Bishop Alaraz
Bishop Alaraz
Sheet
AC 18 · HP 23 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingWIS
- ArcanaINT
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- MedicineWIS
- NatureWIS
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
16 featuresAlways on
- Preserve LifeLevel 2
When As an action, while presenting his holy symbol.
Bishop Alaraz invokes divine power to restore hit points to allies within 30 feet, distributing up to 25 hit points among eligible creatures, with no creature healed above half its hit point maximum.
- Turn UndeadLevel 2
When As an action, while presenting his holy symbol.
Bishop Alaraz presents his holy symbol, forcing undead within 30 feet that can see or hear him to make Wisdom saving throws or become turned for 1 minute.
- Mace Strike
When When an enemy is within reach.
Bishop Alaraz makes a melee weapon attack with his mace.
- SpellcastingLevel 1
Bishop Alaraz is a 5th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Wisdom. He can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus and prepares cleric spells from the cleric spell list after each long rest.
- Divine FocusLevel 1
Bishop Alaraz can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus for his cleric spells.
- Divine DomainLevel 1
Bishop Alaraz chooses the Life Domain, gaining domain features and additional domain spells. Life Domain spells are always prepared and do not count against his number of prepared cleric spells.
- Disciple of LifeLevel 1
When Bishop Alaraz casts a spell of 1st level or higher that restores hit points to a creature, the creature regains additional hit points equal to 2 plus the spell's level.
- Channel DivinityLevel 2
Bishop Alaraz can use Channel Divinity twice between rests. He regains all expended uses after completing a short or long rest.
- Destroy Undead (CR 1/2)Level 5
Bishop Alaraz can destroy an undead creature when his Turn Undead feature fails to affect it if the undead's challenge rating is 1/2 or lower.
- Bonus Proficiency, Life DomainLevel 1
Bishop Alaraz has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened. Friendly creatures within 30 feet also gain advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
- Ability Score IncreaseHuman+1 to all six ability scores
- SizeHumanMedium
- SpeedHuman30 feet
- LanguagesHumanCommon and one extra language
- Extra LanguageHumanDraconic
- ResearcherSage
If Bishop Alaraz does not know a piece of information, he usually knows where and from whom that information can be obtained. He can locate libraries, scholars, archives, temples, and other learned authorities, and can often secure access through his reputation and contacts.
Spells
14 spellsSpellcasting. Bishop Alaraz casts with Wisdom (spell save DC 13, to hit with spell attacks).
1st level (4 slots): , , , , ,
2nd level (3 slots): , , , , ,
3rd level (2 slots): ,
Gear
15 itemsWeapons
- MaceA mace with a reinforced wooden haft and a plain iron head.
- Light crossbowA light crossbow with 20 bolts.
Armor
- ShieldA polished steel shield bearing a restrained sunburst emblem, suitable for use as a holy symbol.
- Chain mailWell-maintained chain mail worn beneath white and ochre clerical vestments.
Tools
- Small knifeA small knife used for sharpening quills and cutting parchment.
Gear
- 20×Crossbow boltsA small case containing 20 crossbow bolts.
- Scholar's packA scholar's pack containing a backpack, a book of lore, a bottle of ink, an ink pen, ten sheets of parchment, a little bag of sand, and a small knife.
- Holy symbolA holy symbol of his deity, worn on a chain beneath his vestments.
- InkA bottle of black ink used for annotations and formal records.
- QuillA quill pen used for copying and signing documents.
- 10×ParchmentTen sheets of clean parchment.
- Component pouchA small pouch containing 10 gp.
- Book of loreA finely bound book of historical and theological research.
- Sand pouchA small bag of sand used to dry fresh ink.
Purse
- Gold piecesA purse containing 10 gp from his previous life as a temple scholar.
Appearance
Bishop Alaraz is a sturdy, broad-shouldered human man with close-cropped iron-gray hair, a carefully trimmed square beard, and a calm, assessing expression. He wears well-maintained chain mail beneath white and ochre vestments, with a polished shield bearing the symbol of his chosen deity. His hands are unusually noticeable, large and strong, with flattened fingertips and faint ink stains from decades of copying manuscripts, cataloging relics, and annotating theological arguments. Before he speaks, he takes a measured breath through his nose and lightly clears his throat, as though arranging each word in its proper place.
Mannerisms
He pauses before answering difficult questions, inhales quietly, and clears his throat once. He aligns loose papers with the edge of a table before reading them, touches his holy symbol when weighing a moral decision, and addresses even hostile people by their full names whenever he knows them.
Personality
Precise, patient, and quietly authoritative. Bishop Alaraz listens without interrupting, remembers names and dates with unsettling accuracy, and prefers a carefully documented solution to a dramatic one. He is capable of genuine warmth, but expresses it through practical acts such as repairing a damaged book, arranging a safe escort, or ensuring that everyone has eaten before a meeting begins.
Ideals
Order. Civilization survives because people honor obligations, preserve knowledge, and accept lawful judgment even when it is personally costly.
Bonds
The provincial temple where he was raised remains his spiritual home. He has sworn to preserve its archives and recover a stolen codex containing the names of every priest who served there.
Flaws
He trusts written authority more than living testimony, especially when the testimony is emotional, contradictory, or inconvenient. Once he has decided that a rule is legitimate, he can mistake strict enforcement for moral courage.
Quirks
Background
Bishop Alaraz was born into an ordinary human household attached to a provincial temple, where his mother kept the shrine accounts and his father repaired pews, doors, and wagon wheels. He showed little interest in sermons as a child, but he was fascinated by the records behind them: burial rolls, old legal judgments, disputed miracles, and the careful annotations left by generations of priests. By adulthood, he had become both a cleric and a scholar, apprenticed to an elderly theologian who taught him that faith without discipline becomes superstition, while law without compassion becomes cruelty. His rise to the title of Bishop was less a matter of ambition than of endurance. During a succession dispute between two temples, Alaraz prevented violence by discovering an overlooked charter buried in a sealed archive. The document proved that neither faction possessed complete authority, forcing both sides into a negotiated settlement. Since then, he has traveled as an investigator, mediator, and guardian of sacred knowledge. He believes the world is held together by vows, records, and people willing to enforce both, but years of dealing with frightened communities have taught him that mercy is not the opposite of order. It is one of order's necessary instruments.
“His rise to the title of Bishop was less a matter of ambition than of endurance.”
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Species
Human
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