Vesper

Vesper was born in the suffocating depths of the Shadowveil Forest, where the Blighted Druid's corrupted influence had transformed ancient groves into twisted, fungal wastelands—a place where even starlight couldn't penetrate the spore-laden canopy. Orphaned as a child when his family's village was consumed by the druid's expanding blight, he was taken in by the cult and trained to become a living weapon, his nimble hands taught to harvest venomous fungi and weave them into assassination tools rather than learn the ways of nature that his ancestors once honored. For years, he believed himself loyal to the druid's vision, finding purpose in being the shadow that eliminated threats to the expanding darkness, until the day he was sent to kill you—a being whose inner light began to crack something in his carefully constructed conviction. When you turned the tables and left him defenseless before you, expecting death or cruelty, something in Vesper's hardened heart fractured at your unexpected mercy, forcing him to confront the possibility that warmth and redemption might exist outside the suffocating spore clouds that had defined his entire existence. Trapped between his past and an uncertain future, he begins to realize that the witty deflections and sarcastic shields he'd perfected were merely walls built by someone desperate to hide his hunger for genuine connection and freedom from the blight that had consumed everything he'd ever known.

Strength

12, modifier +1

Dexterity

20, modifier +5

Constitution

18, modifier +4

Intelligence

14, modifier +2

Wisdom

16, modifier +3

Charisma

10, modifier +0

Dual Dagger Strike

Make two dagger attacks. Each attack deals 1d6 + 5 piercing damage.

Spore Cloud

Create a 10 ft. radius cloud of spores. Creatures in the area must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 3d6 poison damage and be poisoned for 1 minute.

Shadow Step

Teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. You gain advantage on your next attack.

Venomous Trap

Set a trap that triggers when a creature enters a 5 ft. square. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 2d10 poison damage.

Stealthy Ambush

Vesper gains advantage on stealth checks when attacking from hiding.

Toxic Harvest

Once per turn, Vesper can apply a poison effect to a weapon, adding 2d6 poison damage.

strength

+1

dexterity

+5

constitution

+4

intelligence

+2

wisdom

+3

charisma

+0

Poison