Sylvia Summerwind
Sylvia Summerwind
Sheet
AC 18 · HP 130 · 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
27 featuresAction
- Aura of ProtectionLevel 6
Sylvia can use an Action to cause herself and allies within 30 feet to become immune to the Charmed condition for 10 minutes. The aura moves with her.
Bonus action
- Divine Smite
When After hitting with a melee weapon attack
Sylvia can expend a spell slot as a Bonus Action after hitting with a melee weapon attack to cast Divine Smite.
- Paladin's SmiteLevel 2
Sylvia always has Divine Smite prepared. When she hits with a melee weapon attack, she can expend a spell slot as a Bonus Action to deal Radiant damage and potentially knock the target Prone.
- Restoring TouchLevel 14
Sylvia can use a Bonus Action to touch a creature and end one spell affecting it, or remove one of the Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Frightened, Paralyzed, or Stunned conditions from it.
Always on
- Lay on HandsLevel 1
When Action, or as otherwise allowed by the feature
Sylvia can expend points from a 90-point healing pool to restore Hit Points or remove the Poisoned condition by touch.
- Extra AttackLevel 5
When Attack action
Sylvia makes two weapon attacks when she takes the Attack action.
- Sacred WeaponLevel 3
When Action and Channel Divinity use
Sylvia can invoke Sacred Weapon to empower a held weapon and add her Charisma modifier to its attack rolls.
- Faithful SteedLevel 5
When Action and spellcasting
Sylvia can summon a celestial steed by casting Find Steed.
- Abjure FoesLevel 9
When Action and Channel Divinity use
Sylvia can use Abjure Foes to frighten multiple creatures in a 60-foot radius.
- Weapon MasteryLevel 1
Sylvia can use the mastery properties of two Simple or Martial weapons of her choice. She has chosen Longsword and Javelin.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
Sylvia uses Charisma as her Paladin spellcasting ability. She can prepare 12 Paladin spells, and Divine Smite is always prepared.
- Fighting StyleLevel 2
Sylvia has the Defense Fighting Style, gaining a +1 bonus to Armor Class while wearing armor.
- Channel DivinityLevel 3
Sylvia can invoke divine power through Channel Divinity. She has two uses, regaining one use after a Short Rest and all uses after a Long Rest.
- Aura of ProtectionLevel 6
Sylvia and allies within her Aura of Protection gain a bonus to saving throws equal to her Charisma modifier.
- Aura of DevotionLevel 7
Sylvia projects an aura that grants her and allies within it Advantage on saving throws to avoid or end the Charmed condition.
- Aura of CourageLevel 10
Sylvia and allies within her Aura of Protection gain immunity to the Frightened condition.
- Radiant StrikesLevel 11
Sylvia's melee weapon attacks deal an extra 1d8 Radiant damage on a hit.
- Smite of ProtectionLevel 15
Sylvia's Divine Smite can grant her and allies within her Aura of Protection Half Cover until the start of her next turn when she uses it.
- Aura ExpansionLevel 18
Sylvia's Aura of Protection, Aura of Devotion, and Aura of Courage extend to 30 feet.
- Epic BoonLevel 19
Sylvia gains an Epic Boon feat. She has chosen Boon of Truesight, gaining Truesight out to 60 feet and a limited ability to reroll failed attack rolls.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
Sylvia gains Ability Score Improvements or feats at Paladin levels 4, 8, 12, and 16. Her final ability scores are STR 14, DEX 11, CON 12, INT 14, WIS 12, and CHA 13.
- TraitElfDarkvision, Sylvia can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light.
- TraitElfFey Ancestry, Sylvia has Advantage on saving throws to avoid or end the Charmed condition.
- TraitElfKeen Senses, Sylvia has proficiency in the Perception skill.
- TraitElfTrance, Sylvia does not need to sleep and can finish a Long Rest in 4 hours through meditation.
- Elven Lineage, High ElfElfSylvia knows the Prestidigitation cantrip. Starting at character level 3, she can cast Detect Magic once per Long Rest without a spell slot. Starting at character level 5, she can cast Misty Step once per Long Rest without a spell slot. Intelligence is her spellcasting ability for these lineage spells.
- Magic Initiate (Cleric)Acolyte
Magic Initiate (Cleric). Sylvia knows the Guidance and Thaumaturgy cantrips and has Healing Word prepared. She can cast Healing Word once without expending a spell slot per Long Rest, and can also cast it using spell slots. Her spellcasting ability for these spells is Wisdom. The Acolyte background also grants Insight and Religion proficiency and Calligrapher's Supplies proficiency.
Spells
15 spellsSpellcasting. Sylvia Summerwind casts with Charisma (spell save DC 15, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): ,
1st level (4 slots): , , ,
2nd level (3 slots): ,
3rd level (3 slots): , ,
4th level (3 slots): , ,
5th level (1 slot):
Gear
10 itemsWeapons
- LongswordA finely balanced martial blade used in formal duels and battlefield command.
- 6×JavelinThrown spears carried for opening volleys or striking distant foes.
Armor
- Chain MailPolished chain mail bearing the Summerwind crest. With her Defense Fighting Style and shield, Sylvia has AC 18.
- ShieldA steel shield emblazoned with a silver tree rising before a golden sun.
Tools
- Calligrapher's SuppliesImplements used to prepare official prayers, decrees, and family correspondence.
Gear
- Holy SymbolA divine focus used for Paladin spellcasting and temple rites.
- Book of PrayersA bound collection of prayers and ceremonial texts from the Summerwind family temple.
- 10×ParchmentTen sheets reserved for sacred records and private letters to Sylvia's sisters.
- RobeFormal temple clothing worn beneath her armor during religious ceremonies.
Purse
- 58×Gold PiecesCoin remaining from her combined class and background starting equipment.
Appearance
Sylvia is a tall, poised high elf with warm ivory skin, long silver-gold hair, and clear green eyes that seem to measure every room before she enters it. She wears polished plate armor decorated with the Summerwind crest, a rising sun behind a silver tree, and carries a finely balanced longsword and shield. Her voice is controlled and resonant, almost ceremonial in ordinary conversation. When angered, her breath becomes slow and audible through clenched teeth, and her jaw tightens until the muscles beneath her cheeks visibly flex. She eats with precise table manners, but when genuinely amused she gives a sudden, bright laugh that reveals one slightly pointed canine more prominently than the other.
Mannerisms
Sylvia speaks as though delivering a formal address, even in casual conversation. She straightens objects on tables without noticing, checks the alignment of her shield straps before every battle, and pauses for one measured breath before answering an accusation. When rattled, her voice drops into a quiet, unnervingly polite register and her jaw clenches visibly.
Personality
Sylvia is polished, dutiful, ambitious, and sincerely compassionate beneath layers of aristocratic pride. She assumes responsibility before anyone asks and expects excellence from herself and everyone serving under her. She is gracious to strangers, stern with subordinates, and most vulnerable around family. Praise makes her brighter and more reckless, while criticism causes her to become icily formal. She wants to be loved, but has trained herself to seek admiration instead because admiration feels safer.
Ideals
Duty. Power exists to preserve order and protect the innocent. If I am the heir my family believes me to be, then I must become worthy of that faith every day, even when no one is watching.
Bonds
The Summerwind family name is her sacred charge, but she secretly intends to reconcile her family with Scarlet before pride destroys them all. She keeps every letter from Crystal and Scarlet, including those she has never answered.
Flaws
Sylvia confuses confidence with righteousness and struggles to apologize without qualifying the apology. She is quietly threatened by anyone who excels in a role she believes belongs to her, and she would rather make a noble sacrifice than admit that she needs help. Her terror of being replaced can make her controlling, especially toward her sisters.
Quirks
Background
Sylvia Summerwind is the eldest child of an old and respected noble house, raised from childhood beneath portraits of disciplined ancestors and the unspoken certainty that she would one day become the family's champion. Her father taught her sword drills, battlefield geometry, and the controlled use of divine magic before she was old enough to understand that these lessons were also a declaration of succession. At the family temple, she learned the prayers and formal rites expected of an acolyte, mastering sacred calligraphy and the public rituals that made her appear every bit the flawless heir. Praise came easily to her, and over time she began to mistake approval for proof that she was incapable of failure. When Crystal and Scarlet were born, Sylvia welcomed them with genuine excitement tempered by a private fear that either sister might displace her. Crystal's choice to abandon the expected ranger's path for druidic magic embarrassed the family and made Sylvia more protective than she would ever admit. Scarlet's later pursuit of a dark path was worse. Their parents disowned the youngest daughter, and Sylvia stood silently through the pronouncement, believing that obedience was the only honorable response. The silence has haunted her ever since. Now, as a powerful paladin and public symbol of the Summerwind name, Sylvia seeks to build a future so bright that no one can question her worth. In private, however, she writes letters to both sisters, especially Scarlet, filling page after page with words of love that she cannot bring herself to speak aloud.
“Praise came easily to her, and over time she began to mistake approval for proof that she was incapable of failure.”
- Background
- Acolyte
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Species
Elf
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