Taz'Kal Jarax
Taz'Kal Jarax
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AC 16 · HP 83 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- DeceptionCHA
- InsightWIS
- InvestigationINT
- PerceptionWIS
- StealthDEX
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
20 featuresAlways on
- Hunter's Mark
When On a hit with a weapon attack
Once on each of his turns when he hits a creature with a weapon attack, he can mark it as his quarry for extra pressure and persistence in the hunt.
- Roving Movement
When When traversing difficult terrain, climbing, or swimming
He can quickly relocate on the battlefield, using speed and positioning to keep enemies at the edge of his reach or line of sight.
- Predator's Shot
When When attacking from concealment or against a marked quarry
His arrows and knives strike with practiced precision, especially against targets he has already identified as dangerous prey.
- Weapon MasteryLevel 1
He has training in the ranger's chosen weapons and techniques, and he can use weapon mastery properties with weapons he is trained to master.
- ExpertiseLevel 1
He has learned to read danger quickly and to survive on instinct and experience. He gains expertise in Perception and Stealth, making him exceptionally hard to surprise and difficult to detect.
- Fighting StyleLevel 2
He has learned a fighting style that favors accuracy at range. He gains the Archery fighting style, which helps him place arrows with deadly reliability.
- SpellcastingLevel 2
He can cast ranger spells using Wisdom as his spellcasting ability, and he prepares a number of ranger spells each day from the ranger spell list.
- RovingLevel 6
He can move through nonmagical difficult terrain without extra movement cost, and he can climb and swim at his normal speed.
- TirelessLevel 10
He has hardened body and nerves from the road. He can push through exhaustion more effectively and recover with grim determination.
- Hunter: Hunter's PreyLevel 3
Chosen subclass: Hunter. He has studied the habits of dangerous prey, learning to turn a foe's size, numbers, or battlefield position against it.
- Hunter: Hunter's LoreLevel 3
His hunting instincts have sharpened into practical lore. He can assess foes and terrain with a predator's eye, extracting useful clues and advantages from what others overlook.
- Hunter: Defensive TacticsLevel 7
His combat techniques against prey grow more specialized, allowing him to survive swarms, improve his defense, and strike with greater force when the moment is right.
- Hunter: MultiattackLevel 11
He learns to turn the chase into a grinding contest of endurance and positioning, forcing enemies to fight on his terms when possible.
- TraitTieflingDarkvision, 60 ft.
- TraitTieflingFire Resistance
- TraitTieflingThaumaturgy cantrip
- TraitTieflingHellish Rebuke, once per long rest
- TraitTieflingDarkness, once per long rest
- TraitTieflingInfernal heritage and demonic or fiendish appearance, including horns and a tail
- Criminal ContactCriminal
He can leverage contacts in the underworld to get information, shelter, favors, or illicit goods, and he understands how to move through criminal networks without immediately drawing attention.
Spells
8 spellsSpellcasting. Taz'Kal Jarax casts with Wisdom (spell save DC 14, to hit with spell attacks).
1st level (4 slots): , ,
2nd level (3 slots): , ,
3rd level (2 slots): ,
Gear
8 itemsWeapons
- LongbowA long-range martial bow suited to his ranger training.
- ShortswordA reliable close-quarters blade for emergencies.
- 2×DaggerA sturdy backup weapon that can double as a tool in the wild.
Armor
- Studded Leather ArmorLight, mobile protection worn under travel clothes.
Tools
- Thieves' ToolsA set of specialized tools for opening locks, bypassing seals, and making quiet work of hard places.
Gear
- 20×ArrowsA quiver filled with arrows for hunting and combat.
- Hooded CloakA dark hooded traveling cloak that helps him vanish into crowds and shadows.
- Coin and street gearA pouch of mixed coin and useful small items gathered from the criminal life.
Appearance
Taz'Kal Jarax is a lean, wiry tiefling with deep crimson skin, swept-back black horns etched with old knife nicks, and narrow gold eyes that miss nothing. A long dark coat hangs over supple armor, stained at the cuffs by rain, ash, and road dust. He keeps a hood nearby, a curved hunting knife at one hip, and a well-used bow across his back. His tail flicks restlessly when he is thinking, angry, or lying.
Mannerisms
He speaks softly and keeps his back to a wall, even when relaxed. When he is weighing a choice, his tail taps twice against his boot heel. He rarely says more than he means, but when he does tell a story, he uses his hands as if drawing a map in the air.
Personality
Taz'Kal is dry, watchful, and hard to embarrass. He treats most dangers like practical problems and most promises like temporary arrangements. He is polite in a crooked, suspicious way, with a quick wit that can become cutting the moment someone abuses power. Despite that, he is surprisingly tender toward strays, runaways, and anyone who looks like they have already lost too much.
Ideals
Freedom. No lord, gang boss, or holy doctrine gets to own a person's choices. If Taz'Kal helps people survive, they should be free to decide what kind of life they build afterward.
Bonds
He owes his life to an old fence who once hid him from the gallows, and he still sends coin, favors, and warnings whenever he can. He cannot ignore children living on the edge of hunger, because he remembers exactly what that feels like. Somewhere beyond the map lies the ledger from his first big theft, and it contains names that could ruin powerful people, if he ever decides to open it again.
Flaws
He lies so naturally that he sometimes continues even when the truth would serve him better. He has trouble resisting a challenge, especially from authority figures who try to order him around. When cornered by guilt, he gets reckless, as if one more impossible decision might somehow balance the ledger of his past.
Quirks
Background
Taz'Kal Jarax grew up in the narrow alleys behind a port city where the honest work was too slow and the hungry were too proud to beg. As a tiefling, he learned early that people saw his horns before they saw his hands, so he made sure his hands were always useful. He started as a lookout, then a courier, then a thief with unusually good judgment when it came to which doors were worth opening and which were worth leaving alone. The city guard called him a cutpurse. The fence who taught him to read tracks, watch rooftops, and vanish into a crowd called him promising. A job gone wrong forced him out of the city and into the wild roads between settlements, where survival required more than a quick hand and a sharp grin. He adapted fast. He learned to stalk deer paths, read weather by the taste of the wind, and put arrows where a desperate man would most regret standing. What began as flight from the law became a deliberate trade, because the wilderness has its own hidden markets, its own borders, and its own laws. Taz'Kal now works as a ranger for hire, guiding smugglers through safe passes one month and hunting monstrous threats the next, always careful to keep one foot in the world of thieves and one in the deep green silence beyond the road. He trusts neither crowns nor gangs, but he understands both, and that makes him dangerous in ways most people never notice until it is too late.
“As a tiefling, he learned early that people saw his horns before they saw his hands, so he made sure his hands were always useful.”
- Background
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Species
Tiefling
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