Vaka
Vaka
Sheet
AC 19 · HP 202 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AthleticsSTR
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- ReligionINT
Armor
Weapons
Languages
Features
25 featuresAction
- Peerless AthleteLevel 3
As an action, she can give herself advantage on Athletics checks for 10 minutes, gain 10 feet of speed, and carry, push, drag, or lift more.
Bonus action
- TraitOrcAggressive, as a bonus action she can move toward a hostile creature she can see, up to her speed, provided she ends that move closer to the creature
Always on
- Aura of Protection, Improved Radius
When Always active while conscious
At 18th level, her aura of protection extends farther, increasing the radius to 30 feet.
- Divine SenseLevel 1
She can detect celestials, fiends, and undead within 60 feet, using her senses to feel for spiritual corruption and hidden threat.
- Lay on HandsLevel 1
She can heal wounds with a pool of restorative power equal to 5 times her paladin level, and can spend points to cure disease or poison.
- Fighting Style, DefenseLevel 2
At 2nd level, she adopted the Defense fighting style, gaining +1 AC while wearing armor.
- SpellcastingLevel 2
She can cast paladin spells and prepares a number of spells each day equal to her Charisma modifier plus half her paladin level.
- Divine SmiteLevel 2
When she hits with a melee weapon attack, she can expend a spell slot to deal radiant damage in addition to the weapon damage.
- Divine HealthLevel 3
She is immune to disease.
- Sacred OathLevel 3
She swore the Oath of Glory, dedicating herself to discipline, heroic action, and inspiration through achievement.
- Channel DivinityLevel 3
She can use Channel Divinity to fuel her oath's miracles, including special Glory options.
- Oath SpellsLevel 3
She gains the oath spells of an Oath of Glory paladin, and they are always prepared.
- Inspiring SmiteLevel 3
When she uses Divine Smite, she can inspire nearby allies with temporary hit points equal to her Charisma modifier.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
She gains an Ability Score Improvement or feat.
- Extra AttackLevel 5
She can attack twice, instead of once, whenever she takes the Attack action on her turn.
- Aura of ProtectionLevel 6
She and friendly creatures within 10 feet add her Charisma modifier to saving throws.
- Aura of CourageLevel 10
She and friendly creatures within 10 feet cannot be frightened while she is conscious.
- Improved Divine SmiteLevel 11
Her weapon attacks count as magical for overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
- Cleansing TouchLevel 14
She can end a spell on herself or a willing creature within 5 feet by touching it and expending a spell slot.
- Aura of AlacrityLevel 7
At 7th level, she and friendly creatures within 10 feet gain a bonus to initiative equal to her Charisma modifier while she is conscious.
- Glorious DefenseLevel 15
At 15th level, she can reduce damage from an attacker and, if it misses her, turn that moment into a countering burst of radiant retaliation.
- TraitOrcDarkvision, 60 feet
- TraitOrcPowerful Build, she counts as one size larger when determining carrying capacity and the weight she can push, drag, or lift
- TraitOrcMenacing, she is proficient in the Intimidation skill
- Shelter of the FaithfulAcolyte
She can call on the shelter, food, and modest aid of temples and shrines of her faith, provided she does not betray the trust of the clergy.
Spells
10 spellsSpellcasting. Vaka casts with Charisma (spell save DC 18, to hit with spell attacks).
1st level (4 slots): , , , , ,
2nd level (3 slots): , , ,
3rd level (3 slots): no spells
4th level (3 slots): no spells
5th level (1 slot): no spells
Gear
7 itemsWeapons
- 5×JavelinA martial sidearm or spear-like weapon, used here as her battlefield pistol equivalent for flavor, though it functions as a javelin in rules terms.
Armor
- Chain MailHeavy armor that the rules represent as chain mail, often reflavored as reinforced tactical plating or a militarized coat and harness.
- ShieldA sturdy shield, often emblazoned with a holy symbol or battlefield insignia.
Gear
- Acolyte's Religious KitA prayer book, incense, and vestments from her days in the temple.
- Holy SymbolA holy symbol carried as a pendant or patch on her jacket.
- Explorer's PackExplorer's pack containing supplies for travel, survival, and field duty.
- Common ClothesCommon clothes suited to a practical, battle-ready life.
Appearance
A towering female orc with deep forest-green skin, thick tusks, amber eyes, and a scarred, battle-worn physique. She stands about six and a half feet tall, with broad shoulders, a powerful neck, and old injuries that read like a campaign history across her collarbone and biceps. Her black hair is shaved on the sides and worn long on top. She favors a battered leather jacket over a fitted black tank top, heavy canvas pants, combat boots, and a practical belt loaded with pouches, reliquary tokens, and a holstered pistol. Her expression is usually wry, alert, and faintly dangerous.
Mannerisms
She speaks with clipped certainty, punctuating sentences with dry jokes or blunt battlefield slang. When thinking, she rolls a prayer token across her knuckles or taps a tusk with one thumb. She tends to stand too close during serious conversations, as if challenge and sincerity should share the same distance.
Personality
Loud, brash, and often crude, Vaka hides a disciplined and tactical mind behind a wall of swagger. She respects competence, loyalty, and people who do not waste her time. In battle she is fearless to the point of recklessness, but outside it she is unexpectedly attentive, especially toward the frightened, the wounded, and the undersung.
Ideals
Glory is earned by meeting danger head-on and lifting others up through visible courage. Strength is only honorable when it protects the helpless and gives people a reason to stand taller.
Bonds
She still tends the roadside chapel that once sheltered her during the worst of the war, and she sends coin, medicine, and protection to the priests who raised her. She keeps a worn prayer token from her first mentor, and she will risk almost anything to preserve the innocent people caught in a conflict they did not choose.
Flaws
She struggles to admit fear, and when a situation looks grim she sometimes doubles down on bravado instead of asking for help. She can be dismissive of pettiness, bureaucracy, and faiths that value purity over mercy. Once she decides someone is worthy of trust, she may defend them long after prudence says to walk away.
Quirks
Background
Vaka was born where battle lines and holy lines crossed, in a war-zone parish that treated the wounded from every banner and creed. As a child, she learned to carry water, stitch flesh, and keep her mouth shut while priests negotiated with soldiers who were one insult away from bloodshed. Her orc blood made her larger and harder to overlook, but her sharp mind made the clergy keep her close. She memorized prayers, ledger books, and the rhythms of fear in a chapel full of desperate people. When the fighting came too close, she learned that a steady hand and a furious charge could save more lives than a hundred arguments. She eventually embraced the path of the paladin after seeing too many brave people die for lack of conviction. Glory, to Vaka, is not vanity. It is the refusal to flinch when others need someone to stand first and hit hardest. She found the Oath of Glory in that ideal, a creed that rewards courage, discipline, and the will to turn combat into inspiration. Now she moves through the world like a bruising sermon, loud enough to be heard, hard enough to be remembered, and faithful enough to keep showing up when the sermon turns into a firefight.
“Her orc blood made her larger and harder to overlook, but her sharp mind made the clergy keep her close.”
- Background
- Acolyte
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Orc
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