Arioch
Arioch
Sheet
AC 15 · HP 55 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Weapons
Languages
Features
21 featuresAction
- Arcane Recovery ImprovementLevel 5
You can use your action to regain expended spell slots with a combined level equal to or less than half your wizard level, rounded up. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before using it again. At 9th level, you can recover up to five slot levels.
Always on
- Arcane WardLevel 2
When When Arioch casts an abjuration spell of 1st level or higher
Arioch invokes a warding sigil, creating or reinforcing his Arcane Ward when he casts an abjuration spell of 1st level or higher.
- Projected WardLevel 6
When When a creature within 30 feet takes damage
Arioch projects his Arcane Ward onto a creature within 30 feet, using his reaction to reduce damage dealt to that creature.
- Arcane RecoveryLevel 1
When During a short rest
Arioch regains expended spell slots during a short rest, up to a combined total of five spell levels once per long rest.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. You can prepare a number of wizard spells equal to your Intelligence modifier plus your wizard level. Your spellbook contains the wizard spells you know.
- Arcane Tradition, School of AbjurationLevel 2
Choose the School of Abjuration as your arcane tradition. The gold and time you must spend to copy an abjuration spell into your spellbook is halved.
- Ritual CastingLevel 2
You can cast a ritual spell from your spellbook without having it prepared.
- Spellbook ExpansionLevel 3
You can add two additional wizard spells to your spellbook whenever you gain a wizard level.
- Spellbook ExpansionLevel 5
You can add two additional wizard spells to your spellbook whenever you gain a wizard level.
- Spellbook ExpansionLevel 6
You can add two additional wizard spells to your spellbook whenever you gain a wizard level.
- Spellbook ExpansionLevel 7
You can add two additional wizard spells to your spellbook whenever you gain a wizard level.
- Spellbook ExpansionLevel 8
You can add two additional wizard spells to your spellbook whenever you gain a wizard level.
- Spellbook ExpansionLevel 9
You can add two additional wizard spells to your spellbook whenever you gain a wizard level.
- TraitHigh ElfDarkvision, you can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light.
- TraitHigh ElfFey Ancestry, you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic cannot put you to sleep.
- TraitHigh ElfTrance, you do not need to sleep and can finish a long rest in four hours by meditating.
- TraitHigh ElfKeen Senses, you are proficient in the Perception skill.
- TraitHigh ElfElf Weapon Training, you are proficient with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.
- TraitHigh ElfCantrip, you know one cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it.
- TraitHigh ElfExtra Language, you can speak, read, and write one additional language, chosen here as Celestial.
- Position of PrivilegeNoble
Arioch can secure an audience with nobles and other members of high society. He is welcome in high society and is expected to be treated as a person of standing. Commoners may also make every effort to accommodate him, though they are not obliged to do so.
Spells
22 spellsSpellcasting. Arioch casts with Intelligence (spell save DC 17, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): , ,
1st level (4 slots): , , , , ,
2nd level (3 slots): , , , ,
3rd level (3 slots): , ,
4th level (3 slots): , ,
5th level (1 slot): ,
Gear
8 itemsWeapons
- QuarterstaffA polished ash quarterstaff capped with silver, used as both a weapon and a symbol of office.
Gear
- Component pouchA leather pouch containing prepared reagents, inks, chalk, and other material components.
- Scholar's packA sturdy scholar's pack containing a backpack, a book of lore, ink, quill, parchment, sand, a small knife, and tinderbox.
- SpellbookA bound spellbook containing Arioch's recorded wizard spells and family annotations.
- Fine clothesElegant noble clothing suitable for court appearances and formal audiences.
- Signet ringA signet ring bearing the crest of Arioch's noble house.
- Scroll of pedigreeA scroll recording his family lineage and claims of ancient elven sovereignty.
Purse
- PurseMoney carried for personal expenses and social obligations.
Appearance
Arioch is a tall, slender high elf with silver-blond hair worn in a severe braid and cool amber eyes that rarely reveal surprise. His long-fingered hands are stained faintly with ink and powdered spell components, with calluses along the thumb and forefinger from years of gripping a staff and turning brittle spellbook pages. He smiles infrequently, but when he does, his pointed incisors show clearly, giving his otherwise aristocratic expression a predatory edge. He dresses in deep green and midnight blue robes beneath a finely tailored nobleman's mantle, embroidered with a crest depicting a rising sun behind an elven crown.
Mannerisms
Arioch maintains impeccable posture and addresses strangers according to their perceived station. He taps the butt of his staff three times before casting a serious spell, pauses to inspect his fingernails while judging an argument, and pronounces ancient elven names with exaggerated precision. When angered, he becomes quieter and more formal rather than raising his voice.
Personality
Arioch is patient, cultivated, and intensely deliberate. He speaks as though every conversation is a negotiation between courts, even when discussing mundane matters. He admires competence wherever he finds it, but his praise often carries the uncomfortable implication that the person being praised has temporarily risen above their station. Beneath his composed exterior is a fierce hunger for power and a fear that his people will fade into irrelevance before he can restore them.
Ideals
Restoration. The world must remember the order that existed before elven realms were broken. I will master enough power to restore elven rule, not for personal glory, but because only elves possess the wisdom and longevity to guide civilization properly.
Bonds
The sealed family archive beneath his ancestral estate contains a prophecy and a ritual that may restore elven dominion, but its final pages were stolen during a human-sponsored excavation. Arioch will recover those pages, even if doing so requires alliances with people he considers temporary necessities. He is also bound to the surviving members of his house, whose restoration of status depends upon his success.
Flaws
Arioch regards compromise as a temporary concession and equality as an unfortunate stage in history. He is quick to dismiss talented non-elves as useful tools rather than potential equals, and he cannot resist correcting anyone who misstates elven history. His confidence in his own destiny often blinds him to the possibility that the world may not want the future he intends to create.
Quirks
Background
Arioch was born into one of the oldest surviving elven houses, a family that remembers when elven courts ruled broad forests, shining river valleys, and cities whose towers touched the clouds. His education was shaped by that memory. Tutors taught him history as a ledger of stolen kingdoms, etiquette as a weapon for reclaiming influence, and magic as the only force capable of restoring what time and mortal ambition had taken. He excelled at every lesson, especially the study of wards, counterspells, and ancient arcane traditions preserved in fragments by his family.
“He excelled at every lesson, especially the study of wards, counterspells, and ancient arcane traditions preserved in fragments by his family.”
- Background
- Noble
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Species
High Elf
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