The Sheltered Hand: Tereza
Tereza Dalca, Trakken Witch
Appearance
A tall woman with red hair, ice blue eyes, and very pale skin
Attributes
- STR: 10 +1 Human, +1 Level 4 = 12 (+1)
- DEX: 13 +1 Human = 14 (+2)
- CON: 14 +1 Free, +1 Human = 16 (+3)
- INT: 15 +1 Human = 16 (+3)
- WIS: 12 +1 Human, +1 Level 4 = 14 (+2)
- CHA: 8 +1 Human = 9 (-1)
Class Details
- Human Artificer (Alchemist) lvl 6
- Alignment: Chaotic Good
- Hit Dice: 1d8
- Hit Points: 8 + 5 x 5 + 6 x 3 (Con) = 51
- AC: 12 (armor) +2 (Shield) +2 (Dex) = 16
- Initiative: +2 (Dex) +5 (Alert) = +7
- Proficiency Bonus: +3
- Speed 30'
- Culture: Trakken (Survival)
Skills and Proficiencies
- Proficiencies: Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shields, Simple Weapons
- Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence
- Skills: Animal Handling, Arcana, Medicine, Nature, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: Alchemist's supplies, thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools, herbalism kit, cook's utensils, vehicles (land)
- Tool Expertise: Proficiency bonus doubled.
- Languages: Common, Taratan, Yrcish, Havlin
- Feat: Alert
Saving Throws
- Strength +1
- Dexterity +2
- Constitution +6
- Intelligence +6
- Wisdom +2
- Charisma -1
Skills
- Animal Handling +5
- Arcana +6
- Medicine +5
- Nature +6
- Perception +2
- Passive Perception 12
- Survival +5
Special Qualities
- Infuse Item
- Magical Tinkering
- The Right Tool for the Job
- Experimental Elixir
- Alchemical Savant
Background: Folk Hero
- Defining Event: I trained the peasantry to use farm implements as weapons.
- Feature: Rustic Hospitality
- Personality trait: I am confident in my own abilities and do what I can to instill confidence in others.
- Ideal: Destiny. Nothing and no one can steer me away from my higher calling.
- Bond: My tools are symbols of my past life, and I carry them so I will never forget my roots.
- Flaw: I'm convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of failure.
- Skills: Animal Handling, Nature
- Tool Proficiencies: Cook's Utensils, Vehicles (land)
Infusions Known: 6 (Replicate Magic Item: Bag of Holding, Cloak of the Manta Ray, Goggles of Night, Rope of Climbing, Gloves of Thievery, Lantern of Revealing)
Infused Items: 3 (Bag of Holding, Gloves of Thievery, Cloak of the Manta Ray)
Spells
- Spell Save DC: 8 + 3 (Prof) + 3 (Int) = 14
- Cantrips Known (2): Mending, Prestidigitation
- Level 1 (4 + 2): Cure Wounds, Detect Magic, Identify, Purify Food and Drink (+ Healing Word and Ray of Sickness)
- Level 2 (2 + 2): Aid, Magic Weapon (+ Flaming Sphere, Melf's Acid Arrow)
Equipment
- Magic Items
- 1 Uncommon: Broom of Flying
- 2 Common: Orb of Direction, Armor of Gleaming
35 gp
sickle, 1d4 slashing, 2 lb.
club, 1d4 bludgeoning, 2 lb.
Light crossbow 5 lb.
20 bolts 0.5 lb.
studded leather armor, 13 lb.
Shield 6 lb.
Ball bearings 2 lb.
Caltrops 2 lb.
Shovel 5 lb.
Iron pot 10 lb.
dungeoneer’s pack
Wooden pack frame 5 lb.
Skinning knife 2 lb.
Waterskin 5 lb.
Henna dyes
Soap
- Tools
- Cook's Utensils 8 lb
- Alchemist's Supplies 8 lb
- Herbalism Kit 3 lb
- Tinker's Tools 10 lb
- thieves’ tools, 1 lb
Total weight: Who cares, Tereza has a Bag of Holding.
Background
Tereza was born in Trakke, in a reclusive community of the Clanless. It was founded in the past by a group of women from various Trakken clans, tired of the constant arguments and skirmishes between the clans. And although over time some people who had been cast out from their clans had sought refuge there, that is what the community in large part still was. A mostly female group of people who chose to live outside the clan structure.
The Clanless were not well regarded by the clan leaders or the Trakken King whose authority they rejected, but they were generally left alone. The founders had been a group of wise women keeping old animistic traditions, and they had brought their traditions with them and taught them to younger generations. Thus the Clanless were also called by another name - witches.
As was the Trakken way, the community was self-sufficient, and even turned a profit. In their constant competition, many clans sought to employ the craft of the witches and their mystical recipes, that the scholars in more civilized regions called Alchemy
Tereza would probably have been able to live a happy life in the community, but she grew up into a young, restless woman who came to feel that by selling their services to the clans, the Clanless witches just contributed to the strife they claimed to detest, when they could be using their knowledge and powers to push for unity. After butting her head for a while with the older witches - who usually came on top in the exchanges - Tereza finally had enough. Leaving the community, she headed out of Trakke, determined to join the Creed and use her powers not for profit but for the good of all.
