Sszilnix Varruun, Called the Latticed Mind
Artificer (Alchemist specialization flavor)
Sszilnix Varruun, Called the Latticed Mind
Species
Derro
Appearance
Sszilnix is a small, cantilevered figure who moves with a twitchy, precise tread as if measuring the air for pressure changes. His skin peels in fine, fanlike scales around the cheeks and neck like the edges of old paper; his head is bald except for a close-cropped fringe that has been dyed a dull metallic green with streaks of silver. He wears goggles full of lenses and lenses stitched into his eyelids — some permanently affixed glass plates; when he blinks you can hear the faint clink of brass. He favors layered tabards riddled with pockets and stitched seams of copper thread, and an arm-slung satchel shaped like a collapsed beehive. The overall effect is one of someone always open to be studied: contrived, fragile, and carefully dangerous. Unexpectedly, he hums lullabies under stress — an old surface-world children's tune in a cracked, nasal voice — and his left thumb is tattooed with a tiny, perfectly rendered star map.
“Quick, clipped sentences punctuated with tinker's slang and sudden bursts of lecturing. He uses little metaphors drawn from glassmaking and machine parts, and frequently corrects others' terminology.”
Ability Scores
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Distinguishing Features
Goggles and glass plates set into eyelids
Left thumb tattooed with a miniature star map
Delicate fanlike skin scales around the neck
Satchel shaped like a collapsed beehive
Soft humming of lullabies when anxious
Voice
“High, nasal, and brittle; speaks rapidly with sudden pauses as he recalculates phrasing; sometimes lapses into a softer, coaxing tone for apprentices.”
Clothing
Layered dark tabards and vests, copper-thread seams, pockets filled with glass vials and small gears; a collapsible leather hooded coat that folds into a portable bellows; soot-smudged gloves with the tips cut off on the dominant hand.
Body Language
Twitchy hands constantly manipulating something small; leans forward when excited; withdraws into himself, folding arms like a machine cooling, when threatened.
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