Brolga 'The Bloom' Iron-Leif, a Orc Wizard — D&D 5e NPC portrait
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Brolga 'The Bloom' Iron-Leif

"The Bloom"

Orc Wizard (School of Transmutation) NG Lvl 7 Guild Artisan (Cook/Alchemist)

Female, She/Her · Adult, 34 years

Ability Scores

STR
14
+2
DEX
14
+2
CON
16
+3
INT
18
+4
WIS
12
+1
CHA
14
+2

Combat

Armor Class
12
Natural
Hit Points
51
Hit Dice: 7d6
Initiative
+2
Speed
30 ft.
Proficiency
+3
Passive Perception
11

Attacks

Marrow-Flute (Club)+51d4+2 bludgeoning
Chromatic Orb (Flavored as Alchemical Soup)+73d8 (variable)

Personality

Personality

She hums in a deep, melodic baritone while working, her massive hands moving with the surgical precision of a jeweler. She addresses inanimate objects as 'dear' or 'friend,' and treats every meal like a sacred coronation.

Ideal

Radical Optimism. Everything in existence is just one good day away from becoming something beautiful.

Bond

Barnaby, the pet river stone on her shoulder. She spent three years transmuting him to have a single, blinking eye so he could finally see the sunsets.

Flaw

She is so captivated by the potential of what things *could* be that she often ignores immediate, practical dangers—like a kitchen fire or an incoming arrow.

Backstory

Brolga was born to the Iron-Hoof war-band, a lineage of conquerors who viewed the world as a series of things to be broken or owned. While her kin practiced the geometry of the phalanx, Brolga became obsessed with the way the morning sun turned a muddy puddle into a mirror of molten copper. She realized then that the world wasn't a finished work; it was a conversation, and most people were just shouting over it. She left the band on the eve of her first raid, not out of fear, but because she found a particularly interesting piece of volcanic glass and realized it wanted to be a telescope.

She spent years wandering the borderlands, carrying only a cast-iron pot and a flute carved from the marrow-bone of a fallen titan. She rejected the wizarding colleges, finding their spells too rigid. To Brolga, magic isn't a formula; it's a gentle persuasion. She now travels from village to village, setting up her 'Becoming Kettle' in local markets. She is famous for feeding entire towns with a single sack of pebbles that she 'persuades' into becoming hearty, life-giving sourdough and golden broth, proving that even the hardest stone has a soft heart if you know how to ask.

Abilities & Actions

The Sourdough Secret (3/Day)

Brolga can spend 10 minutes performing a ritual with a pile of stones or scrap wood. She transmutes up to 10 pounds of non-living material into delicious, nourishing food (usually warm sourdough bread). This food provides the benefits of a *Goodberry* spell to up to 10 creatures.

Marrow-Flute Resonance

As a bonus action while holding her signature Marrow-Flute, Brolga plays a vibrating note that stabilizes her magic. The next Transmutation spell she casts that requires concentration is cast with advantage on the initial save, and she gains 2d6 temporary hit points as the music hardens her skin into flexible bark.

Transmute the Sorrow (Recharge 5-6)

Brolga targets one creature within 30 feet and offers them a spoonful of 'Optimism Broth.' The target can end one condition currently affecting them: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned. Additionally, the target gains the 'Becoming' buff: for 1 minute, they can add 1d4 to any saving throw as they feel their own form becoming more resilient.

Master of Form

Brolga can cast *Polymorph* without expending a spell slot once per long rest. When she does so, the transformation is always accompanied by the scent of fresh wildflowers and a shimmer of golden light.

DM Notes

Brolga speaks with a voice like rolling boulders softened by velvet. She will never initiate combat; she'll try to transmute an enemy's weapon into a bouquet of sunflowers first. Signature gesture: She taps her nose with a flour-covered finger when she has a 'bright idea.' She will instantly become an ally to any player who shows genuine curiosity about her pet rock, Barnaby.