Shimmercoat

  Shimmercoat - Blink Dog Mentor
Medium Fey (Blink Dog), Neutral Good
  Armor Class: 15 (Natural Armor)
Hit Points: 78 (12d8 + 24)
Speed: 40 ft., teleport 40 ft.
  (Stats, Generated by AI) STR 12 (+1)
DEX 17 (+3)
CON 14 (+2)
INT 16 (+3)
WIS 18 (+4)
CHA 14 (+2)
Saving Throws: Wisdom +7, Dexterity +6
Skills: Arcana +6, Insight +7, Perception +7, Survival +7
Damage Resistances: Psychic
Condition Immunities: Charmed
Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 17
Languages: Sylvan, Common; Telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge: 5 (1,800 XP)
  Special Traits
  Fey-Enhanced Telepathy: Shimmercoat can telepathically communicate with any creature within 60 feet that understands a language. Additionally, he can sense the surface emotions of creatures he communicates with telepathically.
  Flicker Step: When Shimmercoat uses his Blink ability, he can teleport up to 40 feet to an unoccupied space he can see. As part of this teleport, he leaves behind a shimmering afterimage that lasts until the end of his next turn. Creatures that attack the afterimage must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or waste their action attacking it.
  Mentor's Guidance (3/Day): Shimmercoat can grant a creature within 30 feet a bonus to a Wisdom, Intelligence, or Charisma saving throw equal to 1d8 (as a reaction).
  Feywild Knowledge: Shimmercoat has advantage on Intelligence (Arcana) checks related to planar travel, fey creatures, and magical anomalies.
  Blink Dog Heritage: Shimmercoat retains his natural teleportation abilities and can use them without expending an action.
  Arcane Infusion: Can cast; Invisibility, Mage Hand, and Prestidigitation at will. Being infused with magical essence, he is essentially an immortal. He ages at an extremely low rate.   Actions
  Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage.
Flicker Dash (Recharge 5–6): Shimmercoat teleports up to 40 feet and can make a Bite attack as part of this teleport. The attack is made with advantage if the target hasn’t moved since Shimmercoat’s last turn.
Protective Blink (Recharge 4–6): Shimmercoat teleports to an ally within 40 feet as a reaction when they are attacked. The attack instead targets Shimmercoat, who gains resistance to the damage dealt.
Equipment:
A bag of holding around his kneck for delivering large amount of materials
      Abilities and Role-Specific Features
  Mentorship Expertise
As a mentor, Shimmercoat combines his innate fey wisdom and Blink Dog agility to teach survival skills, planar navigation, and magical understanding. His telepathy allows him to convey complex ideas quickly, even in the heat of combat.
  Planar Knowledge
His years of captivity and experimentation by an Archfey have left Shimmercoat with an intuitive understanding of the Feywild and its connections to the Prime Material Plane. He often acts as a guide for navigating planar rifts or interacting with fey beings.
  Calm and Methodical Nature
Shimmercoat’s demeanor is calm and reassuring, a trait that makes him an invaluable mentor in the Twilight Covenant. His teaching style emphasizes practical survival skills and emotional resilience.
  Personality Traits
  Calm and Reassuring:
Shimmercoat never panics, even in the direst situations. He speaks in a measured tone and exudes a sense of quiet authority.
Inquisitive Mind: Shimmercoat is endlessly curious about both the Feywild and the Prime Material Plane, always seeking to learn and teach.
  Bonds
  The Twilight Covenant: Shimmercoat is deeply loyal to the Twilight Covenant and sees its members as his family.
Planar Balance: He believes his purpose is to maintain balance between the Feywild and mortal realms, ensuring neither overwhelms the other.
  Flaws
  Haunted by Experimentation: The years of captivity and experimentation by the Archfey left scars. Shimmercoat occasionally hesitates when facing powerful fey creatures, fearing a return to servitude.
  Overprotective: His instinct to protect others sometimes leads him to take unnecessary risks, endangering himself.
  Ideals
  Knowledge is Freedom:
Shimmercoat believes understanding the world—both magical and mundane—is the key to survival and autonomy.
Unity through Diversity:
He sees the differences between beings as strengths and strives to foster cooperation between fey and mortals.
  Born in the Feywild, Shimmercoat was an ordinary Blink Dog until he was captured by an ambitious Archfey experimenting with enhancing natural teleportation abilities. The experiments granted him telepathy and a deeper connection to the arcane, but at the cost of years of servitude and pain. During a rare moment of the Archfey’s overconfidence, Shimmercoat escaped into the Prime Material Plane, finding solace and purpose in aiding the Twilight Covenant.
  Now, Shimmercoat serves as a mentor, teaching survival skills and planar knowledge to others. His calm demeanor and extensive experience make him an invaluable guide to navigating between worlds