Zerathul
Zerathul
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AC 12 · HP 18 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- ArcanaINT
- DeceptionCHA
- IntimidationCHA
- StealthDEX
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
17 featuresAlways on
- Breath WeaponLevel 1
When Action
Exhale fire in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw or takes 2d6 fire damage, half on a success.
- Careful Spell
When When you cast a spell that forces a saving throw
Spend 1 sorcery point to impose disadvantage on one target's saving throw against a spell you cast.
- Subtle Spell
When When you cast a spell
Spend 1 sorcery point to cast a spell without somatic or verbal components.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
You draw power from an innate magical source. You know 4 cantrips and 4 sorcerer spells at this level, and you can cast them using Charisma as your spellcasting ability.
- Draconic ResilienceLevel 1
At 1st level, your hit point maximum increases by 1 and increases by 1 again whenever you gain a sorcerer level. Your AC equals 13 + your Dexterity modifier while not wearing armor.
- Dragon AncestorLevel 1
You choose red dragon as your draconic ancestry. When you use your breath weapon, it deals fire damage, and you have resistance to fire damage.
- Font of MagicLevel 2
You can draw on hidden wells of magic to regain expended sorcery points when you finish a short rest. At this level, you have 3 sorcery points total.
- MetamagicLevel 3
When you cast a sorcerer spell, you can alter it with Metamagic. At 3rd level, you know 2 Metamagic options and can use them by spending sorcery points.
- Fire ResistanceLevel 1
You have resistance to fire damage, a trait inherited from your draconic ancestry.
- TraitDragonbornAbility Score Increase, +2 Strength and +1 Charisma.
- Draconic Ancestry, red dragonDragonbornChoose fire as your damage type.
- TraitDragonbornBreath Weapon, you can exhale destructive energy in a 15-foot cone, dealing 2d6 fire damage on a failed Dexterity saving throw, half as much on a success. Usable once per short or long rest.
- TraitDragonbornDamage Resistance, you have resistance to fire damage.
- TraitDragonbornLanguages, you can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic.
- TraitDragonbornSize, you are Medium.
- TraitDragonbornSpeed, your walking speed is 30 feet.
- Criminal ContactCriminal
He has reliable contacts among smugglers, fence-runners, informants, and other underworld figures who can provide information, shelter, or introductions in criminal circles.
Spells
8 spellsSpellcasting. Zerathul casts with Charisma (spell save DC 13, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): , , ,
1st level (4 slots): , , ,
2nd level (2 slots): no spells
Gear
8 itemsWeapons
- Light CrossbowA light crossbow with 20 bolts, kept as a backup weapon.
- 2×DaggersTwo simple blades for close work and intimidation.
Tools
- CrowbarA crowbar useful for breaking and entering.
Gear
- Wither-BarkAn arcane focus in the form of the ancient staff Wither-Bark.
- Component PouchA component pouch, carried in reserve when the staff is unavailable.
- Dungeoneer's PackA dungeoneer's pack containing practical survival gear.
- Dark Common ClothesDark common clothes with a hood, suited to blending into alleys and shadows.
- Belt PouchA belt pouch containing stolen and carefully counted coins.
Appearance
A tall red-scaled dragonborn with a regal, almost divine bearing, sharp horns swept back from a crowned brow, and ember-bright eyes that seem to measure everyone as beneath him. He wears a patched criminal's cloak over robes singed at the cuffs, and carries the weathered staff Wither-Bark like a scepter. Fine cracks of old, pale magic run across its wood, hinting at power buried under its diminished state. His expression is smug, severe, and dangerously calm, as if catastrophe is a private irritation he can always postpone.
Mannerisms
He speaks in grand, measured declarations, as though every tavern is a throne room. When annoyed, he taps Wither-Bark against the ground like a judge preparing a sentence. He rarely lowers his voice, but when he does, it usually means someone has made a very bad decision.
Personality
Zerathul is theatrical, contemptuous, and unshakably certain of his own destiny. He treats ordinary people as ants with opinions, yet he is also intensely proud of craftsmanship, magical theory, and any sign of ambition that mirrors his own. He is at his best when scheming, boasting, or standing at the center of attention, and at his worst when someone else dares to command the room.
Ideals
Power is the only truth that matters. Mercy is for those too weak to seize what they want, and the world belongs to whoever can force it to kneel.
Bonds
Wither-Bark is his last true link to the power he lost, and he will burn cities to keep it from being taken, broken, or mocked.
Flaws
He cannot tolerate being ignored, corrected, or treated like a mortal, and his ego turns every slight into a vendetta. He underestimates anyone he considers weak, which often makes him reckless at the worst possible moment. If restoring Wither-Bark requires betrayal, sacrifice, or cruelty, he will call it necessity and do it without blinking.
Quirks
Background
Zerathul insists he was not born, but exiled. In the shining ages before mortal calendars mattered, he claims to have been a godling of annihilation, a being with enough force to erase a galaxy in a fit of boredom. His parents, weary of his cruelty and excess, cast him down into the mortal world as punishment, stripping him of the cosmic throne he once mocked. Whether this tale is literal truth, delusion, or both, Zerathul tells it with such absolute conviction that few dare laugh twice. Now trapped in a smaller world with only his pride, his temper, and the staff Wither-Bark, he survives by cunning, theft, intimidation, and the occasional act of spectacular magic. Wither-Bark was once among the greatest staffs in creation, but in this realm it is only a shadow of itself, a lowly wand of untapped promise. Zerathul treats every burglary, every black-market deal, and every arcane experiment as a step toward restoring its former glory. As a sorcerer, he does not study magic so much as remember it, forcing the universe to obey the shape of his will. He is certain that when Wither-Bark is reforged, the world will finally learn that exile was only a temporary inconvenience.
“His parents, weary of his cruelty and excess, cast him down into the mortal world as punishment, stripping him of the cosmic throne he once mocked.”
- Background
- Criminal
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Species
Dragonborn
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