Harold

Harold inherited his father's smithy in a village whose name most travelers forgot before leaving. For decades, he shaped mundane tools—plowshares, hinges, horseshoes—content in the rhythmic work of hammer and anvil. When the monster incursions began, the village's meager militia brought him damaged blades and dented armor with increasing urgency. Harold discovered that reforging broken weapons taught him secrets that theoretical knowledge never could: the exact temperature at which steel sang, the way different metals held their edges under stress, the soul of a blade. He took up arms himself, not out of ambition but necessity, learning to fight while maintaining the very weapons that kept his neighbors alive. Everything changed the night a wounded warrior stumbled into his shop, bleeding obsidian dust from impossible wounds. The shards embedded in the man's armor shimmered with an otherworldly void-black radiance, and Harold felt something awaken in his craftsman's intuition—an understanding that these fragments could transcend ordinary metallurgy. Harold spent months studying the obsidian, experimenting with combinations that other smiths would have deemed mad. Steel infused with void-obsidian became sharper and more resilient; gold and silver, when properly layered with the dark stone, channeled something beyond physical force. His creations began to feel less like tools and more like extensions of fate itself. When DJ arrived with his companions, the wanderer recognized immediately what Harold had become—not merely a smith, but a conduit for a craft that bridged the material and the mystical. DJ saw potential that extended beyond the forge, and under the warrior's tutelage, Harold learned to move through shadow and silence with the same precision he applied to his metalwork. The village blacksmith transformed into something unexpected: a warrior whose greatest strength lay not in raw power, but in the fusion of ancient technique, magical understanding, and the

Strength

16, modifier 3

Dexterity

14, modifier 2

Constitution

20, modifier 5

Intelligence

18, modifier 4

Wisdom

12, modifier 1

Charisma

10, modifier 0

Forge Hammer Strike

Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d10 + 3 bludgeoning damage.

Void Obsidian Blast

Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 3d8 necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the end of its next turn.

Shield Bash

Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + 3 bludgeoning damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Crafting Mastery

Harold can repair a damaged weapon or armor, restoring it to full hit points. This takes 1 minute and requires materials worth 50 gold pieces.

Weapon Enhancement

As a bonus action, Harold can enhance a weapon, granting it a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls for 1 minute.

Ninja's Precision

Harold can make a melee attack as a bonus action after using the Dash action.

Master Smith

Harold can enhance weapons and armor, granting allies a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls.

Void Infusion

Harold's attacks deal an additional 1d6 necrotic damage due to his mastery of void obsidian.

Craftsman's Insight

Harold has advantage on checks to identify magical materials and their properties.

Forge Resilience

Harold has resistance to fire damage due to his time spent in the forge.

strength

7

dexterity

6

intelligence

8

constitution

9

Forge Fury

Harold makes two Forge Hammer Strikes in quick succession.

Void Shield

Harold creates a barrier of void energy, granting him +2 AC until the start of his next turn.

Obsidian Surge

Harold unleashes a wave of void energy in a 15 ft. cone. Each creature must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

fire