Brother Marcus

Brother Marcus is a human Cleric devoted to St. Cuthbert and the party's primary healer. His faith has saved the party multiple times, and he delivered the killing blow against the betrayer Keestake with a single devastating strike.

Ability Scores

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
14	10	14	11	16 (+2 bonus spells)	13

Combat Statistics

Class	Level	HP	AC	THAC0	Alignment	XP	Next Level
Cleric (St. Cuthbert)	3	-3/14	8 (padded armour)	20	Lawful Good	3,020	6,000

Spells

Level	Base Slots	WIS Bonus	Total	Prepared	Status
1st	2	+2	4	Cure Light Wounds x4	All spent
2nd	1	—	1	Hold Person	Spent

Turn Undead

Undead Type	Roll Needed (d20)
Skeleton	4+
Zombie	7+
Ghoul	10+
Shadow	13+
Wight	16+

Weapon Proficiencies

Marcus's only available weapon is a battle axe recovered from the goblin battlefield — a weapon he is not proficient with, suffering a -4 penalty to all attack rolls.

Equipment & Inventory

Weapons

Weapon	Damage	Notes
Battle axe	1d8	-4 non-proficiency penalty — only weapon available

Armour

• Padded armour (AC 8) — recovered from goblin battlefield
• Cloak

Holy Items

• Holy symbol of St. Cuthbert

Adventure History

Treasure Hunt

Episode 1: The Shipwreck

Marcus participated in the defeat of Hafkris the half-orc on the beach. In Round 2 of combat, he landed a solid hit with a makeshift club (rolled 16, 4 damage), helping bring down the jailer.

Episode 2: The Ravine

During the fight with the five goblin survivors, Marcus killed Goblin 3 (rolled 14, 4 damage) in Round 1 and delivered the killing blow to Goblin 5 — the last standing enemy — in Round 6 (rolled 16, 4 damage). He took 4 damage from Goblin 2 during the fight (8 to 4 HP). After the battle, Marcus and Zeale worked together to stabilize the dying Mira — his first attempt failed (rolled 20) but the second succeeded (rolled 6). Marcus took padded armour and a battle axe from the battlefield.

Episode 3: Temple of the Goddess

Marcus used his divine boon (Cure Light Wounds) immediately on the unconscious Mira, but rolled only 1 — healing just 1 HP, not enough to restore consciousness. Melisana then used her boon (rolled 8, maximum) to bring Mira back. Marcus found a prayer book containing a single-use Bless spell in the temple library and kept it for later use.

Episode 4: Manor of the Sea King

During the corridor fight with the goblin patrol, Marcus took 1 damage from Goblin 2's natural 20 (5 to 4 HP), then another 1 damage the following round (4 to 3 HP). After the combat, with Finn bleeding out at -6 HP, Marcus cast his final Cure Light Wounds spell and rolled 8 — maximum on 1d8 — fully healing Finn from -6 to 6 HP. Both CLW spell slots now spent.

Episode 5: The Catacombs — Justice for the Betrayer

When Keestake revealed his betrayal and lunged at Mira with a dagger, Marcus acted decisively. Despite his -4 non-proficiency penalty with the battle axe, he rolled a natural 20 and dealt 8 damage — maximum on 1d8. Keestake (6 HP) was killed instantly, his attack on Mira never landing. It was perhaps the most important single roll of the entire adventure.

Episode 6: The Crypt

Marcus knelt in the Crypt Chamber and read the prayer book's Bless spell, granting the entire party +1 to attack rolls and saving throws for 6 rounds. The prayer book's pages crumbled to ash — it was single-use only.

When the zombies animated, Marcus attempted to Turn Undead but rolled a 1 (needed 13) — a critical failure at the worst possible moment. In Combat Round 1, Zombie Liala struck Marcus for 5 damage, dropping him from 3 HP to -2 HP — dying. He bled to -3 HP before Mira stabilized him with a torn cloak strip.

Marcus was placed in an empty crypt (Room 17) for protection, then carried to the galley by Mira and escaped the island unconscious.

Current Status

Unconscious — stabilized at -3 HP aboard the galley. All spell slots and divine boons expended. His holy symbol of St. Cuthbert remains with him.