Amory Smallkin

Amory Smallkin is a halfling bard and a member of the adventuring party known as Antivenom as well as the Harpers.

Appearance
Amory is typical for a halfling, standing at 3' tall. He has wavy brown hair, green eyes, and very poorly grown sideburns due to both his race and age. He opts for dressing very garish, often choosing bright colors like cyan, magenta, and pink.

Personality
As a bard, Amory has become adept in his ability to talk to people. He is confident (sometimes too much so) in his abilities to talk people into seeing his way. He is quite naive and gullible, most times believing anything someone says to him. His naivety takes root in his belief that every being has good in them somewhere and everyone can be redeemed as long as they want it, though at times his immaturity and temper get the best of him and he ignores this.

On occasion, Amory is quite self-conscious. He is also very prone to feeling guilt and goes out of his way in an attempt to absolve himself.

Background
Amory grew up in The Golden Goose, a small tavern in the halfling quarter of Neverwinter, owned by his parents Darren and Matilda Smallkin. His older brother Calum often helped run things with his parents while Amory would try to entertain the guests with his younger sister Maven. Over time, after hearing many stories from adventurers that would stay in the establishment, Amory spent his free time reading up on all things magical and wondrous. This eventually caused the Smallkins to decide Calum would inherit The Golden Goose when they retire, as he knew the ins and outs and had a stable relationship with his husband Corvis.

An argument ensued and Amory left on his own to chase adventure and become a legend like those he read tales of. He followed up on old contacts he met in the tavern, the Rockseeker brothers, and eventually became part of the party that would be Antivenom.

Tuzar Senune
When first adventuring together, Amory and Tuzar would often bond over their love for shenanigans and being the only members of the group who weren't (fully) human. In time, they grew to rely on and trust each other with their problems, helping one another with their personal quests and desires as much as possible. Amory often casts spells for Tuzar to check up on people the half-orc wants to know more on, while Tuzar will take initiative in setting out to achieve Amory's goals when the halfling feels he can't or shouldn't ask to pursue his goals. They often play minor tricks on one another during their downtime. Amory often casts Polymorph on Tuzar, transforming him into a Great Ape and performing what they call "monkey time."

Jeremiah Belmont
Jeremiah, being the most formally educated and trained member of Antivenom, is often the person who catches on to Amory's pranks and antics first, as well as usually being the one to call him out for it. Despite this often deflating Amory, the two still maintain a level of respect for each other. Recently, Amory has come to start deferring to Jeremiah's judgment on numerous things, showing he greatly values his insight.

Thracia Amakiir
When Thracia first joined Antivenom, she was often confused at how Amory would operate. She spent much of her time being quiet and reserved, due to the training from her mother. Shortly before Antivenom investigated Yartar for signs of King Hekaton, Amory insisted Thracia take the lead, feeling it would help her "come out of her shell" a bit and to get insight in how she works. Later, during a fight with Glass Staff, Thracia was in Amory's Silence and it had an effect on her mental state. Amory tried to speak with her after to reassure her that she was fine and simply being hard on herself.

Brylynn
Amory initially requested Brylynn accompany the group after getting to know her during the festival in Phandalin, rather than waste her time sitting around with Jacque. He offers to help her practice her magic, happy to have another friend capable of such strong magic. He regularly compliments her for her height.

Talia Thorne
Amory and Talia had tension between them. Amory tried to help Talia grow to be more social, at times even forcing it a bit too much. He would often compliment her to get a laugh out of her being uncomfortable. They fought more than any other party members. But because of this, Amory tended to feel guilty and do things to show he was sorry for going too far, like giving her valuable things he knew she would like.

Professor Ander Long
Amory was excited to meet Professor Long, loving the idea of being able to work with a professionally trained sorcerer. The two bonded over their love of magic. Because of this, Professor Long asked Amory's help in one of his body transfiguring experiments to graft dragon horns to his head, which Amory reluctantly assisted.

Harpers
As Amory's encounters with the Harpers grow, he finds himself believing more and more that they're unprofessional, lame, and downright a waste of time. He had high hopes that they would live up to the myths of ancient orders of protectors that he read about, though in reality they are far from it in his experience. A notable exception to this is Lady Garaele of Phandalin, who Amory greatly respects and confided his guilt in.

Jacque
Being the first to step into the hot tub with Jacque, Amory is often the member of Antivenom to seek him out, blindly trusting him. Jacque assisted the Smallkins in upgrading their tavern and was later convinced to be a patron to Antivenom. Because of Jacque's acts of kindness in the past, Amory defends him whenever other people call him into question.

Tymora and other gods
While not a typical halfling god, Amory picked up his devotion to her while learning about his peoples' luckiness and hearing of her in the mixing pot of people that is Neverwinter. He has strong confidence in his connection with her, though there has been zero proof of one thus far. Amory has some personal rituals he has developed which are not common such as gaining a fear of Beshaba, Tymora's twin and the goddess of ill-fortune, being spoken of out loud.

Amory also happily gives his favor to:
 * Oghma, God of Knowledge
 * Savras, God of Divination and Fate
 * Mystra, Goddess of Magic
 * Lliira, Goddess of Joy.

Iymrith
After a deadly battle against Iymrith to defend both the Eye of the All-Father and Harshnag from her clutches, all members of Antivenom fell unconscious, save for Amory and Harshnag. During this battle, many of Amory's magical investments were destroyed or expended. Upon her fleeing, seeing his team and possessions in ruins, Amory snapped, forming a grudge with the ancient blue dragon.

He proceeded to spend nearly all of his downtime researching chromatic dragons, with Iymrith in particular; obsessively keeping notes and seeking out any information he could. Upon meeting Princess Serissa and hearing one of her advisers called the same name as the dragon, Amory snapped and instantly cast Dispel Magic, not caring for any potential repercussions of casting spells on the princesses court. The Dispel took hold and Iymrith tried teleporting away, though Amory was quick to Counterspell the attempt. With hatred in his eyes he called on the royal guards to help Antivenom slay the dragon.

Magical Items
As time goes on, Amory's desire for stronger and more magical items grows. After being reminded of Glass Staff by Tuzar, Amory scryed on the wizard and noticed he owned a powerful spellbook. Upon vanquishing the wizard turned elder brain, Amory quickly adopted the tome.

Abilities
Lightfoot Halfling Abilities
 * Lucky


 * Brave
 * Halfling Nimbleness

Feats
 * Naturally Stealthy
 * Lucky

Bard Abilities


 * Bardic Inspiration (d10)


 * Jack of All Trades


 * Song of Rest (d8)
 * College of Lore
 * Bonus Proficiencies
 * Cutting Words
 * Additional Magical Secrets


 * Expertise (Persuasion, Deception, Arcana, Investigation)
 * Font of Inspiration
 * Countercharm


 * Ritual Casting


 * Spellcasting (Charisma-based ability)

=== Bard Spells === As a 10th-level lore bard, Amory knows four cantrips and 16 spells. He can swap one Bard spell for another once per long rest, giving him virtual access to all Bard spells. The following are Magical Secrets and extra spells unlocked through other means.

Quotations

 * "They are definitely horny." - discussing dragons.
 * "Did your father piss off anyone in relation to geese?" -while speaking with Princess Serissa of the storm giants.

Trivia

 * Amory's name is a reference to the comic series The Amory Wars.