Nissa Wanderlust

Art by Zerina

### Connections

Wanderlust Clan, Cartographers Guild, Sachi Ko, Leask Laell, The Three Wise Ones

## Campaign Appearances

### Main Campaign(s)

*Under Io*, *Radiance*, *Mainframe of Atlas*, *The Shadow Invasion*

### Guest Appearances

"Spire of Euclid", "The Miss Demeanor"

**Nissa Wanderlust** is a member of the *Mainframe of Atlas* party. She is played by Zerina.

## Description

### Personality

A professional cartographer who specializes in subterranean surveys and rescuing those lost under IO, Nissa is calm, composed and businesslike. Nissa has a tendency to buckle under social pressure, having spent a significant amount of time isolated underground. The only thing capable of cracking her facade seem to be Undead, which she loathes with a passion.

## History

### Background

As a child, Nissa grew up with a portion of her ghostwise halfling clan that made their home deep within the caverns under IO. Her formative years were spent learning about IO's underground ecosystem and how to survive and avoid its various dangers. The young and curious Nissa enjoyed venturing through the depths and exploring every cavern she could find, though she tended to wander a bit too far from home more often than not.

Nissa's youthful vigor, insatiable curiosity, and eagerness to explore every crevice of IO soon led to misfortune. While roaming a bit too far from home with her friend, a massive earthquake struck, and plunged the two halfling children into an underground chasm that opened into uncharted IO territory. Nissa lost consciousness as she hit a raging underground river. When she awoke, she was separated from her friend and found herself washed up on a riverbank somewhere far from home. Cold, scared, and ignoring the first rule of "don't move if you get lost!", Nissa tried to get her bearings and find her friend. After what felt like days, a flicker of light in the darkness gave her a glimmer of hope, and she approached.

Unfortunately, not all that lingered under IO had the best of intentions. Nissa had stumbled upon someone's lair, where they were practicing the foulest parts of necromancy. What was once hope turned to terror as Nissa was discovered by the living dead that shambled around the lair. She did what she could to hide, finding refuge in an old, empty barrel with a single hole in the side of it.

Nissa hid in the barrel for days. The undead paced tirelessly around her hiding spot, eager to slay the living they sensed in the area. Cold and starving, she prepared to embrace death as the undead, suddenly and without warning, began to violently assault her barrel. A desiccated eye peered through the hole in the barrel and fixed on Nissa. Recognizing the eye as belonging to her once-living friend, she screamed under her voice gave out.

The sounds of battle began to echo through the cavern, but Nissa couldn't hear it over the sound of the dead clawing and slashing at her makeshift safehouse. Her clan had come to the rescue, but the damage was already done. Her friend was gone, defiled as the risen dead. Nissa was saved on the cusp of death.

Nissa vowed to become a seeker of the lost, dedicating her life to mapping out the caverns and systems Under IO to spare others of a similar fate. She took up the mantle of Wanderlust, separating briefly from her clan to train at the Cartopgrapher's Guild of IO.

Nissa has a considerably large family, and pens letters to them every chance she can get.

## Mechanics

### Powers and Abilities

#### Ranger Abilities

* *Favored Foe*
* *Natural Explorer*
	+ Underdark, Mountains, Forest
* *Fighting Style* (Archery)
* *Primeval Awareness*
* *Extra Attack*
* *Land's Stride*
* *Nature's Veil*
* *Gloom stalker Abilities*
	+ *Dread Ambusher*
	+ *Umbral Sight*
	+ *Iron Mind*

#### Rogue Abilities

* *Expertise*
* *Sneak Attack*
* *Thieves' cant*
* *Cunning Action*

#### Spellcasting

##### 1st level

* *Disguise Self*
* *Hunter's Mark*
* *Zephyr Strike*

##### 2nd Level

* ~~*Pass Without Trace*~~
* *Rope Trick*
* *Silence*
* ~~*Spike Growth*~~

##### 3rd Level

* *Conjure Barrage*
* *Elemental Weapon*
* *Fear*
* *Meld Into Stone*
* ~~*Protection from Energy*~~
* ~~*Summon Fey*~~

#### Special Abilities

* *Dread Assault*
	+ Until you have missed an attack, you may use your Dread Ambusher feature on every round of combat.

### Notable Items

* *Horn of Blasting*
* *Stone of Good Luck*
* *Wand of Acid Splash*
* *Sidsworth Agile Excavator*
	+ While within this machine, you gain the following benefits
		- Become a Large Creature
		- +15 Ft Speed
		- Allow for Disengage and Dash as a Bonus Action
		- +10 HP
		- Advantage on DEX Saving Throws

## Trivia

* Nissa is the first Ranger to appear in a Stream Campaign.

## Images

### Official Art

Nissa as she appeared from Under Io Episode 1 to Under Io Episode 9.Nissa as she appeared from Under Io Episode 9 to Under Io Episode 17.Nissa as she appeared from Under Io Episode 18 onwards (Art by Zerina).Inverse Nissa, a representation of her inner impurities.Inverse Nissa as she briefly appeared in Under Io Episode 10.