Chip

Augustus Chipperton Swanksford a.k.a. Chip is a Human merchant.

Appearance
Chip is a young boy with messy brown hair. When the party initially encountered Chip, he was barefoot and wore oversized clothes he bought or stole. Now, Chip wears a red and black tiny tuxedo-style suit and carries a monocle, though never wears it, and may in fact not know what it's for.

History
The party first encoutered Chip in Westhold where he was idolising the merchant Folduin and aspiring to be as successful as him one day, not only in financial gain but in his incredible arcane abilities.

Chip gave the party some items to get them started and to start promoting his wares, which they gratefully took. These items included the Odd Potion, the Magic Plank, the Spider Gauntlet and the Sword of the Snowflake.

The party encountered Chip when they rescued Irinai in the Spider Caves near Oakmont. Despite he and Irinai attempting to leave alone to deal with a dangerous situation, the party accompanied them to Folduin's Trading Post. Left alone with Jurgen to supervise them, they apologised to Jurgen, cast a Hold Person spell on him together, and left to launch their own attack on the Trading Post - Chip igniting barrels of flour to use as explosives and take out the western wall.

Chip was next encountered in the Undersea Caverns, having been captured by Folduin and his accomplices. He was about to be part of a ritual which would have removed Chip's soul and would have given incredible power to one of the Siege Beasts. Through a battle with Folduin, the party was able to rescue Chip.

The party last encountered Chip in Eldonis as he was setting up a satellite branch of Chip's Wonder Emporium. Chip had restored the Warforged Observer and gifted him to the party in hope they could provide Observer with the destiny he deserved.

Powers and Abilities
Despite Chip's appearance, he appears to possess abilities similar to Warlocks, using spells such as Summon Lesser Demon, Eldritch Blast, Hex and Bane. It is unknown exactly where or how these powers came to be, however Vraal's letter from Chip to Irinai indicated Irinai may have been responsible.

Notable Equipment

 * Magic Plank
 * Gauntlet of Flying
 * Shield of Spell Storing
 * Dagger of Venom
 * Dagger of Spell Location