Skaati
Skaati :: Dvergr Hexblade
- "The words of the gods became people. What then shall our words become?"
Base Matrix
Warlock (Hexblade) L5 | Alignment LN
AC 15 | HP 43 | Initiative +2 | Proficiency +3 | Size M | Speed 25 | Devil Sight 120'
Abilities/Saves
STR 10 / +0 / Save (+0) || DEX 14 / +2 / Save (+2) || CON 16 / +3 / Save (+3) || INT 8 / -1 / Save (-1) || WIS 10 / +0 / Save (+2) || CHA 18 / +4 / Save (+7)
Combat
Armor Proficiencies: Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shield
- Armor of Shadows [AC 15]
Weapon Proficiencies: All Martial, All Simple
Weapons Carried:
- Longsword: +7 [to hit] | 1d8+4 [damage] | Versatile (1d10)
- Dagger: +5 [to hit melee/thrown] | 1d4+2 [damage melee/thrown] | Finesse/Light/Thrown [20/60]
Magic
Sp Att: +7 | Sp DC: 15 | Spell Slots: 2/L3
Boon:| Pact of the Blade | The All Seeing Dark (Hexblade)
Cantrips: Eldritch Blast 2x1d10 Force | Green Flame Blade +1d8/1d8+3 Fire | Prestidigitation
L1: Witchbolt 3d12 | Comprehend Languages
L2: Darkness | Misty Step |Shatter | Spider Climb
L3: -
Incantations: Armor of Shadows | Devil's Sight | Thirsting Blade | Gift of the Depths
Feats
Eldritch Adept | Savage Attacker
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 [+4] | Medicine [+2] | Perception [+6/ P16] | Survival [+2]
Cha >> Deception [+3] | Intimidation [+3] | Performance [+1] | Persuasion [+1]
Gaming Set: Dice | Tools: Cartographer
Spoken/Written Languages: Common | Dwarvish | Elvish | Gnomish | Goblin | Halfling | Orcish
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'm guessing these will likely see very little in the way of practical use, but they're part of my headcannon tying his feat into his background (below).
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 [45g] 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].
Background
SOLDIER || Specialty: Scout | Feature: Military Rank [Sergeant]
- Trait: I'm not just a bastard by birth and inclination. I've had professional training.
- Ideal: Fight for what's important. Let the rest take care of itself.
- Bond: I am the eyes that see, the ears that hear, the voice that speaks.
- Flaw: I don't particularly like killing . . . but the lure of its wisdom is pervasive.
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.
- 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 saw me as a half elf. To them I was 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] to swap Charisma for Strength as his primary (+2) ability as mentioned above).
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