<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/28/PenanceTiefling.jpg)</div><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8d/TanyaDnD.jpg)</div><strong>PLAYER NAME:</strong>Tanya<br/><strong>MAJOR:</strong>Visual Arts<br/><strong>FROM:</strong>San Francisco, California<br/><strong>CHARACTER NAME:</strong>Penance<br/><strong>CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:</strong>Male Glasya tiefling celestial warlock<br/><br/>To the GM:<br/><br/>7. "Oh, well, that's easy!" Tanya said without hesitation. "A scrimshaw cameo of a merfolk, that's obviously a keepsake from a sailor. A lover's token, of course. A sea captain who..." She tapped her fingers together briefly as her creative mind churned. "Who thinks that Penance loves him, and wants to marry him. They had a tryst some time in the past, maybe over several occasions whenever he came to port, and he's now trying to set things up so that they can get married." She gave a wistful sigh. "But it's all a lie, of course. Penance was lying - oh, yeah, and he's changed his name since those days, too. It was all a long con to swindle the captain out of his wealth and maybe even his ship. The cameo was a keepsake that the captain gave him to remember him by until their next meeting, and now Penance keeps it as a reminder of the people he's hurt and that he needs to do better. He, uh... he doesn't know what he's going to do if he meets the captain again."<br/><br/>6. "Hmm." Tanya looked over her equipment list. "Yeah, I'll sell the second crowbar, but apart from that, this is all pretty basic adventuring stuff, right? I'm gonna feel like a real idiot if I don't have rope when I need rope. Or pitons. I've seen<em>Frozen</em>. It's cool, I can save up for proper thieves' tools as we go."<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Tanya clapped her hands in giddy excitement at the prospect of working on her new friends' character portraits. As a visual arts student, she had no shortage of people wanting her to draw things for free, but this was for her new hobby, and she could already feel her fingers tingling with inspiration. "Yes, I can't wait! I've got some images in my head already, and I think we're going to look very cool as a team."<br/><br/>She grinned in agreement with Sam. "Yes, a charming and handsome bard like Frost can definitely have his pick of the party. I know I've got my eye on him already," she said with a wink.<br/><br/>The discussion of melee and archery made her ponder. "You can totally do both. The best melee weapons and the best ranged weapons are all martial weapons, so a class that just get 'martial weapon proficieny' has all of them. And high Dex makes you good at both ranged and melee." She looked down at her sheet, tapping her equipment list. "That's kind of what I'm doing with Penance - he has his daggers for melee and a light crossbow for range. He's more of a weapons user than a spellcaster, like Fjord, although he's not a hexblade, so it's gonna be tricky, but I think I can make it work! Anyway, it's easy to be good-ish at both melee and archery."<br/><br/>Tanya ran her finger down her character sheet as she thought over Sam's dilemma. "It would be helpful to have somebody else who's good at melee. With only light armor and no shield, Penance is a bit fragile. Rangers are better suited to being skirmishers, but they still get medium armor and shields and a d10 hit die, so they can take a hit. Fighters and paladins are the ones who get the heavy armor, so obviously they're the toughest. Barbarians are... a bit weird? They can be naked but still take a bunch of hits as long as they're raging." She shifted her voice into a passable impression of Ashley Johnson's soft-spoken barbarian.<em>"I would like to rage."</em>She poked at her phone to page through D&D Beyond. "Oh, that's right, there's a 'Path of the Storm Herald' option for barbarians, and you can choose Tundra for your environment, so you summon ice spirits while you're raging. That's super on theme for this campaign."<br/><br/>She squinted at her sheet again. "And then there's monks. I... look, I've been watching Marisha all season and I just<em>do not get</em>monks. Pop pop stunning strike flurry of Beau's something something. Maybe they're good? I dunno." She shrugged helplessly.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character sheet, finished unless Tanya changes her mind</div><div class="spoiler_body">Penance<br/>Medium Glasya tiefling warlock 1 (criminal), chaotic <del>gay</del>neutral<br/><hr/><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 14<br/><strong>Hit Points:</strong> 9<br/><strong>Speed:</strong> 30'<br/><hr/><br/><strong>STR</strong> 10 <strong>| DEX</strong> 17 <strong>| CON</strong> 13<br/><strong>INT</strong> 12 <strong>| WIS</strong> 10 <strong>| CHA</strong> 16<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Armor:</strong> Light armor<br/><strong>Weapons:</strong> Simple weapons<br/><strong>Skills:</strong> Arcana +3, Deception +5, Intimidation +5, Stealth +5<br/><strong>Tool Proficiencies:</strong> Thieves' tools, cards<br/><strong>Senses:</strong> Darkvision 60'<br/><strong>Saves:</strong> Wisdom +2, Charisma +5<br/><strong>Languages:</strong> Common, Infernal<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Features:</strong><br/>Criminal Contact<br/>Darkvision 60'<br/>Hellish Resistance<br/>Legacy of Malbolge<br/>Pact Magic<br/>Otherworldly Patron: The Celestial<br/>Healing Light (2d6)<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Spellcasting:</strong><br/>Spell slots: 1: 1. Recover spell slots after short rest. Cast spells using Charisma.<br/>Cantrips: <em>green-flame blade</em>, <em>light</em>, <em>minor illusion</em> (racial spell), <em>mage hand</em>, <em>sacred flame</em><br/>Level 1: <em>charm person</em>, <em>hellish rebuke</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Equipment:</strong><br/>Weapons: Light crossbow, 20 bolts, dagger x3<br/>Armor: Leather armor<br/>Utility: Component pouch, dungeoneer's pack, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, playing card set, cold weather clothing, a damaged scrimshaw cameo depicting a merfolk<br/>Coins: 16 gp 5 sp<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Personality trait: I'm always looking for ways to take advantage of people, even when I know I shouldn't.<br/>Personality trait: Whenever I come to a new place, I collect local rumors and spread gossip.<br/>Ideal: Redemption. There’s a spark of good in everyone. (Good)<br/>Bond: I’m guilty of some pretty awful behaviour. I hope I can redeem myself for it.<br/>Flaw: I'm a sucker for a handsome face.<br/></div></div>