Njal Vey
Njal Vey
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AC 10 · HP 110 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionWIS
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalDEX
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
33 featuresAlways on
- Mage Hand
When As an action
Create a small spectral hand that manipulates objects, opens containers, or delivers certain spells at range.
- Ray of Frost
When As an action
Fire a damaging ray of cold at a creature within range. On a hit, the target takes cold damage and its speed is reduced.
- Thunderwave
When As an action
Release a burst of force in a 10-foot sphere around yourself, damaging nearby creatures and pushing them away on failed saves.
- Magic Missile
When As an action
Create three glowing darts of force that automatically strike creatures you can see.
- Misty Step
When As a bonus action
Teleport yourself to an unoccupied space you can see within range.
- Wall of Fire
When As an action
Create a wall of fire that damages creatures near it and those passing through it.
- Lightning Bolt
When As an action
Launch a crackling line of lightning that damages creatures in its path.
- Greater Invisibility
When As an action
Create a nearly invisible barrier that protects you from attacks and improves your defenses.
- Globe of Invulnerability
When As an action
Create a protective dome that blocks many forms of magical and physical harm.
- Meteor Swarm
When As an action
Call down a storm of meteors that devastates several areas within range.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
You cast Wizard spells using Intelligence. You know five cantrips, maintain a spellbook, prepare up to 19 Wizard spells, and regain expended spell slots after a Long Rest. Your spellbook can also serve as your spellcasting focus.
- Ritual AdeptLevel 1
You can cast any Ritual spell in your spellbook as a ritual without preparing it, provided you read from the book while casting.
- Arcane RecoveryLevel 1
After a Short Rest, you can recover expended spell slots with a combined level of no more than 8, none of which can be 6th level or higher. You can use this once per Long Rest.
- ScholarLevel 2
You gain expertise in one skill in which you are proficient. Your chosen skill is Arcana, so your proficiency bonus is doubled for Arcana checks.
- Memorize SpellLevel 5
You can replace one prepared Wizard spell with another spell from your spellbook whenever you finish a Short Rest.
- Wizard Subclass, EvokerLevel 3
You gain the Evocation Savant and Potent Cantrip features.
- Evocation SavantLevel 3
Add two Evocation spells of level 1 or 2 to your spellbook for free. Whenever you gain access to a new spell level, add one Evocation spell of that level to your spellbook for free.
- Potent CantripLevel 3
When a creature succeeds on a saving throw against one of your damaging cantrips, it takes half the cantrip's damage instead of none.
- Ability Score Improvement, AlertLevel 4
You gain the Alert feat. You add your proficiency bonus to Initiative rolls, and you can swap your Initiative with a willing ally at the start of combat.
- Sculpt SpellsLevel 6
When you cast an Evocation spell, you can exclude a number of creatures from its effects equal to 1 plus the spell's level, allowing those creatures to automatically succeed on their saving throws and take no damage if they would normally take half damage.
- Ability Score Improvement, SkilledLevel 8
You gain the Skilled feat, gaining proficiency in three additional skills or tools. Your choices are Investigation, Medicine, and Calligrapher's Supplies.
- Cantrip ImprovementLevel 10
You learn one additional Wizard cantrip, bringing your total to five.
- Empowered EvocationLevel 10
Add your Intelligence modifier to one damage roll of an Evocation spell you cast. With Intelligence 10, this bonus is +0.
- Ability Score Improvement, ToughLevel 12
You gain the Tough feat. Your hit point maximum increases by 2 per character level, for a total increase of 30 hit points.
- OverchannelLevel 14
When you cast an Evocation spell of level 1 through 5, you can roll a number of damage dice equal to the spell's level and change those dice to their maximum values. Once used, this feature cannot be used again until you finish a Long Rest.
- Constructed ResilienceWarforgedYou have resistance to poison damage and advantage on saving throws against being poisoned. You do not need to eat, drink, or breathe.
- Sentry's RestWarforgedYou do not need to sleep. When taking a Long Rest, you remain conscious and aware of your surroundings, though you can enter an inactive state.
- Integrated ProtectionWarforgedYour body incorporates defensive plating. You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class while not wearing armor.
- Specialized DesignWarforgedYou gain proficiency in one skill and one tool of your choice. These choices are reflected in Investigation and Calligrapher's Supplies.
- TraitWarforgedWarforged are Humanoids for game effects, despite their constructed nature.
- SizeWarforgedMedium.
- SpeedWarforged30 feet.
- ResearcherSage
You know where to find the information you seek, or whom to ask for it. Usually, you learn where the information is located, but the DM may rule that the knowledge is especially obscure, protected, or impossible to obtain.
Spells
20 spellsSpellcasting. Njal Vey casts with Intelligence (spell save DC 13, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): , , , ,
1st level (4 slots): , , ,
2nd level (3 slots): ,
3rd level (3 slots): ,
4th level (3 slots): ,
5th level (2 slots):
6th level (1 slot):
7th level (1 slot):
8th level (1 slot):
9th level (1 slot):
Gear
10 itemsWeapons
- QuarterstaffA practical wooden staff capped with a ring of copper, used as an arcane focus and walking aid.
Tools
- Calligrapher's SuppliesInk, a quill, sealing wax, and several small labels for cataloging objects.
Gear
- Arcane FocusA compact arcane focus containing a cracked lens from Master Edrin's observatory.
- RobeA robe of gray wool reinforced with hidden stitching and many repaired seams.
- SpellbookA 100-page spellbook bound in oil-dark leather and copper wire, readable only by Njal or by someone casting Identify.
- Scholar's PackA pack containing a bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, ten torches, ten days of rations, and a waterskin.
- Book of HistoryA book concerning the history of lost magical institutions.
- 8×ParchmentSheets for copying notes, diagrams, and archival references.
- Master's Copper ClaspA plain robe clasp bearing Edrin's initials.
Purse
- 8×Gold PiecesRemaining starting coin from the Sage package.
Appearance
A broad-shouldered warforged built from dark ironwood, dull brass, and smoke-stained steel. His face is a simple, practical mask with a narrow vertical visor that glows a muted amber when he is thinking. Old repairs mark his left shoulder and jaw, and several of his plates bear tiny handwritten equations scratched into the metal. He wears a patched gray robe over a reinforced work harness, with a spellbook secured in a leather-and-copper case at his hip. His movements are careful and economical, like someone trained to avoid breaking fragile things.
Mannerisms
Njal pauses for exactly one second before answering difficult questions, as though consulting an internal index. He turns pages with two fingers, taps his staff three times before casting a major spell, and addresses damaged objects in the same patient tone he uses with injured people.
Personality
Njal is quiet, conscientious, and unfailingly polite. He treats every problem as something that can be made smaller through careful observation. He has a dry sense of humor that appears without warning, usually in the form of an understated remark about mortality, weather, or poor filing practices. Though he rarely speaks about his feelings directly, he is deeply compassionate and will spend hours repairing a stranger's belongings or translating a letter simply because the task matters to someone.
Ideals
Useful knowledge is a form of kindness. If an answer can prevent suffering, it belongs in the hands of those who need it, not locked away to preserve someone's reputation.
Bonds
I carry Master Edrin Vale's spellbook and will protect his unfinished work from misuse, theft, or deliberate destruction.
Flaws
When given a choice, I default to the instruction that seems most useful, even when the situation demands judgment. I also hide damage, fear, and uncertainty until they become impossible to ignore.
Quirks
Background
Njal was assembled as an assistant, not an adventurer. His creator, Master Edrin Vale, was a reclusive wizard who maintained a small observatory and workshop above a river town. Njal copied diagrams, sorted reagents, repaired laboratory mechanisms, fetched books, and recorded every experiment in a careful mechanical hand. At first he understood magic only as a sequence of tasks. Over the years, however, Edrin taught him to recognize the difference between a spell that merely worked and one that was understood. Njal became a scholar in his own right, filling the margins of his master's books with questions that Edrin was too tired or proud to write down himself. Edrin died quietly during a winter illness, leaving behind a locked study, a half-finished treatise on protective evocation, and a final instruction written on the inside cover of Njal's spellbook: continue the work, but do not mistake obedience for purpose. Njal spent years cataloging the estate and preserving his master's research, becoming known as a reliable sage who could find an answer in any archive. Eventually he realized that every answer he found still led back to the same question, what should he do with a life that had been designed for someone else? He now travels with Edrin's spellbook, offering his knowledge to people who need it, protecting the vulnerable when he can, and searching for a purpose that is chosen rather than assigned.
“His creator, Master Edrin Vale, was a reclusive wizard who maintained a small observatory and workshop above a river town.”
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Warforged
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