Galen
Galen
Sheet
AC 13 · HP 12 · 25 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingWIS
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- Sleight of HandDEX
- Sleight of HandSTR
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
12 featuresAlways on
- Precise Strike
When When Galen hits with a finesse or ranged weapon and qualifies for Sneak Attack.
Galen strikes with a rapier or dagger, adding Sneak Attack damage when its conditions are met.
- Read the Vault
When When examining a door, corridor, chamber, or container before crossing or opening it.
Galen uses his tuning fork, chalk, and careful observation to inspect a passage for trip-wires, false floors, pressure plates, and mechanical hazards.
- ExpertiseLevel 1
Galen chooses Investigation and Thieves' Tools as his expertise. His proficiency bonus is doubled for ability checks using either proficiency.
- Sneak AttackLevel 1
Once per turn, Galen deals an extra 1d6 damage to one creature he hits with an attack if he has advantage on the attack roll, or if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it and Galen does not have disadvantage. The attack must use a finesse or ranged weapon.
- Thieves' CantLevel 1
Galen knows the secret cant of rogues and can recognize coded messages and signs used by members of the criminal underworld.
- TraitRock GnomeGnome Cunning, advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.
- TraitRock GnomeDarkvision, Galen can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light.
- TraitRock GnomeArtificer's Lore, Galen adds twice his proficiency bonus to Intelligence checks related to magical items, alchemical objects, or technological devices.
- TraitRock GnomeTinker, Galen is proficient with tinker's tools and can spend 1 hour and 10 gp worth of materials to construct a Tiny clockwork device.
- TraitRock GnomeSmall size.
- TraitRock GnomeWalking speed of 25 feet.
- Guild MembershipGuild Artisan, Vault Architect of the Gilded Weaver
As a respected member of the Gilded Weaver's craft guild, Galen can secure lodging, introductions, and basic assistance from artisans and guild members, provided he honors the guild's reputation and obligations.
Gear
11 itemsWeapons
- RapierA finely balanced one-handed finesse weapon favored for precise strikes in confined spaces.
- Shortbow and arrowsA ranged weapon with a quiver containing 20 arrows.
- 2×DaggersSmall backup blades balanced for throwing or close work.
Armor
- Leather armorLight protective armor made from dark, supple leather.
Tools
- Thieves' toolsA set of compact picks, probes, files, clamps, and tension tools for opening locks and disabling mechanisms.
- Tinker's toolsSmall precision tools used to construct and repair mechanical devices, including miniature gears, wires, clamps, lenses, and a hand drill.
- Jeweler's toolsFine tools for cutting, setting, and inspecting precious stones and decorative metalwork.
- Trip-wire tuning forkA small silver tuning fork that vibrates faintly near internal trip-wires, tensioned plates, and certain resonant locking mechanisms. It is a specialized mundane instrument, not a magical item.
Gear
- Burglar's PackA pack containing a backpack, ball bearings, string, bell, candles, crowbar, hammer, pitons, hooded lantern, oil, rations, tinderbox, and waterskin.
- Guild artisan's clothesA set of clean but practical guild clothes bearing a subtle golden spider-thread emblem.
Purse
- 15×Gold piecesA small purse containing Galen's remaining starting funds.
Appearance
Galen is a compact rock gnome with weathered copper-brown skin, bright amber eyes, and a narrow face framed by meticulously braided iron-gray hair. His left eyebrow is pierced with a tiny gold ring, and his fingers are stained with lampblack, silver polish, and powdered chalk. He wears fitted dark leather armor beneath a deep green work coat lined with pockets, loops, rulers, wedges, and delicate measuring instruments. A small silver tuning fork hangs from a cord at his throat, its prongs etched with concentric circles.
Mannerisms
Galen tilts his head before entering any room, as though listening to its bones. He taps metal objects with one fingernail, counts door hinges under his breath, and pauses mid-sentence whenever his tuning fork begins to hum.
Personality
Galen is patient, exacting, and quietly intense. He speaks to machines as if they are difficult colleagues, apologizing before dismantling them and congratulating them when they defeat a careless intruder. He dislikes grand speeches but remembers every detail of a person's hands, boots, tools, and habits. Beneath his professional reserve is a dry, mischievous humor that appears whenever someone insists a trap is obvious.
Ideals
Precision. Every structure tells the truth eventually. If I listen carefully enough, I can find the flaw before it becomes a catastrophe.
Bonds
The Gilded Weaver gave Galen purpose, status, and a place among people who value precision. He will risk himself to protect the guild's hidden workshops and to recover any stolen architectural plans bearing its golden spider seal.
Flaws
Galen cannot leave a mechanism unexplained. He will delay an escape, endanger a negotiation, or irritate an ally rather than accept that something merely works without knowing why. He also assumes that anyone who dislikes careful measurements is concealing either incompetence or treachery.
Quirks
Background
Galen was born beneath a bell foundry where every wall carried a different vibration. As a young gnome, he learned to distinguish a cracked support beam from a loose gear by sound alone. His talent brought him to the Gilded Weaver, first as an apprentice lockwright, then as a senior collector who escorted trusted agents through sealed galleries and forgotten vaults. He developed a reputation for returning with the goods, the team, and the vault's structural integrity intact. He is not the person who designed every trap, but he is the person who knows which corridor was rebuilt after the third collapse and which staircase should never be trusted after midnight.
“As a young gnome, he learned to distinguish a cracked support beam from a loose gear by sound alone.”
- Background
- Guild Artisan, Vault Architect of the Gilded Weaver
Connections
Species
Rock Gnome
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