Morveth
Morveth
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AC 12 · HP 17 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- ArcanaINT
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- PerceptionWIS
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
9 featuresAlways on
- Ritual CastingLevel 1
You can cast Wizard spells as rituals if they have the ritual tag and are in your spellbook.
- Arcane RecoveryLevel 1
Once per day on a short rest, you can recover spell slots with a combined level equal to half your wizard level rounded up.
- ScholarLevel 2
You gain expertise in one of your proficient class skills (Arcana).
- Abjuration SavantLevel 3
Halve the gold and time required to copy Abjuration spells into your spellbook.
- Arcane WardLevel 3
When you cast an abjuration spell, create a magical ward with 9 hit points. Casting further abjuration spells restores hit points to the ward.
- ResourcefulHumanGain Heroic Inspiration after a Long Rest.
- SkillfulHumanProficiency in one skill of your choice (Perception).
- VersatileHumanGain one Origin feat (Skilled).
- ResearcherSage
When you attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know it, you often know where that information can be found.
Spells
7 spellsSpellcasting. Morveth casts with Intelligence (spell save DC 13, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): , ,
1st level (4 slots): , ,
2nd level (2 slots):
Gear
6 itemsWeapons
- QuarterstaffA simple wooden staff used for focus and defense.
Gear
- SpellbookA leather-bound book containing arcane formulas.
- Component PouchA belt pouch containing various material components.
- Scholar's PackA backpack with books, ink, pen, and parchment.
- Noble ClothesElegant Barovian black velvet and silk clothing.
Purse
- 10×Gold PiecesGold coins from the Sage background.
Appearance
Morveth is a human of striking, cadaverous elegance. He has extremely pale skin that looks like polished marble and sharp, aristocratic features. His eyes are a deep, ink-black, set into sockets that always seem slightly shadowed. He wears high-collared Barovian noble attire made of black velvet and silver embroidery, maintaining a perfectly groomed appearance despite the rigors of travel.
Mannerisms
Speaks in a precise, melodic tone, often pausing to adjust his silk cuffs or smooth his velvet vest.
Personality
Morveth is intensely private and intellectually rigorous. He treats every interaction as a transaction of information and carries himself with the stiff grace of a man who was raised in a court of shadows. He values logic above emotion, seeing feelings as temporary chemical states that distract from the pursuit of eternal knowledge.
Ideals
Logic. The world is a puzzle that can be solved through careful study and precise application of rules.
Bonds
I carry a sealed tome of genealogies from my home valley that I must decipher to understand my true nature.
Flaws
I am often disconnected from the living, viewing people more as biological specimens than peers.
Quirks
Background
Born into a disgraced noble house in the mist-shrouded valleys of Barovia, Morveth grew up surrounded by death and ancient history. His lineage was touched by a vampiric influence, leaving him with a lingering thirst and a pale complexion that he hides behind layers of fine silk and stoic study. Rather than succumbing to the predatory nature of his heritage, he fled to the great libraries to master the arcane arts as a means of control. Morveth specializes in abjuration, the school of protection, viewing it as the ultimate shield against both external threats and his own internal darkness. He left the Demiplane of Dread during a rare thinning of the mists, carrying only his spellbook and relics of his former life. Now, he travels as a scholar for hire, seeking to understand the fundamental laws of reality in the hope of securing his own safety and eventually cleansing the rot from his family name.
“Rather than succumbing to the predatory nature of his heritage, he fled to the great libraries to master the arcane arts as a means of control.”
- Background
- Sage
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Species
Human
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