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Ander

Halfling · Artificer (Alchemist) · Level 5 · Sage

Ander

Ander is patient, observant, and unfailingly willing to explain how something works.
AC15
HP42/42
Init
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
ConditionsNone

Sheet

AC 15 · HP 42 · 25 ft.
AlignmentNeutral GoodGenderMaleAge38 years old
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA

Saving throws

STRDEXCONINTWISCHA

Skills

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

Armor

Light armor,
Medium armor,
Shields

Weapons

Simple weapons,
Light crossbows,
Hand crossbows,
Longswords,
Rapiers,
Shortswords,
Martial weapons with the finesse property,
Martial weapons with the thrown property

Tools

Thieves' tools,
Tinker's tools,
One type of artisan's tools, Alchemist's supplies

Languages

Common,
Halfling

Features

18 features

Always on

  • Tool-Focused Spellcasting

    When When Ander casts an artificer spell

    Ander can cast an artificer cantrip or spell using his tools as a spellcasting focus.

  • Magical TinkeringLevel 1

    When When handling a Tiny nonmagical object

    Ander can create a minor magical effect in a nonmagical object, such as light, a recorded message, an odor, or a visual mark.

  • Experimental ElixirLevel 3

    When When Ander or an ally consumes an experimental elixir

    Ander can activate a prepared experimental elixir or hand it to an ally.

  • SpellcastingLevel 1

    You can use thieves' tools or an artisan's tool as a spellcasting focus. You prepare six artificer spells from the artificer spell list and know two artificer cantrips.

  • Infuse ItemLevel 2

    You learn four artificer infusions and can maintain two infused objects at one time. Infusions include Enhanced Arcane Focus, Enhanced Defense, Enhanced Homunculus, and Repeating Shot.

  • The Right Tool for the JobLevel 3

    You can create a set of artisan's tools during a long rest, choosing the type of tools you create.

  • Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4

    You gain an Ability Score Improvement. Ander increases his Intelligence by 2, represented by focused study and improved technical reasoning.

  • Alchemist's ProficiencyLevel 3

    You can use alchemist's supplies as a spellcasting focus. When casting an artificer spell through them, you can add your Intelligence modifier to one damage roll or one healing roll of the spell.

  • Experimental Elixir EffectsLevel 3

    You can use alchemist's supplies to create a magical elixir during a long rest. The elixir's effect lasts until it is consumed or until the next long rest.

  • Alchemical SavantLevel 5

    When you cast an artificer spell using alchemist's supplies as the spellcasting focus, you can add your Intelligence modifier to one damage roll or healing roll. At 5th level, this applies whenever the spell restores hit points or deals acid, fire, necrotic, or poison damage.

  • Ability Score IncreaseHalflingDexterity increases by 2 and Charisma increases by 1 as a Lightfoot Halfling.
  • LuckyHalflingWhen you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new result.
  • BraveHalflingYou have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
  • Halfling NimblenessHalflingYou can move through the space of any creature that is at least one size larger than you.
  • Naturally StealthyHalflingYou can attempt to hide even when obscured only by a creature at least one size larger than you.
  • SmallHalflingYour size is Small.
  • Halfling speedHalflingYour walking speed is 25 feet.
  • ResearcherSage

    Ander can usually locate libraries, scholars, sages, and forgotten repositories of knowledge, and can obtain information from them. He also knows where to seek answers to obscure questions.

Spells

8 spells

Spellcasting. Ander casts with Intelligence (spell save DC 13, to hit with spell attacks).

Cantrips (at will): , ,

1st level (4 slots): , ,

2nd level (2 slots): ,

Gear

15 items

Weapons

  • Light crossbow
    A light crossbow with ammunition for ordinary ranged attacks.
  • Quarterstaff
    A simple melee weapon used as a practical walking stick and emergency tool.
  • Small knife
    A small knife used for cutting parchment, herbs, and food.

Armor

  • Studded leather armor
    Protective studded leather armor tailored for a short, broad-shouldered halfling.

Tools

  • Thieves' tools
    Thieves' tools used for locks, traps, and delicate mechanisms.
  • Alchemist's supplies
    Tools used to brew and refine Ander’s experimental mixtures.
  • Tinker's tools
    Tools used to repair, modify, and construct small mechanical devices.

Gear

  • 20×
    Crossbow bolts
    Bolts compatible with the light crossbow.
  • Dungeoneer's pack
    A pack containing standard adventuring supplies, including cookware, rope, torches, bedroll, rations, and other essentials.
  • Scholar's pack
    A scholar's pack containing books, parchment, ink, quills, and a small reference collection.
  • Common clothes
    Plain but well-maintained clothing suitable for travel and academic work.
  • Ink
    Used for annotating formulas, maps, and copied texts.
  • Quill
    A writing instrument kept tucked behind his right ear.
  • Letter from a dead colleague
    A letter from his missing mentor, requesting that Ander continue the mentor's research.

Purse

  • 10×
    Gold pieces
    Loose starting currency from his scholarly work and caravan savings.

Appearance

Ander is a compact Lightfoot Halfling with warm brown skin, thick dark curls, and alert hazel eyes. His practical clothes are carefully repaired, with a blue-gray waistcoat covered in tiny stitched pockets and an over-cared-for leather satchel full of tools, notes, and glass vials. He smells faintly of rosemary, lamp oil, and hot metal. His gloves are mismatched, but his brass spectacles are polished every morning.

Mannerisms

Before speaking, Ander takes a small breath through his nose and taps two fingers against the brass rim of his spectacles. He often pauses mid-sentence to choose the most precise word, then continues as if the pause were part of the explanation. When nervous, he silently checks that each vial in his satchel is still corked.

Personality

Ander is patient, observant, and unfailingly willing to explain how something works. He prefers useful kindness to grand gestures, and he becomes visibly delighted when someone asks a thoughtful question. Around unfamiliar magic, his caution competes constantly with his curiosity.

Ideals

Knowledge should reduce suffering. Discoveries belong in the hands of people willing to use them responsibly, not those who merely possess the coin to buy them.

Bonds

He carries his mentor's unfinished journal and will risk much to discover what happened to its author. He is also devoted to the traveling halfling caravan that raised him.

Flaws

He treats every problem as a puzzle that can be solved with one more experiment, even when patience, tact, or retreat would be wiser. He is reluctant to discard failed inventions and has a tendency to defend dubious theories simply because he wrote them down first.

Quirks

Labels every vial with both its contents and the date it was last tested.
Keeps a tiny brass gear between his fingers when thinking.
Refuses to call an invention a failure until he has recorded at least three possible improvements.
Offers tea immediately after any argument.
Counts stairs under his breath in unfamiliar buildings.

Background

Ander grew up in a Lightfoot Halfling caravan that traveled between river towns, repairing clocks, brewing medicinal tonics, and selling small inventions that were more useful than impressive. He learned early that a well-balanced gear could keep a mill running, while a kind word could keep its owner from throwing the gear into the river. His curiosity eventually outgrew the caravan's collection of manuals, so he apprenticed himself to an elderly human scholar who maintained a private archive of alchemical and arcane texts. When his mentor disappeared while investigating a sealed ruin, Ander inherited a battered satchel, a half-finished research journal, and a letter asking him to continue the work. He now travels as a sage and artificer, combining careful scholarship with practical experimentation. His alchemical mixtures are reliable enough to help wounded companions, though they occasionally hiss, sparkle, or smell like pickled onions. Ander hopes to find his mentor, complete the interrupted research, and ensure that dangerous discoveries are placed in compassionate hands rather than sold to the highest bidder.

“He learned early that a well-balanced gear could keep a mill running, while a kind word could keep its owner from throwing the gear into the river.”
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Halfling

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