Katalin Gerek
Katalin Gerek
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AC 18 · HP 26 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingSTR
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureWIS
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
18 featuresBonus action
- Second WindLevel 1
When On her turn, when she needs to recover
Katalin regains 1d10 + 3 hit points as a bonus action.
Always on
- Menacing Attack
When When Katalin hits a creature with a weapon attack
Katalin adds one superiority die to the attack's damage and can force a hit target to make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened until the end of her next turn.
- Riposte
When When a creature misses Katalin with a melee attack
Katalin uses her reaction to make a weapon attack against a creature that misses her with a melee attack, adding one superiority die to the damage if she hits.
- Trip Attack
When When Katalin hits a creature with a weapon attack
Katalin adds one superiority die to the attack's damage and can force a hit target to make a DC 13 Strength saving throw or fall prone.
- Action SurgeLevel 2
When On her turn, when a sudden burst of effort is needed
Katalin takes one additional action on her turn.
- Fighting Style: DefenseLevel 1
Katalin chooses the Defense fighting style. While wearing armor, she gains a +1 bonus to AC.
- Combat SuperiorityLevel 3
Katalin gains four d8 superiority dice, which are expended when used and regained after a short or long rest. Her maneuver save DC is 13. She knows three maneuvers: Menacing Attack, Riposte, and Trip Attack.
- Maneuver: Menacing AttackLevel 3
When Katalin hits with a weapon attack, she can expend one superiority die to frighten the target until the end of her next turn. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw.
- Maneuver: RiposteLevel 3
When a creature misses Katalin with a melee attack, she can use her reaction and expend one superiority die to make a weapon attack against it, adding the die to the attack's damage roll if she hits.
- Maneuver: Trip AttackLevel 3
When Katalin hits with a weapon attack, she can expend one superiority die to attempt to knock the target prone. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw.
- Student of WarLevel 3
Katalin gains proficiency with one type of artisan's tools of her choice. She is proficient with smith's tools.
- Martial Archetype: Battle MasterLevel 3
Katalin chooses Battle Master as her martial archetype, becoming a tactician who turns positioning, timing, and enemy mistakes into decisive advantages.
- Ability Score IncreaseHuman+1 to all ability scores
- SizeHumanMedium
- SpeedHuman30 ft.
- Extra LanguageHumanHungarian
- One extra skill proficiencyHumanSurvival
- Military RankSoldier
Katalin retains her military rank and can invoke the authority of her former company to influence soldiers, recognize military organizations, and secure basic aid from sympathetic veterans.
Gear
13 itemsWeapons
- LongswordA well-balanced longsword with a broad guard and a nicked red leather grip.
- Light crossbowA light crossbow with twenty bolts in a leather case.
- DaggerA short utility knife used for cutting cord, food, and leather.
Armor
- Red-plumed open-visor helmetSteel helmet with an open visor and a red horsehair plume, distinctive but functional battlefield gear.
- Chain mailChain mail worn over a russet padded gambeson.
- ShieldA sturdy wooden shield painted with a nearly worn-away white bridge symbol.
Tools
- Gaming setA set of bone knucklebones used for a local gambling game.
Gear
- 20×BoltsCrossbow ammunition carried in a leather case.
- Insignia of rankA military insignia from her former company.
- Enemy trophyA trophy taken from a defeated enemy, a brass buckle stamped with a broken sun.
- Common clothesA set of traveler's clothes kept neatly folded despite constant use.
- Belt pouchA pouch containing the remainder of her enlistment pay.
Purse
- 10×Gold piecesCoins remaining after purchasing her equipment.
Appearance
Katalin is a sturdy human woman of medium height, with compact strength and a soldier's economy of movement. Her dark brown hair is braided tightly beneath a steel helmet with an open visor and a vivid red horsehair plume. The helmet bears several small brass studs arranged in a pattern from her old cavalry company. She keeps her weight on the balls of her feet whenever she waits, never fully settling her heels, as though the ground might suddenly tilt beneath her. Within a minute of meeting her, people notice her square jaw and blunt, slightly crowded front teeth, which show whenever she eats or gives a sharp, unexpectedly crooked laugh. Her armor is practical chain mail over a russet gambeson, with a faded red sash tied at the waist.
Mannerisms
She checks the room by counting exits under her breath, taps her shield twice before entering danger, and eats with quick, efficient bites. When amused, she presses her lips together to hide her crowded front teeth, then loses the battle and laughs through them.
Personality
Katalin is observant, dryly funny, and relentlessly practical. She dislikes grand speeches but remembers small acts of courage for years. She speaks to horses more gently than she speaks to people, and she has a habit of answering emotional questions with logistical ones until she feels safe enough to be honest.
Ideals
Responsibility. A shield is not valuable because it is strong, but because someone chooses to stand behind it.
Bonds
She carries a cracked brass company token belonging to her missing brother, Gabor. She intends to discover whether he deserted, died, or was betrayed by the officers who wrote him off as lost.
Flaws
She assumes every unexplained kindness is the opening move of a scheme. When frightened, she becomes controlling and starts issuing orders to people who never agreed to follow her.
Quirks
Background
Katalin Gerek grew up in a border town where every family kept a spear above the door and every child knew the sound of a warning bell. She joined the city levy at sixteen, not from patriotism, but because her older brother vanished during a winter patrol and someone had to learn what the roads were hiding. Katalin proved unusually good at reading the shape of a fight before it began. She watched feet, shoulders, loose buckles, frightened horses, and the hands of people who claimed they were unarmed. Her red-plumed helmet was issued after her first successful escort duty, when she held a bridge long enough for a column of refugees to cross.
“Katalin proved unusually good at reading the shape of a fight before it began.”
- Background
- Soldier
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Species
Human
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