Dr. Adrian Royce

Doctor Adrian Royce, Fellow

Medium Humanoid, Human

• Armor Class 11
• Hit Points 17
• Speed 30
• Roll Initiative 1d20+1

STR 11 (+0) DEX 12 (+1) CON 13 (+1) INT 19 (+4) WIS 16 (+3) CHA 14 (+3) VIG 9 (-1) SAN 14 (+2)

• Senses Passive Perception 13
• Languages: English, Russian, Chinese
• Challenge 3 (700)

Special Features

Disease Protection

You rarely get sick. You have advantage on saving throws against disease.

Actions

Cantrips

Can cast these at will.

Do Science To It

Activation Time. 1 bonus action
Range. Self
Components. None
Duration. Instantaneous

Double your proficiency bonus with your next Wisdom (Medicine) or Intelligence (Sciences) check made this turn. You can only gain this bonus once per check.

Live, Damn You

Activation Time. 1 action
Range. Touch
Components. Medical kit
Duration. Instantaneous

You use your Medical kit on a willing creature and spend a Hit Die. If the target has been reduced to 0 hit points and is making death saving throws, the target gains 1 hit point. If above 0 hit points, the target recovers hit points equal to your proficiency bonus + 1d6. This increases to 2d6 at 10th level.

Level 1

Can cast any combination of these 3 times. Uses are renewed with a short or long rest.

Anatomy Expert

Activation Time. 1 bonus action
Range. Self
Components. Firearm
Duration. Instantaneous

Target one creature you scored a critical hit on this turn—double the amount of dice rolled for damage.

Clamp The Artery

Activation Time. 1 action
Range. Touch
Components. Medical kit
Duration. Instantaneous

Target one living creature. The target is healed of any damage incurred by the last hit it received since the end of your previous turn.

Cortical Reinforcement Injection

Activation Time. 1 action
Range. Touch
Components. Drug kit
Duration. 24 hours

Target one living creature. The target is immune to being blinded.

Advanced. At 10th level, you can target two creatures, though each one requires an action. You can sacrifice the action on your next turn to administer both injections this turn.

Diagnose and Cure

Activation Time. 1 minute
Range. Touch
Components. Medical kit
Duration. 24 hours

Target one living creature suffering from disease or poison. The target has advantage on any saving throws to
recover from disease or poison for the duration.

Emergency Patch

Activation Time. 1 action
Range. Touch
Components. Medical kit
Duration. Instantaneous

Target one living creature. The target regains hit points equal to your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier + your level.

Advanced. At 10th level, you can either increase hit points recovered to triple your Wisdom bonus, or you can target two creatures instead of one.

Stanozolol Injection

Activation Time. 1 action
Range. Touch
Components. Drug kit
Duration. 1 hour

Target one living creature. The target has advantage on Dexterity ability checks and saving throws and gains a +10
feet bonus to speed for the duration.

Advancement. At 10th level, you can target up to 2 creatures, but each requires an action. You can sacrifice
the action on your next turn to administer both injections this turn.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Origin

Mother is absent. Separation, for your safety or someone else’s.

His father was abusive; he hated them.

You have 4 siblings.

1. Slightly younger brother. The sibling has issues with you, which may or may not be justified.
2. Slightly older brother. Your sibling is also your best friend.
3. Baby brother. The sibling loves you but you don’t see eye to eye.
4. Twin sister. Feelings are moot—your sibling is no longer around. Separation, for your safety or someone else’s.

Life Events

You suffered facial scars or burns.You have disadvantage with Charisma (Persuasion) checks.

Reputation / Rank. If in the military, you achieve a promotion. If on contract, you can raise your prices based on reputation alone. You are given more authority, influence over underlings or employees. This may have reaching aftereffects in the game. You have advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks with other people under your command or influence.

This person had known your family or mutual friends for years and you always considered him/her as a big brother / big sister. Alternatively, you’ve known this person through his/her family or mutual friends for years and you always considered him/her as a kid brother / kid sister.

Someone you work with (a co-worker on equal footing) has it in for you. (Dr. Elira Vasquez) She caused you a physical disability. Facial scars or burns. You wants to beat the living snot out of her. It’s something you need to get out of your system. Your enemy can bring in a small group, like a gang, retinue, or a few employees. A line is drawn about bringing in more.

You met someone, but from the beginning, there were complications. The two of you differ in ethnicity or race. There may not be internal pressures, but there may be external ones.

Alignment

Neutral Good Alignment

Current Location

Camp Hope

Species

Human

Year of Birth

164 SE -51 Years old

Pronouns

He/his/Him

Sex

Male

Gender

Male

Presentation

Male

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Black

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Light

Height

6' 1"

Weight

210#

Belief/Deity

Church of Hope

Aligned Organization

The Doctors

Other Affiliations

• Church of Hope

Ideals

Logic. It’s foolish to let emotions and principles interfere with the conclusions of logic. (Lawful)

Personality Traits

I employ a highly technical vocabulary to avoid imprecision and ambiguity in my communication.

Bonds

In my laboratory, I discovered something that I think could eliminate half the life on Earth.

Flaws

I have a rather embarrassing modification that I do everything I can to keep hidden.

Biases

Positive Bias

Favors Humans over other races.

He favors those that he believes to be Intelligent. This bias applies to anyone with an intelligence score above 12.

Negative Biases

Considers The Awakened and The Others to be lesser races.

He dislikes and avoids those that he believes to be less Intelligent. This bias applies to anyone with an intelligence score that is 12 or below.

Dr. Adrian Royce doesn’t bother to hide his skepticism as he eyes you from behind his cluttered desk, his fingers drumming idly against a stack of neatly organized patient reports. His office is dimly lit, the overhead light casting sharp shadows across his sharp features. "I assume you’re here about the missing test subject," he says, his voice clipped, measured. "I’ll tell you what I told the Watch—I don’t know where it went, but I know Dr. Vasquez has been acting... strangely." He leans forward, lowering his voice slightly. "She’s been spending an awful lot of time with Subject 17. More than she should. That test subject wasn’t even part of her assigned research. And then there’s the matter of supplies going missing." He pauses, watching your reaction before continuing. "I’ve seen her coming and going at odd hours. Taking things home with her. Technically not against protocol, but highly unusual. I don’t like it."

His eyes narrow as he leans back, arms folding across his chest. "And here’s where it gets really interesting—Jonas wasn’t just another infected. Someone experimented on him before he turned. He’s different. Maybe she knew that, maybe she didn’t, but either way, she was up to something. Now, I could take this straight to the board, but I have a feeling you’re going to tell me why I shouldn’t." The unspoken challenge lingers between you—convince him Vasquez’s actions are justified, or risk him exposing everything.