Vaxen Thul — The Planar Auditor

Ability Scores

STR

16

+3

DEX

10

+0

CON

14

+2

INT

14

+2

WIS

12

+1

CHA

16

+3

Combat

Armor Class: 18; Plate Armor
Hit Points: 60; Hit Dice: 7d10
Initiative: +3
Speed: 30 ft.
Proficiency: +3
Passive Perception: 14

Attacks

Silver-Headed Mace+61d6+3 bludgeoning

Bite (Shifted Only)+61d6+3 piercing

Personality

Vaxen speaks in a calm, measured baritone, often using financial metaphors to describe life or death situations. He fastidiously polishes his equipment during negotiations and never raises his voice, finding that a quiet threat of 'legal' action is more effective than a shout.

Ideal

Efficiency. The multiverse is a machine that runs on order; chaos is simply friction that costs gold.

Bond

The Iron-Bound Ledger. It contains the names of every entity he has 'evicted' and the precise profit margin of every hunt.

Flaw

He is incapable of empathy for anything that cannot be quantified in a balance sheet, often leaving 'low-value' victims to their fate.

Backstory

Vaxen Thul did not begin his career in the saddle of a warhorse, but behind a mahogany desk at the Golden Scale Consortium. While other Paladins were busy reciting ancient hymns, Vaxen was mastering the complex interplay of interplanar trade tariffs and the high cost of demonic incursions. He realized early on that a rampaging Vrock wasn't just a monster; it was a 'variable cost' that decimated local property values and disrupted the supply chain of fine silks. His 'Oath' was sworn not to a god, but to the sanctity of the Bottom Line.

His defining moment occurred during the Great Audit of Oakhaven. When a rift to the Abyss opened in the town square, Vaxen didn't charge in with a battle cry. He stood at the edge of the chaos with a ledger, calculating the exact cost of the structural damage. He 'liquidated' the lead Balor not out of righteous fury, but because the creature’s presence represented a 40% projected loss in quarterly revenue. Since then, he has served as a Planar Auditor, traveling the multiverse to serve eviction notices to 'unauthorized extraplanar entities' whose existence devalues the Prime Material real estate.

He views the struggle between Good and Evil as a mere conflict of management styles, and he has found that Law yields far better dividends. To Vaxen, a soul is only as valuable as the work it produces or the debt it carries. He treats his own bestial Shifter heritage as a dormant asset, only 'liquidating' his human veneer when a client—or a tenant—requires a more aggressive form of corporate restructuring.

Abilities & Actions

Aggressive Restructuring (Bonus Action, 1/Short Rest)

Vaxen shifts into a more bestial form for 1 minute. He gains 9 temporary hit points. While shifted, he can use a bonus action to make a bite attack (1d6 + 3 piercing damage). If he hits a creature with this bite, he marks them as a 'Non-Performing Asset'; the next time he hits them with a Divine Smite, the radiant damage increases by 1d8.

Audit the Breach (Channel Divinity)

As an action, Vaxen presents his Golden Quill. Each aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, or fiend within 30 feet must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the creature is 'Foreclosed' and turned for 1 minute or until it takes damage. While turned, its speed is halved as it is weighed down by the metaphysical debt of its presence.

Contractual Smite

When Vaxen hits a creature with a melee weapon attack, he can expend a spell slot to deal radiant damage. If the target is an 'unauthorized tenant' (extraplanar entity), he adds his Intelligence modifier (+2) to the total damage, representing his knowledge of their structural weaknesses.

Aura of the Sentinel

Vaxen and his 'authorized associates' (allies) within 10 feet of him gain a +3 bonus to initiative rolls. He ensures his team is always ready to clock in before the opposition.

DM Notes

Vaxen should be played as the ultimate 'lawful' antagonist or a very cold ally. He treats the party like independent contractors. Sample dialogue: 'I’ve reviewed your performance, and frankly, your casualty-to-gold ratio is unacceptable.' He often taps his golden quill against his chin while deciding if a monster is worth the effort to kill. He will never take a contract that doesn't have a clear, written reward.