Beren Veyran
Beren Veyran
Sheet
AC 18 · HP 45 · 30 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
Languages
Features
18 featuresAction
- Sacred Weapon
When Use Channel Divinity as an action
As an action, Beren presents his holy symbol and causes one weapon he holds to become magical, gain a +2 attack bonus from his Charisma modifier, and shed bright light for 20 feet plus dim light for 20 feet beyond that. The effect lasts 1 minute or until he uses the feature again.
- Turn the Unholy
When Use Channel Divinity as an action
As an action, Beren presents his holy symbol. Each fiend or undead within 30 feet that can see or hear him must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the creature is turned for 1 minute or until it takes damage.
- Divine SenseLevel 1
As an action, Beren can sense the location of any celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet that is not behind total cover. He can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 plus his Charisma modifier, and regains all uses after a long rest. He can also detect consecrated or desecrated places and objects.
- Lay on HandsLevel 1
Beren has a pool of healing power that restores 25 hit points per long rest. As an action, he can touch a creature and restore any amount from the pool. He can expend 5 points to cure one disease or neutralize one poison, and can use multiple expenditures for multiple conditions.
- Channel DivinityLevel 3
As an action, Beren can present his holy symbol and use Channel Divinity to cast Sacred Weapon. For 1 minute, one weapon he holds gains a bonus to attack rolls equal to his Charisma modifier, emits bright light, and counts as magical. He can also use Turn the Unholy, forcing fiends and undead within 30 feet to make a Wisdom saving throw or become turned for 1 minute.
Always on
- Extra AttackLevel 5
When Take the Attack action
Beren makes two melee weapon attacks when he takes the Attack action.
- Fighting Style, DefenseLevel 2
Beren can choose a Fighting Style. He has chosen Defense, gaining a +1 bonus to AC while wearing armor.
- Divine SmiteLevel 2
Beren can expend a spell slot when he hits with a melee weapon attack to deal radiant damage in addition to the weapon's damage. The extra damage is 2d8 for a 1st-level slot, plus 1d8 for each slot level above 1st, to a maximum of 5d8. The damage increases by 1d8 against undead or fiends.
- SpellcastingLevel 2
Beren has learned to channel divine magic through prayer. His spellcasting ability is Charisma, and he can prepare four paladin spells after each long rest, in addition to his oath spells.
- Divine HealthLevel 3
Beren is immune to disease.
- Sacred Oath, Oath of DevotionLevel 3
Beren swears the Oath of Devotion and gains its oath features. His oath is to uphold honesty, courage, compassion, and honor.
- Aura of ProtectionLevel 6
Beren can add his Charisma modifier to every saving throw he makes, including death saves. This feature is gained at a later paladin level and is not yet active, but it is part of the paladin progression.
- Ability Score IncreaseHuman+1 to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.
- SizeHumanMedium.
- SpeedHuman30 feet.
- LanguagesHumanCommon and one additional language.
- TraitHumanHumans reach adulthood in their late teens and commonly live less than a century.
- Position of PrivilegeNoble
Beren is welcome in high society and can secure an audience with local nobles, provided his behavior remains respectful and his identity is known. Common folk may also treat him as a person of consequence because of his bearing and family name.
Spells
6 spellsSpellcasting. Beren Veyran casts with Charisma (spell save DC 13, to hit with spell attacks).
1st level (4 slots): , , ,
2nd level (2 slots): ,
Gear
10 itemsWeapons
- LongswordA finely balanced longsword with a leather-wrapped hilt
- 5×JavelinJavelins suitable for throwing or close defense
Armor
- Chain mailPolished chain mail worn beneath a blue and gold tabard
- ShieldA steel shield bearing the Veyran family sunburst
Gear
- Priest's packA pack containing a blanket, ten torches, tinderbox, rations, waterskin, and other travel supplies
- Holy symbolAn amulet engraved with a sunburst, used as a holy symbol
- Fine clothesElegant but practical clothing appropriate for a minor noble
- Signet ringA gold signet ring bearing the Veyran family crest
Purse
- PurseMoney kept in a small leather purse
- 25×Gold piecesStarting wealth from his noble upbringing
Appearance
Beren is a broad-shouldered human man with warm brown skin, a square jaw, and calm hazel eyes. His dark hair is kept short and neatly combed, with a trimmed beard beginning to show silver at the chin. He wears polished chain mail beneath a deep blue tabard bearing a simple gold sunburst, and carries himself with the careful dignity of someone raised in a noble household. A narrow scar crosses his left palm, a reminder of the oath he swore over a family relic.
Mannerisms
Beren straightens his gloves before making a difficult decision, addresses servants and nobles with the same formal courtesy, and lowers his voice rather than raising it when angry. He often pauses beside bridges and gates to inspect their construction out of habit.
Personality
Beren is patient, courteous, and attentive to people who are usually ignored. He keeps his promises with almost stubborn precision and prefers to solve disputes through calm conversation before drawing steel. Beneath his composed manners is a fierce protective instinct, especially toward travelers, servants, and children.
Ideals
Duty. A person born to privilege owes protection to those without it. Honor is not inherited, it is proven through difficult choices made when no one is watching.
Bonds
He is sworn to protect the people who travel the roads maintained by his family, and he will risk himself to defend his younger sister, Neda, from the political enemies gathering around their house.
Flaws
He is slow to forgive public disrespect, especially when it is directed at someone under his protection. Beren sometimes mistakes certainty for moral clarity and can become rigid when compassion would require him to bend a rule.
Quirks
Background
Beren Veyran was born into a minor human noble house whose wealth came from maintaining roads, bridges, and fortified waystations along a busy trade route. His family taught him etiquette, letters, and the responsibilities of rank, but Beren was more interested in the household guards than in courtly amusements. He learned that a title was useful only when it placed a person between danger and those who could not withstand it themselves. When bandits burned one of the family waystations and several servants were trapped inside, Beren entered the fire to bring them out. He survived with little more than a scar on his palm, but the event left him convinced that privilege without courage was merely decoration. He later trained under a stern temple knight who recognized both his physical strength and his instinctive devotion to fairness. Beren took the Oath of Devotion before a small shrine attended by travelers, laborers, and his own frightened younger sister. Since then, he has traveled beyond his family estate, offering protection where the law is absent and confronting corrupt officials where the law has been twisted into a weapon. He still writes to his family every month, still knows which fork belongs with each course, and still feels the pull of his old life. His greatest challenge is learning that honor is not the same as reputation, and that doing what is right may sometimes require disappointing the people whose approval once defined him.
“He learned that a title was useful only when it placed a person between danger and those who could not withstand it themselves.”
- Background
- Noble
Connections
Species
Human
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