Theresa 'Terry' Garcia

Theresa Garcia was seven when her father walked out, leaving behind only a half-finished circuit board on the kitchen table—a puzzle she's spent the last nine years obsessively completing, as if solving it might somehow bring him back or prove she never needed him in the first place. Her mother fled the Bronx's underworld connections that had ensnared her father, desperate to give her daughters a clean slate, but Terry had already inherited both the technical genius and the reckless hunger for control that defined their bloodline, channeling it into rebuilding salvaged electronics and later, into the murky corners of the dark web where quick money flows like water. Protecting her younger sister Carmila became Terry's religion—a sacred duty that justified every morally gray transaction, every dangerous deal, every sleepless night hunched over a soldering iron in their cramped apartment—because if she could just maintain absolute control over their circumstances, no one could ever abandon them again. The contradiction gnaws at her constantly: her logical mind knows that Brooke Knox represents the normal, stable life she craves, the kind of future where she doesn't have to be the unbreakable protector, yet her Bronx-born loyalty and fierce independence make her incapable of trusting anyone enough to share that burden. Terry doesn't realize that her greatest strength—the ability to build and rebuild anything—has become her prison, because she's so terrified of falling apart herself that she's forgotten how to let anyone help her carry the weight. Her mother's attempt to escape the shadows only taught Terry one lesson: you can't outrun what's inside you, so you might as well master it, even if mastery means dancing with demons in the digital dark.

Strength

12, modifier 1

Dexterity

18, modifier 4

Constitution

16, modifier 3

Intelligence

20, modifier 5

Wisdom

14, modifier 2

Charisma

10, modifier 0

Soldering Strike

Make a melee attack with a soldering iron. On hit, deal 1d8 + 4 fire damage.

Circuit Overload

Target a device within 60 ft. Make an Intelligence check (DC 15). On success, deal 3d6 lightning damage.

Digital Heist

Attempt to steal information from a digital source. Make a Dexterity check (DC 18) to succeed.

Mechanical Guardian

Summon a mechanical construct to aid in battle. It has 30 HP and acts on Terry's turn.

Tech Savvy

Advantage on checks related to technology and mechanics.

Protective Instinct

Allies within 10 feet gain +2 to AC as long as Terry is conscious.

strength

1

dexterity

4

constitution

3

intelligence

5

wisdom

2

Psychic

Lightning