Carel

A young elven hermit, a decade or three short of being able to consider herself a full-fledged adult. A child like her shouldn’t be roaming alone, especially when she’s not around acceptable adventuring age - and it’s clear by her naivety that she isn’t ready to be on her own, either. Yet here she is, flitting between towns, a fish out of water amidst literally everyone else.

If she had a choice in the matter, she wouldn’t be roaming - not even a little bit. But her… ‘caretaker?’ ‘mentor?’ ‘master?’ Something like that. The word doesn’t translate nicely from the fae language, but the person who took her in has gone missing. 

Regardless, they’ve been gone long enough that even an elf like Carel has managed to notice enough to be worried, so she’s taken the first steps in her known life beyond the safety of her home to find out why.

By all appearances, Carel is very clearly a bog standard elf of the Material Plane (or equivalent there-of) - but for some reason, she counts as a fae where being a fae matters. 

In truth, Carel is an artificially-created being - some sort of chimera. AKA: She basically got shou-tuckered. It turns out that her master was actually a green dragon, and she was created with the purpose of being a lure trap - enticing to stronger planar entities that wish to hold more influence over the material plane, yet cannot manifest properly themselves.... giving the opportunity to use their full power on a realm normally out of their reach. But by taking control of her, it would be at the cost of being placed under the dragon’s direct control. However, she still needs some fine-tuning before she can be used for her intended purpose - her pesky free will has yet to be removed... and she's run off in this mix-up before the final adjustments can be made.

Carel has no idea about any of this - not even her master’s true identity. Enjoy.

• Paranoid and cowardly, skittish around people she doesn’t know. Clearly a kid who has lived a very sheltered life, kept away from other people. However, warms up quickly around other kids and to most shows of kindness. 
• Elves only consider themselves ‘adults’ at around 100 or 110 years of age. If the base ‘adult’ or ‘adventuring’ human age is 16, then she’s probably 14 years old equivalently in elven years. She is literally just a kid.
• She’s very proud of her abilities and won’t hesitate if given a chance to show off her skill with a bow. 
• Carel has not grown up with elven customs - elf culture is foreign to her. This is very telling about her mentor/master.
• The brooch she wears is a gift from her mentor/master. It’s a “Non-detection" type charm - she cannot be found through magical means.
• Love-hate relationship with owls
• No animal companion, summons a pack of Blink Dogs hunting hounds instead

CAREL

High Elf Ranger (hunter) 5

Medium humanoid (high elf, fey), neutral good

Armor Class 15 (studded leather armor)

Hit Points 35 (5d10 + 5)

Speed 30 ft.

STR 11 (+0) DEX 18 (+4) CON 12 (+1) INT 15 (+2) WIS 16 (+3) CHA 13 (+1)

Saving Throws: Str +3, Dexterity +7

Skills Medicine +6, Nature +5, Perception +5, Religion +6, Stealth +7, Survival +6

Weaknesses silver

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11

Languages Common, Elvish

Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)

Tool Proficiencies herbalism kit

Equipment dagger, longbow, ehlonna’s quiver with 60 arrows, explorer’s pack, amulet of proof against detection and location, scroll case stuffed full of notes from your studies, winter blanket, set of common clothes, herbalism kit, 5 gp

Fey Ancestry. The elf has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the elf to sleep.

Trance. Elves don't need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. 

Elf Weapon Training. Carel has proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.

Archery. +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

Favored Enemy. Undead.

Natural Explorer. Forest.

Innate Spellcasting. Carel’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12). Carel can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

1/day: gift of alacrity or misty step 

Spellcasting. Carel is a 5th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +6 to hit with spell attacks). Carel can cast the following Ranger spells:

Cantrips (at will): toll the dead

1st level (4 slots): ensnaring strike, fog cloud, gift of alacrity, hunter's mark

2nd level (2 slots): healing spirit, misty step

Actions

Extra Attack. The elf makes two melee attacks or two ranged attacks.

Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, ranged 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.

Horde Breaker. Once on each of Carel’s turns when she makes a weapon attack, she can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is within 5 feet of the original target and within range of your weapon.

Primeval Awareness. Carel can use her action and expend one ranger spell slot to focus her awareness on the region around her. For 1 minute per level of the spell slot she expends, she can sense whether the following types of creatures are present within 1 mile of her (or within up to 6 miles if she’s located in her favored terrain): aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead. This feature doesn't reveal the creatures' location or number.

Feats

Fey-Touched. Carel has an innate spell slot, which can be used on Misty Step or one other 1st level spell.

CAREL CR 5

Elf Hunter (forester) 5
NG Medium augmented humanoid (elf, fey-touched)
Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +14

DEFENSE

AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +4 Dex)
hp 24 (5d8)
Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +3; +2 vs. enchantments
Defensive Abilities evasion; DR 5/cold iron; Immune sleep; SR 10

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft.
Melee dagger +3 (1d4)
Ranged longbow +7 (1d8/×3)

Spell-like Abilities (CL 5th)

0th—detect magic (constant)

Ranger Spells (CL 5th; concentration +7)

2nd—(3/day) cat's grace, fog cloud, raven's flight, summon nature’s ally II
1st—(5/day) abundant ammunition, entangle, gravity bow, nature's paths, summon nature’s ally I
0th—create water, detect poison, know direction, light, purify food and drink, stabilize

STATISTICS

Str 11, Dex 19, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 15, Cha 11
Base Atk +3; CMB +3; CMD 19
Feats Coordinated Shot, Elven Accuracy, Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot
Skills Handle Animal  +11, Heal +11, Knowledge (dungeoneering, geography, nature) + 10, Perception +14, Ride +11, Stealth +12, Survival +11 (+2 to follow tracks), and Swim +9
Languages Common, Elven, Sylvan, Draconic
SQ animal focus (one constant; one 5 min/day), change shape (medium elf; alter self), favored terrain (forest +2), fey-sighted, nature training, tactician, track, wild empathy, woodland stride
Other Gear studded leather, dagger, +1 longbow with 60 arrows, amulet of proof against detection and location, efficient quiver

Animal Focus—(one constant and one 5 minutes/day) 

• Bat: The creature gains darkvision to a range of 60 feet. At 8th level, the range increases by 30 feet. At 15th level, the creature also gains blindsense to a range of 10 feet.
• Bear: The creature gains a +2 enhancement bonus to Constitution. This bonus increases to +4 at 8th level and +6 at 15th level.
• Bull: The creature gains a +2 enhancement bonus to Strength. This bonus increases to +4 at 8th level and +6 at 15th level.
• Falcon: The creature gains a +4 competence bonus on Perception checks. This bonus increases to +6 at 8th level and +8 at 15th level.
• Frog: The creature gains a +4 competence bonus on Swim checks and on Acrobatics checks to jump. These bonuses increase to +6 at 8th level and +8 at 15th level.
• Monkey: The creature gains a +4 competence bonus on Climb checks. This bonus increases to +6 at 8th level and +8 at 15th level.
• Mouse: The creature gains evasion, as the rogue class feature. At 12th level, this increases to improved evasion, as the rogue advanced talent.
• Owl: The creature gains a +4 competence bonus on Stealth checks. This bonus increases to +6 at 8th level and +8 at 15th level.
• Snake: The creature gains a +2 bonus on attack rolls when making attacks of opportunity and a +2 dodge bonus to AC against attacks of opportunity. These bonuses increase to +4 at 8th level and +6 at 15th level.
• Stag: The creature gains a 5-foot enhancement bonus to its base land speed. This bonus increases to 10 feet at 8th level and 20 feet at 15th level.
• Tiger: The creature gains a +2 enhancement bonus to Dexterity. This bonus increases to +4 at 8th level and +6 at 15th level.
• Wolf: The creature gains the scent ability with a range of 10 feet. The range of this sense increases to 20 feet at 8th level and 30 feet at 15th level. The range doubles if the opponent is upwind, and is halved if the opponent is downwind.

(ALT 5 minutes/day)— when within 500ft (100ft/level) of these features

• Road: The creature gains a +10-foot enhancement bonus to its base speed while running, charging, or withdrawing. This bonus increases to +20 feet at 8th level and +30 feet at 15th level. 
• Shrine: The creature gains a +2 enhancement bonus to Wisdom. This bonus increases to +4 at 8th level and +6 at 15th level.
• Tree: The creature gains a +4 competence bonus on saving throws against death effects and effects that deal negative energy damage. This bonus increases to +6 at 8th level and +8 at 15th level.
• Waymarker: The creature gains a +4 competence bonus on attack rolls with improvised weapons. This bonus increases to +6 at 8th level and +8 at 15th level.
• Well: The creature gains a +2 shield bonus to AC. This bonus increases to +4 at 8th level and +6 at 15th level.