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''For a beginner-friendly player guide, see [[Karma/Player Guide]].''
== Karma ==
== Karma ==
Tabaxi Druid (Circle of the Moon)
Tabaxi Druid (Circle of the Moon)
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=== Personality ===
=== Personality ===
Skilled in herbalism and alchemy, Karma is attuned to nature and the natural balance. She is capable of wild shape transformations including a formidable polar bear form.
Skilled in herbalism and alchemy, Karma is attuned to nature and the natural balance. She is capable of wild shape transformations including a formidable polar bear form. In a fight she favors a hulking wild shape the table affectionately calls "'''Big Karma'''" — and has been known, when a battle gets boring, to file her claws with a nail file or strut about with her tail in the air mid-combat. Her menagerie of forms includes a "war ostrich" she debuted in [[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine|Session 44]] ("''Look at this ugly bitch''") — a beloved recurring shape that "casts with its little tiny arms" — and, by the voyage home, a killer whale.


=== Faction Membership ===
=== Faction Membership ===
* [[Emerald Enclave]] – Grovekeep (First Rank) in the [[Scales of Eldath]]
* [[Emerald Enclave]] – the [[Scales of Eldath]] order; promoted to '''Rivercaller''' (Second Rank) in [[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep|Session 43]]; '''rank 3 reached as of S53''', boon feat pending — her floated request: the ability to '''wild shape into dragon types''' (a blue dragon wyrmling is CR 3 with a fly speed of 60, exactly her new ceiling). The works crew given to her on her elevation to '''Balancewarden''' is [[The Hearthwardens]].


=== Character Arc ===
=== Character Arc ===
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* Can create potions of growth and faerie fire bombs from harvested materials
* Can create potions of growth and faerie fire bombs from harvested materials
* Revived [[Alexios]] after he was killed by dragon fire, during which he experienced a vision from [[Athena]]
* Revived [[Alexios]] after he was killed by dragon fire, during which he experienced a vision from [[Athena]]
* Promoted to Rivercaller (Scales of Eldath, Rank 2) in [[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep|Session 43]], gaining ''Eldath Sanctuary'' (suppress an ally's condition as a reaction) and a shapeshifting '''mood amulet''' that takes the form of whatever creature matches her current mood.
* In [[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine|Session 44]], harvested the scales of the slain black dragon [[Voaraghamanthar]] to craft '''acid-resistant enchanted scale mail''' — using the Eldath/Enclave power to pacify the dragon mid-fight while the party recovered.
* '''Died and was revived''' in [[Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler|Session 45]]: the mythic [[Mind Gobbler]]'s ''Psionic Reversal'' bounced her own Blight back onto her, killing her outright; [[Shade]]'s Healing Word brought her back at 9 HP.
* In the [[Session 49 - Old White Death (2026-04-26)|Session 49]] battle she was the party's '''only source of resurrection magic''' — her Revivify on [[Alexios]] briefly held the death-spiral at bay, and once she herself fell the total party kill became unrecoverable.
* Was the '''only party member who chose not to be rebuilt''' when the company was reforged in the Hells. From signing [[A Compact of restoration and continuance|the Compact]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)|Session 50]] she received the '''Antler Crown''' pact item (Entangle / Heat Metal / Conjure Animals — notably wearable even in her non-tiny wild-shape forms) and the universal '''[[Tempered Soul]]''' feat.
* In [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)|Session 51]] she was Luskan's '''industrial cure''': her '''Heat Metal''' cracked the melt formula at the Half Moon Street forge and her '''Flaming Sphere''' ran every coin melt of the crisis — four molds at a time through ~3,500 street coins, and the final '''2,400 inside the [[Host Tower of the Arcane]] vault''' that broke the curse city-wide.
=== Session 53 — Spike Growth Wins a Battle (2026-08-09) ===
In the Battle of [[Nuts Deep]] her opening move shaped the whole fight: '''Spike Growth''', camouflaged across the road behind the fleeing caravan. The pursuing dragonborn cultist and wight staggered through it shredded ("a la ''Evil Dead'','" in her words), and it ultimately '''killed the dragonborn outright'''. She followed with '''Moonbeam''' (19) and '''Ice Storm''' (+14 cold) on the necromancer, wild shaped into '''Big Karma''', and shrugged off every attack thrown at her (Rogar's Sanctuary and shield, plus Xanphina's Shield of Faith, made her effectively unhittable). Her '''Tranquil Rebuke''' — a reaction that pacifies an enemy who damages a nearby ally — bounced off the necromancer's 22, but the ability keys only on a failed save and was preserved.
At the harvest she rolled a '''natural 20 (29 Herbalism)''' over the [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling|wyrmlings]] — "''I harvested the '''' out of that thing''" — prompting a new house rule on the spot ('''a nat 20 can claim a component one rarity above the monster's ceiling''') and claiming the Rare '''Storm-Quickened Heart''' from an Uncommon-capped carcass. Her 24 Alchemist's check took the signature '''Stormspark Gland''' as well.
Now '''level 9''': a 5th-level spell slot, and '''CR 3 wild shapes — including fliers'''. Her '''[[Tempered Soul]] Aspect domain''' was defined: '''suppression, craft, and the found weakness''' — harvesting, crafting, nature and medicine; holding a foe down (the Dragon Turtle); and picking out exactly where something is weak.
=== Familiar: Charlotte ===
Karma keeps a spider familiar named '''Charlotte''', a recurring telepathic scout she dispatches ahead of the party. In [[Session 42 - Bagpipes, Blood, and the Bronze Blades]] she sent Charlotte creeping through [[Lord Valtheran]]'s manor grounds to reconnoiter, relaying what the spider saw back through their telepathic bond. (She also conjures lesser scouts as needed — a bat familiar in S44 met a swift end at the hands of pebble-throwing kobolds: "''We will avenge you.''") In [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)|Session 51]] her bat familiar '''Batty''' was swatted out of the air and killed by the Superior Stables proprietress's horsewhip — the session's sole casualty — after which Karma '''summoned a tiny spider familiar''' that scouted the school and located Master Vance's coin collection where a cat could not go.


=== Relationships ===
=== Relationships ===
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* [[Emerald Enclave]] – Member of the [[Scales of Eldath]] order
* [[Emerald Enclave]] – Member of the [[Scales of Eldath]] order
* [[Thalara Mistgrove]] – Emerald Enclave mentor who inducted her into the Scales
* [[Thalara Mistgrove]] – Emerald Enclave mentor who inducted her into the Scales
* '''[[Declan Winterhound]]''' – the Scales representative who sent her [[The Hearthwardens]]
* '''Diana''' – her squire (see [[Squires of Deez Nuts]])


=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===
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* [[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine]]
* [[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine]]
* [[Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler]]
* [[Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler]]
* [[Session 46 - Diggy Diggy Hole]]
* [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice]]
* [[Session 48 - Inside Oyaviggaton (2026.04.12)]]
* [[Session 49 - Old White Death (2026-04-26)]]
* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]]
* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]]
* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]]
=== Correspondence ===
''Everything sent or received under her name, each piece kept on its own page. The campaign-wide collection is at [[Correspondence]].''
{{#cargo_query:tables=Correspondence
|fields=date=Date,_pageName=Letter,sender=Sent by,recipient=To
|where=sender LIKE "%[[Karma]]%" OR recipient LIKE "%[[Karma]]%"
|order by=sortkey
|format=table
}}
[[Category:Player Characters]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]
[[Category:Player Characters]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]

Latest revision as of 19:46, 17 September 2026

For a beginner-friendly player guide, see Karma/Player Guide.

Karma

Tabaxi Druid (Circle of the Moon)

A Tabaxi druid who joined the party during their journey to the Hill of Lost Souls. She bears an aura of protection and balance recognized by the Emerald Enclave.

Personality

Skilled in herbalism and alchemy, Karma is attuned to nature and the natural balance. She is capable of wild shape transformations including a formidable polar bear form. In a fight she favors a hulking wild shape the table affectionately calls "Big Karma" — and has been known, when a battle gets boring, to file her claws with a nail file or strut about with her tail in the air mid-combat. Her menagerie of forms includes a "war ostrich" she debuted in Session 44 ("Look at this ugly bitch") — a beloved recurring shape that "casts with its little tiny arms" — and, by the voyage home, a killer whale.

Faction Membership

  • Emerald Enclave – the Scales of Eldath order; promoted to Rivercaller (Second Rank) in Session 43; rank 3 reached as of S53, boon feat pending — her floated request: the ability to wild shape into dragon types (a blue dragon wyrmling is CR 3 with a fly speed of 60, exactly her new ceiling). The works crew given to her on her elevation to Balancewarden is The Hearthwardens.

Character Arc

  • Joined the party in Session 36 - Gootcha Talks to Death
  • Recognized by Thalara Mistgrove as bearing 'an aura of protection and balance'
  • Inducted into the Scales of Eldath order of the Emerald Enclave in Session 37
  • Bestowed the rank of Grovekeep (first rank in the Emerald Enclave) by Thalara Mistgrove
  • Used herbalism and alchemy kits to harvest Verdant Core and spore shade caps from defeated creatures in Session 38
  • Can create potions of growth and faerie fire bombs from harvested materials
  • Revived Alexios after he was killed by dragon fire, during which he experienced a vision from Athena
  • Promoted to Rivercaller (Scales of Eldath, Rank 2) in Session 43, gaining Eldath Sanctuary (suppress an ally's condition as a reaction) and a shapeshifting mood amulet that takes the form of whatever creature matches her current mood.
  • In Session 44, harvested the scales of the slain black dragon Voaraghamanthar to craft acid-resistant enchanted scale mail — using the Eldath/Enclave power to pacify the dragon mid-fight while the party recovered.
  • Died and was revived in Session 45: the mythic Mind Gobbler's Psionic Reversal bounced her own Blight back onto her, killing her outright; Shade's Healing Word brought her back at 9 HP.
  • In the Session 49 battle she was the party's only source of resurrection magic — her Revivify on Alexios briefly held the death-spiral at bay, and once she herself fell the total party kill became unrecoverable.
  • Was the only party member who chose not to be rebuilt when the company was reforged in the Hells. From signing the Compact in Session 50 she received the Antler Crown pact item (Entangle / Heat Metal / Conjure Animals — notably wearable even in her non-tiny wild-shape forms) and the universal Tempered Soul feat.
  • In Session 51 she was Luskan's industrial cure: her Heat Metal cracked the melt formula at the Half Moon Street forge and her Flaming Sphere ran every coin melt of the crisis — four molds at a time through ~3,500 street coins, and the final 2,400 inside the Host Tower of the Arcane vault that broke the curse city-wide.

Session 53 — Spike Growth Wins a Battle (2026-08-09)

In the Battle of Nuts Deep her opening move shaped the whole fight: Spike Growth, camouflaged across the road behind the fleeing caravan. The pursuing dragonborn cultist and wight staggered through it shredded ("a la Evil Dead,'" in her words), and it ultimately killed the dragonborn outright. She followed with Moonbeam (19) and Ice Storm (+14 cold) on the necromancer, wild shaped into Big Karma, and shrugged off every attack thrown at her (Rogar's Sanctuary and shield, plus Xanphina's Shield of Faith, made her effectively unhittable). Her Tranquil Rebuke — a reaction that pacifies an enemy who damages a nearby ally — bounced off the necromancer's 22, but the ability keys only on a failed save and was preserved.

At the harvest she rolled a natural 20 (29 Herbalism) over the wyrmlings — "I harvested the ' out of that thing" — prompting a new house rule on the spot (a nat 20 can claim a component one rarity above the monster's ceiling) and claiming the Rare Storm-Quickened Heart from an Uncommon-capped carcass. Her 24 Alchemist's check took the signature Stormspark Gland as well.

Now level 9: a 5th-level spell slot, and CR 3 wild shapes — including fliers. Her Tempered Soul Aspect domain was defined: suppression, craft, and the found weakness — harvesting, crafting, nature and medicine; holding a foe down (the Dragon Turtle); and picking out exactly where something is weak.

Familiar: Charlotte

Karma keeps a spider familiar named Charlotte, a recurring telepathic scout she dispatches ahead of the party. In Session 42 - Bagpipes, Blood, and the Bronze Blades she sent Charlotte creeping through Lord Valtheran's manor grounds to reconnoiter, relaying what the spider saw back through their telepathic bond. (She also conjures lesser scouts as needed — a bat familiar in S44 met a swift end at the hands of pebble-throwing kobolds: "We will avenge you.") In Session 51 her bat familiar Batty was swatted out of the air and killed by the Superior Stables proprietress's horsewhip — the session's sole casualty — after which Karma summoned a tiny spider familiar that scouted the school and located Master Vance's coin collection where a cat could not go.

Relationships

Appearances

Correspondence

Everything sent or received under her name, each piece kept on its own page. The campaign-wide collection is at Correspondence.

Date Letter Sent by To
Hammer 3, 1489 Scales Letter: Founding the Hearthwardens Declan Winterhound Karma
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