Gawain
Gawain
Sheet
AC 21 · HP 204 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AthleticsSTR
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- PerceptionWIS
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
Armor
Weapons
Languages
Features
21 featuresAction
- Divine SenseLevel 1
As an action, sense celestials, fiends, and undead within 60 feet, and identify consecrated or desecrated places and objects. Uses equal to 1 + Charisma modifier per long rest.
- Lay on HandsLevel 1
A healing pool of 100 hit points per long rest. As an action, touch a creature to restore hit points from the pool, or spend 5 points to cure one disease or neutralize one poison.
- Extra AttackLevel 5
Attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
- Cleansing TouchLevel 14
As an action, end one spell on yourself or a willing creature you touch. Uses equal to your Charisma modifier per long rest.
Bonus action
- Channel DivinityLevel 3
Channel Divinity once per short or long rest. Champion Challenge: creatures of choice within 30 feet must succeed on a Wisdom save or be unable to willingly move farther than 30 feet away from you. Turn the Tide: as a bonus action, creatures of choice within 30 feet regain 1d6 + 4 hit points if they have no more than half their hit points.
- Exalted ChampionLevel 20
You can use Champion Challenge as a bonus action. Creatures affected by it also have disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you, unless that target is also affected by Champion Challenge.
Reaction
- Divine AllegianceLevel 7
When a creature within 5 feet takes damage, you can use your reaction to take that damage instead. This feature does not transfer other effects accompanying the damage.
Always on
- SpellcastingLevel 2
Paladin spellcasting. Prepare paladin spells after a long rest; the number prepared is Charisma modifier + half paladin level, rounded down. Oath spells are always prepared.
- Fighting Style: DefenseLevel 2
Choose Defense. While wearing armor, gain +1 AC.
- Divine SmiteLevel 2
When hitting with a melee weapon attack, expend a spell slot to deal radiant damage: 2d8 for a 1st-level slot, plus 1d8 per slot level above 1st, to a maximum of 5d8. Add 1d8 against fiends and undead.
- Divine HealthLevel 3
Immune to disease.
- Sacred Oath: Oath of the CrownLevel 3
Swear the Oath of the Crown, pledging loyalty to civilization, law, and the defense of the realm. Gain the oath spells listed in the spell section.
- Aura of ProtectionLevel 6
You and friendly creatures within 10 feet gain a bonus to saving throws equal to your Charisma modifier, minimum +1. You must be conscious.
- Aura of CourageLevel 10
You and friendly creatures within 10 feet cannot be frightened while you are conscious.
- Improved Divine SmiteLevel 11
Your melee weapon hits deal an extra 1d8 radiant damage.
- Unyielding SpiritLevel 15
You and friendly creatures within 10 feet gain advantage on saving throws against being paralyzed or stunned while you are conscious.
- Exalted Champion: Protective AuraLevel 20
While Exalted Champion is active, you gain resistance to nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, and your allies have advantage on death saving throws and saving throws against Wisdom effects. It lasts 1 hour or until you dismiss it, and can be used once per long rest.
- DarkvisionHalf-ElfSee in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light, discerning colors only as shades of gray.
- Fey AncestryHalf-ElfAdvantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic cannot put you to sleep.
- Skill VersatilityHalf-ElfProficiency in two additional skills, Insight and Perception.
- Position of PrivilegeNoble
People of high birth treat Gawain as a member of the ruling class. He can secure an audience with local nobility, and commoners make efforts to accommodate him, though they are not required to obey him.
Spells
22 spellsSpellcasting. Gawain casts with Charisma (spell save DC 18, to hit with spell attacks).
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2nd level (3 slots): , , ,
3rd level (3 slots): , , ,
4th level (3 slots): , , ,
5th level (2 slots): , , ,
Gear
12 itemsWeapons
- LongswordA finely balanced martial sword, kept plain rather than jeweled.
- Light crossbowA compact crossbow with a leather case.
Armor
- Plate armorFull plate armor, maintained to a high polish.
- ShieldA sturdy shield bearing a simple sunburst insignia.
Gear
- 20×BoltsAmmunition for the crossbow.
- Holy symbolA holy symbol worked into the face of his signet ring.
- Traveler's clothesA heavy traveling cloak and practical clothes suitable for a journey.
- Fine clothesA set of fine clothes for court appearances.
- Signet ringA signet ring marking his noble house.
- Scroll of pedigreeA sealed record of his lineage and the house’s obligations.
- Belt pouchA pouch of coin for ordinary travel expenses.
Purse
- 25×Gold piecesA small amount of spending money.
Appearance
Gawain is a broad-shouldered half-elf with warm umber skin, dark brown hair worn to his collar, and a carefully kept beard threaded with silver. His formal posture is almost unnaturally still, though he favors his left side when turning, as if always leaving room for someone to pass on his right. His hands are unusually broad and steady, with polished calluses from years of sword practice and the habit of arranging objects into precise lines. He wears well-maintained plate with a plain sunburst insignia, a deep green cloak, and a signet ring.
Mannerisms
He stands very still while others speak, then answers in measured sentences. When thinking, he squares whatever is nearest to him with the edge of a table. He turns with his left side slightly forward and offers his right hand first.
Personality
Measured, courteous, and difficult to provoke, Gawain prefers explicit terms to vague assurances. He gives servants and nobles the same attentive hearing, though he can sound more like a magistrate than a friend. He respects people who keep their word, even when the promise costs them.
Ideals
Order. A just law, applied consistently, protects the vulnerable from the whims of the powerful. When a law is unjust, it must be amended openly, not ignored for convenience.
Bonds
He is bound to protect the common people of his family’s lands, even when their needs conflict with his relatives’ political interests. He keeps his mother’s handwritten account of an old treaty and intends to see its obligations honored.
Flaws
He treats procedure as a safeguard even when it has become an excuse for delay. Once he decides that an oath has been broken, he finds it difficult to distinguish justice from punishment.
Quirks
Background
Gawain was born into a human noble house whose treaties and succession claims were always more complicated than its family portraits suggested. His elven mother taught him to listen through a whole argument before answering; his human father taught him that a promise made in public could hold a province together. At court, Gawain learned the duties of rank, but his half-elven life also taught him what it meant to be treated as an outsider in both family histories. He found his place in the household guard, where patient drills and clear obligations mattered more than pedigree.
“He found his place in the household guard, where patient drills and clear obligations mattered more than pedigree.”
- Background
- Noble
Connections
Species
Half-Elf
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