Karina Holt
Karina Holt
Sheet
AC 16 · HP 165 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- AcrobaticsDEX
- Animal HandlingWIS
- AthleticsSTR
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- PerceptionWIS
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
28 featuresAction
- Extra AttackLevel 5
You can attack twice when you take the Attack action on your turn.
- Extra Attack (2)Level 11
You can attack three times when you take the Attack action on your turn.
Bonus action
- Second WindLevel 1
You can catch your breath in the middle of danger. As a bonus action, you regain hit points equal to your Fighter level plus a roll of your superiority resource equivalent in the 2024 rules, refreshing on a short or long rest.
Always on
- Extra Attack (3)Level 20
When Attack action
When she takes the Attack action, she can make four attacks at level 20, representing relentless combat training.
- Action SurgeLevel 2
When Once per short or long rest
She can take an additional action on her turn, allowing a sudden tactical burst.
- IndomitableLevel 9
When Failed saving throw
She can steady herself or push through a failed save with disciplined resolve.
- Fighter ProficienciesLevel 1
You gain proficiency with all armor, shields, simple weapons, and martial weapons.
- Fighting StyleLevel 1
You gain a Fighting Style that reflects your training with arms and armor. Choose one style appropriate to your build, such as Archery for ranged pistol work or Defense for steadier protection.
- Weapon MasteryLevel 1
You have mastered a set of weapons and can adjust your technique to them. Weapon Mastery lets you apply mastery properties to chosen weapons and switch your preparations as you gain levels.
- Fighter SubclassLevel 3
You gain the abilities of your chosen Fighter subclass.
- Tactical MindLevel 3
Your practiced instincts help you make quick tactical decisions without overextending. You can often turn mental focus into a combat advantage, especially when making ability checks under pressure.
- Feat or Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
You gain an Ability Score Improvement or a feat at this level. Use the final ability scores provided, which already include background increases.
- Feat or Ability Score ImprovementLevel 6
You gain another Ability Score Improvement or feat.
- Remarkable AthleteLevel 7
You are especially hard to shake in a crisis and can keep your footing when others would falter. Your athletic training and battlefield awareness make you consistently capable under pressure.
- Feat or Ability Score ImprovementLevel 8
You gain another Ability Score Improvement or feat.
- Feat or Ability Score ImprovementLevel 10
You gain another Ability Score Improvement or feat.
- Feat or Ability Score ImprovementLevel 12
You gain another Ability Score Improvement or feat.
- Additional Fighter FeatureLevel 13
Your battle instincts sharpen further, making you more effective when you must act decisively or weather brutal encounters.
- Feat or Ability Score ImprovementLevel 14
You gain another Ability Score Improvement or feat.
- Heroic WarriorLevel 15
You embody the fighter’s ideal of relentless competence. When you roll initiative, you can act with a burst of confidence that rewards aggression and momentum.
- Feat or Ability Score ImprovementLevel 16
You gain another Ability Score Improvement or feat.
- Improved IndomitableLevel 17
Your discipline and resilience have become legendary, allowing you to shrug off harm and keep moving when lesser warriors would collapse.
- Feat or Ability Score ImprovementLevel 19
You gain another Ability Score Improvement or feat.
- TraitHumanResourceful, once per Long Rest you can give yourself Heroic Inspiration if you do not already have it.
- TraitHumanSkillful, you gain proficiency in one skill of your choice. Karina’s chosen human skill proficiency is Perception.
- TraitHumanVersatile, you gain proficiency in one additional tool or language of your choice. Karina’s choice is one additional language.
- TraitHumanHuman Curiosity and adaptability, she is quick to learn local customs, procedures, and battlefield norms.
- Military RankSoldier
Your military record and bearing make other soldiers, guards, and those who respect martial hierarchy more likely to recognize your authority. You can usually secure temporary access to military facilities, basic supplies, and reasonable cooperation from soldiers of your former or allied service.
Gear
8 itemsWeapons
- Modern PistolHer favored sidearm, a sleek modern pistol kept in a concealed holster beneath her jacket. In a standard fantasy rules context this is a DM-approved modern weapon.
Tools
- Gaming SetA gaming set from her Soldier background, used to read opponents and waste time between bad jobs.
Gear
- Fitted JacketA practical fitted jacket worn over city-ready tactical layers.
- Dark TrousersDark trousers designed for movement and concealment.
- Sturdy BootsSturdy boots suitable for long patrols and rooftop work.
- Dog TagsMilitary dog tags from her former unit.
- Squad TokenA worn token from her squad, kept as a memorial and reminder.
- Common ClothesA set of common clothes and travel layers for times when she needs to vanish into a crowd.
Appearance
Karina Holt is a human woman with short-cropped gray hair, sharp assessing eyes, and the calm posture of someone who has survived too many bad negotiations to waste time on theatrics. She wears practical modern clothes, dark trousers, a fitted jacket, and sturdy boots built for running through broken concrete and dockside grit. Beneath the open jacket rests a concealed holster, the grip of a sleek modern pistol visible against her ribs. In a warehouse light she looks like a professional threat, measured, clean, and ready.
Mannerisms
She keeps her shoulders square and her hands still until she has assessed everyone in the room. When thinking, she thumbs the edge of her holster, then gives one small nod as if confirming a report only she can hear. She never sits with her back to a door if she can help it.
Personality
Measured, alert, and professionally direct. Karina speaks like someone used to being obeyed, but she is not cruel. She is patient with the frightened, suspicious of the powerful, and openly respectful toward anyone who shows discipline under pressure. She prefers clean solutions, clear exits, and a plan that accounts for the worst case.
Ideals
Duty is not obedience, it is responsibility. Karina believes strength means protecting people who cannot survive the fights that keep their world standing.
Bonds
She keeps the faded dog tag of the squad leader who died covering her retreat, and she will not let that sacrifice be meaningless.
Flaws
Karina trusts competence too quickly and kindness too slowly. She assumes anyone who speaks in vague assurances is hiding something, and she can become coldly confrontational when she thinks a plan is sloppy. If a mission resembles the betrayal that destroyed her unit, she may overreact and strike first rather than risk being caught flat-footed again.
Quirks
Background
Karina Holt was raised in barracks culture, where clean gear, clear orders, and fast decisions mattered more than sentiment. She learned early how to read a room the way other people read a map, who was afraid, who was lying, who was about to bolt. That skill made her valuable long before her aim did. She served in a modernized auxiliary unit that handled ugly jobs in ugly places, the sort of wars that never made the news but always left something burning in a warehouse district or under a broken freeway. By the time she earned her sergeant stripes, Karina had become less a soldier than a problem solver with a firearm and a memory for consequences. When her unit was sold out during a covert extraction, she chose not to die quietly for someone else’s paperwork. She walked away with a pistol, a list of names, and enough field sense to survive as an independent fixer in a city where magic and machinery overlap. Now she takes contracts that let her choose her side, though she still measures every job by one question, who is going to pay for the cleanup if this goes bad?
“She learned early how to read a room the way other people read a map, who was afraid, who was lying, who was about to bolt.”
- Background
- Soldier
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Species
Human
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