Asuka
Asuka
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AC 14 · HP 184 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AthleticsSTR
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- PersuasionCHA
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
19 featuresAction
- Lay on HandsLevel 1
You have a pool of healing power that restores hit points equal to 5 times your paladin level. As an action, you can touch a creature to restore any number of hit points remaining in the pool.
- Extra AttackLevel 5
You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
- Cleansing TouchLevel 14
You can use your action to end one spell on yourself or on a willing creature you touch.
Always on
- Divine SenseLevel 1
You sense celestial, fiendish, and undead presences within 60 feet, and you can use this ability several times per day equal to 1 plus your Charisma modifier.
- Fighting StyleLevel 2
At 2nd level, you gain a fighting style. Asuka uses Defense in actual play if armored, but for this no-armor build it is represented as disciplined combat training and not a current AC bonus.
- SpellcastingLevel 2
You can cast paladin spells, preparing a number of spells equal to your Charisma modifier plus half your paladin level. Your spellcasting ability is Charisma.
- Divine SmiteLevel 2
When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can expend a spell slot to deal radiant damage in addition to the weapon's damage.
- Divine HealthLevel 3
You are immune to disease.
- Sacred OathLevel 3
You swear the Oath of the Crown, binding yourself to law, duty, and the defense of civilization. Your oath grants sacred tenets, oath spells, and Channel Divinity options.
- Channel DivinityLevel 3
You can use Channel Divinity to turn the tide of battle with Champion Challenge, compelling nearby foes to remain close to you, or Turn the Tide, healing wounded allies in a broad surge of resolve.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
At 4th level and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you improve your abilities. This build reflects a completed 20th-level paladin with all five improvements already accounted for in the provided scores and final statistics.
- Aura of ProtectionLevel 6
You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you add your Charisma modifier to saving throws.
- Aura of CourageLevel 10
You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you cannot be frightened while you are conscious.
- Improved Divine SmiteLevel 11
Your weapon attacks deal an extra 1d8 radiant damage.
- Unyielding SpiritLevel 15
When you take damage that reduces you to 0 hit points but does not kill you outright, you can instead drop to 1 hit point. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.
- Exalted ChampionLevel 20
Your body and will become a beacon of inspiration. While you are not incapacitated, you and allies near you gain exceptional resilience and command the battlefield with relentless steadiness.
- TraitHumanAbility Score Increase, all ability scores increase by 1
- TraitHumanExtra Language, you know one extra language of your choice
- Position of PrivilegeNoble
You have access to the hospitality and attention of people of your social rank. You can secure audiences with nobility, receive modest care and lodging, and call upon the respect due to a recognized member of a noble house.
Spells
19 spellsSpellcasting. Asuka casts with Charisma (spell save DC 19, to hit with spell attacks).
1st level (4 slots): , , , ,
2nd level (3 slots): , , , ,
3rd level (3 slots): , , ,
4th level (3 slots): , ,
5th level (2 slots): ,
Gear
8 itemsWeapons
- Martial weapon, katana equivalentA versatile martial weapon chosen to reflect her disciplined sword training, represented in a modern setting as a katana.
- 5×JavelinFive javelins for ranged combat and throwing practice.
Armor
- ShieldA shield is part of the standard paladin kit, though this build is depicted without armor and without shield for a modern training aesthetic.
Gear
- Holy symbolA holy symbol, adapted here as a personal crest or training emblem representing her oath to self-mastery.
- Fine clothesAn elegant set of noble travel clothes suitable for meetings, instruction, and public appearances.
- Signet ringA signet ring bearing her family crest.
- Scroll of pedigreeA scroll of pedigree and lineage.
- Coin purseA purse containing 25 gp.
Appearance
Asuka is a tall Japanese human woman with a slender, disciplined build, pale skin, and a calm, severe presence. Her face is refined but strong, with high cheekbones, a defined jawline, dark alert eyes, and a thin scar running from her left temple toward her jaw. Her black hair is cut short in a practical style that keeps her face clear and her movements unobstructed. She wears modern training clothes, tight black pants, a fitted black tank top, and a dark gray tactical jacket, with sturdy black leather boots built for hard use. Her posture is precise and economical, every motion measured like a blade being drawn only when needed.
Mannerisms
She speaks rarely, but each sentence is precise and deliberate. When considering a question, she often folds her hands behind her back and breathes once before answering. In training, she circles others like a patient examiner, correcting posture with a light touch or a single pointed remark. She maintains unwavering eye contact when making a demand, and she bows only when she intends to be sincerely respectful.
Personality
Quiet, exacting, and intensely self-controlled, Asuka believes every weakness can be confronted through discipline. She is not unkind, but she is uncompromising. She values clarity over comfort, consistency over praise, and results over excuses. Beneath her stern professionalism is a deeply protective nature, especially toward those who endure hardship without losing their dignity.
Ideals
Self-mastery. A person is strongest when mind, body, and purpose move as one. Discipline is not punishment, it is liberation from fear, distraction, and impulse. She also believes protection is a sacred duty, and that the strong must absorb the first удар of chaos so others can stand.
Bonds
She keeps a lacquered shard of her family crest wrapped in cloth, and she will risk almost anything to keep it from being lost or defiled. She feels responsible for every student who trusts her guidance, and she measures her worth by whether they leave stronger, steadier, and harder to destroy.
Flaws
Her standards are so exacting that she can mistake exhaustion for failure and mercy for weakness. She has difficulty admitting vulnerability, and when her composure cracks, she may double down into harsher discipline instead of asking for help. She can also become emotionally distant when personal attachments threaten the order she depends on.
Quirks
Background
Asuka was born to a house that valued discipline as highly as birthright. Her family carried the manners and obligations of nobility, but in private they lived by an older creed, one of steel, restraint, and absolute self-command. She was trained from childhood in formal etiquette, battlefield awareness, meditation, and the exacting art of the sword. Long before she understood politics or legacy, she understood repetition, posture, breathing, and the cold satisfaction of mastering a difficult form until the body no longer argued with the will. That order shattered when betrayal struck her clan. Allies turned, enemies breached the trust that held her family together, and the life she had known was torn apart in a single violent collapse. Asuka survived, but survival was not enough. She became obsessed with the idea that the body fails only when the mind permits it. She traveled far from her homeland and eventually found purpose in a modern training facility, where she now shapes others through rigor, pressure, and relentless honesty. She does not ask students to become cruel. She asks them to become unshakable. As a paladin, she has no need for prayer to a distant deity, because her oath is to a harder altar, the discipline of self-mastery, the defense of the vulnerable, and the refusal to break when chaos demands surrender.
“She was trained from childhood in formal etiquette, battlefield awareness, meditation, and the exacting art of the sword.”
- Background
- Noble
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Human
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