Father Abel

Born into a scholarly family of theologians and antiquarians, Abel devoted his early life to cataloging the obscure texts and forbidden manuscripts hidden within monastery archives, becoming the Church's foremost expert on the nature and weaknesses of the undead that plagued Christendom's shadows. During a desperate midnight raid by a coven of ancient vampires seeking to destroy the very knowledge he guarded, Abel was mortally wounded and left to die among the burning scrolls, only to experience a transcendent vision in which a celestial being offered him a terrible choice: accept damnation's curse transformed into salvation's weapon, or let darkness consume the innocent he had sworn to protect. He accepted the angel's covenant, and through divine paradox, his body underwent the Vesper mutation—becoming something that should not exist, a creature of the night sustained by grace rather than carnage, bearing holy fire in veins that no longer thirsted for blood. Armed with supernatural strength, timeless vitality, and an intimate communion with sacred magic that burns through unholy flesh like divine judgment, Father Abel emerged from that conflagration reborn as God's avenging instrument, neither fully alive nor damned, but something wholly unique in creation's design. He wanders the world's darkest corners with unwavering conviction, hunting the true monsters while using his sanctified blood to mend the broken bodies of those the predators left behind, each healing act a defiant prayer against the encroaching night. Where other vampires see him, they recognize only an abomination—a violation of their very nature—and they flee or perish by his hand, unable to comprehend how one of their kind could serve the light rather than embrace the hunger that defines their cursed existence.

Strength

18, modifier +4

Dexterity

14, modifier +2

Constitution

20, modifier +5

Intelligence

16, modifier +3

Wisdom

20, modifier +5

Charisma

18, modifier +4

Holy Strike

Melee weapon attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d10 + 4 radiant damage.

Vesper's Embrace

As a bonus action, heal an ally within 30 ft. for 3d8 + 5 hit points using sacred blood.

Cleansing Flame

Channel divine energy in a 30 ft. radius. Each creature must make a DC 18 Dexterity save or take 4d6 radiant damage.

Divine Judgment

As an action, choose a creature within 60 ft. to make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw. On failure, they are blinded for 1 minute.

Divine Resilience

Gains advantage on saving throws against necrotic damage and effects.

Holy Aura

Allies within 10 feet gain +2 to saving throws against fear and charm.

strength

+8

dexterity

+6

constitution

+9

wisdom

+10

charisma

+8

Necrotic

Radiant