Kaela
Kaela
Sheet
AC 15 · HP 115 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- InsightWIS
- InvestigationINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
23 featuresBonus action
- Cunning ActionLevel 2
When Bonus Action
Use a bonus action to Dash, Disengage, or Hide.
- Master of TacticsLevel 3
When Bonus Action
Use a bonus action to direct an ally within 30 feet to make a weapon attack as a reaction.
Reaction
- Uncanny DodgeLevel 5
When Reaction
Use your reaction to halve damage from one attack you can see.
Always on
- MisdirectionLevel 13
When Reaction
Impose disadvantage on one attack against you if another creature is within 5 feet of you.
- Sneak AttackLevel 1
You have learned to exploit a foe's distraction, striking with precision when the moment is right. Once per turn, you deal extra damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll, or if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it and you do not have disadvantage. Extra damage: 7d6.
- ExpertiseLevel 1
Choose four of your skill proficiencies, or two skill proficiencies and thieves' tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the chosen proficiencies. This character applies Expertise to Deception, Stealth, Investigation, and thieves' tools.
- Thieves' CantLevel 1
You can speak, read, and write in thieves' cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code used by criminals and rogues.
- Roguish Archetype, MastermindLevel 3
You have sworn the treacherous path of the Mastermind, specializing in information, deception, and battlefield control. You gain the subclass features Master of Intrigue and Master of Tactics.
- Master of IntrigueLevel 3
When you choose this archetype, you gain proficiency with the disguise kit, the forgery kit, and one gaming set of your choice, and you can perfectly mimic the accent and dialect of a creature you hear speaking for at least 1 minute.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
You gain an ability score improvement or feat.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 6
Your talent for reading people deepens. You gain an ability score improvement or feat.
- EvasionLevel 7
You become extraordinarily difficult to pin down, and when you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage on a success and only half damage on a failure.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 8
You gain an ability score improvement or feat.
- Insightful ManipulatorLevel 9
You can unerringly predict how people will act and use that knowledge to manipulate them. After 1 minute of interaction, you can learn whether a creature's Intelligence and Wisdom scores are equal to, higher than, or lower than your own, and you can use that information in social maneuvering. This feature also enhances your ability to pressure or deceive others through careful reading.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 10
You gain an ability score improvement or feat.
- Reliable TalentLevel 11
Your instinct for using skill over luck becomes nearly supernatural. If you make an ability check using a skill you are proficient with, you treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 12
You gain an ability score improvement or feat.
- BlindsenseLevel 14
Your senses sharpen enough to notice concealed threats and hidden creatures within 10 feet of you, even if you cannot see them. You gain an ability score improvement or feat.
- TraitTieflingDarkvision, 60 ft.
- TraitTieflingHellish Resistance, resistance to fire damage.
- TraitTieflingInfernal Legacy, you know the thaumaturgy cantrip. At 3rd level, you can cast hellish rebuke once per long rest using this trait. At 5th level, you can cast darkness once per long rest using this trait. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
- TraitTieflingLanguages, you can speak, read, and write Common and Infernal.
- Criminal ContactCriminal
You have a reliable network of contacts in underworld circles, smugglers, fences, lookouts, and fixers who can provide shelter, information, and small favors when you know how to ask.
Gear
10 itemsWeapons
- RapierA finesse melee weapon favored for quick, precise strikes.
- ShortbowA light ranged weapon for silent ambushes.
- 2×DaggerA backup pair of blades.
Armor
- Leather ArmorA light, flexible armor favored by rogues.
Tools
- Thieves' ToolsA toolkit for picking locks and disabling simple traps.
- CrowbarA heavy iron bar useful for forcing entry.
Gear
- 20×ArrowsArrows for the shortbow.
- Burglar's PackA backpack packed with burglary gear.
- Dark Common ClothesDark common clothes with a hood, suited for moving unnoticed.
- Belt PouchA small pouch for coins and petty valuables.
Appearance
Kaela is a tall tiefling woman with bronze skin, thick spiraling horns, and vivid crimson eyes that seem to catch every weakness in the room. Her frame is lean, muscular, and poised like a blade held still before the strike. She favors sleek black leather gear with silver accents, a fitted jacket, knee-high boots, and practical combat wear that looks refined enough to pass in upscale circles. A worn holster sits at her hip, her tail moves with controlled precision, and her expression is usually a smirk that suggests she already knows how the conversation ends.
Mannerisms
Kaela speaks with a low, silky voice and pauses just long enough to make people lean in before she delivers the sharper part of a sentence. She often smiles when negotiations turn tense, and she unconsciously taps one claw against her thigh when she is evaluating a lie. When amused, her tail flicks in a slow, predatory arc. In battle, she keeps perfectly still until the instant she moves, as if she is trying not to waste a single motion.
Personality
Kaela is composed, dryly witty, and difficult to unsettle. She enjoys leverage, hidden information, and the elegant solution that makes a mess somewhere else. She is not warm in an obvious way, but she is deeply attentive to competence and preparedness. Her approval is rare and valuable, and once given, it tends to be practical, protective, and absolute so long as the arrangement remains profitable.
Ideals
Freedom. No ruler, guildmaster, or priest has the right to own another person's future. Kaela respects competence, rewards loyalty, and despises anyone who hides cruelty behind law, custom, or office.
Bonds
She still keeps one small bronze charm from her mother, and one empty coin clasp from her father, proof that neither of them truly left her empty-handed. She protects her crew with fierce pragmatism, because their success is now part of her own. Kaela also keeps a private ledger of debts, favors, and betrayals, and she never forgets which names belong in which column.
Flaws
Kaela assumes every kindness has a price, and she is often right. She will lie smoothly even when the truth would serve her better, simply because control matters to her. If she thinks betrayal is coming, she may strike first and justify it later. Under pressure, she can become cold enough to sacrifice a useful ally if the numbers look acceptable.
Quirks
Background
Kaela was born in the undercity slums of Atrix Isle, where the air smelled of oil, rust, and desperation, and where every lesson came wrapped in a threat. Her mother taught her how to lift a purse without feeling the hand that owned it. Her father taught her how to end a problem quietly, cleanly, and without leaving witnesses who could afford to talk. By the time she was old enough to understand mercy, she had already learned that mercy was usually just another word for leverage. Tiefling blood made her a target for suspicion, but it also made her memorable, and Kaela used that to her advantage from the start. She climbed out of the slums not through loyalty or faith, but through observation. She learned how crews fail, how bosses lie, how ledgers hide crimes, and how frightened people confess more readily to confidence than to cruelty. That talent brought her into criminal circles, then into a larger organization where her real value became obvious. She was not the loudest blade in the room, but she was the one who noticed the lock, the bribe, the hidden route, and the exact moment a rival would fold. Now she serves as second in command because she makes chaos useful, and because people who underestimate her usually do so only once.
“Her mother taught her how to lift a purse without feeling the hand that owned it.”
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Species
Tiefling
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