Wizard 7 / Rogue 5 · Effective Character Level 12

BOB RAVENSON

The Cunning Arcane Burglar • Neutral Evil

"A wizard who turned to thieving to pay for his schooling, until a scam with a fake thieves' guild set him on the run."

Overview

Core biographical details.

Class & Level
Wizard 7 / Rogue 5
Race / Alignment
Human / Neutral Evil
Age / Gender
34 / Male
Height / Weight
5'5" / 148 lbs
Eyes / Hair
Green / Brown
Languages
Common, Elven, Gnomish, Dwarven
Silent Casting Master Lockpick Trap Sense Scribe Scroll Bonded Familiar Fugitive

Full Statistics

Ability scores, combat block, saves, feats, skills, and spellbook, in both 3.5e and a homebrew 5e conversion.

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Lore

The road from apprentice to arcane burglar.

Bob Ravenson never came from money. What arcane schooling he has was paid for the only way he knew how, picking locks and lifting purses between lessons, treating the trade as a practical elective the academy never offered. For years the arrangement worked: study by day, thieve by night, and never let either half know too much about the other.

"He told me he was a courier. Never once asked what he was couriering, or why it paid better than my whole caravan." A former traveling companion

It was a job gone wrong, a supposed contract brokered through what turned out to be a fake thieves' guild, that ended the double life for good. The "guild" was a front, the score was a setup, and Bob came out the other side with a target on his back and no city left he could safely call home. He's been moving ever since, spellbook in one pack and thieving tools in the other, with a bonded shadow mastiff at his heel as the only companion he still fully trusts.

Whatever warmth the arrangement once had has long since curdled into something colder and more transactional. Bob doesn't work with people anymore so much as he works around them.

A Thief's Tale

Before he was a legend, Bob Ravenson was just the smart one in a crew of four broke thieves, and the job that was supposed to get them out of town for good was about to go very wrong.

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Familiar

The Shadow Mastiff bonded to him since his first year of study.

Bob Ravenson's Shadow Mastiff familiar prowling a dark forest, eyes glowing violet
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Shadow Mastiff

Improved Familiar • Neutral Evil

An extraplanar hound bonded through Bob's Improved Familiar feat at 1st level. It shadow-blends to near invisibility outside full daylight, delivers Bob's touch spells, and shares his empathic link, the one creature on this road that has never once tried to rob him.

Full Profile

Lore, special qualities, and the complete 3.5e / 5e stat block for the Shadow Mastiff.

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Gallery

Visual studies and conceptual renderings of Bob Ravenson.

Bob Ravenson's Shadow Mastiff familiar prowling a dark forest
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UmbraThe Shadow Mastiff
Bob Ravenson and familiar in a torchlit ruin
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Bob Ravenson kneeling beside his familiar
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Bob Ravenson picking a glowing lock
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Bob Ravenson standing alone under a tree at dusk
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Bob Ravenson after escaping the Shadow Realm
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