Nikola
Nikola
Sheet
AC 16 · HP 17 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- ArcanaINT
- HistoryINT
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PersuasionCHA
- Sleight of HandDEX
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
9 featuresAlways on
- Magical TinkeringLevel 1
When When Nikola touches a Tiny nonmagical object
Nikola creates a small magical effect in an object, such as light, a sound, an odor, a visual message, a static image, or a mark.
- Artificer Spellcasting
When When Nikola casts an artificer spell
Nikola activates one of her prepared artificer spells using Intelligence and her tools as a spellcasting focus.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
Nikola uses Intelligence as her spellcasting ability. She can cast artificer spells using material components, including her tools as a spellcasting focus. She knows two artificer cantrips, prepares a number of artificer spells equal to her Intelligence modifier plus half her artificer level, rounded down, and has two 1st-level spell slots.
- Infuse ItemLevel 2
Nikola learns how to turn mundane objects into infused items. She knows four artificer infusions, can infuse two objects at once, and can infuse an item at the end of a long rest. Her known infusions are Enhanced Defense, Enhanced Arcane Focus, Replicate Magic Item, and Returning Weapon.
- TraitHalf-ElfDarkvision, Nikola can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light, though darkness appears gray.
- TraitHalf-ElfFey Ancestry, Nikola has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic cannot put her to sleep.
- TraitHalf-ElfSkill Versatility, Nikola gains proficiency in two additional skills, Arcana and Investigation.
- TraitHalf-ElfLanguages, Nikola can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, and one additional language, Draconic.
- Position of PrivilegeNoble
Nikola can secure an audience with local nobility if she is carrying her signet ring and is not personally known to be an enemy. Commoners make every effort to accommodate her and avoid her displeasure, while other nobles recognize her family name and lineage.
Spells
6 spellsSpellcasting. Nikola casts with Intelligence (spell save DC 12, to hit with spell attacks).
Cantrips (at will): ,
1st level (2 slots): , , ,
Gear
13 itemsWeapons
- Light crossbowA compact hand crossbow-like ranged weapon used for emergency defense and testing mechanisms.
Armor
- Scale mailA suit of interlocking metal scales worn over a padded coat. It provides an armor class of 14 before Dexterity and shield modifiers.
- ShieldA polished wooden shield bearing a discreetly altered version of Nikola's family crest.
Tools
- Thieves' toolsA set of specialized picks and tension tools for opening locks and disabling traps.
- Tinker's toolsA collection of small hammers, pliers, wire, files, lenses, and measuring instruments.
- Smith's toolsA portable kit for crafting and repairing delicate metal mechanisms.
- Woodcarver's toolsAn additional artisan's kit used for working with wood, glue, and fine mechanical housings.
Gear
- 20×Crossbow boltAmmunition for the light crossbow.
- Dungeoneer's packA pack containing practical supplies for underground and wilderness travel.
- Fine clothesTailored clothing suitable for formal appearances and courtly events.
- Signet ringA ring bearing Nikola's family seal, used to establish her noble identity.
- Scroll of pedigreeA document recording Nikola's ancestry and claims of lineage.
Purse
- 25×Gold piecesHer inherited personal spending money and emergency funds.
Appearance
Nikola is a broad-shouldered half-elf woman with warm bronze skin, dark auburn hair cut to her jaw, and intelligent gray-green eyes. Fine elven features soften her strong human jawline. She dresses in well-tailored noble clothing beneath a reinforced scale mail coat, with brass tools, leather straps, and tiny clockwork devices arranged across her belt. Her left glove is marked with the crest of her family, though the crest has been scratched nearly beyond recognition.
Mannerisms
Nikola taps a finger against her signet ring while thinking, adjusts her gloves before making a difficult decision, and speaks to her inventions as though they are junior members of her household staff.
Personality
Nikola is precise, observant, and intensely curious. She speaks with polished courtly restraint until someone presents an intriguing mechanical problem, at which point her composure gives way to rapid questions, animated gestures, and an almost reckless enthusiasm. She is protective of apprentices, servants, and other people whose talents are overlooked by the powerful.
Ideals
Order. The world is full of needless suffering caused by poor planning, superstition, and unreliable systems. Careful design can make life safer for everyone.
Bonds
Nikola carries a damaged brass gear from the family workshop, the only surviving piece of an experimental device destroyed during a fire that claimed her mentor. She intends to rebuild the machine and discover whether the fire was an accident or sabotage. She also feels responsible for the servants and apprentices who were blamed for the disaster.
Flaws
Nikola is condescending toward anyone who refuses to learn from evidence, and she often treats emotional objections as technical problems to be solved. She cannot resist proving that she is the most competent person in the room, even when doing so risks offending an important ally.
Quirks
Background
Nikola was born into a wealthy half-elven family whose influence rested on trade, land, and carefully maintained alliances. Her human relatives considered her elven heritage a useful symbol of refinement, while her elven kin regarded the family estate as an overdecorated prison. Nikola found little comfort in either world. She preferred the workshops beneath the manor, where she dismantled locks, repaired household mechanisms, and built tiny brass automata that could carry messages through the halls. Her first successful invention was a mechanical songbird that reproduced the voice of anyone who spoke into its crystal throat, a device that earned admiration from guests and a furious reprimand from her father after it exposed a private conversation.
- Background
- Noble
Connections
Species
Half-Elf
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