Languages: Common, Elvish, Gnomish, Primordial, Deep Speech
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Class Features:
Pact Magic - spell slots refresh after a short rest
Patron - Great Old One
- Awakened Mind - Telepathically speak to anyone within 30ft without needing to share a language.
Invocations:
- Misty Visions - Cast silent image at will
- Voice of the Chain Master - Can communicate telepathically with familiar, perceive through its senses and speak through it using my own voice
Cantrips: Chill Touch, Minor Illusion
Level 1: Dissonant Whispers, Arms of Hadar
Level 2: Phantasmal Force, Mirror Image
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Background: Sage (astronomer)
Feature: Researcher - If I don't know something, I often know where or from whom I can find that information.
Personality trait: I'm convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets
Ideals: Knowledge. The path to power and self improvement is through knowledge.
Bonds: I have an ancient text that holds terrible secretes which must not fall into the wrong hands.
Flaws: Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy.
background:
Berrian has always been interested in what lies beyond the stars and has been an astronomer for 25 years, ever since leaving the boarding school his parents left him at. His research focuses on the farthest edges of space and what they can tell us about the universe. It was while observing a distant anomaly through his telescope that an unknown force overtook him.
Berrian had stumbled onto an ancient reservoir of alien knowledge. The information stored in the reservoir was instantly projected through his telescope an into his mind. Berrian was immediately gifted with an understanding of the forces that shape the universe and the strange machinations of beings beyond mortal comprehension. The knowledge overwhelmed him and left him a broken man.
Since the incident Berrian has never been the same. His conscious mind simply cannot comprehend what he unconsciously knows. Whenever he tries to make sense of it, he is visited by horrifying visions and incomprehensible messages. The incident also appears to have gifted Berrian with strange powers which he doesn't understand, and can barely control. He has been overcome with a lust for knowledge, believing that if he can work his up using science and magic, he can begin to understand his visions and sleep peacefully once more.
Berrian joined an adventuring company in the hope that the ruins they explore and treasure they find helps him understand what he alredy secretly knows.
appearance:
Berrian is a middle aged half elf, a little overweight with the typical build of a comfortable academic. His face, however, tells a different story. The shock of the knowledge that drove Berrian mad has left its mark in the premature whitening of his long hair, the gaunt recesses of his cheeks and the constantly surprised expression in his eyes. While he tries his best to hide it and give off an air of academic professionalism, those who know him often hear him mumbling quietly to himself, or whimpering in his sleep.
