You have lived an entirely unremarkable life, perhaps in some backwater village in the unfashionable end of your nation. You may have worked hard, or you may have been a layabout, but both your funds, training, and general worldliness are likely very minimal.
- Skill Proficiencies: One from among Animal Handling, Nature, or Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: Your choice of a gaming set, musical instrument, or artisan's tools.
- Equipment: Your choice of a gaming set, musical instrument, or artisan's tools.
Feature: Blend into the Backdrop
People don't tend to notice you when there's anything else going on, and they really don't have much to fear or suspect of you - after all, you're a commoner. It's in the name!
Suggested Characteristics
Small-town commoners are typically provincial and may have a hard time adjusting to life outside their long-time home. Money isn't something they had a lot of, and they may mishandle it. These people are typically salt of the earth, decent folk, whose flaws are born out of ignorance rather than any sort of malice.
d8 |
Personality Trait |
1
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I have never left my town before and I find constant wonder in anything other than an environment like my home.
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2
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I am used to working menial jobs for long hours, and am thus very easily entertained.
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3
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Alcohol was an easy way to escape the boredom of my town, and I'm usually looking for some.
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4
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I have little exposure to magic, and so am superstitious and distrustful of it.
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5
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I am so boring, other people find it amusing.
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6
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I can't stop comparing things to my home.
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7
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I have trouble deciphering accents and understanding cultural differences.
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8
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I don't understand what the big rush everyone else seems to be in is about.
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d6 |
Ideal |
1
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Peace. Stop and smell the roses sometimes. (Neutral)
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2
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Resources. Life can be hard sometimes, and you need to take what you can get. (Evil)
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3
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Charity. It takes a village helping each other to do some things. (Good)
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4
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Freedom. When you have to take care of most things yourself, you get used to doing things the way you want. (Chaos)
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5
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Helping. When there aren't many people around, those that are there rely upon you to be dependable. (Lawful)
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6
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Simplicity. Living life without getting in the way, going with the flow - it's how life is in rural towns. (Neutral)
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d6 |
Bond |
1
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There's no place like home anywhere else in the world.
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2
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I love my family back home more than anything.
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3
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I despise my old home and will do anything to keep travelling.
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4
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I want to keep or protect my rural lifestyle.
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5
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I want to keep and protect my new exciting life of adventure.
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6
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I've been sent on a journey to help the village.
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d6 |
Flaw |
1
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I can't stand crowds, and will run away from them if things get overwhelming.
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2
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I have no idea what life is like outside my town and am easily taken advantage of.
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3
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Through ignorance or wilfully believed misinformation, I'm racist.
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4
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Because I'm not used to interacting with strangers, I will overshare information, even if it's meant to be secret.
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5
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I constantly make foolish assumptions about how things are and what I should do, often to the detriment of myself and those around me.
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6
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I have no idea how to operate even rudimentary machinery or technology and break it more often than not.
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No money?