Asuka
Asuka
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AC 19 · HP 165 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- PersuasionCHA
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Features
18 featuresAction
- Channel DivinityLevel 3
As an action, she presents her holy focus and channels divine power to either add her Charisma modifier to attack rolls for 1 minute using Sacred Weapon, or force fiends and undead to flee using Turn the Unholy.
- Cleansing TouchLevel 14
She can use an action to end one spell on herself or on one willing creature she touches, ending one spell effect of 3rd level or lower for every five paladin levels worth of power she possesses, with a total of five spell levels per use.
Always on
- Divine SenseLevel 1
As a divine champion, Asuka draws power from conviction rather than worship, gaining the ability to sense celestials, fiends, and undead within 60 feet, and to locate consecrated or desecrated places or objects with her holy awareness.
- Lay on HandsLevel 1
She can heal wounds by touch, restoring a total of 100 hit points per long rest from a fixed pool, and can cure disease and poison by expending points from that pool.
- Fighting Style, DefenseLevel 2
At 2nd level she adopts a martial style. Defense is chosen here, granting a +1 bonus to AC while wearing armor.
- SpellcastingLevel 2
She can cast paladin spells using Charisma as her spellcasting ability. She prepares a number of spells equal to her paladin level plus her Charisma modifier, and she can expend spell slots to fuel her divine magic.
- Divine SmiteLevel 2
When she hits a creature with a melee weapon attack, she can expend a spell slot to deal radiant damage in addition to the weapon's damage, with extra damage scaling by spell slot level and against fiends or undead.
- Divine HealthLevel 3
She is immune to disease, her disciplined body refusing to be corrupted by mortal illness.
- Sacred OathLevel 3
At 3rd level she swears the Oath of Devotion, binding herself to honesty, courage, compassion, honor, and duty. She gains oath spells and sacred powers tied to that ideal.
- Aura of DevotionLevel 7
She projects a 10 foot aura of warding discipline. She and friendly creatures within the aura cannot be charmed while she is conscious.
- Aura of ProtectionLevel 6
She and allies within 10 feet add her Charisma modifier to all saving throws, as long as she is conscious.
- Aura of CourageLevel 10
Friendly creatures within 10 feet of her cannot be frightened while she is conscious.
- Improved Divine SmiteLevel 11
Her weapon strikes carry persistent radiant force. Whenever she hits with a melee weapon, the attack deals an extra 1d8 radiant damage.
- Purity of SpiritLevel 15
She and her allies within 10 feet cannot be charmed or frightened, and she radiates a steadier, more complete moral certainty that makes mental coercion far less effective.
- Holy NimbusLevel 20
Once per long rest, she can unleash a blazing aura for 1 minute. Bright light fills a 30 foot radius, enemies that start their turn in the aura take radiant damage, and she and her allies gain resistance to damage from undead and fiends while the aura persists.
- TraitHumanAbility Score Increase, +1 to all ability scores
- TraitHumanExtra Language
- Position of PrivilegeNoble
Due to her family name and status, Asuka can secure an audience with high society, officers, administrators, and other people of influence. She can often obtain hospitality among the upper class, and people tend to assume she belongs in places of rank and authority until she proves otherwise.
Spells
25 spellsSpellcasting. Asuka casts with Charisma (spell save DC 19, to hit with spell attacks).
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Gear
7 itemsWeapons
- LongswordA polished longsword chosen as her principal sidearm and training blade.
Armor
- ShieldA protective shield used in both battle and drill sessions.
- Chain MailHeavy chainmail armor, worn under or over modern tactical layers when needed for training or combat.
Gear
- Explorer's PackAn explorer's pack containing gear for extended missions.
- Fine ClothesA set of fine clothes suitable for meetings with patrons, officials, and other elite contacts.
- Signet RingA signet ring bearing her family crest.
- Scroll of PedigreeA scroll of pedigree or lineage recorded with her noble house.
Appearance
Asuka is a six foot tall human woman with a slender, disciplined build and the poised balance of a lifelong martial artist. Her skin is pale, her face refined but firm, with high cheekbones, a strong jawline, and dark eyes that seem to measure every room before she speaks. Her black hair is cut short in a practical style that frames her face cleanly, and a thin white scar runs from her left temple toward her jaw. She favors a fitted black tank top, tight black tactical pants, a dark gray battle-worn jacket, and reinforced black leather boots, clothing that looks modern but moves like armor in her hands.
Mannerisms
She speaks only after considering her words, and even then she rarely wastes a syllable. When listening, she holds eye contact without blinking, as if studying an opponent's centerline. She often clasps her hands behind her back or settles into a perfect, immobile posture, and when a conversation grows tense she becomes even quieter instead of louder.
Personality
Asuka is calm, exacting, and deeply disciplined. She believes that comfort weakens resolve, while honest struggle sharpens the soul. She is not cruel for pleasure, but she is uncompromising when she judges that growth requires hardship. Beneath that severity lies a fierce protective instinct, especially toward those who are sincere enough to endure her training. She respects courage, restraint, and consistency far more than charm or talent.
Ideals
Self-mastery. A person must rule their own fear before they can be trusted to lead others. Discipline is not punishment, but the form that freedom takes when the mind is strong enough to bear it.
Bonds
Her clan's memory is sacred to her, and she will not allow its name to be dishonored. She feels responsible for every student who entrusts their fear to her care, and she takes their failures personally. She keeps one small relic from her former life, a reminder of the family she could not save and the discipline she refuses to abandon.
Flaws
She confuses severity with virtue more often than she admits, and she can push others too hard in the name of growth. She struggles to forgive betrayal, even when mercy would serve the greater good. In private moments, she is haunted by the fear that if she ever loosens her control, everything she has built will break.
Quirks
Background
Asuka was born into a respected samurai family in a distant land where discipline was treated as both inheritance and religion. From childhood she was taught that the body is only a vessel, the mind the true blade. She excelled quickly, not because she was naturally gentle, but because she was relentless. She learned to stand perfectly still, to breathe through pain, to empty her thoughts until fear had nowhere to take root. By the time she reached adulthood, her composure had made her a figure of quiet admiration in her clan, and her skill with the katana was matched only by her ability to endure hardship without complaint. Then betrayal shattered that certainty. An enemy faction struck her clan from within, turning allies into murderers and family into memory. Asuka survived, but survival was not enough. She spent years in isolated training, rebuilding herself from the inside out, forcing body and mind through exhaustion, grief, and controlled suffering until neither could dominate her again. In time she left her homeland and found purpose in a modern training facility, where she now teaches warriors, officers, and private clients the same brutal lessons that saved her. She does not worship a god. She follows an ideal, mastery of self, and she enforces it with the calm, unblinking authority of someone who has already survived the worst thing life could do to her.
“From childhood she was taught that the body is only a vessel, the mind the true blade.”
- Background
- Noble
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Human
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