Armored Lady Monday Essa (Patreon)

when i dipped my toes into the waters of DMing a dnd campaign i made around 20 or so npcs one of which the players latched on to really quickly being this one!

meet Essa a very shy woman with a very special magical item, the bagpipes of holding, these bagpipes work as a bag of holding (of course) and they have special compartments (4 to be precise) which store finesse or ranged weapons each, and as you can see in the image, when Essa plays the right notes, depending on which compartment she activates, either a projectile shoots out of one of the pipes, or a finesse weapon makes a violent thrust motion stabbing the target, to be able to use the combat features of this item you need to have expertise in performance, otherwise this item is a fancy bagpipe that you can play at parties giving you advantage on performance rolls and use for your grocery shopping.

Essa is from a tiny village of elite bard artisans and musicians, she is the first kid that was born out of said comunity of elite people, she was entrusted with this giant responsibility to explore the world and make a name for herself before becoming a champion and returning with the highest expectations to her family and community. you can maybe understand why she looks nervous most of the time, or why shes running out of air in the middle of combat.