Brenna Vale
Brenna Vale
Sheet
AC 18 · HP 184 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AthleticsSTR
- HistoryINT
- IntimidationCHA
- PersuasionCHA
Armor
Weapons
Languages
Features
27 featuresBonus action
- Second WindLevel 1
As a bonus action, Brenna can regain 1d10 + fighter level hit points once per short or long rest.
Always on
- Pushing Attack
When When Brenna hits a creature with a weapon attack.
On a hit, Brenna can expend one superiority die to add the die to the attack's damage and push the target back.
- Menacing Attack
When When Brenna hits a creature with a weapon attack.
On a hit, Brenna can expend one superiority die to add the die to the attack's damage and frighten the target until the end of her next turn.
- Disarming Attack
When When Brenna hits a creature with a weapon attack.
On a hit, Brenna can expend one superiority die to add the die to the attack's damage and force the target to drop one item it is holding.
- Trip Attack
When When Brenna hits a creature with a weapon attack.
On a hit, Brenna can expend one superiority die to add the die to the attack's damage and knock the target prone if it is Large or smaller.
- Commander’s Strike
When When Brenna takes the Attack action and replaces one of her attacks.
On a hit, Brenna can expend one superiority die to add the die to the attack's damage and boost an ally's next attack against the target.
- Ambush
When When rolling initiative or making a Dexterity (Stealth) check.
Brenna can add a superiority die to her initiative roll, often seizing the advantage before enemies can react.
- Goading Attack
When When Brenna hits a creature with a weapon attack.
On a hit, Brenna can expend one superiority die to add the die to the attack's damage and one ally who can see or hear her gains temporary resolve against the target.
- Fighting StyleLevel 1
Brenna excels in combat through discipline, training, and adaptability, making her a master of weapons, armor, and battlefield tactics.
- Action SurgeLevel 2
Once per short or long rest, Brenna can take one additional action on her turn.
- Martial Archetype: Battle MasterLevel 3
At 3rd level, Brenna chooses the Battle Master martial archetype and learns special maneuvers fueled by superiority dice.
- Combat SuperiorityLevel 3
Brenna learns three maneuvers from the Battle Master list and gains the ability to use superiority dice to power them.
- Student of WarLevel 3
Brenna learns to inspect weapons and armor during rests, gaining useful tactical insight into martial equipment.
- Extra AttackLevel 5
Brenna can attack twice, instead of once, whenever she takes the Attack action on her turn.
- Combat Superiority RecoveryLevel 3
Brenna regains one superiority die when she rolls initiative and has no superiority dice remaining.
- Additional Fighting StyleLevel 10
Brenna chooses a second fighting style, broadening her martial specialization.
- Action Surge, ImprovedLevel 17
Brenna can use Action Surge twice before needing a short or long rest.
- IndomitableLevel 9
Brenna can attempt to reroll a failed saving throw once per long rest.
- Indomitable, ImprovedLevel 13
Brenna can use Indomitable twice between long rests.
- Indomitable, GreaterLevel 17
Brenna can use Indomitable three times between long rests.
- Combat Superiority ImprovementLevel 10
Brenna's superiority dice become d10s.
- Combat Superiority MasteryLevel 18
Brenna's superiority dice become d12s.
- RelentlessLevel 18
Brenna knows seven maneuvers total, and can spend superiority dice to add tactical effects to her attacks.
- Extra Attack (3)Level 20
Brenna can attack four times when she takes the Attack action on her turn.
- TraitHumanAbility Score Increase, all ability scores increase by 1
- TraitHumanExtra Language
- Position of PrivilegeNoble
Thanks to her status and connections, Brenna can usually secure an audience with local nobility, administrators, and other powerful figures, and common folk often extend her hospitality or deference because of her title and bearing.
Gear
9 itemsWeapons
- LongswordA well-balanced melee weapon suited to Brenna's close-quarters fighting style.
- LongbowA ranged weapon for disciplined overwatch and battlefield control.
Armor
- Chain MailA standardized suit of heavy armor, worn and maintained with military discipline.
- ShieldA sturdy defensive shield bearing her house insignia.
Gear
- 20×ArrowsA quiver of arrows for her longbow.
- Dungeoneer's PackA travel kit with bedroll, rations, rope, and other practical gear.
- Fine ClothesFine clothing suitable for formal audiences and noble spaces.
- Signet RingA signet ring marking her family and status.
Purse
- Purse of GoldA purse of personal wealth granted by her background.
Appearance
Brenna is a compact, powerful woman with a dense, hard-used build, standing 5'6" with broad shoulders, thick hands, and a rolling, economical gait. Her skin is a warm sun-browned olive, crossed by old scars from blades, burns, and projectile wounds. She has a blunt nose, a wide mouth, sharp hazel eyes, and chin-length dark brown hair threaded with iron gray. She dresses for utility, not style, in a fitted dark gray tank top, a faded olive combat jacket, black cargo pants, and heavy steel-toed boots, with a holstered energy pistol and combat knife at her belt.
Mannerisms
She speaks in a low, gravelly rumble and rarely wastes words. When thinking, she taps one blunt thumb against the edge of her signet ring or rolls her shoulders as if checking old injuries. She listens with unnerving stillness, then answers with direct, surgical precision. In a room full of chatter, she is often the only person standing perfectly relaxed.
Personality
Quietly intense, relentlessly practical, and difficult to impress, Brenna prefers solutions over speeches and action over reassurance. She is not cruel, but she is blunt enough to feel it. Beneath the hard shell is a deeply protective core, especially toward people who endure, survive, and keep moving despite the odds.
Ideals
Competence is the only real currency. Brenna believes people should be judged by what they can endure, build, protect, and finish. She respects discipline, plain speech, and the hard duty of seeing a problem through instead of talking around it.
Bonds
She keeps a close watch on the lower districts where she was born, and quietly sends money, medicine, and leverage where she can. Brenna will protect her remaining family and anyone who reminds her of what the system leaves behind. She also guards the reputation of the few mentors who taught her discipline without pity, because their faith in her changed the course of her life.
Flaws
Brenna has little patience for sentiment, and she can mistake hesitation for weakness. She is bad at trusting promises that are not backed by action, and once she decides someone is incompetent, it takes a great deal to change her mind. Her need to stay useful can push her into overwork, self-neglect, and ruthless choices she later refuses to call regret.
Quirks
Background
Brenna was born in the lower districts beneath the Spire, where steel dust coated the air and every family measured time by shifts, bills, and funerals. Her father died in a workplace accident before she was old enough to remember his voice clearly, and her mother carried the household on bruised shoulders and stubborn pride. When the younger children were taken into the Spire's foster programs, Brenna stayed behind, too old to be softened into obedience and too sharp-edged to be claimed by anyone's charity. She learned early that survival belonged to the practical, the alert, and the cruelly prepared. Her rise into the noble world was not a miracle, but a negotiation. A private security captain noticed that the scrawny street fighter who could predict a riot before it started was worth more than another polished fool with a pedigree. Brenna became a shield, then an instructor, then a battlefield problem solver for people who thought power meant manners. Years of drills, real combat, and command hardened her into a Battle Master, a fighter who reads spacing, timing, fear, and failure with the same cold attention she once gave hunger. She still carries the streets in her bones, but now she wears a signet ring, a clean title, and the kind of authority that lets her break plans instead of bones, most days.
“She learned early that survival belonged to the practical, the alert, and the cruelly prepared.”
- Background
- Noble
Connections
Species
Human
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