Devan the Dawnbringer

This is a Dungeons & Dragons 5e character played by Chronicler in the campaign, Curse of Strahd.

Quote: "There can be no darkness where there is light." DEVAN THE DAWNBRINGER Race: Human (Variant) Gender: Male Alignment: Neutral Good (L) Background: Inquisitor Class: Sorcerer/Warlock Level: 1/2 Sorcerous Origin: Favored Soul Deity: Lathander Otherworldly Patron: The Hexblade Pact Boon: N/A Proficiency Bonus: +2 Height: 6'0" Weight: 155 lbs. Size: M Speed: 30 ft. Senses: Devil's Sight 120 ft., Passive Perception 13 Abilities: Str 8 (-1), Dex 14 (+2), Con 14 (+2), Int 10 (+0), Wis 12 (+1), Cha 16 (+3) ROLEPLAYING Personality Trait: I want to see the wicked burn for the evil they've brought on us. Ideal: Human life is to be cherished and preserved against the horrors of the night. Bond: One day, I will claim vengeance against the monster that took my beloved from me. Flaw: I'll do whatever grim task must be done, for my soul is already lost. COMBAT Initiative: +2 Armor Class: 18 Hit Dice: 1d6+2d8+6+1 Hit Points: 23 Melee: Longsword Reach: 5 ft. Attack: +5 Damage: 1d8+3 Slashing Ranged: Eldritch Blast Range: 120 ft. Attack: +5 Damage: 1d10+3 Force Spell Save DC: 13 Spell Attack: +5 PROFICIENCIES Armor: Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons Tools: Alchemist's Supplies, Thieves' Tools Saving Throws: Constitution +4, Charisma +5 Skills: Arcana +2, Insight +3, Investigation +2, Perception +3, Religion +2 Languages: Celestial, Common FEATS War Caster: You have practiced casting spells in the midst of combat, learning techniques that grant you the following benefits: • You have advantage on Constitution saving throws that you take to maintain your concentration on a spell when you take damage. • You can perform the somatic components of spells even when you have weapons or a shield in one or both hands. • When a hostile creature's movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature. RACIAL TRAITS Ability Score Increase: Two different ability scores of your choice increase by 1. Skills: You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice. Feat: You gain one feat of your choice. Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. BACKGROUND FEATURE Legal Authority: As an inquisitor of the church, you have the authority to arrest criminals. In the absence of other authorities, you are authorized to pass judgment and even carry out sentencing. If you abuse this power, however, your superiors in the church might strip it from you. CLASS FEATURES (SORCERER) Spellcasting: An event in your past, or in the life of a parent or ancestor, left an indelible mark on you, infusing you with arcane magic. This font of magic, whatever its origin, fuels your spells. • Cantrips: At 1st level, you know four cantrips of your choice from the sorcerer spell list. You learn additional sorcerer cantrips of your choice at higher levels. • Spell Slots: The Sorcerer table shows how many spells slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these sorcerer 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. • Spells Known: You know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the sorcerer spell list. You learn additional sorcerer spells of your choice at higher levels. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the sorcerer spells you know and replace it with another spell from the sorcerer spell list, which must also be of a level for which you have spell slots. • Spellcasting Ability: Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your sorcerer spells, since the power of your magic relies on your ability to project your will into the world. 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 sorcerer spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. • Spellcasting Focus: You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your sorcerer spells. Sorcerous Origin (Favored Soul): Your innate magic comes from divine magic that was mingled with your blood or that of your ancestors. Your sorcerous origin grants you features when you choose it at 1st level and again at 6th, 14th, and 18th level. • Divine Magic: Your link to the divine allows you to learn spells normally associated with the cleric class. When your Spellcasting feature lets you learn a sorcerer cantrip or a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher, you can choose the new spell from the cleric spell list, in addition to the sorcerer spell list. You must otherwise obey all the restrictions for selecting the spell, and it becomes a sorcerer spell for you. • Supernatural Resilience: At 1st level, the blessing of the gods grants you enhanced durability. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 again whenever you gain a level in this class. • Favored by the Gods: Starting at 1st level, divine power guards your destiny. If you fail a saving throw or miss with an attack roll, you can roll 2d4 and add it to the total, possibly changing the outcome. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. CLASS FEATURES (WARLOCK) Otherworldly Patron (The Hexblade): At 1st level, you have struck a bargain with an otherworldly being of your choice. Your choice grants you features at 1st level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level. Your patron is a powerful, sentient magic weapon formed from the radiant energy of the Positive Plane. • Expanded Spell List: The Hexblade lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. • Hex Warrior: At 1st level, you gain proficiency with medium armor, shields, and martial weapons. In addition, when attacking with a melee weapon that you are proficient with and that lacks the two-handed property, you can use your Charisma modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. • Hexblade's Curse: Starting at 1st level, you gain the ability to place a baleful curse on an enemy. As a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The target is cursed for 1 minute. Until the curse ends, you gain the following benefits: • You gain a bonus to damage rolls against the cursed target. The bonus equals your proficiency bonus. • Any attack roll you make against the cursed target is a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20. • If the cursed target dies, you regain hit points equal to your warlock level + your Charisma modifier. You can't use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Pact Magic: Your arcane research and the magic bestowed on you by your patron have given you facility with spells. • Cantrips: You know two cantrips of your choice from the warlock spell list. You learn additional warlock cantrips of your choice at higher levels. • Spell Slots: The Warlock table shows how many spell slots you have. The table also shows what the level of those slots is; all of your spell slots are the same level. To cast one of your warlock spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a spell slot. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a short or long rest. • Spells Known: At 1st level, you know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the warlock spell list. You learn additional warlock spells of your choice of 1st level and higher at higher levels. A spell you choose must be of a level no higher than your Slot Level on the Warlock table. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the warlock spells you know and replace it with another spell from the warlock spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots. • Spellcasting Ability: Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your warlock spells, so 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 warlock spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. • Spellcasting Focus: You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells. Eldritch Invocations: In your study of occult lore, you have unearthed eldritch invocations, fragments of forbidden knowledge that imbue you wilh an abiding magical ability. At 2nd level, you gain two eldritch invocations of your choice. When you gain certain warlock levels, you gain additional invocations of your choice. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the invocations you know and replace it with another invocation that you could learn at that level. • Agonizing Blast: When you cast eldritch blast, add your Charisma modifier to the damage it deals on a hit. • Devil's Sight: You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet. SPELLS (SORCERER) Spell Slots: 2 Cantrips Known: 4 Spells Known: 2 Cantrips: Light, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation, Shocking Grasp Level 1: Bless, Healing Word SPELLS (WARLOCK) Spell Slots: 2 Slot Level: 1st Invocations Known: 2 Invocations: Agonizing Blast, Devil's Sight Cantrips Known: 2 Spells Known: 3 Cantrips: Booming Blade, Eldritch Blast Level 1: Hellish Rebuke, Hex, Shield EQUIPMENT Arcane Focus (Crystal), Belt Pouch, Dagger, Explorer's Pack (Backpack, Bedroll, Hempen Rope [50 ft.], Mess Kit, Rations [10 Days], Tinderbox, Torches [10], Waterskin), Longsword, Scale Mail, Shield, Traveler's Clothes BACKSTORY Born to Sir Auren, a retired paladin of the Order of the Gauntlet, and his wife, a woman of gentle breeding, Devan grew to manhood in the frontier town of Daggerford. And for the most part, he led an idyllic life with just enough hardships to forge a rambunctious young boy into a capable adult. However, it was readily apparent to all that Devan differed greatly from his renowned father who bore unrealistically high expectations of him. Where Sir Auren was physically strong and imposing, his son simply was not. Lacking in the might of arms required for paladinhood, Devan turned to the other qualities that he possessed. As a scion of a favored bloodline, the sandy-haired young man found himself treading the sorcerer's path, much to his father's disappointment. While not a natural born warrior, Devan worked with the gifts that he had and has, through training and dedication, become a spellweaver of some repute within the region. Tragically though, whether it was due to his father's fame or his own growing reputation, Devan suffered a great loss when a dread creature of the night, apparently an old enemy seeking retribution, kidnapped and turned Elysia, his innocent beloved, into a sanguinary predator. Unable to confront both the powerful creature and his beloved alone, Devan has joined a band of like-minded individuals who also have reasons of their own to hunt down the undead. But his greatest fear still haunts him. Can he find some way to cure Elysia and change her back to how she once was? Or is she lost to him forever? And will he be forced to put her down with his own two hands?