Yamato Mikoto, the Absolute Shadow, is a swift yet fierce adventurer originally from the Takemikazuchi Familia before joining the Hestia Familia to aid bell during the War Games between Apollo and Hestia. Despite her small frame, she is a capable martial artist, able to apply various judo and wrestling techniques against both men and monsters. She is also quite skillful in the arts of ninjitsu, using the teaching from Takemikazuchi to protect those she cares for despite her straightforward nature. The one thing that breaks Mikoto’s normally reserved countenance is her love for onsens to the point of having her own ritual before she enters the water. Mikoto is someone who will risk both life and limb to ensure that her allies triumph. This build of Mikoto is her at the beginning of the Hestia Familia’s expedition of the Great Falls level of the dungeon.
Yamato Mikoto Stats
Str 10 Dex 15 Con 13 Int 13 Wis 13 Cha 9 (27 point buy)
Str 10 Dex 16 Con 13 Int 14 Wis 13 Cha 9 (after racial and feat mod)
Class Monk 4 (Way of Shadow)/Wizard 2 (Graviturgy Magic)
The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:
- Marvelous Martial Arts Maiden.
- Tracking Stealth Magician.
- Gravitational Force of Nature.
Background
For Background I chose Urchin. She gains the Skills of Sleight of Hand, Stealth, Tool Proficiencies of Disguise Kit and Thieves’ Tools, and the Background Feature of City Secrets.
Race
For Race, I chose Variant Human. With this race, she gains + 1 to Dex and Int, Skills: Perception and Feat: Fighting Initiate-Blind Fighting. This feat allows her to sense foes within 10 feet of her, mimicking her Yatano Black and Yatano White Crow skills.
Class
Mikoto’s class breakdown is a combination of two classes, Monk 4 (Way of Shadow)/ Wizard 2 (Graviturgy Magic). It is with these classes that Mikato gains access to unarmed martial arts, multiple ways to increase her skirmishing abilities from extra attacks to defensive abilities using Ki and spells, enhanced stealth capabilities, and gravitational manipulation. This combination of classes and feats is the best attempt to consolidate her abilities and talents at this level.
Monk 1 is the starting class for Yamato Mikoto. This gives her the Proficiencies of Acrobatics, History and Cook’s Utensils, Unarmored Defense, and Martial Arts.
Monk 2 is where she picks up the features of Ki and Unarmored Movement.
Monk 3 is where Mikoto gains her training in the arts of ninjitsu with the Monastic Tradition of Way of Shadow as well as Deflect Missiles. Way of Shadow grants her additional usage of her Ki with Shadow Arts. Now, she has the ability to spend 2 Ki points to cast Darkness, Darkvision, Pass Without Trace, or Silence as well as gaining the Minor Illusion cantrip.
Monk 4 gifts Mikoto the feat of War Caster as well as the feature of Slow Fall. War Caster will act as her skill in Concurrent Chanting. With this feat, she gains advantage on Con saves to maintain concentration on her spells, the ability to cast somatic spells with weapons in hand, as well as the power to use spells for attacks of opportunity.
Wizard 1 is where Mikoto will gain her spellcasting abilities. It is with this dip into Wizaard that she gains the features of Spellcasting and Arcane Recovery. Arcane Recovery will allow her to gain one more spell slot after a short rest.
Wizard 2 is the final level for Mikoto as well as the level that gives her access to her gravity-controlling powers with the Arcane Tradition of Graviturgy Magic. With the tradition, she gains the feature of Adjust Density as well as access to the spell Magnify Gravity. Adjust Density allows her to either double the weight of an object or creature or halve it, giving the creature less speed but better Str Checks and Str savings throws or vice versa.
With full use of Mikoto’s powers, she can perform the following techniques via class features and abilities:
- Martial Arts- Martial Arts feature
- Zekka– Booming Blade Cantrip or Flurry of Blows
- Mikazuchi- Flurry of Blows
- Enhanced Stealth- Shadow Arts feature + Stealth skill
- Enhanced Senses- Blind-Fight fighting style + Perception skill
- Yatanokurogarasu- Blind Fighting fighting style
- Concurrent Chanting– War Caster feat
- Futsunomitama Spell– Magnify Gravity spell + Adjust Density feature
This combination of feats, stats, and spells makes this DND build of Yamato Mikoto a shadowed harbinger of crushing defeat to those foes who would dare attempt to bring harm to those she has chosen to protect in Six levels or Less.
Spells
Monk
Cantrip
Minor Illusion
Wizard
Cantrip
Blade Ward
Booming Blade
Message
1st Level
Absorb Elements
Fog Cloud
Longstrider
Magnify Gravity
Snare
Thunderwave
Equipment
Standard Monk equipment with Shortsword, and 10 Darts, To represent Kotetsu I’d say pick up the shortsword Piercer. To represent Chizan I’d go with a Shortsword of Life Stealing.
Shout out to https://danmachi.fandom.com/wiki/DanMachi_Wiki and AniNews for their amazing information in making this amazing character as well as DNDBeyond for its character creation platform. I will be continuing to create members of the Hestia familiar. The last member is Sanjouno Haruhime the foxy sorceress with an amazing power to empower her allies! Until later Tale-Tellers!
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