Menou is the main protagonist of Virgin Road, an Executioner of the Faust Church, and the sole protege’ of the living legend Executioner Flare. Flarette, as she is also known, is a priestess who is “…pure, just and strong…” Her life started off being blanched and having no recollection of her life save her name, but she desired to become like her master Flare in order to prevent the tragedy of her life from happening to others. The lost ones are beings from another world that are gifted powers but they lose their mind the more they use them. The danger that they pose is capable of destroying the world and the executioners are the ones needed to protect the world from them. Menou has an aide named Momo who assists her in research and defeating Lost Ones. Menou’s fighting style is a blend of deceptive feints and manipulations, extreme precision with her limited Etheric pool, and skillful martial arts prowess that focuses on a dagger.
Menou/Flarette Stats
Str 10 Dex 14 Con 13 Int 9 Wis 13 Cha 14 (27 point buy)
Str 10 Dex 16 Con 13 Int 9 Wis 13 Cha 14 (after racial and feat mod)
Class Monk 3(Way of the Kensei)/Sorcerer 3 (Divine Soul)
The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:
- Dagger-wielding fisticuffs.
- Limited, voiceless casting
- Expert Manipulations.
Background
For Background, I chose Charlatan for Menou. She gains the Skill Proficiencies of Sleight of Hand and Arcana, Tool Proficiency of Disguise Kit and Forgery Kit, and the Background Feature of False Identity. This represents her ability to maintain her cover while befriending Lost Ones, lowering their guards until she strikes.
Race
For Race, I chose Custom Lineage to represent her new blanched nature but Variant Human would also work. With this race, she gains +2 to Dex, Feat: Eldritch Adept, and Variable Trait: Proficiency-Deception The key features for this race is Eldritch Adept: Misty Visions. This feat gives her the ability to cast Silent Image at will which acts as an extension of her Guiding Camouflage skill.
Class
Menou’s class breakdown is a mixture of two classes, Monk 3 (Way of Kensei)/Sorcerer 3 (Divine Soul). It is with these classes that she gains access to strong martial abilities, spells equivalent to crest abilities, her skill at subterfuge and manipulation, and the ability to cast spells without using either somatic or verbal components. This combination of class and feats is the best attempt to consolidate her abilities and talents at this level.
Monk 1 is the starting class for Menou. This gives her the skills of Insight, Acrobatics and Alchemist’s Supplies, Unarmored Defense, and Martial Arts.
Monk 2 is where she picks up Ki and Unarmored Movement. The key feature is Ki because it acts as a part of Menou’s Guiding Enhancement, granting her an increase in her speed, defenses, and mobility.
Monk 3 grants her access to Deflect Missiles and the Way of Kensei. It is with this level she gains Path of the Kensei which grants her the ability to use Dagger and Dart as Kensei Weapons, Calligrapher’s Supplies proficiency, Agile Parry and Kensei’s Shot, which increases her damage with darts, and a bonus to her AC when she makes an unarmed strike.
Sorcerer 1 is the next step in Menou’s progression with Spellcasting and Sorcerous Origin: Divine Soul. Divine Soul grants her Divine Magic: Neutrality and Favored by the Gods. With Neutrality, she gains the extra spell of Protection from Evil and Good which acts as her Etheric Connect-Scripture, 2:5, acting like a protective wall that can be used alongside the shield spell to defend from attacks. Favored by the Gods grants her bonus dice to roll if there is a saving throw or missed attack roll.
Sorcerer 2 is where Menou gains her incredible Etheric Control with the class feature of Font of Magic. Font of Magic gives her Sorcery Points that allow for creating more spell slots or vice versa.
Sorcery 3 is the final level for Menou with access to Metamagic: Twinned Spell and Subtle Spell. Now she has the ability to target two creatures with a single target spell or cast spells without any somatic or verbal components. This only adds to her versatility in casting spells when she needs them the most.
With full use of Menou’s powers she can perform the following techniques via class features and abilities:
Guiding Enhancement- Ki usage
Guiding Camouflage- Silent Image or Invisibility
Etheric Control- Sorcery Points
Gale- Gust or Chromatic Orb
Guiding Thread- Lightning Lure
This combination of feats, stats, and spells makes this DND build of Menou/Flarette an indefatigable priestess who is unadulterated, equitable, and mighty in Six levels or Less.
Spells
Eldritch Adept
Misty Visions
Sorcerer
Cantrip
Blade Ward
Gust
Lightning Lure
Toll the Dead
1st Level
Chromatic Orb
Shield
2nd Level
Invisibility
Shatter
Equipment
Standard Monk equipment with Dagger, Darts, Fine Clothes, and Disguise Kit. Eventually, gain an Arcane Grimore +1 to act as her arcane focus.
Shout out to https://virgin-road.fandom.com/wiki/Virgin_Road_Wiki for their amazing information in making this incredible character as well as DNDBeyond for its character creation platform. My next build will be her lovable assistant Momo! Until next week Tale-Tellers!
