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D&D 5e Character Sheet (PC-ready)

Identity

• Name: Oren Thistledown
• Race: Harengon
• Class / Level: Wizard 5 (School of Abjuration)
• Background: Sage (Arcane Archivist)
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Size / Speed: Small / 30 ft

Ability Scores

• Proficiency Bonus: +3
• Saving Throws: Intelligence +7, Wisdom +4
• Skills: Arcana +7, Investigation +7, Insight +4, Perception +4
• Passive Perception: 14

Combat

• HP: 32
• AC: 16 (Mage Armor 13 + Dex)
• Initiative: +3

Attacks

• Quarterstaff (arcane staff): +2 to hit, 1d6−1 bludgeoning (versatile 1d8−1)
• Dagger (belt blade): +6 to hit, 1d4+3 piercing; thrown (20/60)

Core Wizard Features

• Arcane Recovery: regain spell slots on short rest (total levels = 2)
• Abjuration Savant: cheaper time/cost to copy abjuration spells
• Arcane Ward: when you cast an abjuration spell of 1st level or higher, create a ward (starts at 2×wizard level + INT mod = 14 HP). Damage hits the ward first; you can recharge it by casting abjuration spells.

Harengon Traits (high-level)

• Hare-Trigger: add proficiency bonus to initiative (+3 already baked in if your table applies it directly)
• Lucky Footwork: bonus to Dex saves (table-dependent wording); excellent at slipping traps/area effects
• Rabbit Hop: bonus action hop to reposition without provoking in many situations (your DM will adjudicate exact phrasing)

Spellcasting

• Spell Save DC: 15
• Spell Attack Bonus: +7
• Prepared Spells/day: 9 (INT 4 + level 5)

Cantrips (typical)

• Fire Bolt, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation

Prepared Spells (recommended list)

1st level: Mage Armor, Shield, Absorb Elements, Detect Magic
2nd level: Misty Step, Mirror Image, Web
3rd level: Counterspell, Hypnotic Pattern (or Fireball if you want raw damage)

Rituals (often in spellbook)

• Identify, Find Familiar, Comprehend Languages, Alarm

Familiar suggestion: a small “ink-hare” spirit that carries chalk, quills, and tiny scrolls.

Equipment (suggested)

• Arcane staff (quarterstaff focus), spellbook, component pouch
• Dagger, scholar’s pack, ink + quills, parchment tubes
• Cloak with embroidered warding sigils, belt pouches, a handful of charm tokens (bits of ribbon, carved bone, pressed leaves)

Backstory: “The Warden of Unwritten Doors”

Oren Thistledown was raised among archivists who believed magic was less a weapon and more a boundary: a way to keep dangerous truths behind the right locks. As a young scribe, he discovered a recurring anomaly in old maps—doorways inked where no doors should exist, always appearing near ruins after storms.

He left the stacks to verify the pattern in the field. The first time he found one of those “unwritten doors,” it opened onto a corridor of cold wind and whispering pages—an extradimensional passage that tried to rewrite his name. Oren survived by instinctively shaping a protective ward, and he has been strengthening that craft ever since.

Now he travels from site to site, sealing breaches, cataloging fey-tainted artifacts, and paying mercenaries in coin and counsel. He doesn’t chase glory. He chases closure—because he has seen what happens when the wrong thing learns your true name.

Roleplay Notes

• Personality Traits: Polite, exacting, rarely surprised; asks precise questions under pressure.
• Ideal: Containment. Some knowledge must be earned, not stumbled upon.
• Bond: A mentor still in the archives—Oren sends coded letters after every expedition.
• Flaw: When threatened, he defaults to “lock it down” even if diplomacy would be better.

Adventure Hooks

1. The Door That Followed: An unwritten door begins appearing ahead of the party each night, as if tracking them.
2. Stolen Name-Index: A rival mage steals Oren’s ledger of true names—and starts selling entries.
3. Wardbreaker Cult: A sect wants to shatter sealed places “to free stories trapped inside.”