Editing Yancy Blue

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=Halfdwarven Ranger=
''"Wolf in sheep's clothing? You calling me a poodle, soldier?"''

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==Base Matrix==
'''Ranger''' L2 | '''Alignment''' LN

'''AC''' 18 | '''HP''' 12 | '''Initiative''' +2 | '''Proficiency''' +2 | '''Size''' M | '''Speed''' 30 | '''Darkvision''' 60'

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==Abilities/Saves==
'''STR''' 14 / '''+2''' / Save (+4) || '''DEX''' 14 / '''+2''' / Save (+4) || '''CON''' 14 / '''+2''' / Save (+2) || '''INT''' 12 / '''+1''' / Save (+1) || '''WIS''' 14 / '''+2''' / Save (+2) || '''CHA''' 12 / '''+1''' / Save (+1)

'''Fey Ancestry:''' Advantage on charm saves. Immune to magical sleep.

 '''Note:''' Using the '''Customizing Ability Scores''' variant [PHB p13] Yancy's base ability scores were '''STR:''' 12 | '''DEX:''' 13 | '''CON:''' 13 | '''INT:''' 12 | '''WIS:''' 13 | '''CHA:'''12. Then I swapped the +2 that half elves get in Charisma per the PHB [p39] to Strength using the '''Ability Score Increases''' option from Tasha's [p7] to bump STR to 14 and allocated the two open +1 bumps [PHB p39] to DEX and CON bringing them each to 14. Wisdom also gets a +1 bump from the Telepathy feat [Tasha's p81] bringing it to 14 as well.

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==Combat==
'''Armor Proficiencies:''' Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shield
:'''Scale''' + '''Shield''' [AC 18 with Dex Mod]

'''Weapon Proficiencies:''' All Martial, All Simple

'''Weapons Carried:'''
:'''Battleaxe:''' +4 [to hit] | 1d8+2 [damage] | ''Versatile'' (1d10)
:'''Hand Axe:''' +4 [to hit melee/thrown] | 1d6+2 [damage melee/thrown] | ''Light/Thrown'' [20/60]
:'''Dagger:''' +4 [to hit melee/thrown] | 1d4+2 [damage melee/thrown] | ''Finesse/Light/Thrown'' [20/60]

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==Magic==
'''Sp Att:''' +4 | '''Sp DC:''' 12 | '''Spell Slots:''' N/A

 '''Note:''' This is a placeholder for Level 2. None of it applies at Level 1.

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==Feats/Features==
'''Telepathic:''' 60'/LOS/Creature must know your language to understand.
:: '''Detect Thoughts:''' Once per Long Rest

'''Deft Explorer:''' Canny | '''Favorite Enemy:'''  Orcs/Goblins 

 '''Note:''' The feat is from Tasha's [p81]. The character sheet version is written in shorthand, but I am aware of the limitations described in the full text.
 '''Note:''' Most of my class and race features are wherever they make most sense on the character sheet, and they pretty much all come from the PHB except that I would rather use '''Deft Explorer''' [Tasha's p56] rather than the original '''Natural Explorer''' [PHB p91], but I'd like to keep the original '''Favored Enemy''' feature from the PHB rather than '''Favored Foe''' from Tasha's if that's ok.

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==Skills/Tools/Tongues==
'''Str >>''' '''Athletics''' [+4]

'''Dex >>''' Acrobatics [+2] | Sleight of Hand [+2] | '''Stealth''' [+4]

'''Int >>''' Arcana [+1] | History [+1] | '''Investigation''' [+3/P13] | Nature [+1] | Religion [+3] 

'''Wis >>''' Animal Handling [+2] | '''Insight''' [+6] | Medicine [+2] | '''Perception''' [+6] | Survival [+2] 

'''Cha >>''' '''Deception''' [+3] | '''Intimidation''' [+3] | Performance [+1] | Persuasion [+1]
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'''Gaming Set:''' Dice | '''Tools:''' Cartographer
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'''Spoken/Written Languages:''' Common | Dwarvish | Elvish | Gnomish | Goblin | Halfling | Orcish
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 '''Note:''' The '''Bolded Skills''' are proficient skills. Athletics and Intimidation are from the Soldier Background [PHB 140]. Insight, Investigation, and Perception are from the Ranger Class Skills [PHB p90], but Perception gets double proficiency per ''Canny'' under Deft Explorer [Tasha's p56]. Deception and Stealth are player picks per half elf Racial Features [PHB p39]

 '''Note:''' Because of his specific specialty/role as a scout (Soldier Background) I swapped out Tool: Land Vehicles for Tool: Cartographer's Tools (mapmaking) if you're ok with that.

 '''Note:''' I got aggressive with the languages for this character concept. Common, Dwarf, and Elf are all half elf features [PHB p39]. Gnomish and Halfling are from ''Canny'' under Deft Explorer [Tasha's p 56]. And finally, Goblin and Orc are from Favored Enemy [PHB p91]. I recognize these will likely see very little use, given the apparent nature of this adventure, but I'm ok with that. 

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==Wealth/Equipment==
Battleaxe (carried) | Hand Axe (belt) | Dagger (belt) | Scale Armor (worn) | Wooden Shield (carried) | Explorer's Pack (bedroll, mess kit, tinder box, torches [10], rations [10d], waterskin, 50' hempen rope, spare clothes) | Iron Sergeant's Bars (worn) | Burnt and Torn War Flag of the Ur'Kai'Na clan (Orc) who slew Yancy's captain in his tent in the night (bottom of pack) | Bone Dice (pouch) | '''23 gp''' (pouch)

 '''Note:''' I used standard gear by class [PHB p90-91] but found the choices heavily presumed Archer/Dual Wield Ranger builds, which my character is neither. So I sold the 2 short swords, the longbow, and the 20 arrows back to the house at half their listed value [50g] and used those funds (plus the 10g from background) to procure a battleaxe, a hand axe, a dagger, and a shield. The rest of the list came from class or background with 23g left over. Armor, weapon, and ammo values PHB [p145-150].

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==Background==
'''SOLDIER''' || '''Specialty:''' Scout | '''Feature:''' Military Rank [Sergeant] 
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:'''Trait:''' I'm not just a bastard by birth and inclination. I've had professional training.
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:'''Ideal:''' Fight for what's important. The rest can take care of itself.
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:'''Bond:''' I am the eyes that see, the ears that hear, the voice that speaks.
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:'''Flaw:''' I don't particularly like killing . . . but the lure of its wisdom is pervasive.
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===Backstory=== 
:My mother is an elf, old by human standards, but still in her prime as her people count such things. She lies and tells me my father was a human soldier - a captain - who perished in a war on the border, and I let her believe I believe her, because I am a good son.

:But my hair grows wild and paints the sky like fire in a way that no human's would, and my beard writhes earthward as if it longs to find and feel bedrock no mater how I trim it.

:And my eyes are black as a vein of iron before it's been mined.

:I joined the army as a scout as much to escape my mother's lies as to honor them, but despite my prominent elvish ears - the one feature I inherited from her - none of my fellow soldiers ever called me half elf. Among them I was always the ''halfdwarven''.

:Not to my face. I was respected in the ranks. Yancy or Blue to my peers and superiors. Sergeant to those beneath me in rank. 

:My life as a soldier is over, but I learned much during my time as a scout. Not just that I am a good tracker, but that I am good with people, learning their languages and customs like one born among them - even those I would as soon bury my axes in as look at.

:See, I can see into their minds. I saw into my mother's mind. I know my father's name. I know why she lies about him. I know . . . well, maybe I don't know ''that'', precisely, but I know what I ''intend''. . . should the day ever come.

 '''Note:''' The halfdwarven thing is narrative flavor with no mechanical weight. Yancy is statted out as a Half Elf (but using the Ability Score Increase option from Tasha's [p7] as mentioned above).
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==Appearance==
'''Race:''' Half Elf | '''Gender:''' M | '''Age:''' 58 | '''Height:''' 5'10" | '''Weight:''' 180 | '''Build:''' Stocky | '''Skin:''' Tan/Weathered | '''Hair:''' Flame Red/Long/Full Beard (no moustache) | '''Eyes:''' Black 
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