Noah
Noah
Sheet
AC 16 · HP 44 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- AthleticsSTR
- IntimidationCHA
- PerceptionWIS
- StealthDEX
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
16 featuresAction
- Extra AttackLevel 5
You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Bonus action
- Second WindLevel 1
As a bonus action, you regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level. Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before using it again.
- Action SurgeLevel 2
You can push yourself beyond your normal limits for one burst of effort. Once on your turn, you can take one additional action on top of your regular action and a possible bonus action. Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before using it again.
Always on
- Boarding Cut
When When he takes the Attack action or hits with a weapon attack.
Noah strikes with brutal precision, often using his superiority die to trip, frighten, or reposition a target before following with a second attack.
- Fighting Style TrainingLevel 1
You gain proficiency with all armor, shields, and martial weapons, and you are trained to stand at the front of a fight instead of behind it.
- DuelingLevel 1
Choose one fighting style. Noah fights with a duelist's control, using his left hand and a single blade to pressure opponents while keeping his other hand free for grapples, hooks, or a captive's wrist.
- Combat SuperiorityLevel 3
You learn maneuvers that fuel tactical strikes. You have four superiority dice, which are d8s, and you regain all expended dice when you finish a short or long rest. Your maneuver save DC is 14.
- ManeuversLevel 3
You know three maneuvers. Noah favors precise brutality and battlefield control.
- Trip AttackLevel 3
When you make a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to deal extra damage and add the die to the attack's damage roll. The target must also make a Strength saving throw or be pushed away from you and knocked prone if Noah chooses to follow through with the strike.
- Menacing AttackLevel 3
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to add it to the damage roll and frighten the target, making it harder for them to act against you.
- Maneuvering AttackLevel 3
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to add it to the damage roll and maneuver a nearby ally into a better position by opening a path or forcing the enemy to shift.
- Student of WarLevel 3
You gain proficiency with one type of artisan's tools of your choice. Noah has learned cartography and shipboard repairs, and keeps meticulous knots, charts, and notes.
- TraitVariant HumanAbility Score Increase, +1 to two ability scores of your choice, applied here to Strength and Constitution.
- TraitVariant HumanExtra Skill Proficiency, Noah gains proficiency in Stealth.
- TraitVariant HumanExtra Language, one additional language of choice.
- Ship's PassageSailor
You can secure passage for yourself and your companions on a sailing ship, or identify the best ports, crews, and maritime routes for a voyage.
Gear
9 itemsWeapons
- LongswordA longsword kept polished but not clean, balanced for Noah's left hand and used as his preferred duelist's weapon.
- Light CrossbowA light crossbow for intimidation at range, along with 20 bolts.
Armor
- Chain MailA suit of interlocking mail that Noah wears beneath his black duster, practical enough for boarding actions and street violence.
- ShieldA shield marked with weathered brass fittings and old nail scars from past boarding fights.
Tools
- Belaying PinA belaying pin from Noah's years at sea, useful as an improvised club or a reminder of shipboard discipline.
Gear
- 20×Crossbow BoltsBolts for the light crossbow.
- Explorer's PackA sturdy field pack with supplies for travel, rationing, and rough living.
- Silk RopeFifty feet of silk rope, coiled neatly and treated with care.
- Lucky CharmA lucky charm taken from an old vessel, worn more as superstition than sentiment.
Appearance
Noah is a broad-shouldered human with light blue eyes that never seem to blink first, a black triangle tattoo cut into his cheek like a brand, and a salt-and-pepper ponytail tied tight at the nape of his neck. He wears a black duster with the collars turned up, polished boots, and a weather-worn captain's sash hidden beneath the coat. He smells faintly of lavender and sea salt, an unsettling contrast to the violence he leaves behind. His left hand is the one he trusts with a blade, a pistol substitute, or a signed note.
Mannerisms
He speaks softly even when threatening someone, and he tilts his head as if listening to the sea before he answers. When irritated, he rubs the black triangle tattoo on his cheek with his thumb. He signs notes with a neat slash of ink and always folds them once before leaving them behind.
Personality
Noah is calm, exacting, and unnervingly courteous. He rarely raises his voice, because he believes shouting is for people who have already lost control. He values competence, remembers favors, and rewards loyalty, but his definition of loyalty is strict enough to feel like a trap. In conversation he seems almost thoughtful, until the moment he decides the discussion is over.
Ideals
Control. The world is a storm of greed, panic, and betrayal, and only those who impose order deserve to survive it. Noah believes fear is not cruelty, it is structure, and structure keeps weak people alive.
Bonds
He keeps a private ledger of names, debts, and betrayals, and he never forgets a face that has crossed him. Somewhere beyond the shipping lanes, a crew he once trusted vanished with a cargo that was not theirs to steal, and Noah has spent years turning that old betrayal into a map. He cannot abide the thought of Jimmy, or anyone taken under his watch, being left to rot in a hidden hold. The sea may rust everything, but he believes some things, vengeance included, should corrode slowly.
Flaws
Noah mistakes restraint for weakness and often escalates a situation before he has fully measured it. He is obsessed with control, especially when plans go wrong, and will lash out if someone else takes command of his operation. He has a habit of leaving cryptic notes because he cannot resist reminding people that he was there, and that he chose not to kill them. If he believes a lesson can be learned through pain, he will call it mercy and expect gratitude.
Quirks
Background
Noah first earned the name Captain Brass in the holds of a smuggler ship where iron discipline mattered more than mercy. He learned early that a crew can be steered by fear as cleanly as by a compass, and that a well-timed threat often saves more time than a well-meant warning. The sea taught him patience, the lash taught him economy, and the long nights at the rail taught him how to leave a mark that outlives the wound. The black triangle on his cheek is not decoration, it is the sign he gave himself after his first mutiny, a vow that no one would ever take the helm from him again.
“The sea taught him patience, the lash taught him economy, and the long nights at the rail taught him how to leave a mark that outlives the wound.”
- Background
- Sailor
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Species
Variant Human
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