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Magnus Ravenson
Human Cleric 2
XP 300
Alignment Neutral
Init +2; Senses Perception +2
DEFENSE
AC 18
hp 17 (2d8+4) HD 2
Saving Throws Strength +4, Dexterity +2, Constitution +2, Intelligence +0, Wisdom +4, Charisma +3
OFFENSE
Melee Longsword or warhammer +6 (1d8+4) or handaxe or spear +6 (1d6+4)
Ranged Handaxe or spear +6 (1d6+4; 20/60)
STATISTICS
Str 18, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 11, Wis 14, Cha 13
Proficiency Bonus +2
Proficiencies Light, medium, heavy armor and shields; simple and martial weapons; Wisdom and Charisma saves; gaming set-dice, land vehicles
Skills Athletics +6, Intimidate +3, Medicine +4, Religion +2
Languages Alodoan (common), Dwarven
Class Abilities Cantrips, spellcasting, ritual casting, divine domain (Tempest), domain spells (fog cloud, thunderwave), wrath of the storm (2/day when struck, use reaction to do 2d8 lightning or thunder damage to attacker w/in 5 ft.; Dex DC 12 for ½), channel divinity (1/day, turn undead or destructive wrath)
Spells (+4 to hit; DC 12 with holy symbol)
Cantrips: guidance, spare the dying, thaumaturgy
1st: (3 slots) bless, cure wounds, fog cloud*, guiding bolt, shield of faith, thunderwave*
Equipment scale mail, shield, dagger, (2) handaxes, warhammer, longsword, spear, common clothes, explorer’s pack (backpack, bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, 10 torches, 15 days rations, waterskin, 50’ hemp rope), healer's kit, herbalism kit, vial of acid, vial of holy water, holy symbol, insignia of rank, belt of scalps, set of bone dice, belt pouch with 13 gp and 5 sp.

Background Soldier (healer). Feature: Military rank
Trait: I can stare down a hell hound without flinching. The gods have determined my fate.
Ideal: Honor. Death comes and we must meet it with a smile and red steel.
Bond: Those who fight beside me are worth dying for.
Flaw: My hatred for my enemies is blind and unreasoning.

Physical description: A tall, wide-shouldered man with pale eyes and a forked beard, Magnus Ravenson strikes an imposing figure. Fair of skin like the Alodoans, his blond hair marks him as a foreigner as much as the strange, runic tattoos that covers his arms. When going into battle or performing some other religious rite, he paints a stripe of dark woad across his eyes to symbolize the blindness of his god, Vodhan, who plucked out his own eyes to better glimpse the unseen world.

History: It's been 25 years since the longships of the Vayangurr left the Islands of the Blind God seeking plunder along Harrispania's coast. Called Vangar by the native Alodoans, many of the raiders remained within the country's borders, integrating into frontier society while maintaining many of the old ways. Magnus Ravenson is one such. Born at sea during the rain-soaked crossing from Iskurra, he was indoctrinated into the secret teachings of the Crow God at an early age. Taught to fight with spear, axe and sword by veteran Vangar who stayed behind as sellswords, Magnus joined Harrispania's army for a time and served alongside the Alodoans during the War of Secession in Baravkovia.
Blooded at the battle of Sergan’s Crossing, his pagan prayers kept many of his fellow soldiers in the lands of the living. But some of those same soldiers later turned on him when, according to the rites of his faith, he refused to bury the dead - among the Vangar, those who fall on the battlefield are left for the crows, so that they, like Vodhan, can be carried up to the clouded halls of the Storm King to battle eternally.
Discharged soon after the battle, he joined the Solution Society, where his talents more than made up for any unsettling aspects of his faith. His first mission with the society failed to go as planned, however. Rather than flee when a companion's clumsiness raised the alarm, Magnus used a prayer to his blind god to collapse the garrison they had been infiltrating. Perhaps this Wrecking Crew will require less subtlety.