Aurelia Malice
Aurelia Malice
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AC 15 · HP 8 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingWIS
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionSTR
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
13 featuresAlways on
- Web-Cutting Strike
When When Aurelia hits with a finesse or ranged weapon attack and meets the Sneak Attack conditions.
Aurelia exploits an opening with her curved rapier or shortbow, dealing an additional 1d6 damage once per turn when the attack qualifies for Sneak Attack.
- House Malice Authority
When When dealing with nobles, officials, servants, or those familiar with drow hierarchy.
Aurelia makes a Charisma check to project the authority of House Malice and her station as a noble inquisitor.
- Witness Spider
When When she needs a subtle distraction, visual signal, or unnerving investigative flourish.
Aurelia releases a tiny spider from her robes to crawl across a nearby surface and observe discreetly.
- Sneak AttackLevel 1
Aurelia deals an extra 1d6 damage once per turn when she hits a target with a finesse or ranged weapon attack and has advantage on the attack roll, or when an eligible enemy is threatened by one of her allies and she does not have disadvantage on the attack roll.
- Thieves' CantLevel 1
Aurelia knows the secret language of rogues, including coded speech, signs, and symbols used to conceal messages and identify hidden criminal activity.
- ExpertiseLevel 1
Aurelia has expertise in Investigation and Perception. Her proficiency bonus is doubled for checks using either skill.
- Superior DarkvisionDrowAurelia can see in darkness up to 120 feet as if it were dim light, and in dim light as if it were bright light.
- Fey AncestryDrowAurelia has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic cannot put her to sleep.
- TranceDrowAurelia does not need to sleep and instead meditates deeply for 4 hours each day.
- Drow MagicDrowAurelia knows the dancing lights cantrip. Charisma is her spellcasting ability for this racial magic.
- Drow Weapon TrainingDrowAurelia is proficient with rapiers, shortswords, and hand crossbows.
- Sunlight SensitivityDrowAurelia has disadvantage on attack rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when she, her target, or whatever she is trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.
- Position of PrivilegeNoble
Aurelia is welcome in high society and may secure audiences with nobles, officials, and other influential figures. Common folk generally make every effort to accommodate her, and she may call upon the respect of her house when appropriate.
Spells
1 spellSpellcasting. Aurelia Malice casts with Charisma (spell save DC 12, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will):
Gear
9 itemsWeapons
- RapierA finely balanced curved blade used in the style of a surface-world samurai. Mechanically, this is a rapier.
- ShortbowA compact bow with a black-lacquered grip and spider-silk-wrapped limbs.
Armor
- Leather armorA set of supple black leather armor concealed beneath layered robes.
Tools
- Thieves' toolsTools for opening locks, disabling traps, and performing delicate investigative work.
Gear
- 20×ArrowsArrows carried in a dark leather quiver.
- Burglar's packA pack containing a bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, torches, rations, waterskin, and basic adventuring supplies.
- Fine clothesElegant noble clothing bearing House Malice colors and spiderweb motifs.
- Signet ringA signet ring bearing the crest of House Malice.
Purse
- Pouch of goldA purse containing her inherited spending money.
Appearance
Aurelia is a statuesque female drow with obsidian skin, waist-length white hair, and vivid violet eyes that rarely reveal emotion. Her lightly armored black robes are cut in the layered style of a surface-world samurai's garments, with silk panels, lacquered leather plates, and crimson spiderweb embroidery. A curved rapier hangs at her hip, worn like a ceremonial katana. Small spiders live within hidden folds of her robes, occasionally emerging to crawl across her hands or peer from her collar. Her beauty is deliberate and intimidating, enhanced by jeweled piercings, immaculate cosmetics, and the poised stillness of a hunting spider.
Mannerisms
Aurelia moves with ritualized precision, kneeling briefly before entering a room and touching two fingers to the hilt of her rapier before questioning anyone. She pauses in the middle of conversations to listen for the faintest skittering beneath her robes. When angered, she becomes quieter rather than louder, speaking in the measured cadence of a formal duel.
Personality
Aurelia is composed, observant, and exquisitely polite, especially when delivering threats. She treats every conversation as an interrogation and every silence as evidence. Her confidence comes from absolute faith in Lolth and from the belief that her beauty, lineage, and intelligence are divine instruments rather than personal virtues.
Ideals
Order. Every creature has a place in the web, and those who reject the order chosen by Lolth must be exposed, corrected, or destroyed.
Bonds
House Malice is my web, and I will destroy anyone who threatens its place beneath Lolth. I also protect the hidden colony of spiders that lives within my robes, believing they are sacred witnesses sent to guide my investigations.
Flaws
Aurelia cannot tolerate uncertainty. When evidence is incomplete, she invents the missing pieces rather than admit that she does not know the truth. She is also dangerously convinced that every act of cruelty becomes righteous if performed in Lolth's name.
Quirks
Background
Aurelia Malice was born beneath the Spider Queen's gaze and raised to understand that faith is not merely devotion, it is obedience made visible. From infancy, she was taught the genealogies of rival houses, the proper forms of address, and the thousand subtle ways a noble drow reveals treason before speaking it aloud. Her family recognized early that Aurelia possessed an unnerving patience and an instinct for noticing what others overlooked. Rather than place her in a temple or military cohort, House Malice shaped her into an inquisitor, a discreet blade sent to uncover heresy, disloyalty, and weakness within the city's tangled web of power.
“Her family recognized early that Aurelia possessed an unnerving patience and an instinct for noticing what others overlooked.”
- Background
- Noble
Connections
Species
Drow
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