Norrix Moonfall

Once celebrated as the Academy's most brilliant instructor of oneiric theory, Norrix Moonfall's descent into infamy began with a simple question that consumed him entirely—what truths had the Dreammakers deliberately hidden from their own students? His hunger for forbidden knowledge drove him to breach the Vault of Slumbering Secrets, where he discovered fragments of reality-warping lore that predated the current magical order, texts so dangerous that entire civilizations had been erased to keep them buried. Obsessed with proving his theories, he began conducting increasingly brutal experiments on both willing and unwilling subjects, using their dreams as laboratories to manipulate the very fabric between worlds, leaving behind hollow shells of people trapped in eternal nightmares. When the Dreammakers discovered his work—including his weaponization of a destabilized Sorrow Stone that nearly tore a permanent rift into the Nightmare Wastes—they had no choice but to imprison him in the Somnolent Keep, a fortress designed to contain those whose knowledge has become a threat to reality itself. Behind bars, Norrix remains unrepentant, convinced that his persecutors are cowards too fearful to embrace transcendence, and he spends his days in solitary meditation, plotting how to escape and complete the grand working that will force the world to acknowledge what he has learned. His legacy serves as a grim reminder that genius unchecked by conscience transforms wisdom into catastrophe.

Strength

10, modifier 0

Dexterity

14, modifier 2

Constitution

18, modifier 4

Intelligence

20, modifier 5

Wisdom

16, modifier 3

Charisma

18, modifier 4

Dream Manipulation

As an action, Norrix can target one creature within 60 feet, forcing them to make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, they take 4d10 psychic damage and are incapacitated until the end of their next turn.

Reality Tear

As an action, Norrix can create a rift in reality in a 20-foot radius centered on a point he can see within 60 feet. Creatures in the area must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 6d8 force damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Sorrow Stone Blast

Norrix can unleash a wave of destabilized magic in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 5d10 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Nightmare Infusion

As a bonus action, Norrix can infuse his next spell with nightmare energy, adding an additional 2d6 psychic damage to the spell's effects.

Arcane Insight

Norrix has advantage on Intelligence checks related to magic.

Nightmare's Grasp

Creatures within 30 feet of Norrix must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the end of their next turn.

strength

0

dexterity

2

constitution

8

intelligence

10

wisdom

7

charisma

8

Psychic