Vezhan Kirov
Vezhan Kirov
Sheet
AC 18 · HP 25 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingSTR
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Languages
Features
18 featuresAction
- Sacred WeaponLevel 3
As an action, you can imbue one weapon you are holding with positive energy for 1 minute. The weapon emits bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for another 20 feet. It gains a +1 bonus to attack rolls, and its damage becomes magical. You can end this effect on your turn without an action.
- Turn the UnholyLevel 3
As an action, you can speak a prayer to frighten fiends and undead. Each such creature within 30 feet that can see or hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, it is frightened for 1 minute. A frightened creature repeats the save at the end of each of its turns.
- Radiant SoulLevel 3
You can use your action to unleash the divine energy within yourself, causing your eyes to glimmer and two luminous wings to sprout from your back. For 1 minute, you gain a flying speed of 30 feet, and once on each of your turns one attack or spell deals extra radiant damage equal to your level. Once used, this trait cannot be used again until you finish a long rest.
- Healing HandsAasimar, ProtectorAs an action, touch a creature and restore hit points equal to your level. Once used, this trait cannot be used again until you finish a long rest.
Always on
- Longsword Strike
When On your turn
Make a melee weapon attack with the longsword, adding +5 to the attack roll and dealing 1d8+3 slashing damage, or 1d10+3 when wielded two-handed.
- Divine SmiteLevel 2
When After hitting with a melee weapon attack
Expend a spell slot after hitting with a melee weapon attack to deal 2d8 additional radiant damage with a 1st-level slot.
- Lay on HandsLevel 1
When As an action while touching a creature
Spend up to 15 points from Lay on Hands to restore hit points, or spend 5 points to cure one disease or neutralize one poison.
- Channel DivinityLevel 3
When As an action
Channel Divinity to make one weapon magical with a +1 attack bonus for 1 minute, or to turn undead and fiends.
- SpellcastingLevel 2
You can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus for your paladin spells.
- Fighting Style: DefenseLevel 2
You adopt a particular style of fighting. You gain the Defense style, granting a +1 bonus to AC while wearing armor.
- Divine SenseLevel 1
You can sense the location of any celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet that is not behind total cover. You know the type of creature but not its identity. You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 plus your Charisma modifier, minimum once, and regain all uses after a long rest.
- Divine HealthLevel 3
You are immune to disease.
- Divine Sense and Martial TrainingLevel 1
You gain proficiency with martial weapons and heavy armor.
- DarkvisionAasimar, ProtectorYou can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light.
- Celestial ResistanceAasimar, ProtectorYou have resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage.
- Light BearerAasimar, ProtectorYou know the light cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.
- Radiant SoulAasimar, ProtectorAt 3rd level, you can manifest luminous wings for 1 minute once per long rest, gaining a 30-foot flying speed and dealing extra radiant damage equal to your level once per turn.
- Shelter of the FaithfulAcolyte
You command the respect of those who share your faith, and you can perform religious ceremonies. You and your companions can expect free healing and care at a temple, shrine, or other established presence of your faith, though you must provide any material components needed for spells.
Spells
4 spellsSpellcasting. Vezhan Kirov casts with Charisma (spell save DC 10, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will):
1st level (3 slots): , ,
Gear
11 itemsWeapons
- LongswordA martial one-handed sword, used with the shield.
- 5×JavelinThrown martial weapons suitable for ranged attacks.
Armor
- Chain mailHeavy armor that grants an armor class of 16.
- ShieldA shield bearing a painted sunburst, granting +2 AC.
Gear
- Holy symbolA holy symbol depicting the aasimar's celestial faith
- Priest's packIncludes a backpack, blanket, ten candles, tinderbox, alms box, two blocks of incense, censer, vestments, rations for two days, and a waterskin.
- Prayer bookA book containing prayers and teachings of the character's faith.
- 5×Stick of incenseUsed for religious ceremonies.
- VestmentsCeremonial clothing worn during worship.
- Common clothesSimple everyday clothing.
Purse
- 15×Gold piecesStarting money from the acolyte background.
Appearance
A broad-shouldered aasimar man with warm brown skin, close-cropped dark hair, and faintly luminous silver irises. His features are calm and grounded rather than ethereal. Years of tending shrines, hauling water, polishing reliquaries, and drilling with weapons have left his hands thick-knuckled, callused, and permanently marked with pale lines from old work. He stands with his weight slightly forward, as though always prepared to step between danger and someone weaker. His chain mail is carefully maintained, and a blue-and-gold prayer cord is wrapped around his left wrist.
Mannerisms
When waiting, he leans slightly forward with both hands resting over the pommel of his sword. He counts his breaths before answering difficult questions, and he touches the prayer cord on his wrist whenever he hears a bell.
Personality
Vezhan is patient with frightened people, children, animals, and anyone trying honestly to do better. He is direct with bullies and evasive officials. He prefers useful work to ceremony, but he remembers every prayer he was taught and recites them quietly when tending the wounded.
Ideals
Mercy. Strength exists to shelter the vulnerable, not to prove superiority. A victory that leaves the helpless abandoned is only another kind of defeat.
Bonds
The hilltop sanctuary that raised him is his true home, and he will risk himself to protect its people, relics, and reputation. He also carries a small cracked bell from the village he saved, determined to see its bell tower rebuilt one day.
Flaws
He is slow to forgive institutions, priests, and leaders who use noble words to excuse cowardice. When someone claims that a sacrifice is necessary, he immediately suspects they intend for someone else to pay it.
Quirks
Background
Vezhan Kirov was raised in a hilltop sanctuary where pilgrims came seeking judgment, medicine, and a little hope. His mother served as a keeper of records, while his father maintained the shrine gates and trained its guards. From childhood, Vezhan was taught that celestial blood was not a crown but a responsibility. The faint radiance that sometimes gathered around his hands made strangers stare, so the priests gave him practical work. He learned to mend roof tiles, carry the sick, copy old prayers, and stand watch through the coldest hours before dawn. When raiders descended on a nearby village, Vezhan obeyed the sanctuary's order to protect fleeing families rather than pursue the attackers. He carried three children through a burning granary and returned for an injured bell keeper, emerging with a conviction that mercy must be defended by strength. He took the vows of the Oath of Devotion at twenty-nine, swearing to be honest without cruelty, courageous without vanity, and merciful without surrendering justice. He now travels beyond the sanctuary, seeking those who have been abandoned by institutions that promised to protect them.
“His mother served as a keeper of records, while his father maintained the shrine gates and trained its guards.”
- Background
- Acolyte
Connections
Species
Aasimar, Protector
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