Gootcha
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Gootcha
Halfling Rogue
Personality
A clever infiltrator who maintained deep cover within the Cult of the Dragon.
Faction Membership
- Harpers – an agent of the Harpers; bears the Harper signet ring (see Equipment)
The Raven Queen
Gootcha has a personal, defining bond with the Raven Queen, goddess of death and fate (first explored in Session 36 - Gootcha Talks to Death). She regards the souls of those she kills as offerings sent on to the Raven Queen's domain. In Session 44 - Garmok's Mine she made a point of slaying a bearded devil with her crossbow specifically so that its soul would be carried to the Raven Queen's realm rather than reforming in the Hells — quipping, "Go visit my Raven Queen, see what she thinks of all these souls I've been sending her."
Equipment
- Harper signet ring (acquired Session 45): casts Disguise Self at will, and carries 3 charges shared between Gaseous Form and Expeditious Retreat — confirming and enabling her standing as a Harper agent.
- Gauntlets of Ogre Power — gives her surprising raw strength for a halfling (used in S44 to shove aside rubble the others struggled with).
- A raven familiar, which she casts Warlock spells through; it died to the Mind Gobbler's psychic aura in S45 ("bird on bird crime").
Character Arc
- Successfully infiltrated the Cult of the Dragon as a possible double agent
- Had a cultist contact named Murray who was mysteriously murdered (Session 25)
- Navigated the delicate balance of maintaining cover while helping the party
- Serves as a sender of souls to the Raven Queen (see above)
- Confirmed as a Harper agent with the signet ring in Session 45
Relationships
- Fellow party members: Bechamel, Bruder, Keyleth, Xanphina, Cosima, Shade, Swarm of Rats
- The Raven Queen – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays
- Harpers – her faction
Appearances
- Session 19 - The Cultist Encampment and the Fate of Leosin (8/13/23)
- Session 22 - The Fate of the Dragon Eggs (11/19/23)
- Session 23 - The Pair of Black Antlers and the Caravan Plan (12/2/23)
- Session 25 - Murder on the Trade Way (1/28/24)
- Session 35 - The Training Montage Begins
- Session 36 - Gootcha Talks to Death
- Session 37 - The Swarm is Summoned
- Session 44 - Garmok's Mine
- Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler
- Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice
- Session 48 - Inside Oyaviggaton (2026.04.12)