The Xvart

A class inspired by the 5e lore for the Xvart and with a nice tip from Walfalcon from ふかひれスープ. Illustration by Kim from Master the Dungeon.

Once upon a time, a greedy god ruled below
He owned everything, yet he wanted to know
Exactly how much until his vaults overflow

So he tasked wise Xvart to begin tally
For he was well known to never dally

Yet after centuries of counting riches daily
Xvart saw a way out and took it gayly

The servant wanted a taste of divine glory
He had stolen enough to never worry

And to make sure his crimes never show
replaced himself with a million faux

Starting Equipment
A Crooked Dagger, and your choice of Stilts, a Wide Net, or the Accounting Book of a place or person you can choose later.

Starting Skills (+5)
Your choice of Hiding from the Authority, Accounting, Goblin Diplomacy, or Bat Husbandry.

For every Xvart template you have, you gain another Xvart nearby.

A: Little Blue Minion, Not the Xvart
B: The Wrong Xvart
C: Maybe the Xvart?
D: The Xvart

Little Blue Minion

You are 3-foot tall, allowing you to fit through narrow and small spaces. You cannot carry objects bigger than you.

Not the Xvart

You are a copy of the original Xvart, one of millions of decoys created by the fugitive accountant. You are accused of crimes on a mundane and divine scale, yet can’t be proven guilty. You benefit from a certain cosmic impunity, yet suffer from a certain universal hostility.

If anybody accuses you of something, you become aware of it and can deflect the blame on another Xvart nearby. You can never be accused of having done the same specific thing ever after.

The Wrong Xvart

If you die and there is another Xvart nearby, you can declare that the dead Xvart wasn’t you. You then enter the scene as if that deadly event had happened to the nearby Xvart instead.

Maybe the Xvart?

You start every adventure with another Xvart nearby.

The Xvart

You are secretly the original Xvart, or are you? If anybody accuses you of having any magical or divine powers, you not only lose this ability forever, but you also never had it. All those weird things that might have happened because of this ability before were mere coincidences.

Until then, you can recreate the effects of any spell with up to 4 spell dice. If you roll a double on your spell dice, a god accuses you of having magic powers. You can of course blame another Xvart nearby.