Ferum Guthead

A character in the POA_PBP Princes of the Apocalypse campaign.

Ferum Guthead

• Class: Fighter (Champion) 6
• Race: Dwarf (Mountain)
• Alignment: Neutral
• Background: Soldier
• Proficiency Bonus: +3

Personality and History

Ferum wandered out of the wilderness with a battleaxe and a bad attitude. He seeks gold, glory and grog, not necessarily in that order. In his younger, more impetuous days he joined a cult, only to leave once he found out they were more into the depraved worship of devious dark deities than having a good time.

• Personality: miserly curmudgeon
• Ideal: there is no civilization without order
• Bond: I will do whatever it takes to protect my clan
• Flaw: I have no patience for cowardice or inaction

Attributes

• STR 20 (+5)
• DEX 14 (+2)
• CON 16 (+3)
• INT 12 (+1)
• WIS 10 (+0)
• CHA 8 (-1)

Saves

(* = proficiency)

• STR +8*
• DEX +2
• CON +6*
• INT +1
• WIS +0
• CHA -1

Skills

• Athletics +8
• Intimidation +2
• Perception +3
• Survival +3

Tools and Languages

• Brewers Tools
• Smithing Tools
• Common, Dwarven, Elven

Traits and Abilities

• Racial Traits
  • Darkvision 60'
  • Racial Proficiency: axes, hammers, medium armor
  • Dwarven Stonecutting (advantage on checks dealing with stonework)
  • Cast Iron Stomach (resistance to poison, advantage on saves against poison)
• Class Traits
  • Class Proficiency: all weapons, all armor
  • Fighting Style: Defensive (+1 AC)
  • Second Wind (once per short rest, recover 1d10+5 hit points as a bonus action)
  • Action Surge (once per short rest, take an additional Action on your turn)
  • Improved Critical (score critical hits on a natural 19 or 20)
  • Improved Attribute (+1 STR, +1 CON)
  • Extra Attack (when taking the Attack action, make two attacks)
  • Sentinel (disengaging foes are still subject to opportunity attacks, successful opportunity attacks reduce target's speed to 0 for a turn, may use reaction to attack an enemy that attacked an adjacent ally)
  • Alertness (+5 AC, cannot be backstabbed)
• Background Traits
  • Rank: has a rank in a military organization, can give orders to lower ranking members of same

Combat

• HP: 58/58
• Hit Dice: 6/6 (1d10+3)
• AC: 20 (Breastplate 5 + Shield 2 + Dex 2 + Fighting Style 1)
• Initiative: +7
• Movement: 25'
• Attack: Battleaxe, +7 to hit, 1d8+4 slashing

Warhammer +1, +9 to hit, 1d8+6 bludgeoning

Equipment and Treasure

• Breastplate
• Wooden Shield
• Battle Axe
• Warhammer +1 of smashing
• Backpack
  • 10 days rations
  • Waterskin
  • Lantern + 4 flasks oil
  • Hammer and 10 spikes
• 100 gp