Ol' Tabernacle

**Ol' Tabernacle** was a Human, Undead Warlock and a member of the Order of Restoration. He was Zach's first character of the Palamoa campaign.

## Character Information

### Also Known As

Jonah Grey Ol' Tabernacle

Sister Tabernacle

Tab

## Episode Appearances

### **Description**

#### **Appearance**

Ol' Tabernacle has been described as having pale cold skin and greasy grey hair. His eyes have minor cataracts, his teeth are a rotten shade of yellow, and he walks with a limp; though he has been seen running without it. Tabernacle wears a tattered dark grey fisherman's coat with bandages wrapped at the torn sleeves. Under the coat he wears a dark blue turtle neck, and black suspenders. Accessories include a waist belt and bandoleer, many inner coat pockets, fingerless gloves and a net usually thrown over his shoulder. Adorning his body are dozens of tattoos such as a lobster, a nautical star on his left collar bone, a large fully rigged ship across his back, multiple swallows on the side of his right wrist, a large compass rose over his sternum, a black lobster on his left forearm, a crossed longrifle and harpoon on his right forearm, plus more to be discovered. He also numerous cuts, scars and rope marks on his back and arm from his time in the military and other bruisings. The only weapon he carries seems to be a sort of longrifle far to weathered and old to be at all serviceable, but his arcane abilities are focused through the rifle giving it new life.

After their encounter with Kalistock Hgymire in *Kra'Kash*, Tabernacle and the rest of the party were branded with a mark on their left hand, in the form of two suns encased within a moon that appeared to be shattering, which Seren knew as the "Ruined Moon". While the marks were identical in design, the smaller sun in Tabernacle's mark has a yellow colour to it, sharing the same color as RX's. Attempting to hide the mark, Tabernacle covered it by adjusting the wraps on his arm. After reuniting with Ob and hearing more of the Ruined Moon's history, Ob changed his color, as well as the others, to a deep purple with gold outlining.

Upon using his *Form of Dread* his clothes wither even further and he takes the appearance of an emaciated corpse that died at sea. His eyes, nose, and lips pecked off by gulls. His mouth, eyes, and nose constantly dripping with salt water and black sand. His skin is withered and torn but instead of flesh just grey and green rot gush sea water indefinitely. His face has barnacles growing up the side and his mouth full of sea parasites, notably a large centipede like creature forever crawling through his mouth and into his eye socket. His arcane focus also grows rustier and now is adorned with seaweed and barnacles.

#### **Personality**

Tabernacle has shown to be brash, crude, and often at time lacking in subtly. Tabernacle seems to have many stories to tell and will not hesitate to ramble about a tale whenever one pops into his mind. He has displayed a temper when angered, but has also displayed a caring almost paternal side such as checking on Alaerith time to time, despite their rough initial meeting and the feeling that he still had from him, or comforting Quincy after their first encounter with Esmeria nearly left her at the brink of death. He often over indulges, but values rewarding himself and his party after a good days work, even though it often gets him into more trouble then not. He can at times show less honorable behaviours such as suggesting not reviving Cofin immediately or trying to get an edge over the bare knuckle champion for Yashani's bout with them. But to his credit his behaviour and interactions have started changing for the better instead of immediately starting with force or crass behaviour. As shown by his allegiance to Killian, Tabernacle strictly adheres to the orders of a superior.

### **Biography**

#### **Background**

Born Jonah H. Grey, Ol’ Tabernacle spent a majority of his life serving the Skorian Empire’s naval fleets. Moving his way from deckhand to captain of his own vessel, Jonah called the northern seas of the Empire his home. Some time between tours he met Grace, who was pregnant when Jonah left on a final tour. On this tour, Jonah's crew was sent north to hunt down a pirate captain hiding out near the Vexjaxian glacier, a fairly normal assignment for them. Before the crew could arrive at their destination the ship’s sails fell slack and the crew entered a doldrum. Days the ship swayed without a single gust, but as quickly as the silence fell upon the crew so swiftly was it broken. With a mighty rumble the sky filed with a dark fog and the wind whistled, the waters churned as shadow filled the sea below. The crew cried for their captain but a mighty gale blasted through the full sails shattering the mizzenmast.

Jonah watched as his crew cried in horror, but before he could call for them the mizzenmast swept him overboard into the darkening waters. Watching from the churning sea below, a massive shadowy visage showed itself to him, swirling just under his ship. With a crash the figure split the ships hull and sent crew members hundreds of feet in the air, and as Jonah’s vision began to fade all he could see was the massive finned tail of the Leviathan in the distance. That was the last he saw of his ship the “Tabernacle”. He floated in the freezing waters for days on end. Every time he felt his body fail him he would awake fully healed drifting somewhere within the open waters. For years he drifted like this with a burning feeling of vengeance, until he washed up ashore seemingly three years later as a civilian along the shore told him. Now bearing the name of his ship as his own, he followed this feeling of vengeance, a shambling ghost of the man he once was, which seemed to lead him to Alaerith. Now united with a strange party he would find out from a fellow seaman, Captain Balesong of *The Firesong*, that his body was found and buried somewhere in *Krapjess*, the same place his widowed wife and child call home.

#### **Game Statistics**

Tabernacle is a Warlock, with the subclass of Undead. Warlock gives him the following -

* *Otherworldly Patron -* Tabernacle has had a bargain made with Vaust
* *Pact Magic -* Tabernacle gains the ability to cast magic bestowed by Vaust
* *Eldritch Invocations -* Tabernacle has access to invocations that add additional magical abilities
	+ *Agonizing Blast -* Tabernacle can add his charisma modifier to the damage on a successful hit when he casts *Eldritch Blast*
	+ *Book of Ancient Secrets -* Tabernacle gains two 1st level spells with the Ritual tag, which he can cast as rituals, and can add other ritual spells to his Book of Shadows by transcribing the spell into it
	+ *Repelling Blast -* Tabernacle can can push a creature up to 10 feet away from him in a straight line on a successful hit when he casts *Eldritch Blast*
* *Pact Boon* - Tabernacle chose *Pact of the Tome* which grants him a book of shadows from his patron, giving him three extra cantrips from any class's spell list.

As an Undead warlock, he has a pact with an unknown deathless being, later revealed as Vaust. Undead Patron grants him the following abilities:

* *Form of Dread -* Tabernacle can use his patron's power to transform into an undead form which grants him temporary hit points, leave a creature that he successfully attacks *Frightened* and gains immunity to being frightened
* *Grave Touched* - Tabernacle no longer needs to eat, drink or breathe, and can turn any damage from a successful attack into necrotic damage once a turn; Tabernacle can also add an extra damage die if he is in his *Form of Dread*.

#### **Feats**

Tabernacle has taken the following Feats -

* *Shadow Touched* - Tabernacle can cast the spells *Invisibility* and *Inflict Wounds* for free once per long rest, or can use his spell slots to cast as long as he has the ability to
* *The Claws of Vaust* - Tabernacle is granted shadowy hands able to manipulate the world around him

#### **Notable Items**

* *Ob's Charm*
* *~~Mushroom Totem~~* *-* (unknown how it works ; missing on his death)
* *~~Spider Druid's Gemstone~~* - (missing on his death)

1. ↑ Tabernacle's net was destroyed in "Fishing and Feather Beards" when it was burned by Cofin
2. ↑ In "Fishing and Feather Beards" Zach has mentioned that Tabernacle's book of shadows is in the form of his tackle box