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Finan Aderva - AI-generated fantasy Character

Finan Aderva

Elf · Artificer (Artillerist) · Level 5 · Sage

Finan Aderva

Finan is patient with machines, animals, and children, but noticeably less patient with adults who refuse to read instructions.
AC15
HP24/24
Init
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
ConditionsNone

Sheet

AC 15 · HP 24 · 30 ft.
AlignmentNeutral GoodGenderNonbinaryAge174 years old
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA

Saving throws

STRDEXCONINTWISCHA

Skills

  • AcrobaticsDEX
  • Animal HandlingSTR
  • ArcanaINT
  • AthleticsSTR
  • DeceptionCHA
  • HistoryINT
  • InsightWIS
  • InvestigationINT
  • MedicineWIS
  • NatureINT
  • PerceptionWIS
  • PerformanceCHA
  • PersuasionCHA
  • ReligionINT
  • Sleight of HandDEX
  • StealthDEX
  • SurvivalWIS

Armor

Light armor,
Medium armor,
Shields

Weapons

Simple weapons,
Hand crossbows,
Heavy crossbows,
Longswords,
Rapier,
Shortswords,
Martial weapons with the firearm property, where firearms are available in the campaign setting

Tools

Thieves' tools,
Tinker's tools,
Woodcarver's tools,
All artisan's tools

Languages

Common,
Elvish,
Draconic,
Dwarvish,
Gnomish

Features

16 features

Bonus 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 spells

Spellcasting. 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 items

Weapons

  • Light crossbow
    A light crossbow with a case of twenty bolts.

Armor

  • Scale mail
    A finely balanced scale mail suit with reinforced shoulder plates and several stitched interior pockets for tools and components.
  • Shield
    A compact shield engraved with concentric brass circles, usable as a spellcasting focus.

Tools

  • Thieves' tools
    A set of practical repair and precision tools used for artificer work.
  • Tinker's tools
    A set of tinker's tools, including pliers, wire, clamps, files, and a small soldering iron.
  • Woodcarver's tools
    A set of woodcarver's tools used to construct and maintain Eldritch Cannons and the arcane firearm.
  • Brass handbell
    A small brass handbell used to test resonance in delicate mechanisms.

Gear

  • Scholar's pack
    A scholar's pack containing a backpack, books, ink, pen, parchment, tinderbox, and a small knife.
  • Letter from a dead colleague
    A sealed letter from a dead colleague posing a question Finan has not yet answered.
  • Research journal
    A notebook of observations, diagrams, copied formulae, and questions for future research.

Purse

  • 20×
    Gold pieces
    A 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

Names every important tool and becomes irritated when others rename it.
Keeps failed experiments in labeled boxes instead of throwing them away.
Offers snacks to companions immediately after dangerous fights.
Uses tiny brass rings to mark unfinished problems in their notebooks.
Hums old elven counting songs while repairing equipment.

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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