Nadwe Orua
Nadwe Orua
Sheet
AC 16 · HP 33 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingSTR
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
23 featuresBonus action
- Quickened Spell
When When casting a spell with a casting time of one action
Nadwe changes a spell with a casting time of an action to a Bonus Action, with the normal restrictions on casting another spell that turn.
- Innate SorceryLevel 1
Nadwe can activate his innate magic as a Bonus Action for 1 minute. During that time, the DC of his Sorcerer spells increases by 1, and he has Advantage on the attack rolls of his Sorcerer spells. He can use this feature twice and regains all uses after a Long Rest.
Always on
- Careful Spell
When When casting a spell that forces creatures to make saving throws
Nadwe chooses up to three creatures affected by his Sorcerer spell, allowing chosen creatures to succeed on their saving throws against it. The spell still deals half damage on a successful save if applicable.
- Distant Spell
When When casting a spell
Nadwe doubles the range of a spell with a range of at least 5 feet, or makes a spell with a range of Touch have a range of 30 feet.
- Subtle Spell
When When casting a spell
Nadwe casts a spell without verbal or somatic components, unless the spell consumes a material component or requires a costly material component.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
Nadwe can cast Sorcerer spells using Charisma as his spellcasting ability. He has five sorcerer cantrips and can prepare nine Sorcerer spells, not counting always-prepared subclass spells or spells granted by other features.
- Font of MagicLevel 2
Nadwe has 5 Sorcery Points, which he uses for Metamagic and other Sorcerer features. He regains all expended Sorcery Points when he finishes a Long Rest.
- MetamagicLevel 2
Nadwe knows four Metamagic options: Careful Spell, Distant Spell, Quickened Spell, and Subtle Spell. He can use only one Metamagic option on a spell unless the option states otherwise.
- Sorcerer SubclassLevel 3
Nadwe gains the Draconic Sorcery subclass. His draconic gift is reflavored as the unnatural fusion of Amaterasu's blessing and vampiric blood.
- Draconic ResilienceLevel 3
Nadwe's Hit Point maximum increases by 3 at Sorcerer level 3 and by 1 at each later Sorcerer level. While not wearing armor, his base Armor Class equals 10 plus his Dexterity and Charisma modifiers.
- Draconic SpellsLevel 3
Nadwe always has Alter Self, Chromatic Orb, Command, and Dragon's Breath prepared. These spells are interpreted as manifestations of his sun-blessed vampiric blood.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
Nadwe gains the Ability Score Improvement feat, used to increase his Charisma by 2.
- Sorcerous RestorationLevel 5
Nadwe can regain up to 2 expended Sorcery Points when he finishes a Short Rest. Once he uses this feature, he cannot use it again until he finishes a Long Rest.
- TraitTiefling, Chthonic LegacyHumanoid creature type
- TraitTiefling, Chthonic LegacyMedium size
- TraitTiefling, Chthonic LegacySpeed 30 feet
- TraitTiefling, Chthonic LegacyDarkvision out to 60 feet
- TraitTiefling, Chthonic LegacyResistance to Necrotic damage
- TraitTiefling, Chthonic LegacyChill Touch cantrip from Chthonic Legacy
- TraitTiefling, Chthonic LegacyFalse Life always prepared, castable once per Long Rest without a spell slot
- TraitTiefling, Chthonic LegacyRay of Enfeeblement always prepared, castable once per Long Rest without a spell slot
- TraitTiefling, Chthonic LegacyThaumaturgy cantrip from Otherworldly Presence
- Shelter of the FaithfulAcolyte
Nadwe can perform religious ceremonies dedicated to Amaterasu. At temples, shrines, and other established places of her faith, he and his companions can receive free healing and care, provided they supply material components for spells. Worshipers of Amaterasu will support him at a modest lifestyle.
Spells
18 spellsSpellcasting. Nadwe Orua casts with Charisma (spell save DC 15, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): , , , , , ,
1st level (4 slots): , , ,
2nd level (3 slots): , , , ,
3rd level (2 slots): ,
Gear
11 itemsWeapons
- SpearA simple melee weapon suitable for emergencies and ceremonial use.
- 2×DaggerLight thrown or backup weapons concealed within his formal clothing.
Tools
- Calligrapher's SuppliesCalligrapher's supplies used to copy prayers, forge elegant invitations, and annotate occult discoveries.
Gear
- Arcane Focus, CrystalA polished crystal set in a silver clasp, used as his arcane focus.
- Dungeoneer's PackA collection of supplies for navigating ruins, crypts, and forgotten shrines.
- Book of PrayersA book of prayers to Amaterasu, with several pages devoted to questions about vampirism.
- Holy SymbolA small sunburst pendant used as a holy symbol.
- 10×ParchmentBlank sheets for prayers, contracts, letters, and suspiciously detailed sketches of crypt doors.
- RobeCeremonial clothing worn beneath or alongside his brown suit.
- Top HatHis flamboyant dark-brown top hat with a vibrant pink ribbon and a hidden inner pocket.
Purse
- 8×Gold PiecesCoins saved from temple work and early adventuring.
Appearance
Nadwe is a slender, fair-skinned tiefling with pointed ears, sharp dark-purple hair, subtle swept-back horns hidden beneath a tall dark-brown top hat, and intense glowing red eyes. His prominent fangs show whenever he smiles, which is often and rarely reassuring. He wears a rich dark-brown formal suit jacket over a white shirt, a loosely knotted pink tie, and a creamy light-brown cravat tied in a partially hidden bow. A rounded pink brooch decorates his lapel. His posture is elegant but slightly forward-leaning, as though he is always sharing a secret. When waiting, he balances most of his weight on one heel and repeatedly adjusts his tie, cravat, or hat brim without realizing it.
Mannerisms
Nadwe speaks with formal politeness even while threatening someone. He adjusts his loosely knotted pink tie whenever he lies, taps the brim of his hat when invoking Amaterasu, and leans close to whisper dramatic observations that could have been stated normally.
Personality
Nadwe is an impeccably mannered, mischievous gentleman who uses theatrical charm to make frightening situations feel survivable. He is observant, emotionally guarded, and unexpectedly tender toward the lonely. He enjoys performing villainous poses, but his instincts are fundamentally protective.
Ideals
Light is not purity. Light is responsibility. If the blessed and the cursed must share one body, then that body must still choose whom it protects.
Bonds
He carries his adopted mother's prayer book and refuses to let it be damaged. He is determined to discover what happened to his missing adopted father and whether his disappearance is connected to Nadwe's vampiric nature.
Flaws
Nadwe treats secrecy as a form of kindness, even when honesty would prevent disaster. When frightened or hungry, he becomes theatrically charming and dangerously evasive. He secretly fears that his father's disappearance was an act of mercy, and that the man fled because he saw Nadwe's true nature first.
Quirks
Background
Nadwe was raised in a modest town by an adopted mother who taught him that kindness was a discipline, not merely a feeling. His adopted father vanished during a winter journey when Nadwe was still young, and his mother died years later after a long illness. Left with more questions than possessions, Nadwe found work copying prayer books and tending lamps at a shrine devoted to Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess. He dressed with exaggerated formality because his mother had once told him that a well-tied cravat could make even terrible news arrive politely. A traveling priest named Orua noticed that sunlight did not burn Nadwe, but seemed to quiet something inside him. In darkness, his magic became predatory, hungry, and unmistakably vampiric. The priest concluded that Nadwe had been touched by Amaterasu, not cured of vampirism, but bound to a strange balance between radiant blessing and nocturnal blood. In daylight Nadwe's power behaves like ordinary sorcery, controlled and almost respectable. In shadow, his red eyes brighten, his fangs lengthen, and the magic around him takes on the shape of grasping darkness, draining cold, and borrowed vitality. Nadwe now travels to learn whether his missing father disappeared because of the same curse, or because he feared what Nadwe might become. He serves Amaterasu in an unconventional way, bringing light into haunted places, exposing hidden cruelty, and insisting that even monsters deserve the chance to choose what they do with their hunger.
“His adopted father vanished during a winter journey when Nadwe was still young, and his mother died years later after a long illness.”
- Background
- Acolyte
Connections
Species
Tiefling, Chthonic Legacy
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