Asuka Takamine
Asuka Takamine
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AC 14 · HP 165 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- PersuasionCHA
Armor
Weapons
Languages
Features
24 featuresAction
- Lay on HandsLevel 1
You have a pool of healing power that can restore a total of 100 hit points per long rest. As an action, you can touch a creature to restore any number of hit points from the pool, or expend 5 hit points from the pool to cure one disease or neutralize one poison affecting the creature.
- Extra AttackLevel 5
You gain an additional attack when you take the Attack action.
Always on
- Divine SenseLevel 1
You detect the presence of celestials, fiends, and undead within 60 feet of you until the end of your next turn. You can use this feature a number of times per long rest equal to 1 + your Charisma modifier.
- Fighting StyleLevel 2
At 2nd level you gain a fighting style. As a monk-like duelist and unarmed specialist, she uses Defense when armored or Dueling when wielding a sword and empty off-hand; for this build, the rules entry is noted as a chosen combat style.
- SpellcastingLevel 2
You can use spell slots to cast paladin spells you have prepared. Your spellcasting ability is Charisma.
- Divine SmiteLevel 2
When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can expend one spell slot to deal radiant damage in addition to the weapon's damage.
- Divine HealthLevel 3
You are immune to disease.
- Sacred Oath, Channel DivinityLevel 3
As a Devotion paladin, you can turn undead with Sacred Weapon and protect allies with Turn the Unholy? No, for Devotion this grants Channel Divinity options Sacred Weapon and Turn the Unholy, allowing you to add Charisma to attack rolls for 1 minute or force fiends and undead to flee.
- Oath SpellsLevel 3
You gain your oath spells, always prepared and not counting against prepared spells.
- Sacred WeaponLevel 3
You can use your Channel Divinity to imbue one weapon with radiant light, adding your Charisma modifier to attack rolls for 1 minute and causing it to shed bright light.
- Turn the UnholyLevel 3
You can use your Channel Divinity to present your holy symbol and force fiends and undead to make Wisdom saves or be turned.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
You gain an ability score improvement or feat.
- Aura of ProtectionLevel 6
You and friendly creatures within 10 feet add your Charisma modifier to saving throws while you are conscious.
- Aura of CourageLevel 10
You and friendly creatures within 10 feet cannot be frightened while conscious.
- Aura of DevotionLevel 7
You gain immunity to disease and possession, and creatures near you are protected against being charmed.
- Purity of SpiritLevel 15
Your divine power is so pure that you are always under the effects of a Protection from Evil and Good-like safeguard against possession and charm, as defined by the oath feature.
- Holy NimbusLevel 20
You can emanate an aura of sunlight, gaining flying radiant offense and shedding bright light for 1 minute while you and allies benefit from your holy radiance. As a Devotion paladin, this is your capstone burst of righteous power.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 8
You gain additional ability score improvements or feats.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 12
You gain additional ability score improvements or feats.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 16
You gain additional ability score improvements or feats.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 19
You gain additional ability score improvements or feats.
- TraitHumanExtra Language
- TraitHumanVersatility, represented here by a broad, adaptable human training tradition
- Position of PrivilegeNoble
People of high social station treat you as one of their own. You are welcome in high society, and common folk often defer to your manners and status.
Spells
12 spellsSpellcasting. Asuka Takamine casts with Charisma (spell save DC 19, to hit with spell attacks).
1st level (4 slots): , , , , ,
2nd level (3 slots):
3rd level (3 slots): ,
4th level (3 slots): ,
5th level (2 slots):
Gear
8 itemsWeapons
- Martial weaponA martial melee weapon of choice, often flavored as a katana or long sword.
- 5×JavelinFive javelins or similar thrown weapons.
Armor
- ShieldA shield bearing her family or personal emblem, if used.
Gear
- Signet ring and pedigree scrollA ceremonial signet ring identifying her noble house and a family pedigree scroll kept in a waterproof case.
- Fine clothesFine clothes suitable for formal meetings, court appearances, and negotiations.
- Explorer's packAn explorer's pack or priest's pack chosen as starting adventuring gear.
- Holy symbolA holy symbol, worn openly or kept in hand as a focus, representing her oath rather than a deity.
Purse
- Purse of goldA purse containing 25 gp.
Appearance
Asuka is a tall Japanese woman with a slender, rigorously trained frame, pale skin, and a poised, economical presence. Her short black hair is cut for function, her dark eyes are steady and unsparing, and a thin white scar runs from her left temple to her jawline. She favors modern training clothes, tight black pants, a fitted black tank top, a weathered dark gray tactical jacket, and reinforced black boots. She carries herself like a sword drawn only when needed, calm, balanced, and impossible to ignore.
Mannerisms
She speaks only after a measured pause, often with her hands folded behind her back or one thumb resting against the edge of her ring. In training, she corrects posture with a light touch and counts breath cycles under her voice. When angered, she becomes quieter rather than louder.
Personality
Quiet, disciplined, and exacting, Asuka values clarity over comfort and composure over display. She is deeply honorable, patient under pressure, and protective of those who show genuine effort. She rarely wastes words, but when she does speak, her tone is calm, precise, and impossible to mistake for uncertainty. She believes strength is earned through repetition, restraint, and the willingness to face discomfort without flinching.
Ideals
Self-mastery. A person is not defined by pain, fear, or loss, but by the discipline that lets them endure all three without surrendering their principles.
Bonds
She keeps a small memorial token for the family and retainers she lost, and she will not let their names be forgotten. She feels responsible for every student she accepts, as if each one is a life she must guide more carefully than she was guided herself.
Flaws
She is merciless in her expectations and can mistake emotional vulnerability for weakness. She struggles to trust people who improvise instead of preparing, and when her standards are not met she becomes icy, withdrawn, and cutting. Her need for control can make her blind to kinder solutions.
Quirks
Background
Asuka was born into a respected Japanese samurai line, a household where etiquette, discipline, and martial precision were treated as inseparable virtues. From childhood she was taught to kneel correctly before she learned to run, to breathe in time with a blade, and to treat the mind as the first battlefield. She excelled early, not through exuberance but through control, the kind that made elders speak of her as if she had been carved from patience itself. In time she became less a daughter of privilege than a living vow, a woman who believed strength meant mastering every flicker of fear before it could shape her hand. That certainty shattered when her clan was betrayed and torn apart by enemies who exploited both steel and treachery. Asuka survived, but survival was not enough for her. She answered grief with structure, turning anguish into a brutal regimen of meditation, drill, and relentless self-examination. She left her homeland carrying little besides a formal code, the memory of those lost, and the conviction that calm under pressure is the truest form of victory. In the modern training facility where she now instructs others, she is known as a severe but fair mentor, one who demands more from her students than talent. She wants composure, courage, and the ability to stand unbroken when every instinct begs them to yield.
“She excelled early, not through exuberance but through control, the kind that made elders speak of her as if she had been carved from patience itself.”
- Background
- Noble
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Species
Human
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