D&D Bones: Temperance Brennan

I love Bones, and my boyfriend and I have been watching it a lot recently. I really enjoy how well the team works together and how the characters play off each other. I am a huge fan of the show, and I decided that maybe they might make some fun D&D characters.

So lets start off with the titular character: Dr. Temperance Brennan. A forensic anthropologist with a family that left her behind. She can fight, shoot a gun, and is the top of her field. Admittedly a limited field, but a field none the less. To be good at all that I'm going to say she is a....oh wow this is going to be hard. I like Rogue and the Bard for their expertise, but both fluffs are way off. Wizard is the closest for that, but lacks the expertise I would like to see. Hrmmm, maybe thats what I do. Make a new tradition for wizards.

Scientific Tradition
While some wizards focus on the powers of spellcasting, many others see them as tools for understanding the world around them. These academics care more about what the wizard spells can help them understand than the mechanics of the spells themselves.

Expertise
At 2nd level, choose two of your skill proficiencies. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies,

Attuned Senses
At 2nd level, you gain the ability to open your sense and perceive what others have trouble understanding. As an action, you can detect magic, poison, and disease in a 60 ft. cone.

Language Expert
Beginning at 6th level, you have an unnatural understanding of languages. As an action, you can cast the comprehend languages or tongues spell at-will. You can use this ability again after a long or short rest.

Uncanny Perception
Starting at 10th level, supernatural perception increases in power.You gain darkvision and true sight out to 60 ft. for 10 minutes as a free action. You can use this ability again after a long or short rest.

Logical Leap
At 14th level you can make logical leaps that leaves others dumbfounded. When you make an Intelligence skill check you can declare success no matter what you rolled. You can do this after you roll, but before your DM declares the result of the roll. You regain this ability every time you finish a short or long rest.

Dr. Temperance Brennan

Level 1 Variant Human Wizard
Background: Sage
Str 10 (+0), Dex 12 (+1), Con 12 (+1)
Int 16 (+3), Wis 14 (+2), Cha 10 (+0)
HP 7, AC 11, HD 1d6
Saves: Int +5, Wis +4
Speed 30 ft.
Languages: Common, Elvish, Dwarven, Halfling
Skills: Arcana +5, History +5, Investigation +5, Medicine +5, Religion +5





Dagger +3, 1d4+1 piercing, 20 ft./ 60 ft., light, finesse
Unarmed Strike +3, 1d4+1 bludgeoning, light, finesse

Arcane Recovery
Martial Arts
Cantrips: Prestidigitation, Shocking Grasp, Mage Hand
Spellbook
1st-level: Comprehend Languages, Detect Magic, Grease, Identify, Tenser's Floating Disk, Unseen Servant

Gear: A bottle of black ink, a quill, a small knife, a letter from a colleague, a set of common clothes, dagger, component pouch, scholar's pack, and a spellbook.

Leveling Temperance: As she levels up, she should focus in on spells that help reveal what happened to dead bodies. She would be perfect for a mystery solving group. Feats like Keen Mind and Observant would be perfect, and so would Weapon Master and Martial Adept. Lots of options to make her amazing.