Borin Quillfallow
Borin Quillfallow
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AC 12 · HP 25 · 25 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- ArcanaINT
- HistoryINT
- MedicineWIS
- ReligionINT
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
14 featuresAlways on
- SpellcastingLevel 1
You are a spellcaster who uses Intelligence as your spellcasting ability. You can cast wizard spells, prepare a number of spells from your spellbook each day equal to your Intelligence modifier plus your wizard level, and use an arcane focus or component pouch.
- SpellbookLevel 1
At 1st level, you have a spellbook containing six 1st-level wizard spells of your choice. You can add more spells to your spellbook through study and copying.
- Ritual CastingLevel 1
At 1st level, you can use the Material components of your wizard spells through a spellbook or component pouch, and you know how to perform the rituals and formulas of arcane magic.
- Arcane TraditionLevel 2
At 2nd level, you choose a Arcane Tradition. This choice grants you features at 2nd level and again at higher levels.
- Artificer? No, not applicableLevel 2
At 2nd level, you can create a tiny magical construct as a servant after 1 hour of work and 10 gp worth of materials. It functions as a Tiny clockwork toy, fire starter, music box, or similar trinket.
- Arcane Tradition, School of DivinationLevel 2
At 2nd level, you choose a specialization in the arcane. This character follows the School of Divination, gaining features focused on foresight and destiny.
- PortentLevel 2
At 2nd level, you can charge a divination spell with a portentous note, replacing a die roll with a foreseen result based on your Portent feature.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
At 4th level, you gain one Ability Score Improvement or feat. This character increases Intelligence by 2.
- TraitGnomeDarkvision, 60 ft.
- TraitGnomeGnome Cunning, advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.
- TraitGnomeArtificer's Lore, proficiency with History and doubled proficiency on checks related to magic items, alchemical objects, or technological devices.
- TraitGnomeTinker, proficiency with tinker’s tools to craft small clockwork devices.
- LanguagesGnomeCommon and Gnomish.
- DiscoveryHermit
The character discovered a vital secret or profound truth during a period of seclusion. Because of that revelation, sages, priests, or other seekers may recognize the character’s insight and offer help, if the character can prove trustworthiness.
Spells
10 spellsSpellcasting. Borin Quillfallow casts with Intelligence (spell save DC 13, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): , , , ,
1st level (4 slots): ,
2nd level (3 slots): , ,
Gear
10 itemsWeapons
- QuarterstaffA sturdy wooden staff used as an arcane implement and simple melee weapon.
- DaggerA small blade for emergencies.
Tools
- Herbalism KitA herbalism kit carried from the hermitage.
Gear
- Component PouchA pouch of herbs, chalk, ink, and other material aids for spellcasting.
- SpellbookA journal of arcane notes and formulae.
- Scholar's PackA backpack, a bedroll, a mess kit, a tinderbox, 10 torches, 10 rations, and a waterskin.
- Scroll Case of NotesA scroll case stuffed full of notes from a lifetime of careful isolation.
- Winter BlanketA winter blanket once used during solitary retreat.
- Common ClothesA set of common clothes.
- Belt PouchA belt pouch containing a few coins and travel odds and ends.
Appearance
A slight rock gnome with ink-stained fingers, a weathered traveler’s cloak, and round brass spectacles perched low on a twitchy nose. His beard is neatly braided with tiny bone beads, and his satchel is heavy with chalk, vials, notes, and half-repaired curios. He carries a calm, observant expression that makes him seem more like a patient scholar than a field wizard.
Mannerisms
He pauses before answering, as if mentally checking a footnote only he can see. When nervous, he polishes his spectacles, then immediately forgets he was holding them and polishes them again.
Personality
Quietly meticulous, dryly curious, and almost impossible to rattle, Borin treats every conversation like a puzzle with missing pieces. He is courteous without being warm, honest without being blunt, and patient to the point of seeming detached. Beneath that calm lies a relentless appetite for certainty.
Ideals
Truth. Reality is worth understanding, even when the truth is inconvenient, lonely, or unsettling. Knowledge should be tested, not worshiped.
Bonds
He keeps a leather-bound folio of his hermitage notes, and he will risk himself before letting it be lost. He owes his life to the one elder who quietly defended his studies, and he seeks a way to repay that debt with knowledge, not gold.
Flaws
He trusts patterns more readily than people, and can become so absorbed in a theory that he ignores obvious dangers. He is also uncomfortable with debt and favors, because he fears being beholden to anyone’s agenda.
Quirks
Background
Borin Quillfallow was never meant for the road. Born in a deep gnome burrow where patience was prized above all else, he spent his youth repairing lanterns, cataloging fungi, and memorizing the old stories told by elders who trusted silence more than company. His talent for wizardry emerged not from ambition, but from an obsessive need to understand why certain words could bend light, still fear, or unmake a locked door. When the burrow’s matriarchs dismissed his questions as distractions, Borin left with a spellbook, a handful of notes, and a stubborn conviction that every mystery deserved a careful answer. Years later, while living alone in a cliffside hermitage, he uncovered the Discovery that changed the course of his studies, a pattern hidden in recurring omens, abandoned ruins, and the behavior of unseen forces. Borin does not claim to know the truth, only that he has seen enough to know reality is more structured, and more fragile, than most folk imagine. He now wanders between monasteries, libraries, and forgotten places, trading honest labor and cautious counsel for access to sealed archives, all while trying to determine whether his revelation is a warning, a map, or a trap.
“Borin does not claim to know the truth, only that he has seen enough to know reality is more structured, and more fragile, than most folk imagine.”
- Background
- Hermit
Connections
Species
Gnome
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