Morwenna
Morwenna
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AC 13 · HP 27 · 35 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingWIS
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
20 featuresBonus action
- Martial Arts Bonus Strike
When After taking the Attack action with a monk weapon or unarmed strike.
Morwenna makes one unarmed strike as a bonus action after attacking with a monk weapon or unarmed strike.
- Flurry of Blows
When After taking the Attack action.
Morwenna spends 1 ki point to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.
- Step of the Wind
When On her turn.
Morwenna spends 1 ki point to take the Dash or Disengage action as a bonus action, and her jump distance is doubled for the turn.
- Patient Defense
When On her turn.
Morwenna spends 1 ki point to take the Dodge action as a bonus action.
- Martial ArtsLevel 1
Morwenna’s martial arts training allows her to use Dexterity instead of Strength for monk weapons and unarmed strikes. She can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action after attacking with a monk weapon or unarmed strike. Her martial arts die is a d4.
Reaction
- Deflect MissilesLevel 3
When When hit by a ranged weapon attack.
Morwenna uses her reaction to reduce damage from a ranged weapon attack by 1d10 + 5, potentially catching the missile if the damage is reduced to 0.
- Slow Fall
When When falling.
Morwenna can use a reaction to reduce falling damage by 20 points.
Always on
- Unarmored DefenseLevel 1
While wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, Morwenna’s AC equals 10 + her Dexterity modifier + her Wisdom modifier.
- KiLevel 2
Morwenna has 4 ki points, regained after a short or long rest. Ki powers include Flurry of Blows, Patient Defense, and Step of the Wind. Her ki save DC is 12.
- Unarmored MovementLevel 2
Morwenna’s speed increases by 10 feet while she is not wearing armor or wielding a shield. Her speed is 35 feet, despite her halfling base speed.
- Monastic Tradition: Way of the Open HandLevel 3
Morwenna follows the Way of the Open Hand, specializing in precise, disruptive strikes and graceful control of the battlefield.
- Open Hand TechniqueLevel 3
When Morwenna hits a creature with one of the attacks granted by Flurry of Blows, she can impose one effect on that creature: it must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone, it must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be pushed up to 15 feet, or it cannot take reactions until the end of Morwenna’s next turn.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
Morwenna gains the 4th-level monk Ability Score Improvement. No additional increase is applied because no improvement was specified in the character parameters.
- LuckyHalflingWhen Morwenna rolls a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, she can reroll the die and must use the new roll.
- BraveHalflingMorwenna has advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
- Halfling NimblenessHalflingMorwenna can move through the space of any creature that is at least one size larger than her.
- SmallHalflingMorwenna is a Small creature.
- TraitHalflingHalfling base walking speed is 25 feet.
- TraitHalflingMorwenna gains a +2 racial bonus to Dexterity.
- By Popular DemandEntertainer
Morwenna can always find a place to perform, usually securing modest lodging and food for herself and her companions. Her reputation among traveling performers gives her access to sympathetic audiences and fellow entertainers.
Gear
9 itemsWeapons
- ShortswordA finely balanced short sword used in both performances and combat.
- 10×DartTen weighted darts, painted in circus colors and kept in a decorated leather case.
Tools
- Musical Instrument, fiddleA bright copper-colored fiddle used for performances and campfire songs.
- Disguise KitA compact kit containing cosmetics, wigs, false facial hair, and theatrical accessories.
Gear
- Dungeoneer’s PackA small pack containing basic travel and adventuring supplies.
- Entertainer’s CostumeA colorful stage costume suitable for acrobatics, dancing, and comic performances.
- Favor of an AdmirerA token given by a delighted admirer, currently a small glass bead shaped like a falling star.
- PouchA small pouch containing starting coins.
Purse
- 15×Gold PiecesStarting currency from the entertainer background.
Appearance
Morwenna is a pale, freckled ginger halfling woman with bright green eyes, a narrow face, and unruly copper curls usually tied back with colorful ribbons. She is compact and wiry, with exceptional balance and strong, callused hands from years of acrobatics and martial training. Her traveling clothes are patched but flamboyant, combining a monastery wrap, a fitted performer’s vest, soft leather boots, and a red scarf embroidered with tiny golden stars.
Mannerisms
Morwenna constantly shifts her weight from foot to foot, stretches her fingers before speaking, and punctuates stories with tiny flourishes and mock bows. When nervous, she balances objects on her fingertips. When lying, she smiles too brightly and begins describing an imaginary performance in unnecessary detail.
Personality
Morwenna is bright, irreverent, and impossible to keep still for long. She loves applause but distrusts admiration that comes without laughter. She approaches danger like a stage entrance, with a grin, a flourish, and the conviction that she can improvise her way out. Beneath her bravado is a fiercely loyal performer who notices when others are afraid and quietly places herself between them and danger.
Ideals
Freedom. No one should be owned by a family, monastery, master, tradition, or destiny. Life is meant to be experienced in motion, and every person deserves the chance to choose their own path.
Bonds
The traveling circus that raised her is her chosen family. She will risk almost anything to protect its performers, animals, wagons, and reputation. She also secretly keeps the monastery’s faded prayer cord and hopes to one day return, not to ask forgiveness, but to show what she became.
Flaws
Morwenna cannot resist an audience, a dare, or an opportunity to embarrass someone who seems too self-important. She runs from serious emotional conversations, treats authority as an invitation to misbehave, and often mistakes recklessness for courage. If forced to choose between a sensible plan and a spectacular one, she usually chooses the spectacular plan.
Quirks
Background
Morwenna was raised in a secluded halfling monastery where discipline was treated as a form of prayer. Her earliest lessons involved careful breathing, silent footwork, and balancing on beams no wider than her palm. She was expected to remain within the monastery’s peaceful walls, but at eleven years old she became fascinated by a traveling circus that camped beyond the valley. One moonlit night, she slipped away with a borrowed blanket, three sweet buns, and absolutely no plan beyond following the music. The circus became her true education. Morwenna learned aerial silks, tumbling, knife juggling, comic stage fighting, and the subtle art of landing safely when everything went wrong. The ringmaster taught her how to read a crowd, while an aging acrobat helped her adapt the monastery’s movements into a fast, improvisational fighting style. She eventually returned to the road as both performer and protector, using open-handed strikes, sudden leaps, and improbable escapes to defend her troupe. Morwenna still carries guilt over abandoning her family, but she refuses to admit that she misses the monastery. In truth, every performance is an attempt to prove that freedom can be its own kind of discipline.
“Her earliest lessons involved careful breathing, silent footwork, and balancing on beams no wider than her palm.”
- Background
- Entertainer
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Species
Halfling
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