Barnaby 'Beady' Bunfoot — The Grave-Ledger

Ability Scores

STR

8

-1

DEX

14

+2

CON

14

+2

INT

12

+1

WIS

18

+4

CHA

12

+1

Combat

Armor Class: 16; Breastplate and Dexterity
Hit Points: 31; Hit Dice: 4d8
Initiative: +5
Speed: 30 ft.
Proficiency: +2
Passive Perception: 16

Attacks

Silver Quill (Mace)+11d6-1 bludgeoning

Toll the Dead (Cantrip)Wis Save DC 141d8/1d12 necrotic

Personality

She speaks in the clipped, exhausting jargon of a mid-level bureaucrat. She constantly adjusts her cracked spectacles and twitches her ears toward any sound of coughing or wheezing, checking her book to see if that person is 'scheduled.'

Ideal

Balance. The universe is a grand account; if one soul stays too long, the numbers turn red, and the red must be bled out.

Bond

The Final Balances. This ledger is her leash and her life; if she loses it, the vulture in the pinstripe suit comes to collect her personally.

Flaw

She cannot resist 'processing fees.' She reflexively loots gold teeth and wedding rings from the 'expired' because she believes the afterlife has a hidden convenience tax.

Backstory

Beady Bunfoot was the finest bottom-feeder in the docks, a silver-furred grifter who could sell a drowning man a lead anchor if she called it a 'buoyancy stabilizer.' Her career ended when she attempted to dodge a gambling debt by faking a lethal heart attack with powdered belladonna. She succeeded too well. For three minutes, Beady’s soul stood in a gargantuan, infinite hallway of oak filing cabinets, staring at a cosmic auditor who looked like a vulture in a pinstripe suit. He showed her the ledger of her life—a vast, ink-stained mess of unpaid spiritual debts and fraudulent prayers.

Before she could be filed under 'Incinerate,' a bureaucratic error or perhaps a cruel divine joke sent her back. She awoke in the morgue with silver fur turned stark white and a heavy, iron-bound book clutched to her chest: The Final Balances. She is no longer a free agent; she is a repo-woman for the God of the Grave. To pay off her own soul's massive deficit, she must now wander the world and ensure that everyone else’s 'subscription to life' is cancelled exactly when the paperwork demands. She hates the work, she hates the 'clients,' and she especially hates that she can’t lie to the ledger.

Abilities & Actions

Audit the Expired (Path to the Grave)

As an action, Beady chooses one creature she can see within 30 feet and marks them with a black ink stain from her silver quill. The next time Beady or an ally hits the creature with an attack, the creature has vulnerability to all of that attack's damage, and the mark disappears. Beady mutters, 'Your account has been flagged for immediate closure.'

Subscription Deferral (Sentinel at Death's Door)

As a reaction when Beady or a creature she can see within 30 feet suffers a critical hit, she can turn that hit into a normal hit. Any effects triggered by a critical hit are canceled. She marks a 'Temporary Extension' in her ledger. She can use this feature 4 times per long rest.

The Final Balances (Signature Item)

While holding her ledger, Beady can use an action to sense the presence of the undead or any creature at 0 hit points within 60 feet. Additionally, when she casts a healing spell on a creature at 0 hit points, she uses the highest possible number of dice, but the creature must agree to a 'future service fee' or Beady's ears twitch with visible irritation.

Rabbit’s Reluctant Hop

As a bonus action, Beady can jump 10 feet without provoking opportunity attacks. She only uses this when her biological urge to survive overrides her divine mandate to stand her ground, often grumbling about 'unfavorable working conditions' as she flies through the air.

DM Notes

Sample dialogue: 'Look, it’s nothing personal. I have the requisition order right here. You were supposed to stop breathing at 4:02 PM. I’m actually doing you a favor by being punctual.'

Signature gesture: Licks her thumb to aggressively flip through the bloody pages of her ledger.

Reaction patterns: She is indifferent to pleas for mercy but will stop a combat immediately if someone offers her a 'legal loophole' or a bribe that could technically be filed as a 'ritual sacrifice.'