Sir Vecken of the Broken Horn
Sir Vecken of the Broken Horn
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AC 14 · HP 86 · 40 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- Animal HandlingWIS
- AthleticsSTR
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
17 featuresBonus action
- Second WindLevel 5
You can use a Bonus Action to regain 1d10 + Fighter Level hit points. You have 2 uses per Short Rest.
Always on
- RageLevel 1
Enter a state of primal ferocity. You have Advantage on Strength checks and Saving Throws, a bonus to damage rolls, and Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage.
- Unarmored DefenseLevel 1
While not wearing armor, your AC equals 10 + Dex mod + Con mod. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
- Weapon MasteryLevel 1
You can use the mastery properties of the Glaive (Graze), Greataxe (Cleave), and Greatsword (Graze).
- Danger SenseLevel 2
You have Advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects that you can see.
- Reckless AttackLevel 2
You can throw aside all concern for defense to attack with fierce desperation. Doing so gives you Advantage on melee weapon attack rolls using Strength during this turn, but attack rolls against you have Advantage until your next turn.
- FrenzyLevel 3
While Raging, when you use Reckless Attack, you deal extra damage to the first target you hit on your turn equal to a number of d6s (2d6 at level 3-9).
- Fast MovementLevel 5
Your speed increases by 10 feet while you aren't wearing Heavy Armor.
- Fighting Style (Great Weapon Fighting)Level 5
When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.
- Action SurgeLevel 6
You can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action.
- Tactical MindLevel 6
When you fail an Ability Check, you can expend a use of Second Wind to add 1d10 to the roll.
- Combat SuperiorityLevel 7
You have 4 Superiority Dice (d8s). You know the Trip Attack, Menacing Attack, and Precision Attack maneuvers.
- Student of WarLevel 7
You gain proficiency with Smith's Tools.
- ResourcefulHumanYou gain Heroic Inspiration whenever you finish a Long Rest.
- SkillfulHumanYou gain proficiency in the Insight skill.
- VersatileHumanYou gain the Tough Origin feat.
- Savage AttackerSoldier
Once per turn when you hit a creature with a weapon, you can reroll the weapon's damage dice and use either total.
Spells
Spellcasting. Sir Vecken of the Broken Horn casts with null ( to hit with spell attacks).
Gear
5 itemsWeapons
- Glaive1d10 slashing, Reach, Heavy, Two-handed.
- Greataxe1d12 slashing, Heavy, Two-handed.
Armor
- Scale MailAC 14 + Dex (max 2).
Gear
- Broken Horned HelmetA symbol of his service, with one horn cloven in two.
- Explorer's PackContains a backpack, bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, 10 torches, 10 days of rations, and a waterskin.
Appearance
Sir Vecken is a massive, burly man with skin the color of burnished copper and a thick mane of dark hair. His body is a map of his history, covered in pale scars from countless military engagements. Despite his imposing size, his brown eyes carry a profound warmth and a gentle sadness. He wears a suit of practical, well-maintained scale mail and a distinctive helmet where the right horn has been snapped off and the metal is deeply scarred. When he is not in battle, his expression is usually one of quiet, thoughtful kindness.
Mannerisms
He has a habit of tracing the crack in his broken helmet with his thumb when he is worried. He always bows to healers and physicians regardless of their status.
Personality
Vecken is a man of deep discipline and surprising softness. He speaks with a slow, deliberate cadence and is the first to offer a helping hand or a warm meal to those in need. He holds himself to a strict code of chivalry despite his inner primal rage. He is a soldier who hates war but loves people. When he laughs, it is a deep rumble that can fill a room, but he often falls into long, melancholic silences when the evening grows quiet and he thinks of home.
Ideals
Protection. The strong must stand before the weak as a shield that does not break. Order. Rules and honor are the only things that separate a soldier from a butcher.
Bonds
My late wife, Sarah, remains my guiding light. Every act of kindness I perform is in her name. I will find the rest of the gang that helped burn my stead.
Flaws
I am haunted by Sarah's memory. If her name is mentioned in jest or if I see a healer in danger, I lose my composure and my rage becomes uncontrollable.
Quirks
Background
Born into a long line of soldiers, Vecken spent twenty years in the infantry. He was a paragon of the shield wall, eventually earning his knighthood for bravery during the Southern Skirmishes. It was there that he met Sarah, a camp healer whose compassion balanced his steel. For a few years, Vecken knew peace, retiring to a small border stead to live a life of simple labor. He thought the fires of his youth were extinguished, replaced by the warmth of Sarah's company and the quiet of the fields. But tragedy has a way of finding those who have spent too long on the battlefield. When a bandit lord seeking vengeance for a past defeat burned his home while he was fetching supplies, the loss of Sarah tore a hole in Vecken's soul. The rage that emerged that day was unlike anything he had felt in the army. It was not disciplined or ordered, it was an all consuming storm. He reclaimed his old armor and tracked the bandit lord down. During the final confrontation, the bandit cloven Vecken's horned helmet in two, but the knight did not falter. He earned his title and his peace, though it was a hollow victory. Now he travels as an adventurer, seeking to do the good Sarah would have done, using his rage as a tool to protect the innocent from the darkness he could not save her from.
“He was a paragon of the shield wall, eventually earning his knighthood for bravery during the Southern Skirmishes.”
- Background
- Soldier
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Species
Human
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