Riven Voss
Riven Voss
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AC 15 · HP 10 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- AthleticsSTR
- IntimidationINT
- PerceptionWIS
- StealthDEX
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
8 featuresAlways on
- Stand Rush
When When Riven enters melee and commits to overwhelming a single enemy.
A rapid series of close-range strikes delivered with uncanny precision, as if a silver phantom were punching through them from behind.
- Dramatic Guard
When When Riven braces for a counterattack or an ambush.
A dramatic forward stance that turns defense into offense, using footwork and timing to force an opening.
- Martial ArtsLevel 1
You are trained to use your body as a perfected weapon. Your unarmed strikes and monk weapons strike for 1d6 damage, and you can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of unarmed strikes and monk weapons.
- Unarmored DefenseLevel 1
While you are wearing no armor and not wielding a Shield, your Armor Class equals 10 plus your Dexterity modifier and your Wisdom modifier.
- TraitHumanResourceful, gain Heroic Inspiration whenever you finish a Long Rest.
- TraitHumanSkillful, gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.
- TraitHumanVersatile, gain an Origin feat of your choice in addition to the feat from your background.
- Military RankSoldier
Years of disciplined service taught them how to move with a unit, read a battlefield, and command attention. Their old comrades still recognize their insignia, and even strangers can feel the authority in the way they carry themselves.
Gear
7 itemsWeapons
- SpearA spare spear kept more as a symbol than a primary weapon, used when the silver Stand is not enough and the battlefield needs reach.
- 5×DaggerA set of five balanced throwing blades, carried for versatility and for the dramatic flourish of a rain of steel.
Tools
- Smith's ToolsA set of artisan's tools or a musical instrument chosen for the monk's tool proficiency. This character favors smith's tools, used to maintain polished metal plating and customize gauntlet fittings.
Gear
- Explorer's PackA compact travel pack with bedroll, rations, rope, and other field gear.
- Insignia of RankA reminder of rank and discipline from their military past.
- Broken Banner FragmentA trophy taken from the enemy who shattered their squad.
Purse
- 50×Gold PiecesThe soldier's alternative starting option, representing savings after leaving service.
Appearance
A lean, sharp-eyed young fighter with an unnervingly composed posture, as if half of the body standing behind them is always listening. Their style is all clean lines and high contrast, silver-gray clothing layered beneath a sleeveless jacket cut like ceremonial armor, with gold trim at the seams and bright blue accents that echo the glow of the presence at their back. In battle, they move with precise, explosive punches, and every motion suggests a metallic, muscular humanoid Stand just out of frame, framed by dramatic manga shadows and electric blue energy.
Mannerisms
Riven speaks in short, deliberate sentences and often punctuates a point with a two-finger tap to their own chest, then a subtle shift of stance as if the real speaker has stepped forward behind them. When angered, they go perfectly still, chin lowered, shoulders squared, like a lightning bolt waiting to be named.
Personality
Intense, disciplined, and oddly courteous, Riven treats every encounter like the opening move of a duel. They are loyal to those who earn their trust, but they do not forgive betrayal easily. Under the severe exterior is someone who notices tiny details, remembers favors, and quietly admires anyone brave enough to stand up again after being knocked down.
Ideals
Discipline should serve freedom, not crush it. Power means little unless it protects the people who cannot protect themselves, and every strike should be a statement that tyranny can be broken.
Bonds
Riven still wears the old rank token of their unit, not out of nostalgia, but because it is proof that they once belonged to something larger than themselves. They are determined to find the masked saboteur who burned their company out of its own fortress in a single night, and to learn whether the silver guardian behind them was born from that tragedy or was sent to answer it.
Flaws
Riven cannot resist a challenge to prove strength, even when patience would save lives. They also struggle to admit fear, so they hide pain behind a perfect stance and a dry, almost theatrical one-liner. When the fighting starts, they sometimes act as if the invisible guardian behind them is the only ally that can truly be trusted.
Quirks
Background
Riven Voss was not raised in a monastery, nor in a noble hall, but in the iron geometry of a city militia drill yard where every mistake echoed off stone walls. From the beginning, Riven fought like a person trying to break out of a sketch, all angles, tension, and sudden motion. The first time the blue-eyed figure appeared behind them, no one in the barracks could explain it. The captains called it a stress illusion, the medics called it a fever dream, but the bruises on the training dummies were real, and the air always tasted like lightning after one of Riven’s impossible counterstrikes.
“From the beginning, Riven fought like a person trying to break out of a sketch, all angles, tension, and sudden motion.”
- Background
- Soldier
Connections
Species
Human
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