Meryelle "Mery" Keryndon
Level 4 Half-Elf Sage College of Lore Bard
AC: 13 (Leather Armor) | HP: 30/30 | Speed: 30 ft.
Senses: Darkvision 60 ft; Passive Perception 11, Passive Insight 11, Passive Investigation 14
Str: 8 (-1) | Dex: 14 (+4) | Con: 14 (+2) | Int: 14 (+2) | Wis: 11 (+0) | Cha: 18 (+6)
Languages: Common, Elven, Solamnic, Kharolian, and Draconic
Spell-casting: +6 or DC 14 | 1st 3/4 2nd 0/3 | Bardic Inspiration: 1/4
“My words,” | ‘My thoughts,’ | My actions
When the old women reveal their true nature, Mery neither hesitates nor replies, although her heart pounds loudly in her chest. 'Hah! I've lived with evil. I didn't survive that without learning a few things. Like some battles aren't worth fighting.' She runs to Handsome, unties him, then quickly mounts him and urges him into a gallop. Handsome, for his part, seems to recognize Mery's voice and weight even if he can't see her and is eager to get away from the gypsy wagons.
"I just want a safe place for the two of us for a little bit so I can think. Is that really too much to ask?" she mutters after a gallop of a few minutes, holding a hand up and noting that despite being invisible, she can feel that it's still trembling. 'Well, there's no point in trying to find the others until the shaking is nearly gone.'
Piecing together bits and pieces from what she's read, Mery finally decides that what she needs is a spot that is far enough away from the road that her voice won't carry and out of sight of the road, but still somewhat close to it. She finds the road again, then works her way away from that, finally stopping at a spot in a ravine below a rocky outcropping. As she dismounts, she tells Handsome, "I suppose we could be cornered here, but at least nothing can sneak up behind us."
She then wraps her arms around the horse's neck and stands there for a good three minutes, unable to stop shaking and breathing deeply. "Thanks, Handsome. You have no idea how much it helps to have an ally who won't judge me for where I am right now. It's normal for me under circumstances like this, but I don't think I could explain it to another person even if my life depended on it." She yawns, suddenly aware of feeling exhausted, and stops concentrating on her Invisibility spell. I have some things to figure out for moving forward, but I think I need a short nap first." She takes a hobble out of her saddlebag and puts it on Handsome so he can't wander off, then pulls out her bedroll and blanket from her backpack and settles down for a brief rest.
Actions & Resources
Actions:
Shortbow (simple, ranged, ammunition, two-handed). Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, ranged 80/320 ft., one target.
Hit: (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
Dagger (light, ranged or melee). Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, ranged 20/80 ft., one target.
Hit: (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: (1d4+2) piercing damage.
Bonus Actions:
Healing Word
A creature of your choice that you can see within range regains hit points equal to 1d4 + your spellcasting ability modifier. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the healing increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 1st.
Bardic Inspiration (4 per long rest, for 1d6)
As a bonus action, a creature (other than yourself) within 60 ft. that can hear you gains an inspiration die (1d6). For 10 minutes, the creature can add it to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw. This can be added after seeing the roll, but before knowing the outcome.
Cutting Words (requires use of bardic inspiration)
Also at 3rd level, you learn how to use your wit to distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and competence of others. When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a damage roll, you can use your reaction to expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration, rolling a Bardic Inspiration die and subtracting the number rolled from the creature’s roll. You can choose to use this feature after the creature makes its roll, but before the GM determines whether the attack roll or ability check succeeds or fails, or before the creature deals its damage. The creature is immune if it can’t hear you or if it’s immune to being charmed.
Heat Metal
Until the spell ends (up to 1 minute), you can use a bonus action on each of your subsequent turns to cause this damage (1d8 fire damage for each level the spell is cast at, minimum 2nd level) again.
Ammunition:
14 arrows in quiver, 0 arrow bundles in backpack.
Spellcasting:
Mery is a 2nd-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). She has the following bard spells available for spontaneous casting:
- Cantrips (3/3 slots): prestidigitation, vicious mockery, message
- 1st level (4/4 slots): healing word, hideous laughter, cure wounds, unseen servant
- 2nd (3/3 slots): invisibility, heat metal, enhance ability
Class Features:
- 3/3 Bardic Inspiration, recovered after a long rest
- Song of Rest (Use on any short rest - anyone who hears her performance and chooses to regain a hit die gains an extra 1d6 of HP.)
- Jack of All Trades (add 1/2 proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn't already include your proficiency bonus.)
- Bardic College = College of Lore. Gain expertise in 2 skills you already have proficiency in, and proficiency in 3 new skills. (Choosing Persuasion and Deception for Expertise, adding Nature, Stealth, and Religion for Proficiency.)