Icck
Icck
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AC 17 · HP 105 · 30 ft. normally, 40 ft. while not wearing heavy armor due to Fast MovementSaving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingWIS
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
24 featuresAction
- Shell DefenseTortleAs an action, Icck can withdraw into his shell, gaining +4 AC and advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws, with the listed restrictions.
Bonus action
- Enter Rage
When Bonus action
As a bonus action, Icck enters a rage, gaining his rage benefits and bear-spirit resistance.
- Shell Defense
When Action
Icck withdraws into his shell as an action, gaining +4 AC and advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While sheltered, his speed is 0, he has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, cannot take reactions, and can use only a bonus action to emerge.
- RageLevel 1
Icck can enter a rage as a bonus action. He can rage 3 times per long rest. While raging, he has advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws, a +3 bonus to melee weapon damage using Strength, and resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. His rage lasts for 1 minute, ending early if he is knocked unconscious or if he neither attacks a hostile creature nor takes damage on his turn.
Always on
- Twin Cleaves
When Attack action
Icck makes two greataxe attacks when taking the Attack action.
- Reckless AttackLevel 2
When First melee attack on his turn
Icck makes a Strength-based melee attack with advantage, accepting advantage on attacks against him until his next turn.
- Claw Strike
When Attack action
Icck can make a claw attack using his natural claws, dealing 1d4 slashing damage plus his Strength modifier.
- Unarmored DefenseLevel 1
While not wearing armor, Icck's Armor Class equals 10 + his Dexterity modifier + his Constitution modifier, unless his tortle natural armor provides a higher AC. His tortle natural armor gives him AC 17, so his current AC is 17.
- Danger SenseLevel 2
Icck has advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects he can see, such as traps and spells. He cannot use this benefit while blinded, deafened, or incapacitated.
- Primal PathLevel 3
Icck follows the Totem Warrior primal path and gains the Bear Totem Spirit at 3rd level.
- Totem Spirit, BearLevel 3
When raging, Icck has resistance to all damage except psychic damage, representing the overwhelming endurance of the bear spirit.
- Extra AttackLevel 5
Icck can attack twice, instead of once, whenever he takes the Attack action on his turn.
- Fast MovementLevel 5
Icck's speed increases by 10 feet while he is not wearing heavy armor. His walking speed is normally 40 feet, though the tortle profile commonly records his base speed as 30 feet.
- Feral InstinctLevel 7
Icck has advantage on initiative rolls. Additionally, if he is surprised at the beginning of combat and is not incapacitated, he can act normally on his first turn if he enters his rage before doing anything else.
- Brutal CriticalLevel 9
Once per turn, when Icck scores a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, he can roll one additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage.
- Spirit SeekerLevel 10
Icck can cast the Beast Sense spell as a ritual and can cast Speak with Animals as a ritual, without providing material components.
- Spirit WalkerLevel 10
Icck can cast Commune with Nature as a ritual. His spiritual connection to the bear and the wilderness allows him to commune with the natural world.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
Icck has increased his Strength by 2 at 4th level and his Constitution by 2 at 8th level, bringing his final ability scores to Strength 19 and Constitution 16.
- Natural ArmorTortleTortle natural armor gives an Armor Class of 17. Dexterity does not add to this AC, and shields can still be used.
- ClawsTortleNatural weapons that deal 1d4 slashing damage on a hit.
- Hold BreathTortleIcck can hold his breath for up to 1 hour.
- Survival InstinctTortleProficiency in the Survival skill.
- Tortle Ability Score IncreaseTortle+2 Strength and +1 Wisdom before level-based improvements.
- WandererOutlander
Icck has an excellent memory for maps, terrain, weather, and natural landmarks. He can find food and fresh water for himself and up to five other people each day, provided the land offers such resources.
Gear
11 itemsWeapons
- GreataxeA heavy martial melee weapon with a broad, double-edged blade. Icck uses it as his primary weapon, dealing 1d12 slashing damage.
- 2×HandaxeLight thrown martial weapons, each dealing 1d6 piercing damage and having a normal range of 20 feet and long range of 60 feet.
- 4×JavelinSimple thrown weapons, each dealing 1d6 piercing damage and having a normal range of 30 feet and long range of 120 feet.
Tools
- StaffA walking staff cut from a storm-bent mangrove, marked with notches for rivers and trail distances.
- Musical InstrumentA small bone flute used for signaling across valleys and calming frightened animals.
Gear
- Explorer's PackA sturdy pack containing bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, ten torches, ten days of rations, waterskin, and fifty feet of hempen rope.
- Hunting TrapA metal trap with a toothed mechanism, useful for hunting or restraining creatures.
- Trophy from an AnimalA preserved claw from a great marsh bear, worn as a symbol of Icck's connection to the bear spirit.
- Traveler's ClothesPlain, durable clothing suitable for long travel through wilderness regions.
- PouchA small pouch containing starting coin.
Purse
- 10×Gold PiecesTen gold pieces carried for supplies, tolls, and emergency needs.
Appearance
Icck is a broad, heavily built male tortle with a dark olive shell patterned in faded ochre bands and a weathered, slate-gray hide. His shell is unusually large and rounded, with several polished wooden pegs and strips of dyed leather tied through its natural ridges as keepsakes from distant journeys. He stands with his weight settled comfortably through both feet, almost motionless when waiting, and moves with surprising suddenness when action begins. His voice is normally a low, dry rumble, accompanied by slow nasal breathing. When angered, his breath becomes a harsh rasp and his words shorten to blunt, deliberate fragments. He carries a massive greataxe sized for his powerful frame, along with a bundle of javelins and a traveler's staff.
Mannerisms
When waiting, Icck plants his staff vertically and rests both hands on its top, standing perfectly still. He breathes slowly through his nose while listening, and tilts his head toward distant sounds before answering. When rattled, his breathing turns rough and audible, his claws flex against his palms, and he begins speaking in clipped three-word sentences.
Personality
Icck is patient, observant, and quietly protective. He prefers to listen at the edge of a campfire rather than dominate the conversation, but once he decides someone is under his care, his attention becomes absolute. He has a dry sense of humor and treats travel difficulties as ordinary facts of life. He is gentle with animals, respectful toward elders, and unexpectedly tender toward frightened children.
Ideals
Protection. Strength has meaning only when it is used to shelter those who cannot stand alone. The strong should be the wall, not the master.
Bonds
The scattered tortle families of his homeland are his extended family, and he will cross any distance to bring one of them safely home. He also carries a carved bear totem made from driftwood found at the canyon where he first defended his people.
Flaws
Icck assumes that any problem can be solved by standing between danger and the people behind him. He is slow to retreat, slow to forgive cowardice, and dangerously willing to endure pain rather than admit he needs help. His confidence in his instincts can become stubbornness, especially when a younger or less experienced companion suggests a safer plan.
Quirks
Background
Icck was hatched on a warm coast where tortle families traveled between fishing coves, mangrove channels, and ancient nesting beaches. From his earliest days, he learned that a journey was not measured by how quickly one arrived, but by how well one protected the slowest traveler. He became a scout, porter, and hunter for wandering clans, carrying supplies through flooded marshes and dense jungle while learning the calls of birds, the moods of rivers, and the warning signs of predators. His strength was useful, but his patience made him trusted. During one migration, a band of raiders drove several tortle families into a canyon during a violent storm. Icck held the narrow pass alone while the others escaped, using his shell as a shield and his rage as a force of nature. The clan's spiritual elder later taught him the path of the totem warrior, revealing the bear as his guiding spirit. Since then, Icck has traveled beyond his homeland as an outlander and protector, seeking threats that prey upon the helpless. He believes the bear does not rage for glory. It rages because something vulnerable is standing behind it.
“From his earliest days, he learned that a journey was not measured by how quickly one arrived, but by how well one protected the slowest traveler.”
- Background
- Outlander
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Tortle
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