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Nella Carrow - AI-generated fantasy Character

Nella Carrow

Human · Rogue (Arcane Trickster) · Level 9 · Charlatan

Nella Carrow

Venna is charismatic, invasive, and impossible to fully read.
AC15
HP66/66
Init
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
ConditionsNone

Sheet

AC 15 · HP 66 · 30 ft.
AlignmentChaotic NeutralGenderFemaleAge29 years old
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA

Saving throws

STRDEXCONINTWISCHA

Skills

  • AcrobaticsDEX
  • Animal HandlingWIS
  • ArcanaINT
  • AthleticsSTR
  • DeceptionSTR
  • HistoryINT
  • InsightWIS
  • InvestigationINT
  • MedicineWIS
  • NatureINT
  • PerceptionWIS
  • PerformanceCHA
  • PersuasionCHA
  • ReligionINT
  • Sleight of HandDEX
  • StealthDEX
  • SurvivalWIS

Armor

Light armor

Weapons

Simple weapons,
Hand crossbows,
Longswords,
Rapiers,
Shortswords

Tools

Thieves' tools,
Disguise kit,
Forgery kit,
Playing card set

Languages

Common,
Thieves' Cant,
Sylvan

Features

23 features

Action

  • Legerdemain Hand

    When When a target or object is within 30 feet and direct interaction is risky.

    Venna projects a spectral hand that can manipulate objects, open locks, disarm traps, and steal small items from a distance.

  • Ghostline Ambush

    When When Venna has advantage or an ally is within 5 feet of her target.

    Venna vanishes into a crowd, doorway, or patch of darkness, then strikes an exposed target with uncanny precision.

Bonus action

  • Distracting Flourish

    When When Venna needs to create an opening to Hide or Disengage.

    Venna flicks a coin, card, or scrap of metal through the air, creating a brief magical distraction that draws attention away from her movement.

  • Cunning ActionLevel 2

    Venna can take a bonus action to Dash, Disengage, or Hide.

  • Mage Hand LegerdemainLevel 3

    Venna can use a bonus action to manipulate an object, stow or retrieve an item, or use thieves' tools to disarm a trap or open a lock.

Reaction

  • Uncanny DodgeLevel 5

    When When an attack hits Venna.

    Venna twists probability with a theatrical gesture, causing an attacker to lose focus and strike poorly.

Always on

  • Sneak Attack (5d6)Level 1

    Venna deals an extra 5d6 damage once per turn when she hits with a finesse or ranged weapon attack while having advantage, or when another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it and she does not have disadvantage.

  • Thieves' CantLevel 1

    Venna has proficiency with thieves' tools and understands the secret language of rogues, including hidden signs, codes, and symbols.

  • ExpertiseLevel 1

    Venna doubles her proficiency bonus for Deception, Sleight of Hand, Stealth, and Perception checks. These are her expertise skills.

  • SpellcastingLevel 3

    Venna learns three wizard cantrips, including Mage Hand, and six wizard spells. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence. At least two of her wizard spells must be from the enchantment or illusion schools.

  • Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4

    Venna gains a 2nd-level ability score improvement. She increased her Wisdom by 1 and her Charisma by 1.

  • Ability Score ImprovementLevel 6

    Venna gains a 6th-level ability score improvement. She increased her Dexterity by 1 and her Intelligence by 1.

  • Magical AmbushLevel 7

    Venna can use her action to Hide, and attacks against creatures she has surprised have disadvantage on their saving throws against her spells.

  • Ability Score ImprovementLevel 8

    Venna gains proficiency in Wisdom saving throws.

  • EvasionLevel 7

    Venna gains Evasion. When subjected to an effect allowing a Dexterity saving throw for half damage, she takes no damage on a success and half damage on a failure.

  • Arcane Trickster LegerdemainLevel 3

    Venna can choose three objects she has seen and make them appear magical for 1 hour. She can also manipulate a magical Mage Hand to stow or retrieve objects, use thieves' tools, or unlock and disarm objects at range.

  • Versatile TricksterLevel 9

    Venna can use her reaction to impose disadvantage on an attack roll made against a creature within 30 feet if she can see the attacker, provided she is not incapacitated.

  • Ability Score IncreaseHuman+1 to all six ability scores
  • SizeHumanMedium
  • SpeedHuman30 feet
  • Extra LanguageHumanSylvan
  • VersatileHumanHumans gain broad adaptability and can develop proficiency in many different fields.
  • False IdentityCharlatan

    Venna maintains a false identity and forged documents, allowing her to pass herself off as another person or member of a legitimate organization. She knows how to identify the signs of a false identity and can produce convincing disguises and paperwork when given time and materials.

Spells

10 spells

Spellcasting. Nella Carrow casts with Intelligence (spell save DC 15, to hit with spell attacks).

Cantrips (at will): , , ,

1st level (4 slots): , ,

2nd level (2 slots): , ,

Gear

10 items

Weapons

  • Rapier
    A finely balanced light blade, kept hidden beneath clothing when Venna chooses to carry it.
  • Hand Crossbow
    A compact hand crossbow with a case of bolts, usually left behind when Venna wants to look unarmed.
  • 2×
    Dagger
    A small blade suitable for close combat or cutting cords.

Tools

  • Disguise Kit
    A disguise kit containing cosmetics, wigs, costume pieces, and other tools for altering appearance.
  • Forgery Kit
    Forgery supplies including ink, parchment, quills, seals, and wax.
  • Charlatan's Tools
    A set of marked cards, weighted dice, and other tools of confidence work.

Gear

  • 20×
    Crossbow Bolts
    Ammunition for the hand crossbow.
  • Burglar's Pack
    A burglar's pack containing a backpack, a bag of 1,000 ball bearings, 10 feet of string, a bell, five candles, a crowbar, a hammer, 10 pitons, a hooded lantern, two flasks of oil, five days of rations, tinderbox, and a waterskin.
  • Fine Clothes
    A set of fine clothes used for disguises and social deception.

Purse

  • 15×
    Starting Gold
    A purse containing the 15 gp granted by the rogue starting equipment package.

Appearance

Venna is a lean human woman with a wiry, restless frame and a presence that fills a room like a shadow refusing to be ignored. Chaotic tattoos coil across her skin in intricate, irrational patterns, vanishing beneath the edges of a torn leather jacket. Her dark hair is cropped close, shaved at the sides, with a sharp shock of silver at her temple. She favors modern street clothes, scuffed boots, layered shirts, fingerless gloves, and no visible armor. Her eyes are bright, watchful, and often fixed on things no one else can see.

Mannerisms

Venna leans against doorframes instead of standing normally, tilts her head when people speak as if listening to a second conversation, and answers serious questions with a smile that arrives a moment too late. She traces the edges of her tattoos when thinking and occasionally narrates her own actions in a low whisper.

Personality

Venna is charismatic, invasive, and impossible to fully read. She treats every conversation as a performance and every stranger as a puzzle with a hidden mechanism. Her humor is bright and inappropriate, her attention is unnervingly intense, and her affection is expressed through elaborate tests of loyalty. Beneath the instability is a sharp, disciplined mind that notices details other people discard.

Ideals

Identity is a costume, and freedom belongs to whoever can change costumes fastest. No authority deserves obedience merely because it has a seal, a uniform, or a convincing story.

Bonds

The missing ledger of names belongs to Venna, even if it does not yet know that. She will ruin anyone who possesses it, and she will not abandon a former mark who was genuinely harmed by one of her old schemes.

Flaws

Venna cannot leave a lie unfinished. If someone doubts her, she will escalate, embellish, and risk everything to make the falsehood feel real. She is jealous of anyone who seems emotionally stable, and she sometimes sabotages honest relationships because she suspects sincerity is only a more sophisticated con.

Quirks

Keeps a private list of lies that have not yet become useful.
Gives names to every disguise and speaks of them as separate people.
Collects broken locks and claims each one failed for a different emotional reason.
Whispers apologies to doors before opening them.
Can identify people by their footsteps but pretends not to.

Background

Venna grew up moving between crowded human districts, roadside markets, and rented rooms above businesses that never asked too many questions. Her family survived through small cons, counterfeit charms, staged hauntings, and carefully invented tragedies. Venna learned early that people rarely wanted the truth. They wanted a story that made them feel clever, righteous, frightened, or special. She became exceptionally good at giving them exactly that, then disappearing before the story collapsed. Her obsession began with a stolen ledger said to contain the names of everyone who had ever been fooled by a certain traveling confidence ring. Venna became convinced that the ledger was not merely a record, but a living thing that remembered every lie written inside it. She followed its clues through illegal auctions, abandoned shrines, and the private collections of minor nobles, eventually discovering that the ring had been using illusion magic to manipulate its marks. Rather than expose them, Venna learned the techniques herself. Now an Arcane Trickster, she combines practiced deceit with whispered spells, invisible hands, and theatrical misdirection. She is searching for the ledger still, convinced that it is choosing her next lie for her.

“Her family survived through small cons, counterfeit charms, staged hauntings, and carefully invented tragedies.”
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Background
Charlatan

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