Rika
Rika
Sheet
AC 20 · HP 94 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AthleticsSTR
- InsightWIS
- PerceptionWIS
- PersuasionCHA
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
30 featuresBonus action
- Second WindLevel 1
Once per short or long rest, Rika can use a bonus action to regain 1d10 + fighter level hit points.
Always on
- Precision Strike
When Hit with a weapon attack
When Rika hits a creature with a weapon attack, she can expend a superiority die to add it to the damage roll.
- Trip Attack
When Hit with a weapon attack
Rika can add a superiority die to a weapon attack roll after seeing the d20, helping ensure a crucial strike lands.
- Commander's Strike
When On her turn, to aid an ally
Rika can use a superiority die to help an ally who can hear her by adding it to that ally's attack roll.
- Parry
When When damaged by a melee attack
Rika can use a superiority die to add to a Strength check or Strength saving throw, reinforcing her physical control.
- Riposte
When When a creature misses her with a melee attack
Rika can use a superiority die to reduce damage from a melee attack by adding her proficiency bonus to AC against that attack.
- Pushing Attack
When Hit with a weapon attack
Rika can use a superiority die to move a creature and possibly set up allies for advantage.
- Distracting Strike
When Hit with a weapon attack
Rika can use a superiority die to add to an attack roll against a creature, making a steady and deliberate strike.
- Fighting Style, DefenseLevel 1
Choose a fighting style. Rika fights with sword and shield, so she prefers Defense, which grants a +1 bonus to AC while wearing armor.
- Action SurgeLevel 2
Once per short or long rest, Rika can take one additional action on her turn.
- Martial Archetype, Battle MasterLevel 3
Rika chooses the Battle Master martial archetype. She learns Combat Superiority, gaining superiority dice and maneuvers that let her control the battlefield with precision.
- Combat SuperiorityLevel 3
Rika learns three maneuvers of her choice, and uses superiority dice to fuel them.
- Superiority DiceLevel 3
Rika gains one superiority die, which is a d8 at this level, and has 4 superiority dice. She regains all expended superiority dice when she finishes a short or long rest.
- ManeuversLevel 3
Rika can add her superiority die to the damage of an attack after she hits, helping her strike with punishing force.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
Rika improves one ability score or takes a feat. Here she has strengthened her physique for the front line.
- Extra AttackLevel 5
Rika can attack twice, instead of once, whenever she takes the Attack action on her turn.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 6
Rika improves one ability score or takes a feat. Here she has hardened her endurance for the long road.
- Know Your EnemyLevel 7
Rika learns two additional maneuvers of her choice, expanding her tactical options.
- Improved Combat SuperiorityLevel 7
Rika learns two additional maneuvers of her choice, and her battlefield control deepens.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 8
Rika improves one ability score or takes a feat. Here she has refined her speed and reflexes in armor.
- IndomitableLevel 9
Rika can reroll a failed saving throw once per long rest.
- Improved Combat SuperiorityLevel 10
Rika learns two additional maneuvers of her choice, reaching seven total maneuvers known as a master of tactical fighting.
- TraitHigh ElfDarkvision
- TraitHigh ElfKeen Senses
- TraitHigh ElfFey Ancestry
- TraitHigh ElfTrance
- TraitHigh ElfElf Weapon Training
- CantripHigh Elfone wizard cantrip of your choice
- TraitHigh ElfExtra Language
- Guild MembershipGuild Artisan
Rika can secure shelter, food, and support from guild artisans and craftsmen who recognize her trade and the value of her work. She can also find contacts within guild networks who can help her obtain goods, services, or information.
Gear
7 itemsWeapons
- LongswordA finely maintained longsword, the weapon she trusts to defend others.
- DaggerA martial melee weapon carried as a backup and token of her training.
Armor
- Plate ArmorHeavy armor, sturdy forged plate fitted for battle. This is the armor she wears over her hidden body and helm.
- ShieldA steel shield emblazoned with her guild marks and polished until it reflects only light, never her face.
Tools
- Smith's ToolsA set of artisan's tools associated with her guild craft.
Gear
- Dungeoneer's PackA dungeoneer's pack containing practical adventuring gear.
- Letter of IntroductionA letter of introduction from her guild, granting her credibility and contacts among craftsmen.
Appearance
Rika is a tall, broad-shouldered elf woman in polished heavy armor, always fully helm-encased and never seen without it. Her shield bears the careful workmanship of a guild artisan, and her longsword is impeccably maintained. She carries herself with rigid discipline, but her body language softens when she speaks to children, craftsmen, or anyone else she believes has been judged too quickly.
Mannerisms
She speaks in a low, careful voice and rarely removes her helmet, even in private. When embarrassed, she turns her face away sharply and clenches the rim of her shield. She has the habit of rubbing her thumb over the edge of her gauntlet as if checking that her armor is still in place. Around trusted companions she is surprisingly gentle, often offering practical help before accepting kindness herself.
Personality
Rika is solemn, disciplined, and unexpectedly kind. She works hardest for people who have been mocked, hidden, or abandoned, and she prefers actions over speeches. She is polite to a fault in formal settings, but her gentleness turns to iron whenever cruelty is aimed at the vulnerable.
Ideals
Compassion. No one should be discarded for suffering, deformity, or weakness. A person's worth is measured by what they protect and build, not by how pleasing they look to others.
Bonds
Her adoptive father is the first person who ever treated her as worthy, and she protects his memory, his tools, and the values he taught her with fierce devotion. She is also bound to the hope that she can find a true cure or restorative magic for her face, not for vanity alone, but to end the pain that still rules her life.
Flaws
She is consumed by shame and cannot bear to see her own face, which can make her freeze, cry, or lash out if her helmet is removed or a reflection catches her unprepared. She is also so desperate to be fixed that she may trust questionable healers, relics, or promises of restoration if they sound even slightly real.
Quirks
Background
Rika was born to a noble elven house, but the beauty her family prized never reached her face. The complications of her birth left her features badly disfigured, and her mother wept to hold her while her father and household decided the scandal of her appearance mattered more than her life. She was abandoned against her mother's will, left to become a shame hidden behind locked doors and polite lies. She survived because a blind old artisan found her and saw no horror in what sighted people feared. He took her in, fitted her with a helmet she has never removed since, and taught her how to work with steel, leather, and patience. In time she earned a place in the artisans' guild, where discipline and craftsmanship gave her dignity. She later took up the sword and shield not to conquer, but to keep others from being cast aside as she was. Now she adventures with a single, desperate hope, that somewhere in the world there is a way to mend what was broken at her birth, though her shame still overwhelms her whenever she is forced to confront her own reflection.
“She was abandoned against her mother's will, left to become a shame hidden behind locked doors and polite lies.”
- Background
- Guild Artisan
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Species
High Elf
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