Karina Voss
Karina Voss
Sheet
AC 18 · HP 165 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- AthleticsSTR
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- PerceptionWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
39 featuresAction
- Extra AttackLevel 5
Your combat training reaches the point where you can make two attacks whenever you take the Attack action. Karina's shooting style becomes a controlled string of shots rather than a single snap of fire.
- Extra AttackLevel 11
Your training allows you to attack three times when you take the Attack action. With her pistol or other ranged weapons, Karina can put frightening pressure on a target in a single turn.
- Extra Attack ImprovementLevel 20
You gain an additional attack when you take the Attack action, bringing your total to four attacks. Karina becomes a storm of controlled, professional violence when she commits fully to a target.
Bonus action
- Second WindLevel 1
When you need a burst of endurance, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points. At higher fighter levels this feature becomes even more useful, and Karina can push through punishment that would drop lesser soldiers.
Always on
- Action SurgeLevel 2
When Once per short or long rest, on her turn
When she needs to seize the tempo of a fight, Karina can launch a second offensive burst in the same round.
- Precision Attack
When When she misses with an attack roll
She can spend a superiority die to add the result to an attack roll after seeing the roll, making clutch shots much more reliable.
- Trip Attack
When When she hits with a weapon attack
She can strike a target's footing and force a Dexterity save or knock it prone, setting up the team for advantage.
- Pushing Attack
When When she hits with a weapon attack
She can push a foe backward with force and precision, controlling lines of fire and space around objectives.
- Menacing Attack
When When she hits with a weapon attack
She can rattle an enemy's confidence, making them harder to operate effectively in the next exchange.
- Tactical Assessment
When When she needs battlefield information
She can assess a target in combat and use that knowledge to predict how best to bring it down.
- Ambush
When When she rolls initiative or makes a Stealth check
She can move quickly and cleanly before danger locks into place, ideal for opening shots and ambushes.
- Evasive Footwork
When When she moves on her turn
She can reposition herself with practiced footwork, making herself harder to hit while preserving her angle of attack.
- Commander's Strike
When When an ally can exploit her command
She can direct an ally to strike at exactly the right moment, trading raw output for disciplined teamwork.
- Rally
When When she uses a superiority die to support an ally
She can rouse allies to keep fighting, giving them a surge of grit when the line is about to break.
- Goading Attack
When When she hits with a weapon attack
She can force an enemy to focus on her instead of on a more vulnerable ally, pulling pressure away from the team.
- Bait and Switch
When When she and an ally can exchange places
She can swap positions with an ally in the middle of a fight, a clean tactical handoff that can save lives.
- Fighting StyleLevel 1
You gain proficiency with martial weapons and all armor, and you learn a Fighting Style of your choice. Karina fights with Archery, making her a deadly firearm or ranged weapon specialist.
- Weapon MasteryLevel 1
You learn weapon techniques that let you apply mastery properties with your chosen weapons. Karina masters precision shooting, controlled takedowns, and close-quarters follow-up fire.
- Tactical MindLevel 2
When you fail an ability check, you can expend Second Wind to add a die to the roll, potentially turning failure into success. This reflects Karina's veteran instincts and calm under pressure.
- Battle MasterLevel 3
At 3rd level you choose the Battle Master subclass, gaining combat superiority, superiority dice, and maneuvers. Karina favors maneuvers that reward discipline, control, and tactical awareness.
- Combat SuperiorityLevel 3
You learn three maneuvers, use superiority dice to fuel them, and choose a battle rhythm that makes you harder to predict. Karina's starting maneuvers are Precision Attack, Trip Attack, and Menacing Attack.
- FeatLevel 4
You gain an Origin feat or feat from the fighter class progression. Karina uses this training to sharpen her battlefield reactions and improve her personal edge.
- FeatLevel 6
You gain another feat, representing hard-earned refinement and battlefield adaptation.
- Battle Master ImprovementLevel 7
You add the next stage of Battle Master training, learning to read enemies as living tactical problems. Karina gains Know Your Enemy and two more maneuvers, chosen here as Pushing Attack and Tactical Assessment.
- FeatLevel 8
You gain another feat, representing another meaningful step in your martial development.
- IndomitableLevel 9
You can use Indomitable to reroll a failed saving throw, and your Tactical Mastery broadens how you use weapon mastery in battle. Karina becomes especially dangerous when terrain, distance, and timing all matter.
- Battle Master ImprovementLevel 10
Your superiority dice and maneuver discipline improve, and you learn two additional maneuvers. Karina chooses Ambush and Evasive Footwork, reflecting her emphasis on initiative and survival.
- FeatLevel 12
You gain another feat, a further refinement of your veteran skill set.
- Indomitable ImprovementLevel 13
Indomitable improves, making your rerolls more reliable and your will harder to break.
- FeatLevel 14
You gain another feat, reflecting the kind of hardening that only comes from decades of dangerous work.
- Battle Master ImprovementLevel 15
Your Battle Master training deepens again. You learn two more maneuvers and can do a little more without spending superiority dice when the moment is right. Karina takes Goading Attack and Commander's Strike.
- FeatLevel 16
You gain another feat, representing the last major step in your personal combat evolution.
- Action Surge ImprovementLevel 17
You gain a second use of Action Surge and stronger command of your battlefield tempo. Karina can now unleash a second burst of effort when the fight turns brutal.
- Battle Master ImprovementLevel 18
Your superiority dice and Battle Master mastery reach their peak. You gain two final maneuvers and your free maneuvering becomes relentless. Karina finishes her kit with Rally and Bait and Switch.
- FeatLevel 19
You gain a feat. At this tier, the feat can be an Epic Boon if desired. Karina's final refinement is an Epic Boon style advance into legendary competence.
- TraitHumanResourceful, Karina gains Heroic Inspiration whenever she finishes a Long Rest.
- TraitHumanSkillful, Karina gains proficiency in one additional skill of her choice.
- TraitHumanVersatile, Karina gains one Origin feat of her choice in addition to the feat from her background.
- Military RankSoldier
You have a reliable military reputation and know how to get cooperation from soldiers, guards, and other organized armed groups when your request is reasonable and you present yourself as one of their own.
Gear
6 itemsWeapons
- PistolA sleek, modern pistol used as Karina's primary sidearm. In a rules-forward campaign this can be treated as a setting-specific ranged martial weapon at the DM's discretion.
- ShortswordA backup melee weapon kept for cramped spaces and close-quarters defense.
Armor
- Studded Leather ArmorA reinforced tactical jacket that serves as her practical armor.
- ShieldA compact shield used when she needs to lock down a doorway or survive concentrated fire.
Gear
- Dungeoneer's PackA soldier's travel kit with basic field necessities.
- Soldier's KitMilitary identification, insignia, and keepsakes from prior service.
Appearance
Karina Voss is a human woman with short-cropped gray hair, sharp assessing eyes, and the coiled stillness of someone who has survived too many briefings, firefights, and clean exits to waste motion. She wears practical modern-fantasy clothes, dark trousers, a fitted jacket, and sturdy boots, with a sleek pistol holstered beneath the open jacket against her ribs. Everything about her looks chosen for function first, style second, though the result is still quietly striking.
Mannerisms
Karina speaks with minimal wasted words and tends to answer questions after a pause long enough to make people wonder if she already knew the answer. She scans exits when she enters a room, counts people by habit, and unconsciously squares objects on tables while thinking. When amused, she exhales through her nose in the closest thing she allows to a laugh.
Personality
Karina is cool-headed, precise, and dryly observant. She treats every room like a map and every conversation like an intelligence briefing, but she is not cold, just careful. Once someone earns her respect, she becomes fiercely protective and surprisingly patient. She values honesty, competence, and people who keep their promises.
Ideals
Competence. People survive when the right person does the right job at the right time, and Karina intends to be that person. She respects discipline, preparation, and honest expertise, no matter where she finds it. If a plan is sound, she will stand behind it. If it is reckless, she will say so.
Bonds
She keeps the dog tags of her first squad in a sealed pocket, and she still answers to their names in her head when things go bad. She is determined to uncover what really happened during the mission that got her unit erased from official records, and she will not let the dead be reduced to paperwork.
Flaws
She has trouble trusting institutions, because every official line she has ever followed eventually turned out to be incomplete. Karina can become dangerously single-minded once she identifies a target or objective, and she sometimes mistakes emotional distance for professionalism. She would rather carry a burden alone than risk asking for help, even when the smarter choice is obvious.
Quirks
Background
Karina Voss enlisted young, when the city-state was still trying to decide whether its future belonged to spell circles, steel platoons, or corporate gunmetal. She learned quickly that the battlefield did not care how noble a cause sounded in a speech. It cared whether your squad held the line, whether your weapon cycled, and whether you could read fear in a face before it became a mistake. Karina proved unnervingly good at all three. She rose through the ranks as a dependable markswoman and field tactician, the sort of soldier commanders trusted with ugly assignments and impossible deadlines. By the time she left service, she had collected commendations, scars, and the habit of noticing everything. She works now as a freelance problem solver, bodyguard, and occasional private investigator, moving through neon-lit arcades, embassy corridors, and back-alley summoning sites with the same measured precision she once brought to breach drills. The pistol at her side is a tool, not a statement. Her real weapon is the way she watches a room, clocks every exit, and speaks only after deciding exactly how much truth a person deserves.
“She learned quickly that the battlefield did not care how noble a cause sounded in a speech.”
- Background
- Soldier
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Species
Human
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