5e Shifter Caravan Magus
This is based on a character I made a while ago for 4e and never got to play for very long. I'm assuming +1 spell acquired in adventuring each level on top of automatic gains for leveling.
Meesha was a member of a semi-nomadic family of close knit shifters that traveled, hunted and sold their kills and pieces of craft to the towns they passed. In some cases they sold their services as huntsmen and caravan guards, but for the most part they were traveling hunters and crafters as stated. In one town, as a child, Meesha was with her mother on an errand to sell some objects when, to her wonder she saw a wizard giving a performance in the town square. Meesha hung on as her mother walked off and stayed to watch the entire performance with the rest of the village children clapping right along with them at each illusion and cantrip.
When her mother and family finally found her, they were reasonably more than a little upset at her having "wandered off" (or at least not followed her mother) and soon she was back on the road. But now she had a goal in mind, and one they could not dissuade her from. She worked to save as much money as she could in order to take an entrance test at an academy of magic she knew of along their normal path. She passed the test with flying colors, but the Humans and Eladrin that largely ran the academy refused to let her in, partially on a financial issue, but mostly because of the fear of the shifter girl polluting their bloodlines.
She was going back to her family, bereft of her goal, when a half-elven wizard stopped her in order to offer to teach her as he was impressed with her potential.
With her apprenticeship done now, she is wandering out into the world and had planned to rejoin her family and use her magic to aid them in their life. Unfortunately, when she caught up with her family it was in the husk of a burned out village, her clan's wagons in the debris and her family's ashes mixed with the residents'.
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Despite the name Canidae, Meesha does not fit the bill for one of the large, powerfully built shifters descended from the heavier and more danger were-creatures like wolves, bears and tigers. In fact her brothers used to refer to her as the family house cat, in no small part to get a rise out of her. Her wizard-master caught on to the sensitivity as well and used to refer to her as a little rat if she wasn't behaving. Now that she's grown, she's still smaller than a lot of the longtooths, but despite her tendency to groom herself to be more "wolfish" she remains with no more distinction to one species or another than any other razorclaw shifter. She stands about 5'6" at a very slender 128 lbs, and she keeps herself more carefully groomed (from a "civilized" point of view) than most shifters.
1st Level Statistics
Razorclaw Shifter Wizard 1st
Str: 10
Dex:14
Con:11
Int:15
Wis:14
Cha:13
HP:6
AC:12
Proficiency Bonus: +2
Darkvision 60 ft
Shifting +1 Temporary HP,
Unarmed Attack as Bonus Action, Dex bonus, slashing damage
Armor Proficiencies:None
Weapons: Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaff, Light Crossbows
Tools: Cartographers Tools
Saving Throws:Intelligence, Wisdom
Languages:Common, Sylvan
Proficient Skills
Arcana (Wizard) +4
Insight (Guild Artisan) +4
Medicine (Wizard) +4
Persuasion (Guild Artisan) +3
Background:Guild Artisan: Cartographers, Surveyers and Chart-Makers
Spellcasting
Ritual Caster
Arcane Recovery
Cartographer's Tools
Letter of Introduction
Traveler's Outfit
Dagger
Arcane Focus - Staff
Explorer's Pack
Spellbook
15 GP
Cantrips: Light, Mender, Ray of Frost
1st Level: Tenser's Floating Disk, Identify
2nd to 5th Level
2nd Level - Arcane Tradition: Diviner, Portent, Diviner Savant, +4 HP
Level Spells: Unseen Servant, Detect Magic
Scribed Spell: Sleep
3rd Level - +4 HP
Level Spells: Alarm, Detect Thoughts
Scribed Spell: Find Familiar
4th Level - Ability Score Increase, +1 Int, +1 Cha, +4 HP
Level Spells: Locate Object, Web
Scribed Spell: Hold Person
Cantrip: Message
5th Level - Proficiency Bonus +3, +4 HP
Level Spells: Clairvoyance, Remove Curse
Scribed Spell: Sleet Storm
Reasoning: Meesha primarily researched magic in order to be a better asset to her caravan. She does not have the normal attitude of an adventurer. She mostly focuses on divination and daily useful stuff while picking up more combat-oriented stuff along the way. A lot of her magic is also ritual-based.
5th Level Statistics
Razorclaw Shifter Diviner 5th
Str: 10
Dex:14
Con:11
Int:16
Wis:14
Cha:14
HP: 32
AC:12
Proficiency Bonus: +3
Darkvision 60 ft
Shifting +5 Temporary HP,
Unarmed Attack as Bonus Action, Dex bonus, slashing damage
Armor Proficiencies:None
Weapons: Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaff, Light Crossbows
Tools: Cartographers Tools
Saving Throws:Intelligence, Wisdom
Languages:Common, Sylvan
Proficient Skills
Arcana (Wizard) +6
Insight (Guild Artisan) +5
Medicine (Wizard) +5
Persuasion (Guild Artisan) +4
Background:Guild Artisan: Cartographers, Surveyers and Chart-Makers
Spellcasting
Arcane Recovery
Ritual Caster
Divination Savant
Portent
Cartographer's Tools
Letter of Introduction
Traveler's Outfit
Dagger
Arcane Focus - Staff
Explorer's Pack
Spellbook
15 GP
Cantrips: Light, Mending, Message, Ray of Frost
1st Level: Alarm, Detect Magic, Find Familiar, Identify, Sleep, Tenser's Floating Disk, Unseen Servant
2nd Level: Detect Thoughts, Hold Person, Locate Object, Web
3rd Level: Clairvoyance, Remove Curse, Sleet Storm
6th to 10th Level
6th Level - Expert Divination, +4 HP
Level Spells: Leomund's Tiny Hut, Glyph of Warding
Scribed Spells:Dispel Magic
7th Level - +4 HP
Level Spells: Locate Creature, Arcane Eye
Scribed Spells: Conjure Minor Elementals
8th Level - Ability Score Increase: Keen Mind, +4 HP
Level Spells: Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum, Sending
Scribed Spell: Stone Shape
9th Level - Proficiency Bonus +4, +4 HP
Level Spells: Legend Lore, Scrying
Scribed Spell: Telekinesis
10th Level - The Third Eye, +4 HP
Level Spells: Wall of Stone, Contact Other Plane
Scribed Spell: Counterspell
Cantrip: Mage Hand
Reasoning: She's still aiming mostly at practical use magics.
10th Level Statistics
Razorclaw Shifter Diviner 10th
Str: 10
Dex:14
Con:11
Int:17
Wis:14
Cha:14
HP: 52
AC:12
Proficiency Bonus: +4
Darkvision 60 ft
Shifting +5 Temporary HP,
Unarmed Attack as Bonus Action, Dex bonus, slashing damage
Feat: Keen Mind
Armor Proficiencies:None
Weapons: Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaff, Light Crossbows
Tools: Cartographers Tools
Saving Throws:Intelligence, Wisdom
Languages:Common, Sylvan
Proficient Skills
Arcana (Wizard) +7
Insight (Guild Artisan) +6
Medicine (Wizard) +6
Persuasion (Guild Artisan) +6
Background:Guild Artisan: Cartographers, Surveyers and Chart-Makers
Spellcasting
Arcane Recovery
Ritual Caster
Divination Savant
Portent
Expert Divination
The Third Eye
Cartographer's Tools
Letter of Introduction
Traveler's Outfit
Dagger
Arcane Focus - Staff
Explorer's Pack
Spellbook
15 GP
Cantrips: Light, Mage Hand, Mending, Message, Ray of Frost
1st Level: Alarm, Detect Magic, Find Familiar, Identify, Sleep, Tenser's Floating Disk, Unseen Servant
2nd Level: Detect Thoughts, Hold Person, Locate Object, Web
3rd Level: Clairvoyance, Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Glyph of Warding, Leomund's Tiny Hut, Remove Curse, Sending, Sleet Storm
4th Level: Arcane Eye, Conjure Minor Elementals, Locate Creature, Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum, Stone Shape
5th Level: Contact Other Plane, Legend Lore, Scrying, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone
11th to 15th Level
11th Level - +4 HP
Level Spells: Arcane Gate, True Seeing
Scribed Spell: Chain Lightning
12th Level - Ability Score Improvement: Linguist, +4 HP
Level Spells: Arcane Lock, Guards and Wards
Scribed Spell: Planar Binding
13th Level - Proficiency Bonus +5, +4 HP
Level Spells: Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion, Sequester
Scribed Spell: Prismatic Spray
14th Level - Greater Portent, +4 HP
Level Spells: Magic Weapon, Teleport
Scribed Spells: Slow
15th Level - +4 HP
Level Spells: Demiplane, Control Weather
Scribed Spells: Maze
Reasoning: She still doesn't have a lot of the normal bread and butter wizard spells. This character would primarily be focused at identifying problems well in advance of encountering them and giving the party the ability to plan for situations. And that is very, very powerful...if you haven't had a divination/sensory specialist in a game before.
15th Level Statistics
Razorclaw Shifter Diviner 15th
Str: 10
Dex:14
Con:11
Int:18
Wis:14
Cha:14
HP: 72
AC:12
Proficiency Bonus: +5
Darkvision 60 ft
Shifting +5 Temporary HP,
Unarmed Attack as Bonus Action, Dex bonus, slashing damage
Feats: Keen Mind, Linguist
Armor Proficiencies:None
Weapons: Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaff, Light Crossbows
Tools: Cartographers Tools
Saving Throws:Intelligence, Wisdom
Languages:Common, Sylvan, Orcish, Dwarven, Elven
Proficient Skills
Arcana (Wizard) +9
Insight (Guild Artisan) +7
Medicine (Wizard) +7
Persuasion (Guild Artisan) +7
Background:Guild Artisan: Cartographers, Surveyers and Chart-Makers
Spellcasting
Arcane Recovery
Ritual Caster
Divination Savant
Portent
Expert Divination
The Third Eye
Greater Portent
Cartographer's Tools
Letter of Introduction
Traveler's Outfit
Dagger
Arcane Focus - Staff
Explorer's Pack
Spellbook
15 GP
Cantrips: Light, Mage Hand, Mending, Message, Ray of Frost
1st Level: Alarm, Detect Magic, Find Familiar, Identify, Sleep, Tenser's Floating Disk, Unseen Servant
2nd Level: Arcane Lock, Detect Thoughts, Hold Person, Locate Object, Magic Weapon, Web
3rd Level: Clairvoyance, Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Glyph of Warding, Leomund's Tiny Hut, Remove Curse, Sending, Sleet Storm, Slow
4th Level: Arcane Eye, Conjure Minor Elementals, Locate Creature, Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum, Stone Shape
5th Level: Contact Other Plane, Legend Lore, Planar Binding, Scrying, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone
6th Level: Arcane Gate, Chain Lightning, Guards and Wards, True-Seeing
7th Level: Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion, Prismatic Spray, Sequester, Teleport
8th Level: Control Weather, Demiplane, Maze
16th to 20th Level
16th Level - Ability Score Improvement, +2 Int, +4 HP
Level Spells: Telepathy, Nondetection
Scribed Spells: Power Word Stun
17th Level - Proficiency Bonus +6, +4 HP
Level Spells: Foresight, Time Stop
Scribed Spells: Meteor Swarm
18th Level - Spell Mastery, +4 HP
Level Spells: Magic Missile, Mirror Image
Scribed Spells: Prismatic Wall
19th Level - Ability Score Improvement, +2 Wisdom, +4 HP
Level Spells: Mage Armor, Blur
Scribed Spells: Astral Projection
20th Level - Signature Spell: (Clairvoyance, Counterspell), +4 HP
Level Spells: Wish, Protection from Good and Evil
Scribed Spell: Magic Circle
Reasoning: To be honest, given the wizard tendency to accumulate spells and how common some spells are, she'd be likely to have a LOT more spells than this by this level and a lot of these spells would have been learned MUCH earlier. But you can't really predict the direction of a game, so I focused the level-up spells on concept and made semi-random selections for the scribed spells. (by which I mean that I skimmed the combat stuff and said "that looks interesting")
20th Level Statistics
Razorclaw Shifter Diviner 15th
Str: 10
Dex:14
Con:11
Int: 20
Wis:16
Cha:14
HP: 92
AC:12
Proficiency Bonus: +6
Darkvision 60 ft
Shifting +5 Temporary HP,
Unarmed Attack as Bonus Action, Dex bonus, slashing damage
Feats: Keen Mind, Linguist
Armor Proficiencies:None
Weapons: Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaff, Light Crossbows
Tools: Cartographers Tools
Saving Throws:Intelligence, Wisdom
Languages:Common, Sylvan, Orcish, Dwarven, Elven
Proficient Skills
Arcana (Wizard) +11
Insight (Guild Artisan) +9
Medicine (Wizard) +9
Persuasion (Guild Artisan) +8
Background:Guild Artisan: Cartographers, Surveyers and Chart-Makers
Spellcasting
Arcane Recovery
Ritual Caster
Divination Savant
Portent
Expert Divination
The Third Eye
Greater Portent
Spell Mastery: Currently 1st Level: Detect Magic, 2nd Level: Detect Thoughts
Signature Spell: Clairvoyance, Counterspell
Cartographer's Tools
Letter of Introduction
Traveler's Outfit
Dagger
Arcane Focus - Staff
Explorer's Pack
Spellbook
15 GP
Cantrips: Light, Mage Hand, Mending, Message, Ray of Frost
1st Level: Alarm, Detect Magic, Find Familiar, Identify, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Protection from Good and Evil, Sleep, Tenser's Floating Disk, Unseen Servant
2nd Level: Arcane Lock, Blur, Detect Thoughts, Hold Person, Locate Object, Magic Weapon, Mirror Image, Web
3rd Level: Clairvoyance, Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Glyph of Warding, Leomund's Tiny Hut, Magic Circle, Nondetection, Remove Curse, Sending, Sleet Storm, Slow
4th Level: Arcane Eye, Conjure Minor Elementals, Locate Creature, Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum, Stone Shape
5th Level: Contact Other Plane, Legend Lore, Planar Binding, Scrying, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone
6th Level: Arcane Gate, Chain Lightning, Guards and Wards, True-Seeing
7th Level: Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion, Prismatic Spray, Sequester, Teleport
8th Level: Control Weather, Demiplane, Maze, Power Word Stun, Telepathy
9th Level: Astral Projection, Foresight, Meteor Swarm, Prismatic Wall, Time Stop, Wish
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