The Conduit Of The Ghost-King

Twenty years ago, The Conduit Of The Ghost-King was Meridian Voss, a prodigious mage whose ambitions exceeded the bounds of the Celestial Academy's teachings—until the Inquisition of the Silver Seal decided his research into soul-binding constituted heresy, and they carved away the very neural pathways that allowed him to touch the arcane. Left a hollow shell, his mind intact but his magical channels permanently severed, Voss discovered salvation in the tomb of Kael'moth the Dread-Bringer, an ancient warrior-king whose spirit had been bound in stasis for three thousand years, waiting for a vessel worthy of resurrection. Rather than resurrect the ghost-king fully—an act that would consume him entirely—Voss achieved something unprecedented: a symbiotic merger where Kael'moth's ethereal consciousness serves as his replacement nervous system, translating raw willpower into spellcraft through the warrior's undead essence. The bargain exacts a terrible price—when danger forces the spirit to awaken and seize control, channeling power through a body never meant to sustain such force leaves Voss comatose for weeks as he absorbs ambient mana to recover. Between these harrowing resurrections, he pursues three obsessions with monastic devotion: unraveling the neuromantic threads that might restore his brain, hunting artifacts of crystallized mana that could replace his damaged tissue entirely, and tracking the inquisitors who branded him broken so he might extract the counter-curse they embedded in his very skull. The Conduit Of The Ghost-King walks the world as a living paradox—a man and a spirit sharing one tortured flesh, neither truly alive nor dead, hunting redemption through the only means left to him: the conquest of his own anatomy.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

12, modifier +1

Constitution

20, modifier +5

Intelligence

18, modifier +4

Wisdom

16, modifier +3

Charisma

15, modifier +2

Ethereal Surge

As a bonus action, channel the spirit's energy to cast a spell without components. (1/short rest)

Spectral Strike

Make a melee spell attack against a target within 5 ft. on a hit, deal 3d8 necrotic damage.

Arcane Neuromancy

Attempt to restore a lost spell slot. Roll 1d4; on a 4, regain a spell slot of 3rd level or lower.

Ghostly Possession

Once per long rest, the spirit can take control for 1 minute, granting +2 to all attack rolls and saving throws.

Mana Infusion

As an action, absorb ambient mana to regain 1d10 + 5 hit points. Can only be used outside of combat.

Symbiotic Channeling

When in danger, the warrior spirit takes control, granting advantage on spellcasting rolls.

Mana Absorption

Regains 1d10 hit points for every hour spent in a coma, up to a maximum of 50.

strength

+6

dexterity

+4

intelligence

+8

wisdom

+7

Necrotic

Psychic