<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/LxmMkqC.png)</div><strong>Arianna Brightstar</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character Sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body">Arianna Brightstar, NG female half-elf rogue (arcane trickster) 6<br/><br/>Ability scores:<br/>STR 10<br/>DEX 18<br/>CON 14<br/>INT 12<br/>WIS 12<br/>CHA 13<br/><br/>HP 45/45<br/>EP 40/40<br/><br/>AC 18 (studded leather, +2 from AC Bonus; Forced Disadvantage applies to all attacks)<br/><br/>Attacks:<br/>Rapier +7 melee (1d8+3 piercing)<br/>Light crossbow +7 ranged (1d8+3 piercing, range 80/320, two-handed)<br/><br/>Racial and background traits:<br/>Speed 30 ft.<br/>Darkvision 60 ft.<br/>Fey ancestry (advantage on saves vs. being charmed, magic can't put her to sleep)<br/>Guild membership (Locksmiths' Guild)<br/><br/>Class abilities:<br/>Sneak attack 3d6<br/>Thieves' cant<br/>Cunning action (special bonus action options)<br/>Roguish archetype (arcane trickster)<br/>Spellcasting (see below)<br/>Mage Hand legerdemain (invisible Mage Hand, do thiefy stuff at range)<br/>Ability score improvement (+2 DEX)<br/>Uncanny dodge (use reaction to halve damage)<br/><br/>Weapon/armor proficiencies:<br/>Light armor<br/>Simple weapons<br/>Hand crossbows<br/>Longswords<br/>Rapiers<br/>Shortswords<br/><br/>Saving throws:<br/>STR +0<br/>DEX +7<br/>CON +2<br/>INT +4<br/>WIS +1 (+3 for mind-altering effects)<br/>CHA +1<br/><br/>Skill and tool proficiencies (*Expertise):<br/>Acrobatics +7<br/>Arcana +4<br/>Area Knowledge (Adventurer's Paradise) +4<br/>*Cook's utensils +7 (assuming INT-based)<br/>Culture +4<br/>*Insight +7<br/>*Perception +7<br/>Persuasion +4<br/>Sleight of Hand +7<br/>*Stealth +10<br/>*Thieves' tools +10? (assuming DEX-based)<br/>Tinker's tools +4? (assuming INT-based)<br/><br/>Languages: Common, Elvish, Dwarvish, Draconic<br/><br/>Cantrips known: Mage Hand, Booming Blade, Prestidigitation<br/>Spells known: Disguise Self, Shield, Silent Image, Sleep<br/>Spell slots: 3 1st-level spells<br/><br/>Attributes purchased:<br/>AC Bonus (+2 AC) (2 points)<br/>Edge (all rolls) (6 points)<br/>Fast (x2 speed) (1 point)<br/>Forced Disadvantage (all attack rolls against the character) (4 points)<br/>Jumping (3x normal distance) (1 point)<br/>Mind Shield (+2 to resist mind-altering effects) (1 point)<br/>Skill Proficiency (3 points)<br/>Special Movement 1 (Wall-Bouncing) (1 point)<br/><br/>Defects:<br/>Hounded (Arianna gets attention from people interested in her father, including occasionally his enemies) (-2 points)<br/><br/>Equipment:<br/>Rapier<br/>Light crossbow<br/>Studded leather armor<br/>Cook's utensils<br/>Thieves' tools<br/>Tinker's tools<br/>Arcane focus (rod)</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Backstory</div><div class="spoiler_body">Arianna Brightstar is the daughter of Erastriel Brightstar, an elven bladesinger and noted adventurer (and at least nominally a member of the Freelancer's Association), and Martha Dunheart, a professional locksmith and longtime member of the Artisan Consortium.<br/><br/>Erastriel came from a long line of elven wizards, and had been visiting the Adventurer's Paradise on and off for decades; his travels have taken him far and wide to many distant planes.  He rarely visits his original hometown, a great elven forest-city in another land, more than once or twice a century -- the last time was five years ago, simply because he felt obligated to introduce his daughter to her grandparents at least once before she actually began her own adventuring career.  (Left unsaid was the fact that he knows there's a very real chance she won't make it home again.  A part of him undoubtedly wishes that Arianna would stay at home and pursue a safe career like her mother, but he also knows she's enough like him that she would never be satisfied there.)<br/><br/>Martha's life has been far less glamorous than her husband's (unless you count the part where she married a powerful elven mystic warrior) -- her parents run a bakery.  Martha's older brother still works at the bakery and expects to inherit the place, while Martha herself was able to secure an apprenticeship with a master locksmith during her teenage years.  She met her future husband when his adventuring party showed up in town lugging a treasure chest that none of them could open properly, and to everyone's great surprise, he found himself coming up with excuses to have the pretty young locksmith take a second look at the chest just in case.<br/><br/>Arianna's young years were remarkably busy.  She spent the most time with her mother, happily learning all about the fine art of lock and key, but every time her father came home she was constantly pestering him to tell her the story of his latest adventure and to show her another cool trick.  Her mother was reluctant to let Erastriel actually teach her how to fight, but eventually the elf pointed out that if Ari was really that keen on seeking adventure, they couldn't actually force her to stay home -- all they could do was make sure she was as prepared as possible.<br/><br/>Fortunately, Arianna is in fact pretty well prepared.  She is technically a member in good standing of the Artisan Consortium, but officially she is just her mother's apprentice and has little real status in the group -- she does help her mother out when she's home, but hasn't really done much *as* a locksmith on her own since finishing her journeyman piece.  She's spent most of her time in recent years working through the Freelancer's Association when her father wasn't around to oversee her training personally, and fortunately her skills are in high demand.  Her biggest problem so far is that she doesn't have quite the same talent for magic as her father -- that, and she simply ignores job postings from adventuring groups looking for a "thief," because obviously she isn't one (even though she knows perfectly well that most of those groups would be overjoyed to find a "thief" who isn't a criminal).<br/><br/>When someone inevitably asks why she seems to understand thieves' cant just fine, Arianna always sighs and says "It's a long story."</div></div>