Káel Tergan
Káel Tergan
Sheet
AC 16 · HP 35 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingSTR
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
16 featuresAction
- Primeval AwarenessLevel 3
Káel can use an action and expend a ranger spell slot to focus his awareness on the region around him. For 1 minute per level of the expended slot, he can sense whether certain creature types are present within 1 mile, or within 6 miles in favored terrain, though this feature does not reveal their exact location or number.
Always on
- Colossus Slayer
When Káel hits a creature below its hit point maximum with a weapon attack.
Once on each of Káel's turns, when he hits a creature with a weapon attack, he deals an extra 1d8 damage if the target is below its hit point maximum.
- Extra AttackLevel 5
When Káel takes the Attack action.
Káel makes two attacks when he takes the Attack action.
- Hunter's Mark
When Káel casts hunter's mark and chooses a visible creature.
Káel can mark a creature as his quarry, dealing an extra 1d6 damage whenever he hits it with a weapon attack and gaining advantage on Wisdom (Perception) and Wisdom (Survival) checks to find it. The mark requires concentration and lasts up to 1 hour.
- Spike Growth
When Káel casts spike growth on a point within range.
Káel creates a field of icy, thornlike undergrowth in a 20-foot-radius area. The area is difficult terrain, and a creature moving through it takes 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet it travels.
- Favored EnemyLevel 1
Káel has chosen humanoid raiders and marauding beasts as his favored enemies. He has advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track them and Intelligence checks to recall information about them. He also speaks Giant, a language commonly encountered among northern raiders and mountain clans.
- Natural ExplorerLevel 1
Káel is especially familiar with arctic terrain. When making an Intelligence or Wisdom check related to this terrain, his proficiency bonus is doubled if he is proficient in the relevant skill. While traveling for an hour or more in arctic terrain, he gains benefits including difficult terrain not slowing the group, the group remaining unlost except by magic, and improved tracking and foraging.
- Fighting Style: ArcheryLevel 2
Káel adopts Archery as his fighting style, gaining a +2 bonus to attack rolls made with ranged weapons.
- SpellcastingLevel 2
Káel is a half-caster. Wisdom is his spellcasting ability. He knows four ranger spells and regains expended spell slots after a long rest.
- Ranger Archetype: Hunter, Colossus SlayerLevel 3
Káel chooses the Colossus Slayer option. Once on each of his turns, when he hits a creature with a weapon attack, he deals an extra 1d8 damage if the target is below its hit point maximum.
- TraitHalf-ElfDarkvision, allowing Káel to see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light.
- TraitHalf-ElfFey Ancestry, granting advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and immunity to magical sleep.
- TraitHalf-ElfSkill Versatility, granting proficiency in Perception and Sleight of Hand.
- TraitHalf-ElfHalf-elf ability score increase, +2 Charisma and +1 Dexterity and +1 Wisdom.
- TraitHalf-ElfKáel can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish, and he gains one additional language, Sylvan.
- WandererOutlander
Káel has an excellent memory for maps and geography. He can always recall the general layout of terrain, settlements, and natural features he has seen, and he can find food and fresh water for himself and up to five other people each day, provided the land offers them.
Spells
4 spellsSpellcasting. Káel Tergan casts with Wisdom (spell save DC 13, to hit with spell attacks).
1st level (4 slots): , ,
2nd level (2 slots):
Gear
10 itemsWeapons
- 2×ShortswordA matched pair of balanced blades for close defense.
- LongbowKáel's sleek golden Quincy-style longbow, mechanically a standard longbow.
Armor
- Scale mailMedium armor, AC 14 plus up to 2 from Dexterity.
Tools
- StaffA polished antler fragment taken from the first great beast Káel tracked alone.
Gear
- 20×ArrowsA quiver of arrows suitable for the longbow.
- Explorer's packIncludes a bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, torches, rations, waterskin, and rope.
- Hunting trapA practical iron device used to restrain dangerous animals.
- Animal trophyA small trophy from a creature he defeated in the arctic.
- Traveler's clothesA durable travel outfit cut in severe white and blue military lines.
Purse
- 10×Gold piecesCoin carried from his former patrol service.
Appearance
Káel Tergan is a mixed-race half-elf man with warm olive-tan skin weathered by reflected snowlight and dry mountain wind. His short, voluminous dark brown curls are naturally unruly, with icy frost-dusted tips that remain pale even after they thaw. He has steady dark brown eyes, a straight nose, and a composed expression that makes him seem older until he smiles. His crisp, high-collared white coat has sharp tailored lines, silver buttons, and light sky-blue trim. Dark fitted trousers and sleek snow boots complete the outfit. He carries no backpack, only a belt pouch, a golden longbow, and a quiver arranged for rapid movement.
Mannerisms
Before speaking, Káel takes a quiet breath through his nose as though testing the air. He rarely gestures broadly, instead indicating direction with two fingers or the angle of his bow. When thinking, he taps a thumb against his first knuckle in a steady four-beat rhythm.
Personality
Káel is restrained, observant, and unexpectedly considerate. He notices who is walking too slowly, whose gloves are wet, and which doorway faces away from the wind. He speaks plainly and dislikes dramatic declarations, but his calm becomes intensely commanding when someone is in danger. He has a dry sense of humor and considers good tailoring a practical form of discipline.
Ideals
A safe path is a form of mercy. No border, bloodline, or old feud matters more than bringing the vulnerable through the storm alive.
Bonds
He will return to the high pass each winter to maintain its hidden marker stones, even if no one pays him. He also protects the battered brass compass inherited from his father, whose needle points toward the last safe road he charted.
Flaws
Káel distrusts comfortable arrangements and assumes that anyone profiting from a dangerous road is hiding something. He can become so focused on proving a route safe that he ignores exhaustion, hunger, and the advice of people who care about him.
Quirks
Background
Káel Tergan was born where a human border settlement met an elven winter road, the son of a human cartographer and an elven courier. Neither community treated him as entirely their own, so he learned early to read the small signs that made people feel safe: a cleared path, a properly banked fire, a bowstring kept dry, a name pronounced correctly. His mother taught him the discipline of elven archery, while his father taught him that a map was not merely paper, but a promise that someone had already survived the journey. As a young ranger, Káel joined a seasonal patrol responsible for guiding travelers through a high pass that vanished beneath blizzards every winter. During one disastrous storm, he found a group of refugees sheltering in a ravine and led them out by following buried marker stones, animal tracks, and the subtle blue cast of moonlight on wind-packed snow. The patrol commander later gave him the white coat now associated with his service, tailored in the severe style of an old Quincy-inspired military tradition. Káel abandoned formal patrol life after discovering that the settlement had concealed the danger to protect its trade route. He now travels wherever winter closes in, hunting predators, monsters, and the comfortable lies that leave ordinary people to freeze.
“As a young ranger, Káel joined a seasonal patrol responsible for guiding travelers through a high pass that vanished beneath blizzards every winter.”
- Background
- Outlander
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Species
Half-Elf
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