Kaien Sevrin
Kaien Sevrin
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AC 11 · HP 8 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingWIS
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Weapons
Languages
Features
13 featuresAlways on
- Fire Bolt
When Action
Kaien releases a mote of flame that streaks toward a creature within range, making a ranged spell attack.
- Ray of Frost
When Action
Kaien launches a freezing ray at a creature within range, making a ranged spell attack and reducing its speed on a hit.
- Mage Hand
When Action
Kaien conjures a spectral hand that can manipulate objects, open doors, retrieve items, and perform other simple tasks.
- Minor Illusion
When Action
Kaien creates a sound or image within range that lasts briefly and is useful for distraction, investigation, or misdirection.
- Shield
When Reaction when hit by an attack or targeted by Magic Missile
When Kaien is attacked, he can conjure an invisible barrier of magical force, gaining a significant temporary increase to AC and protection against the triggering attack.
- Magic Missile
When Action
Kaien creates three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart automatically strikes a creature he can see and deals force damage.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
Kaien is a spellcaster. Charisma is his spellcasting ability. He can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus and knows four sorcerer cantrips and two 1st-level sorcerer spells.
- Draconic AncestorLevel 1
Kaien's sorcerous power comes from an ancient draconic bloodline. He gains proficiency in Draconic, and his proficiency bonus is doubled for any Charisma check he makes when interacting with dragons.
- Draconic ResilienceLevel 1
Kaien's hit point maximum increases by 1 for each sorcerer level. His skin bears faint draconic traces, granting him a base Armor Class of 13 plus his Dexterity modifier when he is not wearing armor. His AC is 14 from this feature.
- TraitTieflingDarkvision, allowing sight in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light.
- TraitTieflingHellish Resistance, granting resistance to fire damage.
- TraitTieflingInfernal Legacy, granting the Thaumaturgy cantrip. Charisma is the spellcasting ability for this spell.
- ResearcherSage
Kaien is a researcher, scholar, and keeper of obscure lore. When he does not know a piece of information, he usually knows where and from whom it can be obtained. Libraries, universities, observatories, monasteries, and learned societies often recognize his credentials or provide limited assistance.
Spells
6 spellsSpellcasting. Kaien Sevrin casts with Charisma (spell save DC 13, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): , , ,
1st level (2 slots): ,
Gear
12 itemsWeapons
- Light crossbowA light crossbow suitable for ranged attacks, with a wooden stock and iron fittings.
- DaggerA simple blade kept at Kaien's belt for emergencies and utility.
Tools
- Small knifeA small knife used for sharpening quills and cutting parchment.
Gear
- 20×Crossbow boltsAmmunition for the light crossbow.
- Arcane focusA brass astrolabe used as Kaien's spellcasting focus.
- Scholar's packA pack containing a backpack, a book of lore, a bottle of ink, an ink pen, ten sheets of parchment, a little bag of sand, and a small knife.
- InkA bottle of black ink.
- QuillA feather quill for recording observations and spells.
- Letter from a dead colleagueA letter from a dead colleague posing a question Kaien has not yet been able to answer.
- Common clothesPlain clothing appropriate for a traveling scholar.
- PouchA coin pouch containing starting funds.
Purse
- 10×Gold piecesStarting currency.
Appearance
Kaien is a lean, sharp-featured tiefling with deep umber-red skin, swept-back black hair, and curved obsidian horns marked by faint bronze ridges. His eyes glow pale gold when he casts, and a narrow tail curls beneath his dark scholar's robes. He carries an arcane focus fashioned from a brass astrolabe, its tiny rings turning whenever his magic stirs.
Mannerisms
Kaien pauses before answering, as though arranging facts in his mind. He often traces invisible constellations in the air while thinking, adjusts the rotating rings of his astrolabe when nervous, and speaks in a quiet, precise voice that becomes unexpectedly intense when discussing magic or astronomy.
Personality
I observe before I act, and I rarely speak unless I have something of value to say. Kaien is patient, analytical, and quietly compassionate. He listens closely to frightened people and treats every problem as something that can be understood, even when it first appears supernatural or impossible.
Ideals
Knowledge is the truest path to freedom, and ignorance the surest to ruin. Truth should be preserved and shared, especially when those in power would prefer it buried.
Bonds
The observatory and the mentors who nurtured me owe everything to the truth. I will protect their work, recover their lost records, and expose anyone who would twist knowledge into oppression.
Flaws
I can be so focused on grand mysteries that I overlook what is directly in front of me. I also have difficulty accepting an unanswered question, even when pursuing its answer puts innocent people at risk.
Quirks
Background
Kaien Sevrin was born beneath an eclipse, an event that his tiefling family considered an omen and the astronomers of the nearby observatory considered an invitation. His unusual sensitivity to magic first appeared when he was a child, when the brass instruments in the observatory began to rotate whenever he became frightened or angry. Rather than fear him, the observatory's mentors taught him to read the heavens, record magical anomalies, and distinguish superstition from evidence. In time, Kaien discovered that the power in his blood was not learned through study, but awakened through it, manifesting as bursts of cold flame, spectral light, and draconic force. His mentors named the phenomenon a dormant draconic inheritance, possibly descended from an ancient celestial dragon whose presence had once influenced the region's skies.
“Rather than fear him, the observatory's mentors taught him to read the heavens, record magical anomalies, and distinguish superstition from evidence.”
- Background
- Sage
Connections
Species
Tiefling
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