Caliber, The Expanding Menace

Caliber was once a brilliant but unstable artificer's apprentice who became obsessed with the mathematical principles governing projectile motion and spatial expansion after witnessing his mentor's catastrophic experiment with dimensional rifts. When a freak accident fused his master's prototype weapon with a piece of a collapsing pocket dimension, the gun emerged warped but functional—capable of firing rounds that grew exponentially as they traversed space, defying conventional ballistics. Rejected by the artificer's guild for his reckless experimentation and unorthodox theories, Caliber abandoned his workshop life and took to the open roads as a mercenary, finding perverse joy in watching his projectiles dance through the air like living things, growing fatter and more unpredictable with each passing moment. He began to see combat not as a necessary evil but as an intricate performance art, a three-dimensional puzzle where his bullets were both the pieces and the players, ricocheting and expanding in patterns only he could predict. Over years of mercenary work, Caliber's mind fractured further, the line between genius and madness blurring until he could no longer distinguish between suppressing enemies and conducting an elaborate, violent symphony. Now he wanders battlefields with an unsettling grin, treating warfare as an endless game where the rules bend to his whims and every trigger pull writes another chapter in his chaotic masterpiece.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

20, modifier +5

Constitution

16, modifier +3

Intelligence

18, modifier +4

Wisdom

12, modifier +1

Charisma

10, modifier +0

Expanding Barrage

Caliber fires 3 bullets that grow in size. Each bullet deals 2d8 piercing damage and grows +1d8 for each 10 ft. traveled.

Homing Shot

Choose a target; make a ranged attack. On hit, the target takes 4d6 piercing damage and the bullet tracks for 1 additional target within 10 ft.

Pinball Storm

Caliber unleashes a flurry of bullets in a 30 ft. cone. Each creature must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 6d6 piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Chaotic Dance

Caliber moves up to his speed without provoking opportunity attacks, firing a bullet at each enemy he passes, dealing 1d10 piercing damage.

Ricochet Mastery

Caliber's projectiles bounce off surfaces, gaining +1d6 damage for each bounce.

strength

+5

dexterity

+9

intelligence

+8

bludgeoning

piercing