Brannik Korpela
Brannik Korpela
Sheet
AC 12 · HP 63 · 45 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingWIS
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
23 featuresAction
- Wholeness of BodyLevel 6
Brannik can heal himself as an action for 30 hit points once per long rest.
Bonus action
- Martial Arts and Flurry of Blows
When After taking the Attack action
Make two attacks with an unarmed strike or monk weapon, then make one unarmed strike as a bonus action. Brannik can spend 1 ki point to make two bonus-action unarmed strikes instead.
- Patient Defense
When Bonus action
Spend 1 ki point to take the Dodge action as a bonus action.
- Step of the Wind
When Bonus action
Spend 1 ki point to Dash or Disengage as a bonus action. Brannik can also jump twice as far for the turn.
- Martial ArtsLevel 1
While unarmored and not wielding a shield, Brannik can use Dexterity instead of Strength for monk weapons and unarmed strikes. He can roll his Martial Arts die, a d6, instead of the normal damage of an unarmed strike or monk weapon. When he uses the Attack action with an unarmed strike or monk weapon, he can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.
Always on
- Extra AttackLevel 5
When Attack action
Make two attacks with the Attack action.
- Stunning StrikeLevel 5
When On a melee weapon hit
Spend 1 ki point after hitting with a melee weapon attack. The target makes a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or becomes stunned until the end of Brannik's next turn.
- KiLevel 2
Brannik has 10 ki points, regained after a short or long rest. His ki options include Flurry of Blows, Patient Defense, and Step of the Wind. His ki save DC is 12.
- Unarmored MovementLevel 2
Brannik's unarmored movement increases his speed by 20 feet while he is not wearing armor or wielding a shield.
- Monastic Tradition, Way of the Open HandLevel 3
Brannik chooses the Way of the Open Hand. His training focuses on controlling opponents through precise strikes and disciplined redirection.
- Deflect MissilesLevel 3
Brannik can deflect or catch one ranged weapon attack when hit by a ranged weapon attack. The damage is reduced by 1d10 + 14. If the damage is reduced to 0, he can spend 1 ki point to make a ranged attack with the caught projectile.
- Slow FallLevel 4
Brannik can slow his fall and reduce falling damage by 50 points when he falls, using his reaction.
- Ki-Empowered StrikesLevel 6
Brannik's unarmed strikes count as magical for overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
- Open Hand TechniqueLevel 3
When Brannik uses Flurry of Blows, each hit can impose one effect on its target: knock it prone, push it up to 15 feet, or prevent it from taking reactions until the end of Brannik's next turn, if it fails a DC 12 Strength saving throw.
- Stillness of MindLevel 7
Brannik can use his action to end one effect causing him to be charmed or frightened. He can also suppress the effect for 1 minute if he remains conscious.
- EvasionLevel 7
Brannik's agility lets him take no damage on a successful Dexterity saving throw against effects that normally deal half damage, and only half damage on a failure.
- Purity of BodyLevel 10
Brannik is immune to disease and poison damage.
- TraitDwarfDarkvision, 60 feet
- TraitDwarfDwarven Resilience, advantage on saving throws against poison and resistance to poison damage
- TraitDwarfDwarven Combat Training, proficiency with battleaxes, handaxes, light hammers, and warhammers
- TraitDwarfStonecunning, double proficiency bonus on Intelligence History checks related to the origin of stonework
- TraitDwarfDwarven Toughness, maximum hit points increase by 1 per level
- DiscoveryHermit
Brannik has discovered a unique and powerful truth during his isolation, a method of controlling pain and fear through disciplined breathing and awareness of the body. He can resume a comfortable life among ordinary people, but his insight remains difficult to explain and easy for others to misunderstand.
Gear
8 itemsWeapons
- ShortswordA versatile monk weapon used for close combat and disciplined forms.
- 10×DartSimple ranged weapons suitable for monk training.
Tools
- Herbalism KitUsed to prepare healing remedies and identify medicinal plants.
Gear
- Explorer's PackContains a bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, torches, rations, waterskin, rope, and other travel necessities.
- Scroll CaseA small container for a written account of Brannik's discovery beneath the mine.
- Winter BlanketA heavy blanket suited to cold mountain nights.
- Common ClothesPlain, well-used clothing without decoration.
Purse
- 5×Gold PiecesCoin retained from Brannik's years as a solitary caretaker and traveler.
Appearance
Brannik Korpela is a broad-shouldered male dwarf with a weathered copper-brown beard braided into three tight cords. His left eyebrow bears a pale scar from a mining accident, and his gray-green eyes remain steady even when violence erupts around him. He wears plain charcoal robes beneath a sleeveless traveling coat, both patched with durable mountain cloth. His hands are calloused, his movements economical, and a string of carved soapstone prayer beads circles his right wrist.
Mannerisms
Brannik pauses before answering difficult questions, breathing in through his nose and tapping one soapstone bead against another. He rarely raises his voice. When preparing for a fight, he removes his spectacles, folds them carefully, and places them in the same pocket every time.
Personality
Brannik is patient, observant, and quietly compassionate, though he expresses concern through practical acts rather than warm words. He prefers honest discomfort to pleasant lies and has little interest in wealth, status, or revenge. Around strangers he appears stern, but he notices who is hungry, who is limping, and who is pretending not to be afraid.
Ideals
Balance. Anger, mercy, hunger, and fear are all natural forces. None should rule the mind, and none should be denied simply because they are inconvenient.
Bonds
The dwarf settlement that raised Brannik still owes him the truth about the sealed chamber beneath its mines. He carries a broken piece of its stone door and will risk almost anything to return and uncover what was hidden.
Flaws
Brannik assumes that every mystery is more important than the people currently suffering around it. He can become stubbornly detached, withholding comfort because he believes hardship reveals character. When accused of cowardice or softness, he responds with reckless force and regrets it only after the danger has passed.
Quirks
Background
Brannik Korpela was born in a high dwarf settlement where the stone galleries ran deeper than most maps admitted. He was strong enough for the quarry, patient enough for the forge, and clever enough to notice that the miners were extracting more than ore from the oldest tunnels. Beneath the settlement lay a sealed chamber marked with spirals, handprints, and warnings in a language no elder could read. When a collapse killed several workers and left Brannik trapped for three days, he survived by matching his breath to the slow tremors of the mountain. In the darkness, he learned to feel movement before it happened, not as prophecy, but as attention stripped of panic. Afterward, Brannik abandoned the clan's feuds and retreated to a lonely shrine above the tree line. There he practiced among wind-scoured stones, studied medicinal plants, and learned that pain could be observed without being obeyed. A wandering monastery eventually found him and recognized the discipline in his movements. Brannik became a monk, though he never fully accepted the order's reverence for silence. He now travels to determine whether the sealed chamber was a warning, a prison, or a lesson intended for someone like him. He helps those in danger without asking whether they deserve it, but he refuses to mistake mercy for forgiveness.
“Beneath the settlement lay a sealed chamber marked with spirals, handprints, and warnings in a language no elder could read.”
- Background
- Hermit
Connections
Species
Dwarf
Media
0 imagesNo images yet.
Turn Brannik Korpela into a sheet
A high-res, share-ready sheet you can post or print.