Novac Silroot

Novac was born and raised in Saerloon. At a young age, he displayed talent in the arcane arts and eventually enrolled in the University of Arcana. In preparation for further study, Novac joined an adventuring party, composed of Cirro, Arakano, Tiny, Zook, Voltan, Zili, and Peregrin, at the request of Lord Esteban of the Silver Coin Guild. He is now a Doctor in Illusion Magic and working towards becoming an Archmage of Saerloon by forming a new school of magic that focuses on improving standard of living.

## History

### Growing Up

Novac's parents March and Paige Silroot initially came from Phlan, but after an incident with Bane that left the city in ruins, they became refugees and arrived in Saerloon. During this time, Saerloon was accepting people into its city to fuel its expansion and thus March was able to get into a blacksmithing apprenticeship. March and Paige soon started a blacksmith that sold metal tools. Novac was named after Dragonov, a blacksmith and one of the founders of the Silver Coin Guild.

### 2 Year Timeskip

#### Taking Over Tenoch City

Novac participated in the fall of Tenoch City.

## Appearance

Novac typically wears a long coat with a long sleeve shirt, pants, and boots. He currently wears glasses that provides darkvision.

## Notable Possessions

### Novac's Arcane Grimore

This item is an Arcane Grimore+3 gifted to Novac by Arakano during Novac's doctorate graduation. The first page of the grimore is a dedication thanking Arakano for the gift.

The book contains more than 100 spells from Faerun and Maztica, as well as, research notes on spell applications, which ranges from notable beast species for the polymorph spell and kinetic bombardment.

### Obsidian Ring Arcane Focus Blessed by Coatlicue

This arcane focus is a gift from the King of Monte Pilas and blessed by the Earthmother Coatlicue (also known in Faerun as Chauntea). This arcane focus allows Novac's spells to bypass the protection of divine or divine-like creatures.

### Silver Coin Wand of Binding

This item was a gift from Esteban for Novac's first adventure with the party.

### Glasses of the Night

This is custom-made reading glasses provides darkvision.

### Pair of Dwarven Mastercraft Handaxes

A pair of drawven mastercraft handaxes given by Tyr of Clan Anvilbrawn. While Novac is not experienced with using handaxes, he appreciates the craftmanship and views the handaxes as a work of art.

## Skills and Abilities

### Master Illusionist

As a high level illusionist, Novac's illusions are more potent and versatile. He is able to mold his illusion spells dynamically and is capable of making his illusions real for a minute.

His go-to strategy is create a steel cage around a target to immobilze them.

### Spell Creation

Novac has experience in the creation of new spells. The spells that Novac has made or helped make are the following:

* Mental Room (7th Level Illusion Spell)
* Kinship (3rd Level Divination Spell - Work in Progress; Spell Authors: Cirro and Novac)

### Long Distance Spellcaster

Using a combination of divination, conjuration, and spells from other schools of magic, Novac is capable of shooting projectiles at any unprotected target, as long as, the target is in the same plane of existence. However, this technique's success rate is heavily dependent on certain circumstances.

The technique works by finding the target via the scrying spell, producing a projectile (e.g. freezing sphere) using a chosen spell, and teleporting the projectile to the target using the teleportation spell.

### Intermediate Blacksmith

Novac is a profient blacksmith, specializing the in creation of tools.

### Intermediate Merchant

As a citizen of Saerloon, Novac has some sort of background on trades. His experience further grew while working for the Silver Coin Guild to form trade relations with other nations.

## Trivia

* The first time Novac killed a humanoid creature is when Novac polymorphed into a spinosaurus and threw a cultist into a portal to the great beyond.
* The first time Novac fought in a real battle was against a shadow dragon.
* Novac's unarmed strikes deals 0 damage.
* Novac gained the resilient feat (constitution) by regularly climbing the stairs of Monte Pilas while learning Aztlan Magic.