Lufir Embersong
Lufir Embersong
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AC 17 · HP 38 · 35 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingWIS
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionSTR
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
18 featuresAlways on
- Druidic Signs
When When communicating with druids or marking a natural location
Lufir speaks Druidic and can leave concealed messages understood by other druids.
- Wild ShapeLevel 2
When As an action, twice per short or long rest
Lufir transforms into a beast he has seen, retaining his mental ability scores, alignment, and personality.
- Natural RecoveryLevel 2
When Once per long rest, during a short rest
Lufir recovers spell slots totaling up to 2 spell levels after a short rest.
- Land's StrideLevel 3
When Whenever moving through natural terrain or resisting plant magic
Lufir moves normally through nonmagical difficult terrain and gains protection against magically manipulated plants.
- DruidicLevel 1
Lufir knows the secret language of druids and can use it to leave hidden messages and identify other druids.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
Lufir prepares druid spells from the druid spell list. Wisdom is his spellcasting ability. He can use a druidic focus as a spellcasting focus.
- Druid Circle, Circle of the LandLevel 2
Lufir has chosen the Circle of the Land, gaining additional circle spells, Natural Recovery, and one additional druid cantrip.
- Bonus CantripLevel 2
Lufir knows one additional druid cantrip.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
Lufir increases his Dexterity by 1 and his Wisdom by 1, raising both scores to 18 and 16 respectively.
- Third-Level SpellcastingLevel 5
Lufir gains access to 3rd-level druid spells and can transform into stronger beasts through Wild Shape.
- TraitWood ElfDarkvision, Lufir can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light.
- TraitWood ElfKeen Senses, Lufir has proficiency in the Perception skill.
- TraitWood ElfFey Ancestry, Lufir has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic cannot put him to sleep.
- TraitWood ElfTrance, Lufir meditates deeply for 4 hours instead of sleeping for 8 hours.
- TraitWood ElfElf Weapon Training, Lufir is proficient with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.
- TraitWood ElfFleet of Foot, Lufir's base walking speed is 35 feet.
- TraitWood ElfMask of the Wild, Lufir can attempt to hide when lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, or other natural phenomena.
- DiscoveryHermit
Lufir has discovered a unique and powerful truth during his isolated studies. He can identify natural signs of magical disturbance, recognize common herbal and alchemical substances, and usually find shelter or food in the wilderness when conditions are not utterly barren.
Spells
18 spellsSpellcasting. Lufir Embersong casts with Wisdom (spell save DC 14, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): , ,
1st level (4 slots): , , , , , ,
2nd level (3 slots): , , ,
3rd level (2 slots): , ,
4th level:
Gear
10 itemsWeapons
- ScimitarA curved blade used for cutting reeds, kindling, and hostile vines.
Armor
- Leather armorA well-used leather cuirass and bracers, carefully maintained with animal fat and plant oil.
- Wooden shieldA round alder-wood shield carved with seasonal flood marks.
Tools
- Herbalism kitA small collection of bandages, dried mosses, bitter roots, and river clay used for medicinal preparation.
Gear
- Druidic focusA focus made from a living alder sprig wrapped in copper wire.
- Explorer's packA pack containing a bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, ten torches, ten days of rations, and a waterskin.
- Discovery journalA scroll case containing notes about the drowned forest and the magical breach beneath it.
- Common clothesSimple travel clothing in muted marsh colors.
- Belt pouchA pouch containing coins saved through years of hermit life.
Purse
- 5×Gold piecesStarting wealth retained from the Hermit background.
Appearance
Lufir is a lean wood elf with copper-brown skin, dark hazel eyes, and black hair worn in a short, uneven braid tied with reed cord. His clothing is practical rather than rustic, layered in faded green, clay red, and weathered brown. He stands with his weight slightly forward, as if listening through the soles of his feet. Within a minute of meeting him, most people notice the pause before he answers, followed by a quiet intake of breath through his nose. His wooden shield is marked with small geometric cuts that form a private calendar of seasons, floods, and migrations.
Mannerisms
Before speaking, Lufir pauses and takes a quiet breath through his nose, as though testing the air for an answer. When waiting, he leans slightly forward with both hands resting on the top of his shield. He rarely points with a finger, instead indicating things with his chin or with the alder sprig he carries.
Personality
Lufir is observant, dryly courteous, and patient with living things but not with avoidable mistakes. He prefers practical kindness over comforting words, and he treats every conversation as an opportunity to learn what someone is likely to overlook. Though reserved, he is not withdrawn. He enjoys strange local customs, badly made maps, and people who admit they do not understand the wilderness.
Ideals
Stewardship. The land is not a resource waiting for permission to be used. It is a living system, and every settlement has a duty to understand what it changes before demanding more from it.
Bonds
The drowned forest is not merely his homeland. Lufir believes it is a wounded elder relative, and he will risk almost anything to prevent others from exploiting the breach beneath it. He also keeps the last flood marker carved by his younger sister, who disappeared while investigating a village that ignored its warnings.
Flaws
Lufir assumes every warning he gives is more important than the comfort of the people hearing it. He can become cold and stubborn when others dismiss natural signs, and he has a habit of withholding information until he is certain someone will use it responsibly. His long isolation has also left him poor at recognizing when silence is cruel rather than wise.
Quirks
Background
Lufir Embersong was raised among a wood elf settlement built along the edge of a drowned forest, where old trees rose from black water and the paths changed with every season. His family served as keepers of the flood markers, maintaining carved posts that warned travelers when the marsh had risen high enough to swallow a horse. Lufir learned early that the forest did not speak in words. It spoke through missing birdsong, bent reeds, sour water, and the sudden silence of insects. He became unusually skilled at noticing what the land refused to explain. In adulthood, Lufir withdrew to a half-collapsed shrine on an island of dry ground, seeking the cause of a strange blight that made reeds grow in perfect circles and drove animals into unnatural patterns. Years of solitude revealed that the sickness was not an ordinary curse, but the residue of an ancient magical breach beneath the marsh. His studies made him a druid of the Circle of the Land, and he emerged with a collection of damp journals, a living sprig of alder, and a conviction that civilization must sometimes be guided by warning rather than protected from consequence. He now travels to trace the blight's spread, trading healing and practical wisdom for access to forgotten places.
“Lufir learned early that the forest did not speak in words.”
- Background
- Hermit
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Species
Wood Elf
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