Finan Aderva
Finan Aderva
Sheet
AC 15 · HP 24 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingSTR
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
16 featuresBonus action
- Eldritch CannonLevel 3
When Bonus action
Finan creates or activates the chosen Eldritch Cannon as a bonus action. Flamethrower deals fire damage in a fifteen-foot cone, Force Ballista makes a ranged spell attack and pushes a target, and Protector grants temporary hit points in a fifteen-foot radius.
Always on
- Artificer Spellcasting
When When casting an artificer spell
Finan casts a prepared artificer spell using Intelligence and can use thieves' tools, tinker's tools, woodcarver's tools, or smith's tools as a spellcasting focus.
- Arcane FirearmLevel 5
When When casting a damaging artificer spell through the firearm
Finan fires the arcane firearm through the Force Ballista or Flamethrower cannon, or uses it as a focus for a damaging spell, adding 1d8 to one damage roll of that spell.
- Magical TinkeringLevel 1
Finan can imbue tiny nonmagical objects with a minor magical property, such as emitting light, producing a recorded message, giving off an odor, or displaying a visual effect. They can maintain a number of such effects equal to their Intelligence modifier, minimum one.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
Finan uses Intelligence as their spellcasting ability. They can cast artificer spells using tools as a spellcasting focus and can prepare a number of artificer spells equal to their Intelligence modifier plus half their artificer level, rounded down, minimum one.
- Infuse ItemLevel 2
Finan learns four artificer infusions and can infuse two objects at a time. Infusions include Enhanced Arcane Focus, Enhanced Defense, Enhanced Weapon, and Replicate Magic Item, with a replicated Bag of Holding prepared as a favored design.
- The Right Tool for the JobLevel 3
Finan gains proficiency with every type of artisan's tools. They can use thieves' tools or any artisan's tools as a spellcasting focus and can create a set of artisan's tools during a short or long rest using tinker's tools, provided they have raw materials.
- Tool ExpertiseLevel 3
Finan can use Intelligence instead of Strength or Dexterity for attack and damage rolls with magic weapons.
- TraitElfDarkvision, able to see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light.
- TraitElfKeen Senses, proficiency in the Perception skill.
- TraitElfFey Ancestry, advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic cannot put Finan to sleep.
- TraitElfTrance, Finan meditates deeply for four hours instead of sleeping.
- TraitElfHigh Elf Ability Score Increase, Dexterity increases by 2 and Intelligence increases by 1.
- TraitElfHigh Elf Cantrip, Finan knows one wizard cantrip, chosen as Mage Hand.
- TraitElfHigh Elf Language, Finan knows one additional language, chosen as Draconic.
- ResearcherSage
If Finan does not know a piece of information, they usually know where and from whom it can be obtained. They can locate libraries, archives, guilds, scholars, or other learned people capable of supplying obscure knowledge.
Spells
8 spellsSpellcasting. Finan Aderva casts with Intelligence (spell save DC 11, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): ,
1st level (4 slots): , , ,
2nd level (2 slots): ,
Gear
11 itemsWeapons
- Light crossbowA light crossbow with a case of twenty bolts.
Armor
- Scale mailA finely balanced scale mail suit with reinforced shoulder plates and several stitched interior pockets for tools and components.
- ShieldA compact shield engraved with concentric brass circles, usable as a spellcasting focus.
Tools
- Thieves' toolsA set of practical repair and precision tools used for artificer work.
- Tinker's toolsA set of tinker's tools, including pliers, wire, clamps, files, and a small soldering iron.
- Woodcarver's toolsA set of woodcarver's tools used to construct and maintain Eldritch Cannons and the arcane firearm.
- Brass handbellA small brass handbell used to test resonance in delicate mechanisms.
Gear
- Scholar's packA scholar's pack containing a backpack, books, ink, pen, parchment, tinderbox, and a small knife.
- Letter from a dead colleagueA sealed letter from a dead colleague posing a question Finan has not yet answered.
- Research journalA notebook of observations, diagrams, copied formulae, and questions for future research.
Purse
- 20×Gold piecesA pouch containing twenty gold pieces.
Appearance
A tall, fine-boned high elf with warm brown skin, amber eyes, and dark copper hair worn in a meticulously maintained braid threaded with tiny brass rings. Their smile reveals slightly prominent upper incisors, noticeable whenever they laugh or taste-test a new compound. They wear practical scale mail beneath a soot-marked leather apron, with a carved wooden focus strapped to one wrist and a compact brass cannon case at their hip. Their clothing is carefully groomed and repaired, but never ornamental without purpose.
Mannerisms
Finan taps metal surfaces with one fingernail while thinking, pauses before answering complicated questions as if consulting an invisible index, and cleans their spectacles even when they are not wearing any. When nervous, they silently count screws, rivets, or buttons in the nearest object.
Personality
Finan is patient with machines, animals, and children, but noticeably less patient with adults who refuse to read instructions. They are quietly warm, highly observant, and prone to explaining emotional problems through mechanical metaphors. They prefer useful kindness over dramatic heroics and will repair a stranger's broken buckle without mentioning it.
Ideals
Responsible invention. Knowledge is not virtuous by itself. What matters is whether the person who possesses it has the discipline to use it without treating lives as disposable test material.
Bonds
The unfinished prototype cannon built by Finan's mentor is both a treasured companion and a promise. Finan will risk almost anything to recover the missing components and learn who ordered the workshop fire.
Flaws
Finan cannot leave a mechanism, riddle, or unexplained failure alone, even when prudence says to walk away. They also become defensive when criticized by experts, because they fear being dismissed as a dilettante rather than recognized as a true artificer.
Quirks
Background
Finan Aderva grew up in a high elven household that maintained instruments for astronomers, surveyors, and court physicians. Their family expected a life of quiet precision, but Finan became fascinated by the moment when a tool stopped being merely crafted and began to feel almost alive in the hand. They apprenticed under a reclusive artificer who taught them to listen for flaws in metal by tapping it with a fingernail, and to record every experiment, including the embarrassing ones. When a fire destroyed part of the workshop, Finan discovered that the blaze had not been an accident. Someone had been searching for a prototype defensive device, a small arcane cannon designed to protect caravans without slaughtering those caught nearby. Finan salvaged the plans, rebuilt the device, and left home to trace the stolen components through libraries, military depots, and merchant houses. Their work is equal parts scholarship and field repair, and they believe every dangerous invention carries a responsibility to be understood before it is used.
“When a fire destroyed part of the workshop, Finan discovered that the blaze had not been an accident.”
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- Sage
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Species
Elf
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