Ribeye

Art by mariah\_art

**Ribeye** is a member of the *March on Faewunder* party. A recently raised skeleton with no memories, Ribeye wandered into Lindow and took up employment as a chef. However, he wished to expand his horizons and left his job, leading to him making his first friends at the Skagzag Extravaganza. He is played by Tom Fawkes.

## Description

### Appearance

Ribeye's most obvious physical trait is that he is a skeleton. He resembles the kinds of skeletons raised by necromancers, but has a wider variety of expressions. He wears a white chef's hat, a red ascot, and brown boots and gloves, but nothing else.

### Personality

Ribeye is incredibly jovial and welcoming, offering food to the other player characters upon first meeting them. He's very nonchalant about being a skeleton, treating it like it's no big deal but acknowledging that he's never met anyone else like him. He seems to be lacking in some common knowledge, such as the existence of vegetarians or the reason meat has bones in it, which may be a result of him having not been awakened for very long.

## History

### Background

It is unknown who Ribeye was in a previous life, and how it was they met their end in Northern Ishtar. Ribeye's habitual behavior implies someone possessed of magical talent but nothing more. Ribeye himself has no memories prior to his awakening, nor does he know who brought him to "life".

Ribeye woke up ("popped out of the ground" as he puts it) in a haze and wandered into the nearby town of Lindow, finding his way into the back of a diner. He instinctively began cooking customers' orders, and when the owner Slim noticed, they hired him. Ribeye worked for Slim for about two months before leaving the diner out of a desire to wander, despite his employer's protests. Despite leaving on a sour note, Ribeye implicitly considers Slim an adoptive father, likely due to him being the only being Ribeye consistently interacted with.

## Mechanics

### Powers and Abilities

* You have the resistances and vulnerabilities of the Skeleton statblock.
* You do not know how many hit points you have. To find out, you must make a medicine check on yourself.

#### Bard Abilities

* *Bardic Inspiration* (d8)
* *Jack of All Trades*
* *Song of Rest* (d6)
* *Expertise*
* *Font of Inspiration*
* Glamour Abilities
	+ *Mantle of Inspiration*
	+ *Enthralling Performance*

#### Spell List

##### Cantrips

* *Mage Hand*
* *Necrotic Blast*
	+ This is an Eldritch blast that deals Necrotic damage instead of Force damage.
	+ If you roll a 1 on the attack roll, you can reroll the dice.
* *Vicious Mockery*
* *Minor Illusion*

##### 1st Level

* *Dissonant Whispers*
* *Feather Fall*
* *Inflict Wounds*
* *Tasha's Hideous Laughter*

##### 2nd Level

* *Invisibility*
* *Phantasmal Force*
* *Shatter*
* *Suggestion*

### Other Abilities

* *Combat Surge*
	+ Once per Combat, at the top of the round, you may choose to take your turn before anyone else.

### Notable Items

* *Fiery Trombone*
	+ You may cast the spell Burning Hands (DC12) a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses at the next dawn.

## Etymology

A "ribeye" is a cut of beef from the outer side of the ribs of a cow. The rib itself is one of a series of long curved bones that make up the rib cage of a skeleton.

## Trivia

* The idea for the character, including appearance, came from a dream Tom had and worked with Brett to recreate. The homebrew Skeleton subrace was the product of their collaboration.
* Tom Fawkes has confirmed that the body Ribeye inhabits is not one he had in life, with the body belonging to someone else (possibly consisting of parts from multiple people) and simply being animated with Ribeye's consciousness.
* The voice Tom gives to Ribeye is similar to that of his "Wacky Wally" character from when he played *Super Mario Odyssey*.