Gor'Zax O'Dred (battlemaster)

name:  Gor'Zzax  O'Dred
race:  Shadar-Kai (shadowfell)
class:  Fighter\Battlemaster
Level: 8

Str: 20 +5
Dex: 10
Con: 18 +4
Int:  10
Wis:  14 +2
Cha: 8

HP: 84
AC:  20/22 shield
Init: 0
PP: 15

saves:  Str +9  Con +8 (ring +1 to all)
prof: +3

Weapons:
Shatterspike (+1 maul)  +10 2d6+7 (auto crit vs objects)
w\ GWM   +5 2d6+17
Warhammer  +9 2d8+6
Javelin  +9 d6+6
Lance mounted +9 d12 +6 reach
heavy xbow +4 d10  (range 100\400)

Racial Features:
Shadar-kai are the elves of the Shadowfell, originally drawn to that dread realm by the Raven Queen. Over the centuries, some of them have continued to serve her, while others have ventured into the Material Plane to forge their own destinies.

Once shadar-kai were Fey like the rest of their elven kin; now they exist in a state between life and death, thanks to being transformed by the Shadowfell’s grim energy.

Shadar-kai have ashen skin tones, and while they’re in the Shadowfell, they also become wizened, reflecting the somber nature of that gloomy plane.

Like other elves, shadar-kai can live to be over 750 years old.

Ability Score Increase. When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 (STR) and increase a different score by 1 (CON), or increase three different scores by 1. You can't raise any of your scores above 20.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. You are also considered an elf for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be an elf.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Blessing of the Raven Queen. As a bonus action, you can magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Starting at 3rd level, you also gain resistance to all damage when you teleport using this trait. The resistance lasts until the start of your next turn. During that time, you appear ghostly and translucent.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed condition on yourself.

Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Necrotic Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic damage.

Trance. You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You can finish a long rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in a trancelike meditation, during which you retain consciousness.
Whenever you finish this trance, you can gain two proficiencies that you don’t have, each one with a weapon or a tool of your choice selected from the Player’s Handbook. You mystically acquire these proficiencies by drawing them from shared elven memory, and you retain them until you finish your next long rest.

Languages. Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is free to modify that list for a campaign.

Background: Outlander (shadowfell)  wanderer

Skills:
Perception (racial) +5
Athletics +8
Survival +5
Animal Handling +5
History (military) +3
musical instrument - flute
armorer tools

Languages:  Common, Undercommon, Shadar-Kai


Fighter Features:
Fighting Style (defense), Second Wind (d10+level)
Action Surge
Battlemaster
ASI - feat Crusher (+1 str, 5ft knockback, crit = all attacks adv)
2nd attack
ASI - feat Great Weapon Mastery  (-5\+10, crit or kill = extra attack)
ASI - +2 STR (8th)


Battlemaster Features:
student of war - armorer tools
know your enemy - 1min study
5 maneuvers and 5d8 superiority dice
Brace, Menacing Strike, Feint, Riposte, Trip
BM DC = 8 + str + prof = 16

Equipment:
full plate
maul Shatterspike +1
warhammer
dagger
javelins (6)
shield
Explorer pack
armorer tools
Heal pot 2
greater healing pot 1
Gauntlets of Skill at Arms (dwarven) +1 to hit and damage
ring of protection +1
Blacksmith/ferrier tools *trance

I made a Hero Forge mini for Zax



combat token






combat token

heh heh.. love this idea!

Gor'zax Odred served the Raven Queen on the plane of Shadowfell. He was a frontline warrior in one of her many special forces teams. On his last mission for her, his squad was sent to eliminate a powerful wizard that was causing problems for the Raven Queen by summoning extra-dimensional monsters. During the fight, the wizard opened some kind of portal and blasted about half of the team into another world.

Zax found himself in the 7 Kingdoms as an outsider. He wandered the land and worked as mercenary. His ashen skin and muscular build shares little resemblance to the elves of this place. He is often mistaken for a human or goliath.

Zax is currently employed by the King of Merciana. He is comfortable in this life, since it reminds him of his home in the Shadowfell. Being away from the gloomy plane of shadows has infused Zax with newfound enthusiasm for his work.

I like the story, we can develop it more as needed, when needed

Shadar-Kai culture and traditions:

Gor'Zax, son of Mal'Gor, son of Dur'Mal
A male child takes his father's forename and adds his own name after '

O in Shadar-Kai represents the larger clan or tribe or later royal House
So O'Dred means "of the Dred clan" or later "of the House of Dred"

Shadar-Kai culture places a premium on courage and honor. They lived in a tiered caste system with their Raven Queen at the top, below her were the "noble" heads of the clans, tribes and houses. The warrior caste were the next most honored. They served as protectors of the lower classes and guards to the nobles. Beneath the warriors, in order of status, were the farmers, trade workers, artists and at the bottom were the merchants.

Arrod
Warhorse
Large beast, unaligned
Armor Class 18
Hit Points 19 (3d10+3)
Speed 60 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
12 (+1)
CON
13 (+1)
INT
2 (-4)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
7 (-2)

Senses passive Perception 11

Trampling Charge. If the horse moves at least 20 ft. straight toward a creature and then hits it with a hooves attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, the horse can make another attack with its hooves against it as a bonus action.
Actions
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage.

Plate barding
Plate Heavy 18 Strength 15 Disadvantage

Saddle, Military
Type: Adventuring Gear Cost: 20 gp Weight: 30 lbs
A military saddle braces the rider, helping you keep your seat on an active mount in battle. It gives you advantage on any check you make to remain mounted.

Tags:
UTILITY

Saddlebags with basic ferrier materials

Loot carried by Zax for the party:


potion of healing  8d4+8 superior healing
potion of stone giant strength
When you drink this potion, your Strength score changes to 23 for 1 hour. The potion has no effect on you if your Strength is equal to or greater than that score.
2 potion of healing 2d4 + 2
gauntlets of Skill at arms (dwarven) +1 to hit and damage

Chris wrote:Loot carried by Zax for the party:


potion of healing  2d4 + 2
potion of stone giant strength
When you drink this potion, your Strength score changes to 23 for 1 hour. The potion has no effect on you if your Strength is equal to or greater than that score.

It’s 8d8+8 superior healing

THANKS!