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Nifi

Gnome · Monk (Warrior of the Open Hand) · Level 6 · Criminal

Nifi

Nifi is quick-witted, irreverent, and intensely observant.
AC15
HP60/60
Init
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
ConditionsNone

Sheet

AC 15 · HP 60 · 40 ft.
AlignmentChaotic GoodGenderFemaleAge62 years old
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA

Saving throws

STRDEXCONINTWISCHA

Skills

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

Weapons

Simple weapons,
Shortswords,
Martial Arts weapons

Tools

Thieves' Tools,
Gaming Set

Languages

Common,
Gnomish,
Thieves' Cant

Features

22 features

Bonus action

  • Flurry of BlowsLevel 2

    When After taking the Attack action.

    Nifi spends 1 Focus Point to make two Unarmed Strikes as a Bonus Action after taking the Attack action.

  • Patient DefenseLevel 2

    When On her turn.

    Nifi spends 1 Focus Point to Disengage or Dodge as a Bonus Action.

  • Step of the WindLevel 2

    When On her turn.

    Nifi spends 1 Focus Point to Disengage or Dash as a Bonus Action, and her jump distance doubles for the turn.

  • Wholeness of BodyLevel 6

    As a Bonus Action, Nifi can roll her Martial Arts die and regain Hit Points equal to the roll plus her Wisdom modifier, minimum 1. She can use this feature once per Long Rest because her Wisdom modifier is 0.

Reaction

  • Deflect AttacksLevel 3

    When When hit by a melee attack.

    Nifi reduces incoming attack damage by 1d10 + 9 with her Reaction. If the damage is reduced to 0, she can redirect force by spending 1 Focus Point.

Always on

  • Martial ArtsLevel 1

    When When attacking with an Unarmed Strike or Monk weapon.

    Nifi can use Dexterity instead of Strength for Unarmed Strikes and Monk weapons, and her Martial Arts die is 1d6.

  • Unarmored DefenseLevel 1

    While not wearing armor or wielding a Shield, Nifi's Armor Class equals 10 + her Dexterity modifier + her Wisdom modifier.

  • Focus PointsLevel 2

    Nifi gains 6 Focus Points, regained when she finishes a Short or Long Rest. She can spend them on Flurry of Blows, Patient Defense, and Step of the Wind.

  • Unarmored MovementLevel 2

    Nifi's Speed increases by 10 feet while she is not wearing armor or wielding a Shield.

  • Monk SubclassLevel 3

    Nifi chooses the Warrior of the Open Hand subclass and gains its subclass features.

  • AlertLevel 4

    Nifi gains the Alert Origin feat. She adds her Proficiency Bonus to Initiative rolls, and after rolling Initiative she can switch her Initiative with a willing ally in the same combat.

  • Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4

    Nifi gains the Ability Score Improvement feature. Her final ability scores already include all chosen background increases and this feature's selected improvement.

  • Extra AttackLevel 5

    Nifi can attack twice, instead of once, whenever she takes the Attack action on her turn.

  • Stunning StrikeLevel 5

    Once per turn when Nifi hits a creature with a Monk weapon or Unarmed Strike, she can spend 1 Focus Point to force the target to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target has the Stunned condition until the end of her next turn. On a successful save, its Speed is halved until the end of her next turn, and Nifi has Advantage on her next attack roll against it before the end of her next turn.

  • Empowered StrikesLevel 6

    Whenever Nifi deals damage with an Unarmed Strike, she can choose for the damage to be Force damage instead of its normal type.

  • Open Hand TechniqueLevel 3

    Whenever Nifi hits a creature with an attack granted by Flurry of Blows, she can impose one effect: Addle, preventing Opportunity Attacks until the start of her next turn, Push, forcing a Strength saving throw or pushing the target up to 15 feet, or Topple, forcing a Dexterity saving throw or imposing the Prone condition.

  • TraitGnomeDarkvision, Nifi can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light, though she sees darkness as shades of gray.
  • TraitGnomeGnomish Cunning, Nifi has Advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws.
  • TraitGnomeForest Gnome lineage, Nifi knows the Minor Illusion cantrip. Charisma is her spellcasting ability for it.
  • TraitGnomeSpeak with Animals, Nifi can cast Speak with Animals without a spell slot a number of times equal to her Proficiency Bonus per Long Rest. She can also cast it using any spell slots she has. This spellcasting is a species trait, not class spellcasting.
  • TraitGnomeGnome resilience and longevity, Nifi reaches adulthood around age 40 and commonly lives 350 to 500 years.
  • Criminal ContactCriminal

    Nifi maintains a reliable network of former associates, informants, fences, and discreet messengers. She knows how to obtain messages, rumors, or introductions through criminal contacts, though those contacts expect occasional favors or payment.

Spells

2 spells

Spellcasting. Nifi casts with Charisma (spell save DC 10, to hit with spell attacks).

Cantrips (at will):

1st level:

Gear

8 items

Weapons

  • 2×
    Dagger
    A simple bladed weapon suitable for a quick draw or concealed defense.
  • Quarterstaff
    A plain quarterstaff used as both a walking stick and a monk weapon.

Tools

  • Thieves' Tools
    A complete set of lockpicks and fine tools for bypassing mechanical locks and traps.

Gear

  • Crowbar
    A heavy iron bar used to force open crates, shutters, and doors.
  • 2×
    Pouch
    A small pouch for carrying coins, picks, keys, and other compact valuables.
  • Traveler's Clothes
    Practical travel clothing in dark, muted colors, tailored for climbing and quiet movement.
  • Monk's Gear
    A set of simple, flexible clothing and cloth hand and foot wrappings suitable for unarmored martial training.

Purse

  • 16×
    Gold Pieces
    Coins retained from her criminal career and later legitimate work.

Appearance

Nifi is a small, compact gnome with warm brown skin, bright hazel eyes, and thick copper hair braided into a high knot with bits of colored thread woven through it. She stands with her weight resting on the balls of her feet, as if every quiet moment is only a pause before movement. Her hands are unusually expressive and callused across the palms and fingertips from years of climbing, lockwork, and striking padded posts. She wears layered charcoal and moss-green travel clothes beneath a sleeveless monk's vest, with soft wrappings around her hands and feet. A collection of tiny brass keys hangs from her belt, none of them labeled.

Mannerisms

When waiting, Nifi balances lightly on one foot and silently taps the other in a changing rhythm. She rolls coins across her knuckles while thinking, pauses before answering questions as if testing the weight of each word, and habitually checks the nearest exit without turning her head.

Personality

Nifi is quick-witted, irreverent, and intensely observant. She distrusts grand speeches but believes deeply in small acts of practical kindness. She treats strangers with amused suspicion until they demonstrate compassion, then becomes fiercely protective. Her humor is dry, her attention span is excellent when a secret is involved, and nearly nonexistent when someone is explaining a rule that benefits only the powerful.

Ideals

Freedom. No law deserves obedience merely because someone powerful wrote it. People should be judged by whom their rules protect and whom they crush.

Bonds

I owe my freedom to the monastery that took me in, and I will defend it from anyone who tries to control or corrupt it. I also keep watch over the apprentice whose life was nearly ruined because of my mistake.

Flaws

Nifi cannot resist proving that a lock, puzzle, or guarded secret can be beaten. She also has a habit of treating every promise as negotiable if she thinks breaking it will help someone she considers innocent.

Quirks

Names every lockpick and becomes offended when one breaks.
Leaves a tiny spiral of chalk near doors she has opened, but only where children might notice it.
Collects useless keys because she believes every key deserves to outlive the lock it served.
Whistles three notes whenever she is about to tell a partial truth.
Refuses to step on coins lying face-up in the street, considering it an invitation from bad luck.

Background

Nifi grew up in a crowded gnome neighborhood built into the foundations of a wealthy human city. Her nimble hands first earned coin opening stuck shutters and repairing broken clockwork, but the same talents soon drew the attention of burglars who valued someone small enough to enter a chimney and clever enough to leave no trace. She became a courier, lookout, and lockbreaker, specializing in jobs that embarrassed cruel landlords and greedy merchants rather than harming ordinary people. Nifi told herself that made the work righteous, even when the people paying her were not. Everything changed when a burglary went wrong and a frightened apprentice was nearly blamed for Nifi's mistake. Nifi took responsibility, fled the city, and found shelter at a monastery whose abbot recognized that her restless hands were not evidence of a wicked heart. Training gave her a new language for the instincts she had always trusted, teaching her to turn speed, balance, and misdirection into disciplined force. She still knows how to enter a locked room, disappear into a crowd, and identify a fence by the way they count coins. Now she uses those talents to break open tyrants' secrets, rescue people trapped by powerful criminals, and make sure the vulnerable are never the ones paying for someone else's greed.

“Nifi told herself that made the work righteous, even when the people paying her were not.”
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Gnome

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