence, and wanted to seize his knowledge for themselves.

In response, his adoptive parents opted to hide the boy and offer him a distraction from his own mind. Their place of choice was a small, shady theater they had familiar ties to. They hid him in plain sight, covered by masks and costumes, and prayed it was enough. For a few years, it was.

It was in the theater the noctem - a young man by all accounts now - learnt to dance. Many of his kind chose to weave their knowledge into stories or songs - I'Rajith, during all his studies, had grown sick of words. He chose to express himself with movement; to marry sword, magic and body. And so dance he did, until his little side show became a main act - and plain sight was no longer a safe place to hide.

The summons came at an opportune time indeed.

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Equipment

PP 0 | GP 15 | EP 0 | SP 0 | CP 0 |

⇴ Rapier
⇴ Dagger
⇴ Scholar's Pack

⇴ Backpack
⇴ Book of Lore
⇴ Ink
⇴ Ink Pen
⇴ Parchment x10
⇴ Little Bag of Sand
⇴ Small Knife

⇴ Arcane Focus
⇴ Spellbook
⇴ Set of dark common clothes including a hood
⇴ Crowbar
⇴ Belt Pouch

[Fading Memory]

--Woops--

[Neianna86]

Dag’Tyr

Level: 3
Class: Cleric (Life Domain)
Race: Kin of Du’Eld

Size: Medium

AC: 18 = 16+2 (chainmail & shield)
HP: 29
Speed: 30ft

Str: 14 (+2)
Dex: 12 (+1)
Con: 18 (+4)
Wis: 17 (+3)
Int: 10 (0)
Cha: 12 (+1)

Proficiency Bonus: +2
Proficient Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
Proficient Skills: Insight, Medicine

Proficient Weapons: Simple Weapons
Proficient Armor: Heavy Armor
Languages: Common, (Plus a dialect the Kin Delves use for Spellcasting and the reciting of their old songs and tales)
You wanna hear what that sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lOJ21LmDlg

Weapons/Armour:

My Hider

A Mace named Gul’Da: 5 gp, 4 lb. 1d6 bludgeoning
(Named after one of the fabled battlemaidens Gul’Da is the one that wields the mighty forgefires in her fury her name meaning the Golden One in the Alde Tonge.)

Chainmail Heavy armor 75 gp, 55 lb. AC 16

Shield Armor (shield) 10 gp, 6 lb. AC +2
(A shield is made from wood or metal and is carried in one hand. Wielding a shield increases your Armor Class by 2. You can benefit from only one shield at a time.)

The shield bears the mark of his family, one of the most prized pieces his father forged before they were forced to uproot and undertake the dangerous journey.
To Dag’Tyr that shield represents his father, in spirit, still watching over him, still guarding him and guiding him on his journey.
Pity to those that mock it. Whilst normally against his beliefs of harming others, those that mock his father’s make discover its density and durability up close, usually by busted nose and the wrath of a grieving son.

Spells:

My Hider

Clericspells:
Life Domain:
1st Bless, Cure Wounds
3rd Lesser Restoration, Spiritual Weapon

Cantrips:
Sacred Flame, Word of Radiance, Toll of the Dead

Prepared:
1st: Shield of Faith, Detect Poison & Disease & Bane
2nd: Aid, Prayer of Healing & Protection from Poison

Domain Profiencies:

My Hider

Bonus: When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency with heavy armor.

Disciple of Life

My Hider

Also starting at 1st level, your healing spells are more effective. Whenever you use a spell of 1st level or higher to restore hit points to a creature, the creature regains additional hit points equal to 2 + the spell's level.

Channel Divinity

My Hider

At 2nd level, you gain the ability to channel divine energy directly from your deity, using that energy to fuel magical effects.
You start with two such effects: Turn Undead and an effect determined by your domain. Some domains grant you additional effects as you advance in levels, as noted in the domain description.
When you use your Channel Divinity, you choose which effect to create. You must then finish a short or long rest to use your Channel Divinity again.
Some Channel Divinity effects require saving throws. When you use such an effect from this class, the DC equals your cleric spell save DC.
Channel Divinity: Turn Undead
As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a prayer censuring the undead. Each undead that can see or hear you within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1 minute or until it takes any damage.
A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can't willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also can't take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there's nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge action.
Channel Divinity: Harness Divine Power
2nd-level cleric optional feature
You can expend a use of your Channel Divinity to fuel your spells. As a bonus action, you touch your holy symbol, utter a prayer, and regain one expended spell slot, the level of which can be no higher than half your proficiency bonus (rounded up). The number of times you can use this feature is based on the level you've reached in this class: 2nd level, once; 6th level, twice; and 18th level, thrice. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Divine Domain feature
At 2nd level, you gain a feature from your Divine Domain.

Channel Divinity: Preserve Life
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to heal the badly injured.
As an action, you present your holy symbol and evoke healing energy that can restore a number of hit points equal to five times your cleric level.
Choose any creatures within 30 feet of you, and divide those hit points among them. This feature can restore a creature to no more than half of its hit point maximum.
You can't use this feature on an undead or a construct.

Race Profiencies:

My Hider

The Legacy of Du'Eld - Proficiency with Blacksmithing Tools.

'The Form of Du’Eld' - Advantage on saving throws against any magics that would alter your shape. Cannot voluntarily be polymorphed or altered in any way, such as from an Alter Self spell.

‘The Bane of Du’Eld’ - You are vulnerable to Poison Damage and have disadvantage on saving throws against Poison.

'The Shield of Du’Eld' - Once per long rest as a Reaction, gain damage reduction equal to your proficiency modifier for 1 minute against all damage types.

Feat Not Acquired (yet)

My Hider

- 'The Might of Du’Eld':
This Character has become a paragon of Du’Eld’s Legacy; the world shakes at their steps and their foes struggle to withstand their might.
Prerequisite - Complete the Journey of Du’Eld.
SPECIAL: Granted immediately upon completion as a special feat.
Once per long rest, For one minute as a bonus action, Enlarge yourself to one size category larger than you currently are. While enlarged in this way, deal additional damage on your melee attacks equal to your constitution modifier.

Background Hermit: (Though I would prefer the term Wanderer in this case, but couldn’t find a proper background in the PHB)

My Hider

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Religion
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
Languages: Common
Feature: Discovery
The quiet seclusion of your extended hermitage gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have uncovered a fact that has long been forgotten, or unearthed some relic of the past that could rewrite history. It might be information that would be damaging to the people who or consigned you to exile, and hence the reason for your return to society.
My Discovery: During self-imposed exile and after the words of Veratul he discovered the plague in its state has taken hold of his people despite his careful seclusion. Understanding that he needs more knowledge to find a cure and stop this plague he decides to leave his exile and travels on from village to village, listening for gossip, trying to speak to the learned men there for their information and helping those in need of a healing hand for bread and board.
He quickly gains the nicknames ‘the wandering healer’ or ‘Bluefinger’ regardless it eases his travels somewhat.

Free Feat: Healer

My Hider

You are an able physician, allowing you to mend wounds quickly and get your allies back in the fight. You gain the following benefits:
• When you use a healer's kit to stabilize a dying creature, that creature also regains 1 hit point.
• As an action, you can spend one use of a healer's kit to tend to a creature and restore 1d6 + 4 hit points to it, plus additional hit points equal to the creature's maximum number of Hit Dice. The creature can't regain hit points from this feat again until it finishes a short or long rest.

Equipment:

My Hider

Dag’Tyr carries with him;
- A scroll case stuffed full of notes from his studies & prayers
- A winter blanket
- A set of common clothes
- A Herbalism kit
- A Healer’s kit
- A bar of soap
- A vial of perfume (but instead of perfume they are smelling salts)
- A Waterskin
- Rations (1 week) & A pouch of money: 5 gp

Dag’Tyr’s Backstory:

My Hider

Life within the Shield Mountains could be seen as monotonous by some, but to the Kin Delves it is their life.
Traditions, Ceremonies and Rituals are quite common, from simple toasting traditions to the ceremonial casting of the first steel, a rite of adulthood to those that are blessed by the Forge.
Amongst the warm smoldering fires and the haunting enchanting ballads of old Dag’Tyr was born.
He was a son to a Magyck caster’s apprentice; one of the greatest honours when it came to Smithing.
Magyckers were Elders, Old Master Smiths who were the one’s tasked with setting the magical enchantments upon the metal or runes of protection upon the tools and Forge that forged them.
It was they who infusing them with a magic that was as old as the Kin Delves themselves; part ritual and part experience.
Each Magyck caster or Magycker, brought their own flavour to the steel.
They have passed on their knowledge and wisdom regarding the sacred fires and knowledge on the forges themselves when they felt it was time for them to step down.
As it usually would take years before A Magycker took an apprentice it would take years more before the apprentice would be deemed worthy to be tested with a proving.
In the barrow halls of Waldwyk which was Dag’Tyr’s old home, Mor’Skud was the Master Magycker.
He was one of great age and renown amongst the Kin.
And at the time he was teaching three pupils simultaneously, extremely unusual. As a Magycker would usually handpick only one apprentice.
But things had gone different with old Mor’Skud.
Dag’Tyr had never really bothered to ask his father about it as it did not occur to him at the time. But it was known that one of them had been send there from another city. This apprentice had come to receive additional teachings ultimately to hopefully be deemed worthy.

Now the unusualness started around Dag’Tyr’s tenth year.
The year of the Proving.
It was a celebration in which the new pupils (not just the Magyck apprentices but many young smiths aswell) would demonstrate their works to the old masters and afterwards it would be celebrated with a grand feast and many festivities.

This was also the case for the Dag’Tyr’s father and the other two pupils. This would determine who old Mor’Skud would pick as his heir and inheritor of the title: Magycker.
They all would work 3 full days and nights, each receiving as much time as the other, each capable for it to be done in secret. Unseen from curious eyes.
Whilst Dag’Tyr remembers the great feast and the ritualistic chanting when the pupils set to work, the glowing red amber embers of the forge and the happy laughter of a relatively easy life his young eyes observing an unusual event.
He remembered his father’s nervousness and weak smile as he went into the challenge and the look of utter satisfaction and exhaustion when he came out of it proudly holding his work for the master to be scrutinized.
The sheen on it had been something else, the shield’s metal polished to a reflective shine and one could practically hear the metal sing out to them. It was truly marvellous.
Dag’Tyr also never forgot the look of fear and devastation when his father wasn’t chosen. One of haunting dejection.
The brave smile he cast his way, in an attempt to soothe his worries, but those eyes never lied no matter how brilliant the smile attempted to be.
He remembered his father explaining he would remain a pupil for a little while longer, but from what Dag’Tyr understood of his mother’s anger this ‘little while longer’ would be far longer than she or he would like.
Still, they had the labour of their father’s work. A sturdy and nice shield, carrying the family’s crest.
Dag’Tyr always felt drawn to it, it was almost as if it was calling out to him.
Still it hung above their hearth for quite some years more.

It wouldn’t be for another ten years that it would be pulled from the wall again.
In this particular year the metal had grown weaker, the fires generated less heat and gritty smoke at times escaped the Forge, staining both lung and skin. The old geezers stated the Forge was groaning in pain and when air filled its bellows it was wheezing in misery.
Something had to be done.
After a year of trying the simple remedies and patch jobs, old Mor’Skud had enough of speculating and suggested to the Guilds that he should take a closer look.
He would take his apprentice and pupils with him believing that an extra pair of eyes wouldn’t hurt.
They would cleanse it at the start of the new year.
The murmer that went through the halls that night was foreboding. They were going to put the forge out and rekindle it. Unheard of! The sheer hubris!
But Old Mor’Skud silenced them all.
At the final hours of the last they would smother its fires and wait until the heat had faded so they could enter the Forge itself.
And so at the earliest of mornings 4 figures entered the now silent great forge.
Dag’Tyr followed the men into the great Forge and got a foreboding feeling as he entered behind them, keeping his distance as he was not initiated, but merely there to stand guard and potentially fix a burn or two.
It was almost as if he could sense something was observing them, following them.
He kept close to the entrance, watching his father and the others move towards the firepit, the chimneys and ‘the lungs’.
He could tell they were investigating and from the looks of concern on their faces it was nothing good.
What followed was a haze of chaos and confusion.
Something was there.
Something that wasn’t too eager with them being there.
They didn’t need much encouragement to leave, especially not when Mor’Skud’s apprentice was grabbed and flung about like a weak ragdoll.
Dag’Tyr only saw flashes receiving a splash of something sticky and wet onto his face and in his eyes when he looked their way.
Before he could see again, his father was yelling instructions to him. Telling him to run and close the grate. As the other pupil cried out with an agonizing bone chilling scream somewhere in the back only Mor’Skud and his father remained.
His father reached him first, as Mor’Skud had fallen behind, telling them to start closing the grate, so they could close off the Forge and trap whatever was there inside it.
However outside the grate was stuck and could only be closed properly when done from the inside.
Dag’Tyr never forgot the face of relief and resignation when Mor’Skud pulled the failsafe from the chains within, locking himself in with whatever was there.
He ordered Dag’Tyr’s father to flee and head towards Prathe.
They needed to be warned.
With those words they watched as Mor’ Skud was dragged off by something.
Naturally hell broke loose afterwards…
It broke the Kin, some wanted to go in and kill whatever was there. Others believed them and prepared themselves for the long arduous journey to Prathe.
A couple of influential ones laid the blame at Dag’Tyr and his father, after all it had been convenient only they survived this ordeal.
Still as a pupil of Mor’Skud he held some sway over people, thus most of them chose to follow his wisdom and they send word out, telling Prathe of their coming.

During the dangerous trip however Dag’Tyr and his father grew ill, fearing more exclusion or hate against their family they split up.
Dag’Tyr and his father would remain behind and his mother and sisters would move on, set things up and be admitted into the capital before they potentially be deemed infected too.
They promised they would follow as soon as they were recovered only…
Dag’Tyr and his father never did.
Dag’Tyr watched his father slip away from him as the plague worsened. Hallucinating and Delirious he did his best to properly bury his father, before exhaustion claimed him and the miraculous rescue followed.
Veratul took pity on the young man, seeing in him great potential and thus saved his life.
Dag’Tyr’s symptoms however never fully disappeared. His eyes still held a strange different colour and the tips of his fingers remained stained, with a blue that was neither close to die or ink.
Worried he still might be contagious he decided to not travel after his mother and sisters and instead chose a self-imposed exile, determined to discover what had killed his father and what it was that had made a home in their forge.

[Lucius Cypher]

Francesca Varangian

Character Sheet

Francesca Varangian
Human Barbarian 4 LN

AC 14 HP 41 Speed 30ft

Str 18 (4) Dex 14 (2) Con 15 (2) Wis 12 (1) Int 11 (0) Cha 12 (1)

Skills
Athletics +6
History +2
Animal Handling +3
Insight +3
Perception +3
Persuasion +3
Vehicle (Land)
Dulcimer

Attacks
Halberd 6 1d10+4
Quarter Staff 1hd 6 1d6+4
Quarter Staff 2hd 6 1d8+4
Javelin 6 1d6+4


Versatile Skills - Proficiency with three skills or tools of choice.

Inner Strength (2/day) - Humans are not the most powerful of race in the land, but they have a tenacity that astounds those who travel with them. A number of times per long rest equal to their proficiency modifier, a Human may expend a hit die and give themselves advantage on any D20 roll.

Conduit of the Gods - Humans may attune to 5 magical items instead of the normal 3.

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.

Polearm Master - You can keep your enemies at bay with reach weapons. You gain the following benefits:

When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive, halberd, quarterstaff, or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a melee attack with the opposite end of the weapon; this attack uses the same ability modifier as the primary attack. The weapon's damage die for this attack is a d4, and the attack deals bludgeoning damage.
While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, quarterstaff, or spear, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter the reach you have with that weapon.

Rage (3/day) - 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 +2 bonus to the damage roll. This bonus increases as you level.
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 maximum number of times for your barbarian level, you must finish a long rest before you can rage again. You may rage 2 times at 1st level, 3 at 3rd, 4 at 6th, 5 at 12th, and 6 at 17th.

Unarmored Defense - 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.

Danger Sense - At 2nd level, you gain an uncanny sense of when things nearby aren't as they should be, giving you an edge when you dodge away from danger. You have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects that you can see, such as traps and spells. To gain this benefit, you can't be blinded, deafened, or incapacitated.

Reckless Attack - Starting at 2nd level, you can throw aside all concern for defense to attack with fierce desperation. When you make your first attack on your turn, you can decide to attack recklessly. Doing so gives you advantage on melee weapon attack rolls using Strength during this turn, but attack rolls against you have advantage until your next turn.

Ancestral Protectors - Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, spectral warriors appear when you enter your rage. While you're raging, the first creature you hit with an attack on your turn becomes the target of the warriors, which hinder its attacks. Until the start of your next turn, that target has disadvantage on any attack roll that isn't against you, and when the target hits a creature other than you with an attack, that creature has resistance to the damage dealt by the attack. The effect on the target ends early if your rage ends.

Primal Knowledge - When you reach 3rd level and again at 10th level, you gain proficiency in one skill of your choice from the list of skills available to barbarians at 1st level.

Great Weapon Master - You've learned to put the weight of a weapon to your advantage, letting its momentum empower your strikes. You gain the following benefits:

On your turn, when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon or reduce a creature to 0 hit points with one, you can make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action.
Before you make a melee attack with a heavy weapon that you are proficient with, you can choose to take a -5 penalty to the attack roll. If the attack hits, you add +10 to the attack's damage.

History

Francesca Varangian comes from a long line of warriors who had faithfully serve the royal family of the Dale. Her lineage dates back to the days of Prince Braedan himself, where her great ancestor Sir Angon Varangian had distinguished himself by leading his clan against the Lord of Shadow and his minions, specifically by assigning the best of his warriors to protect important people and locations threaten by the Lord of Shadow. The Varangian's success has lead to a long lineage of warriors who continue their service protecting the royal family and serving their interests. Despite coming from a land outside of the Dales itself, they continue to send their strongest warriors to serve the Dale and bring back fortune and riches, and many choose to stay within the Dale to call it home.

Francesca is one of the many who's parent was a Varangian who choose to settle in the Dales, having settled with a native sword maiden and raised a family who continues to serve nobility. While many of her cousins and relatives ultimately served the royal family of the Dales, Francesca herself served as a Squire under a knight of House Archon, Sir Astrea Archon, a Sword Maiden renown for her chivalry and use of a chariot in battle. It was through Astrea that Francesca gained much of her skills in battle, as well as her general education and beliefs. Despite being her lesser, Astrea treated Francesca kindly, encouraging her to learn more about her history and to uphold herself to a code to live by. As she explains it, a code is what separates a knight from a mere murderer. For anyone can fight, but to kill without a code to live by makes you more a monster than a man. And knights are expected to be better than those who kill out of panic or passion.

It wasn't an easy lesson for Francesca to learn. The Varangians have a long reputation as mighty warriors, but they were no noble house because of their ferocity and love for battle. They were not like knights who fought for king and country. And Francesca herself had a hard time learning how to control her rage, often lashing out at those who would pester and bully her, but also shouted and threaten peasants and servants who simply were in the wrong place in the wrong time. There were many times that Francesca feared her rage would bring her dishonor. But Astrea opened her eyes by showing Francesca what true fury was.

Astrea brought Francesca across the Dales to see the horrors and hardships the people lived in. How the squalor turned virtues into sin. Women selling their bodies to feed their children, men using their strength to rob their neighbors instead of protecting their families. Children forced to become adults to survive, and adults reduced to groveling and begging due to starvation and sickness. Francesca would see these people suffering only to visit lavish castles with well-fed nobility and knights, feasting off the labor of their serfs. But these were in a minority compared to even more lords and ladies who were barely a step above the peasants: their homes were being robbed by raiders and rivals, unable to protect or provide for those they serve. Astrea showed Francesca these tragedies to make the young squire understand that her rage against her fellow squires and servants were nothing compared to the bleak and desperate lives of the common folk, and how her directionless anger only serves to make things worse.

It was then that Francesca had to learn how to control her rage, not to let it control her. Over time the young woman would become a warrior, mastering her emotions it like a true warrior should. While any knight or paladin can feel anger, Francesca learned how to harness rage as a weapon. Together with her lady Astrea, Francesca would continue her training as a knight. Always willing to use negotiations and reason first, but striking with certainty when all other options are exhausted. To be able to withstand many pain, be they cruel words or sharp swords, and controlling herself. This gave Francesca a new appreciation of battle. No longer a frantic affair of flight-or-fight reflexes, but an avenue of expression, and art of war. The fruits of her training culminated during the Pretender Uprising.

Sir Astrea and Francesca were at the Palace investigating a kidnapping. Many nobles were gathered there and the duo intended to ask around and gather information. Francesca wasn't able to find much, but began to realize that tensions were unusually high for what she thought was a typical feast held in the kingdom. Investigating her hunch, Francesca warned her mistress and prepared themselves to leave when the attack happened. They were fortunate to have been armed and armored in time to fight against the usurpers, though many palace guards and fellow nobles still died in the violence. Still Francesca earned her nobility that day when she choose to stay behind to allow Astrea to reach the royal family and protect them, while Francesca held back many rebels. She was able to buy enough time for the palace guard to rally and defeat the pretenders. After the battle was won, Francesca was knighted for her strength and honor.

The first of her family, Francesca took up her knighthood with pride. Though she was without land to call her own, she was still given the privileges of her station. Besides that, Francesca would never had settled down anyways. She choose to become a Knight Errant and travel around the Dale, to direct her rage against wrong doers and help those who needed her help the most. She sought to travel the Storied Road like Prince Braedan had, as well as battle against various monsters and men who would threaten the people. But she also wanted to see the world and learn why these creatures fight. She would seek out suffering and learn their stories. To understand why and how such tragedies occur.

Francesca was helping a village with an epidemic when she received the summons. Despite her reputation, Francesca was still honor bound to assist Princess Mildred and would leave to answer the summon for heroes.