You grew up in a middle class family without a lot of adult supervision. With no one to watch over you, you learned to take care of yourself and make your own amusement. You've spent your time running free, exploring town, and occasionally playing tricks on your elders; and have learned how to get in or out of just about anywhere. You’ve always made it out of any scrap, through cunning, strength, speed, or some combination of each.
- Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: Thieves’ tools
- Languages: One language common to where you grew up
- Equipment: A map of the city you grew up in, a pet frog, a token to remember your parents by, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: City Secrets
You know the secret patterns and flow to cities and can find passages through the urban sprawl that others would miss. When you are not in combat, you (and companions you lead) can travel between any two locations in the city twice as fast as your speed would normally allow.
Suggested Characteristics
Life without a present role model can shape a young person in many ways. Latchkey kids know how to find their own fun, be it wholesome or mischievous. They may have helped the cities people with their work or pulled harmless pranks on them as they tried to carry it out. They are explorers and daydreamers, without direction throughout the day.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets.
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2
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I ask a lot of questions.
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3
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I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me.
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4
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I spend my days eagerly waiting for my parents to come home.
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5
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I eat like a pig and have bad manners.
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6
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I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent.
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7
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I don’t like to bathe.
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8
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I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding.
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Ideal |
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1
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Respect. All people deserve respect. (Good)
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2
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Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful)
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3
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Change. There are no constants in life, don't get used to anything. (Chaotic)
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4
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Retribution. People who leave others alone in the world deserve to be alone themselves. (Evil)
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5
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People. I help the people who help me. (Neutral)
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6
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Aspiration. I’m going to prove that I’m worthy of a good life.
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Bond |
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1
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My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it.
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2
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I regularly helped a local shopkeeper, and they are like family to me.
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3
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I had a best friend growing up who was in a situation similar to my own and truly understood me.
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4
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No one else should have to endure the hardships I’ve been through.
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Flaw |
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1
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I desperately seek connections with people, leaving me easy to take advantage of.
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2
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Gold seems like a lot of money to me, and I’ll do just about anything for more of it.
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3
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I will never fully trust anyone other than myself.
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4
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People who can’t take care of themselves get what they deserve.
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