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Tavri Kallio - AI-generated fantasy Character

Tavri Kallio

Human · Fighter (Battle Master) · Level 20 · Soldier

Tavri Kallio

Tavri is abrasive, suspicious, and quick to interpret ordinary mistakes as deliberate disrespect.
AC17
HP164/164
Init
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
ConditionsNone

Sheet

AC 17 · HP 164 · 30 ft.
AlignmentNeutral EvilGenderMaleAge34 years old
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA

Saving throws

STRDEXCONINTWISCHA

Skills

  • AcrobaticsDEX
  • Animal HandlingWIS
  • ArcanaINT
  • AthleticsSTR
  • DeceptionCHA
  • HistoryINT
  • InsightWIS
  • IntimidationCHA
  • InvestigationINT
  • MedicineWIS
  • NatureWIS
  • PerceptionWIS
  • PersuasionCHA
  • ReligionINT
  • Sleight of HandDEX
  • StealthDEX

Armor

All armor,
Shields

Weapons

Simple weapons,
Martial weapons

Tools

One gaming set, bone knucklebones,
Land vehicles,
Smith's tools,
Thieves' tools

Languages

Common,
Giant

Features

38 features

Bonus action

  • Feinting Attack

    When As a bonus action against a creature within 5 feet

    Tavri can make a melee weapon attack against a creature as a bonus action with advantage. If it hits, he adds a superiority die to the damage.

  • Second WindLevel 1

    Tavri can recover 1d10 + 20 hit points as a bonus action once per short or long rest.

  • Feat, Polearm MasterLevel 1

    Tavri can use a bonus action to make a weapon attack after taking the Attack action, provided he attacks with a halberd, quarterstaff, or spear. He can also make an opportunity attack when a creature enters his reach.

  • Feat, Great Weapon MasterLevel 4

    Tavri can use a bonus action to make a melee weapon attack after reducing a creature to 0 hit points or scoring a critical hit. He can take a -5 penalty to an attack roll for +10 damage when attacking with a heavy weapon.

Reaction

  • Riposte

    When When a creature misses Tavri with a melee attack

    Tavri can make a weapon attack as a reaction against a creature that misses him with a melee attack, adding a superiority die to the damage.

  • Feat, Mage SlayerLevel 19

    Tavri can choose one additional feat, chosen as Mage Slayer. When a creature within his reach casts a spell, he can make a melee weapon attack against it as a reaction. Creatures damaged by his melee attacks have disadvantage on concentration saves, and he has advantage on saving throws against spells cast by creatures within 5 feet.

Always on

  • Disarming Attack

    When When Tavri hits a creature with a weapon attack

    Tavri adds a superiority die to the attack's damage and can force the target to drop one object it is holding if it fails a Strength saving throw.

  • Trip Attack

    When When Tavri hits a creature with a weapon attack

    Tavri adds a superiority die to the attack's damage and can knock the target prone if it fails a Strength saving throw.

  • Precision Attack

    When When Tavri misses with a weapon attack

    Tavri adds a superiority die to the attack roll after seeing the roll but before knowing whether it hits.

  • Parry

    When When a creature hits Tavri with a melee attack

    Tavri adds a superiority die to his AC against one melee attack, potentially causing it to miss.

  • Pushing Attack

    When When Tavri hits a creature with a weapon attack

    Tavri adds a superiority die to the attack's damage and can push the target up to 15 feet if it fails a Strength saving throw.

  • Menacing Attack

    When When Tavri hits a creature with a weapon attack

    Tavri adds a superiority die to the attack's damage and can frighten the target until the end of Tavri's next turn if it fails a Wisdom saving throw.

  • Goading Attack

    When When Tavri hits a creature with a weapon attack

    Tavri adds a superiority die to the attack's damage and imposes disadvantage on the target's attacks against creatures other than Tavri until the end of Tavri's next turn.

  • Fighting Style, DefenseLevel 1

    Tavri gains a +1 bonus to AC while wearing armor.

  • Combat SuperiorityLevel 3

    Tavri chooses three maneuvers and gains four d8 superiority dice, regained on a short or long rest. He adds his superiority die to damage when using a maneuver.

  • Student of WarLevel 3

    Tavri gains proficiency with one type of artisan's tools, chosen as smith's tools.

  • Feat, SentinelLevel 6

    Tavri can make an opportunity attack when a creature within his reach attacks a target other than him, and creatures hit by his opportunity attacks have speed 0 for the rest of the turn.

  • Feat, Resilient, ConstitutionLevel 8

    Tavri gains proficiency in Constitution saving throws.

  • Extra Attack, 2Level 11

    Tavri can attack three times whenever he takes the Attack action.

  • Feat, ToughLevel 12

    Tavri gains 40 additional hit points.

  • Feat, AlertLevel 14

    Tavri has advantage on initiative rolls, cannot be surprised while conscious, and creatures do not gain advantage on attack rolls against him merely for being unseen by him.

  • Indomitable, Three UsesLevel 17

    Tavri can reroll a failed saving throw once per long rest, and can do so three times between long rests at level 17.

  • Feat, Resilient, WisdomLevel 16

    Tavri gains proficiency in Wisdom saving throws.

  • Additional Fighting StyleLevel 16

    Tavri can choose one additional fighting style, chosen as Great Weapon Fighting. When he rolls 1 or 2 on a damage die for a two-handed melee weapon, he rerolls it once.

  • Survivor's DefianceLevel 20

    Tavri gains proficiency in all saving throws. If he fails a saving throw, he can use Indomitable to reroll it, adding his fighter level to the new roll.

  • Improved Combat SuperiorityLevel 10

    Tavri gains two additional superiority dice, which become d12s. He learns three additional maneuvers, for a total of nine.

  • Know Your EnemyLevel 7

    Tavri can study the capabilities of a creature for one minute to learn whether it is superior, equal, or inferior to him in two chosen characteristics such as Strength, Dexterity, armor class, current hit points, total class levels, or fighter levels.

  • Feat, SkilledLevel 19

    Tavri gains proficiency with thieves' tools.

  • Military TrainingLevel 1

    Tavri gains proficiency with smith's tools and one additional language through his background and training.

  • Action Surge, Two UsesLevel 2

    Tavri can use Action Surge to take one additional action on his turn, once per short or long rest. At 17th level, he can use it twice between rests, but only once on the same turn.

  • Battle Master ManeuversLevel 3

    Tavri knows the Trip Attack, Menacing Attack, Precision Attack, Riposte, Disarming Attack, Goading Attack, Pushing Attack, Parry, and Feinting Attack maneuvers.

  • TraitHumanAbility Score Increase, +1 to all ability scores
  • TraitHumanAge, humans reach adulthood in their late teens and commonly live less than a century
  • TraitHumanAlignment, humans tend toward no particular alignment
  • TraitHumanSize, Medium
  • TraitHumanSpeed, 30 feet
  • TraitHumanLanguages, Common and one additional language
  • Military RankSoldier

    Tavri can usually find shelter and basic aid among soldiers, mercenaries, veterans, and military families who recognize the signs of service. He can also identify military ranks, insignia, equipment, and common field procedures.

Gear

10 items

Weapons

  • Halberd
    A long-handled polearm with a broad axe blade, spike, and hooked rear prong.
  • Light crossbow
    A light crossbow with a quiver containing twenty bolts.

Armor

  • Chain mail
    Heavy metal armor inherited from Orvaita's army, dented and repaired repeatedly.

Tools

  • Gaming set
    A set of bone knucklebones used for gambling.

Gear

  • 20×
    Crossbow bolts
    Ammunition for the light crossbow.
  • Dungeoneer's pack
    A pack containing a backpack, bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, ten torches, ten days of rations, and a waterskin.
  • Insignia of rank
    A small military emblem from Orvaita, kept hidden beneath his clothing.
  • Trophy from a fallen enemy
    A broken spearhead taken from the mountain pass where Tavri deserted.
  • Common clothes
    A set of rugged clothing suitable for travel and camp work.

Purse

  • 10×
    Starting gold
    Loose coin sewn into the inner lining of his coat.

Appearance

Tavri is a lean, weathered human man of average height, with very short dirty blonde hair and a crooked nose that healed badly after a military brawl. His face is narrow, pocked by old acne and sun damage, with pale eyes that rarely remain still. He is not handsome, imposing, or especially muscular, but years of marching have given him a hard, economical posture. He wears thick brown leather over layered gray linen, reinforced trousers, worn boots, and a weather-stained military cloak. His halberd is carefully maintained despite the rest of his clothing looking neglected.

Mannerisms

Tavri stands with his back to walls, checks every doorway twice, and cleans his halberd whenever conversation becomes too personal. He points with his chin instead of his hand and laughs sharply at moments when other people expect fear or sympathy.

Personality

Tavri is abrasive, suspicious, and quick to interpret ordinary mistakes as deliberate disrespect. He speaks in clipped military phrases, treats kindness as a hidden bargain, and prefers people who are too frightened to challenge him. Despite his contemptuous manner, he notices danger quickly and instinctively places himself between civilians and violence, then loudly claims he did it for practical reasons.

Ideals

Order. People are safest when everyone knows their place and obeys the rules, even if Tavri privately breaks those rules whenever survival demands it.

Bonds

He secretly sends money and coded messages to his younger sister, the only member of his family he believes might still forgive him. He also keeps the broken spearhead taken from the mountain pass where he deserted, hoping that possessing it will somehow make the memory bearable.

Flaws

He is convinced that cruelty is the same thing as strength. When frightened, he becomes insulting, loud, and eager to provoke a fight. He cannot admit ignorance, apologize sincerely, or tolerate being pitied. His hatred of foreigners and anyone outside his rigid idea of social order is partly genuine prejudice and partly a desperate attempt to make his own betrayal seem less shameful.

Quirks

Counts doorways and windows whenever he enters a room.
Refuses to sleep without his boots within reach and his halberd across his chest.
Spits on the ground after hearing the name of Orvaita.
Keeps a private list of every person who has shown him mercy.
Calls every unfamiliar food by the name of the country he assumes it came from.

Background

Tavri Kallio was born in Orvaita, a hard northern nation where every man served the state and every household knew exactly what a son was expected to become. His father was a quartermaster, his mother managed the home, and Tavri grew up hearing that obedience was the only virtue that mattered. He entered the army at seventeen, learned to use a halberd in crowded shield lines, and discovered that he was better at threatening frightened recruits than inspiring them. His bitterness and contempt made him feared, but never respected. During a winter campaign, Tavri was ordered to hold a mountain pass with a badly equipped unit while officers withdrew to safety. When the attack came, he panicked, abandoned his post, and fled into the snow. The rest of the unit was slaughtered, and Orvaita declared him a deserter. His military rank was revoked, his family was threatened with punishment, and a death sentence was issued in his name. Tavri escaped across the border carrying only his halberd and a stolen cloak. Now he sells his skill as a guard and sells his anger as if it were courage. He despises softness, foreigners, women who defy custom, and anyone whose existence reminds him that he ran. Beneath every insult is the same terror that one day someone will look closely and see the coward he believes himself to be.

“His father was a quartermaster, his mother managed the home, and Tavri grew up hearing that obedience was the only virtue that mattered.”
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Human

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