Once there were many of your kind, once, now all have gone, save you. Through either death or exile, you are the last of your kind.
Where did your people go? Where they slaughtered in pograms? Were they exiled to another plane of existence? Did they ascend to a higher state of being? Did they migrate to safer lands?
Why were you left behind? Are you a lone survivor of a terrible large-scale tragedy? Are you the one hold-out of a people who have voluntarily left? Were you left as a tragic example for other races to never again defy the gods?
- Skill Proficiencies: Being the last of your kind has been a curse, but a minor blessing arising from that curse has been greatly improved Insight and Perception.
- Tool Proficiencies: Any one musical instrument, or gaming set of your choice, something of cultural significance to your lost people.
- Languages: You know the dead language of your lost kin and any one other of your choice.
- Equipment: One set of traveler’s clothes, any one musical instrument or gaming set you are proficient with, a small piece of jewelry worth 10 gp in the forgotten style of your people’s craftsmanship, and a pouch containing 5 gp
Your people may be no more for a number of reasons, and their disappearance could have been voluntary or involuntary, and your remaining could be by choice, or not. To determine where your people went, and why you stayed, roll on the table below or choose from the options provided.
| d8 | Why Are You Here? |
|---|---|
| 1 | My people were wiped from all existence by a spell gone wrong, but I was under the protection of a powerful enchantment that has left me alone in a world that has no recollection of my race or culture. |
| 2 | Once a powerful race, my people angered our gods for our lack of respect for the natural order. The gods slew my people to make an example of them, leaving only I to roam the world as a living reminder of the gods' wrath. |
| 3 | My people, an advanced and powerful race, hailed from another world. When my parents divined the eminent destruction of that world they sent me, alone, though a one-way dimensional gate to these lands as the only survivor. |
| 4 | To avert certain doom for all my people I volunteered to take part in a dangerous experiment on the very nature of time itself. I have been displaced to this time and place, unsure about the fate of my people, and with no power to return. |
| 5 | I set out from my homeland with adventure in my heart, journeying far into the world, but when I returned to my home I found my people slaughtered and our cities razed. I have returned to these lands as I have no where else to go. |
| 6 | I was locked away in a time trap long ago when my people were the dominate race, ruling all of these lands. I recently awoke to find my people gone, and strangers ruling in their place. I must know what became of us. |
| 7 | My people were mutated into terrible, feral creatures, yet I escaped due to the help of a powerful being. I seek to restore my people, or if that is impossible, to destroy them utterly as they are now abominations. |
| 8 | My entire people set out to travel onward to a higher plane of existence. I was meant to join them, but was delayed. The spell of ascension could not be postponed and I was left behind. I desperately want to join them, but lack the power. |
As the last representative of your kind, people cannot help but stare your way. Curious glances are directed your way wherever you go, which can be a nuisance, but you also gain the friendly interest of scholars and others intrigued by your presence, to say nothing of everyday folk who are eager to hear stories of the people they thought were completely gone.
You can parley this attention into access to people and places you might not otherwise have, for you and your traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about your people.
Suggested Characteristics
These are the suggested characteristics for the Last of Your Kind.
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have different assumptions from those around me concerning personal space, blithely invading others’ space in innocence, or reacting to ignorant invasion of my own. |
| 2 | I have my own ideas about what is and is not food, and I find the eating habits of those around me fascinating, confusing, or revolting. |
| 3 | I have a strong code of honor or sense of propriety that others don’t comprehend. |
| 4 | I express affection or contempt in ways that are unfamiliar to others. |
| 5 | I begin or end my day with small traditional rituals that are unfamiliar to those around me. |
| 6 | I love to speak of my lost people, and try to impart my people's wisdom on those I hold dear. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Open. I have much to learn from the kindly folk I meet along my way. (Good) |
| 2 | Reserved. As someone new to these strange lands, I am cautious and respectful in my dealings. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Adventure. I’m far from home, and everything is strange and wonderful! (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Cunning. Though I may not know their ways, neither do they know mine, which can be to my advantage. (Evil) |
| 5 | Inquisitive. Everything is new, but I have a thirst to learn. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Suspicious. I must be careful, for I have no way of telling friend from foe here. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | So long as I have this token of my people, I can face any adversity in this strange land. |
| 2 | The gods of my people are a comfort to me so far from home. |
| 3 | I must avenge my people for the events that caused their destruction. |
| 4 | My freedom is my most precious possession. I’ll never let anyone take it from me again. |
| 5 | I’m fascinated by the beauty and wonder of this new land. |
| 6 | Though I had no choice, I lament having to leave my loved one(s) behind. I hope to see them again one day. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am secretly (or not so secretly) convinced of the superiority of my lost culture over that of this foreign land. |
| 2 | I pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid interactions I would rather not have. |
| 3 | I have a weakness for the new intoxicants and other pleasures of this land. |
| 4 | I don’t take kindly to some of the actions and motivations of the people of this land, because these folk are different from me. |
| 5 | I consider the adherents of other gods to be deluded innocents at best, or ignorant fools at worst. |
| 6 | I sometimes grow despondent and cannot cope with the loss of my kind. |
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