The Bullet Keeper

Human War Surgeon · Level 2

A grim NPC for Pathfinder 2e.

Each shell I hold is a story of blood, and warmth I cannot name.

Abilities

  • Strength: +2
  • Dexterity: +1
  • Constitution: +2
  • Intelligence: +1
  • Wisdom: +2
  • Charisma: +0

Stats

  • Role: Medic and frontline combatant
  • Bond: Swears to never let a wound fester, even if it means keeping the dead's remnants
  • Flaw: Cannot resist measuring a fresh bullet, feeling its impossible heat
  • Perception: +5
  • AC: 15
  • HP: 20

Appearance

Her hands are stained with rust and dried blood, veins like black rivers. A leather apron is patched with dozens of tiny, warm metal shells that hum faintly when she brushes them, each one a bullet she has extracted and measured. Dark hair is pulled back, and a scar runs the length of her left forearm, the mark of a gunshot she never fully healed.

Secret

The bullets retain a lingering ember of the life they stole; when she measures them, they pulse with a heat that defies logic, binding a fragment of the victim's spirit to her. She keeps them not out of obsession, but because the spirits whisper clues about the battlefields she cannot otherwise sense.

Hook

The party hears rumors of a field medic who can pull bullets from flesh without leaving scars—only to discover her collection radiates a strange warmth. A noble's heir has been wounded by a cursed projectile, and only she can safely extract it, but she will trade the service for help locating the source of the bullets' heat.

Tags: war, surgeon, bullet, relic

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