Characters/Gruff

Gruff

Gruff
Level	1
Size	Medium
Key Ability	STR
Hero Points	1
Defenses & Combat
HP	17/17
AC	15
Saving Throws	Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +7
Perception	+7
Speed	25 ft.
Attributes
STR +1
Languages	daemonic, draconic, elven, tanuki

Details

• Ancestry: Android
• Heritage: Laborer Android
• Background: Detective
• Class: Investigator
• Key Ability: STR
• Hero Points: 1
• Languages: daemonic, draconic, elven, tanuki

⚔ Defense & Saves

• HP: 17/17
• AC: 15
• Perception: +7 (Expert)
• Speed: 25 ft. (land)
• Fortitude: +4 (Trained)
• Reflex: +7 (Expert)
• Will: +7 (Expert)

📊 Ability Scores

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
+1	+2	+1	+4	+2	-1

🎓 Skills

Skill	Modifier	Proficiency
Acrobatics	+5	Trained
Arcana	+4	Untrained
Athletics	+4	Trained
Crafting	+4	Untrained
Deception	+2	Trained
Diplomacy	+2	Trained
Intimidation	+2	Trained
Medicine	+5	Trained
Nature	+2	Untrained
Occultism	+7	Trained
Performance	+2	Trained
Religion	+2	Untrained
Society	+7	Trained
Stealth	+5	Trained
Survival	+5	Trained
Thievery	+2	Untrained
Underworld Lore	+7	Trained

💰 Wealth & Carry

Coin	Total Value	Bulk	Invested
15 GP	15 gp	0.0 / 6 enc / 11 max	0/10

✨ Feats & Features

Heritage

Laborer Android

Your body is adapted to endure physical hardships or perform hard labor for long periods of time. You become trained in Athletics (or another skill if you're already trained in Athletics), and you gain the Hefty Hauler skill feat.

Background Features

Detective

You solved crimes as a police inspector or took jobs for wealthy clients as a private investigator. You might have become an adventurer as part of your next big mystery, but likely it was due to the consequences or aftermath of a prior case.

Choose two attribute boosts. One must be to Intelligence or Wisdom, and one is a free attribute boost.

You're trained in the Society skill and the Underworld Lore skill. You gain the Streetwise skill feat.

Feats

Battle Medicine (general, healing, manipulate, skill)

Requirements You're holding or wearing a healer's toolkit.

You can patch up wounds, even in combat. Attempt a Medicine check with the same DC as for Treat Wounds and restore the corresponding amount of HP; this doesn't remove the wounded condition. As with Treat Wounds, you can attempt checks against higher DCs if you have the minimum proficiency rank. The target is then immune to your Battle Medicine for 1 day. This does not make them immune to, or otherwise count as, Treat Wounds.

Constructed (android)

Your synthetic body resists ailments better than those of purely biological organisms. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to saving throws against diseases, poisons, and radiation.

Devise a Stratagem (investigator)

You can play out a battle in your head, using brains rather than brawn to execute an attack.

You gain the Devise a Stratagem action.

Emotionally Unaware (android)

You find it difficult to understand and express complex emotions. You take a -1 circumstance penalty to Diplomacy and Performance checks, and on Perception checks to Sense Motive.

Forensic Acumen (general, skill)

You understand the principles of forensic medicine, making you better at examining a body to determine the cause of death or injury.

You can perform a forensic examination on a body, as described under Recall Knowledge in the Medicine skill, in half the normal amount of time it would take (to a minimum of 5 minutes).

If you succeed at your check, you can attempt an immediate check to Recall Knowledge to follow up on something you found, with a +2 circumstance bonus.

This check is usually related to the cause of injury or death, such as a Crafting check to identify a poison or weapon that was used or an additional Medicine check to identify a specific disease. If you prefer, you can instead attempt to Recall Knowledge about the type of creature whose body you were examining, using the appropriate skill and gaining the same circumstance bonus.

The circumstance bonus increases to +3 if you have master proficiency in Medicine and +4 if you have legendary proficiency.

Forensic Medicine Methodology (investigator)

You've learned that in most cases, especially murders, criminals tend to leave more evidence of the crime on the body than they'd like to believe. Information from bruising, bone fractures, blood spatters, and even the life cycle of carrion insects can provide valuable clues that help reconstruct the scene.

You're trained in Medicine and gain the Forensic Acumen and Battle Medicine skill feats. When you use Battle Medicine, on a success the target recovers additional Hit Points equal to your level, and the target becomes temporarily immune for only 1 hour, not 1 day

Hefty Hauler (general, skill)

You can carry more than your frame implies. Increase your maximum and encumbered Bulk limits by 2.

Known Weaknesses (investigator)

Whenever you Devise a Stratagem, you can also attempt a check to Recall Knowledge as part of that action before rolling the d20. If you critically succeed at the Recall Knowledge check, you notice a weakness and can convey the information to allies to grant each of them a +1 circumstance bonus to their next attack roll against the subject, as long as their attack is made before the beginning of your next turn. If you choose an attack stratagem, this bonus applies to that attack roll too.

Effect: Known Weaknesses

Methodology (investigator)

Your studies have made you savvy in many areas, but one in particular drew your intense interest. Choose a methodology. The methodologies are as follows:

• Alchemical Sciences Methodology
• Empiricism Methodology
• Forensic Medicine Methodology
• Interrogation Methodology

Nightvision Adaptation (android)

The nanites in your ocular processors have adapted to darkness, enhancing your ability to see in the dark. You gain darkvision.

On the Case (investigator)

As an investigator, you think of your adventures as cases waiting to be solved. You gain one activity and one reaction you can use to investigate cases: Pursue a Lead and Clue In.

Proximity Alert (android)

You're unnaturally in tune with your surroundings and react instinctively to danger. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to Perception checks made as initiative rolls.

Strategic Strike (investigator)

When you strike carefully and with forethought, you deal a telling blow. When making a Strike that adds your Intelligence modifier on your attack roll due to Devising a Stratagem, you deal an additional 1d6 precision damage.

As your investigator level increases, so too does the deadliness of your strategic strike. Increase the number of dice by one at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th levels.

Streetwise (general, skill)

You know about life on the streets and feel the pulse of your local settlement. You can use your Society modifier instead of your Diplomacy modifier to {Gather Information}. In any settlement you frequent regularly, you can use the Recall Knowledge action with Society to know the same sorts of information that you could discover with Diplomacy to Gather Information. The DC is usually significantly higher, but you know the information without spending time gathering it. If you fail to recall the information, you can still subsequently attempt to Gather Information normally.

Actions

Clue In (concentrate, investigator)

Frequency once per 10 minutes

Trigger Another creature attempts a check that could help get you closer to answering the question at the heart of one of your active investigations.

You share information with the triggering creature. They gain a circumstance bonus to their check equal to your investigation bonus from Pursue a Lead. The GM can add any relevant traits to this reaction depending on the situation, such as auditory and linguistic if you're conveying information verbally.

Effect: Clue In

Pursue a Lead (concentrate, exploration, investigator)

Frequency once per 10 minutes

You name one detail you've identified that you think is part of a larger mystery, then spend 1 minute examining it. The detail is typically either obvious or something you've already discovered using Recall Knowledge, Sense Motive, Gather Information, or a similar action. After the minute passes, the GM either confirms there's a larger mystery or tells you there's nothing more to learn (the detail is inconsequential or you know all the information already). If there is in fact a larger mystery at play, you can't Pursue a Lead again for 10 minutes, but you can choose to open an investigation. To do so, define the question at the heart of the mystery, such as "Where has the priceless work of art that was supposed to hang here been taken?" or "Who or what killed this priest?" Work with your GM to refine the question if need be. You can also give your investigation a name to better keep track of it (such as "The Case of the Cheated Goblin" or "The Skinsaw Murders").

Investigation Bonus Whenever you attempt a Perception check or skill check to attempt to get closer to answering the question at the heart of an active investigation, you gain a +1 circumstance bonus to the check. The exact checks this applies to depend on the actions you use to investigate and are determined by the GM, but checks to investigate are typically Perception checks or skill checks that use Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma.

Active Investigations You can maintain two active investigations at a time. If you Pursue another Lead after that, the case must be different from any of your current investigations (as far as you are aware), and you give up on a current investigation of your choice. Once you've given up pursuit of an investigation, you can't Pursue a Lead into it again until after the next time you make your daily preparations.

Solving an Investigation If you answer the question at the heart of your investigation, the GM tells you that you've done so. You don't lose the bonus or other benefits until you choose to close the investigation by Pursuing a Lead again or voluntarily Dismissing it. If what you discover points to an even larger mystery, you can work with the GM to adapt the question and name of the investigation to the new information.

🎒 Inventory

Treasure & Currency

	Item	Qty	Bulk	Level	Price
	Gold Pieces	15	1	0	1 gp

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