Maribelle De Lestelle

Born into a merchant family that dealt in rare minerals and fossilized matter, Maribelle grew obsessed with the boundary between living flesh and inanimate stone after witnessing her own mother slowly petrify from a mysterious ailment—a process the city's physicians could neither arrest nor explain. Seeking answers in forbidden texts, she was discovered by the Alchemical Basilica and offered sanctuary in exchange for her service, finding in their doctrine of sacred duality a strange comfort: that her mother's transformation into something crystalline was not a curse but perhaps a truth the world was not yet ready to comprehend. For two decades she rose through the Basilica's ranks, becoming their most meticulous investigator, until aristocrats across the city began vanishing into geometries of living quartz—victims or willing vessels, she could not yet determine. The deeper Maribelle delved into the formula responsible, the more she realized these transmutations followed a pattern, each crystallized noble occupying a precise position in some grander design, suggesting that reality itself might be a text being rewritten by an author she had yet to identify. What troubles her most is the creeping certainty that she herself may have been chosen long ago not as an investigator, but as a vital ingredient in whatever masterwork is being constructed around her. In the Basilica's vaults, surrounded by specimens of transformation, Maribelle now questions whether she is hunting the architect of this new world or unwittingly walking the path they laid before her birth.

Strength

10, modifier +0

Dexterity

14, modifier +2

Constitution

18, modifier +4

Intelligence

18, modifier +4

Wisdom

16, modifier +3

Charisma

12, modifier +1

Crystalline Touch

Melee Spell Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3d10 + 4 psychic damage and target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the end of its next turn.

Transmute Essence

As an action, choose one creature within 30 ft. that you can see. They must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be transformed into a crystalline form for 1 minute, taking 4d6 radiant damage each turn they remain in this form.

Alchemical Revelation

As an action, Maribelle can analyze a creature or object within 60 ft. to gain insights. She learns one weakness or vulnerability and can exploit it for advantage on the next attack against that target.

Sacred Duality

As a bonus action, Maribelle can choose to heal herself or an ally within 30 ft. for 2d8 + 4 hit points, but must take 1d6 psychic damage as a cost of the transformation.

Transmutation Insight

Gains advantage on Intelligence checks related to alchemy and transformation.

Crystalline Resilience

Resistant to psychic damage due to her connection with living crystal.

strength

+0

dexterity

+2

constitution

+4

intelligence

+7

wisdom

+6

charisma

+1

Psychic