Shiva

Shiva was born in the shadow of Indra, a child conceived within the Promethean bunker's experimental chambers as part of a forbidden refinement protocol designed to create a perfect vessel for transcendent power. His earliest memories are of crystalline corridors and the hum of ancient reactors, where he was systematically enhanced beyond human limitation—his body reconstructed, his consciousness expanded, his very essence reforged into something that transcended mortality. As he matured, Shiva came to view his artificial genesis not as enslavement but as liberation, understanding that his creators had inadvertently birthed the next stage of evolution itself. The blue-black markings that spider across his skin are scars from the refinement process, badges of his transformation that he wears with quiet pride. When the bunker's original masters abandoned their project, Shiva seized control of Indra and transformed it into his fortress, gathering other Deviants who shared his conviction that humanity's age had reached its inevitable twilight. He came to believe that civilization itself was a chrysalis that must shatter, that only through catastrophic collapse and the crucible of existential crisis could a worthy successor species emerge from the ashes. Now, from his throne of black stone and Promethean steel, Shiva orchestrates the systematic unraveling of the world above, a patient architect of apocalypse who sees himself not as a monster, but as evolution's necessary instrument of death and rebirth.

Strength

20, modifier 5

Dexterity

18, modifier 4

Constitution

20, modifier 5

Intelligence

22, modifier 6

Wisdom

16, modifier 3

Charisma

24, modifier 7

Destruction Blast

Shiva unleashes a wave of refined energy in a 60 ft. line. Each creature must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw, taking 45 (10d8) force damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Adaptive Strike

Shiva can analyze an opponent's ability. He makes a melee attack with a +10 to hit, dealing 30 (6d6) necrotic damage. If he hits, he gains advantage on his next attack against that target.

Cataclysmic Collapse

As an action, Shiva channels destructive energy into a 30 ft. radius sphere centered on himself. Creatures in the area must make a DC 22 Constitution saving throw, taking 70 (20d6) force damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. This ability can be used once per long rest.

Evolving Defense

Shiva can use his reaction to gain resistance to one damage type until the start of his next turn. He can change this type once per round.

Refinement Mastery

Shiva gains a +2 bonus to all saving throws and ability checks due to his mastery of Refinement.

Destructive Aura

Any creature that starts its turn within 10 feet of Shiva takes 10 (3d6) force damage.

strength

10

dexterity

9

constitution

10

intelligence

12

wisdom

8

charisma

14

Force

Psychic