Whether it be a result of an attack you lived through before you became an adventurer, a wayward bit of magic, or just sheer overindulgance, in your past you have had experience with being immobilized by your own flesh. Your time being a mountain of mass all on your own has shaped you and changed you, even if you have managed to slim down to a more manageable size by this point. Now you have a sense for the sheer heights of gluttony that can be achieved in this world.
- Skill Proficiencies: Eating, Insight
- Tool Proficiencies: Cook’s Utensils
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A set of common clothes, a set of massive clothes from when you were immobilized, a trinket rolled randomly on the table, cook’s utensils, and a pic pouch containing 10 GP
A number of different events might cause a character to be rendered immobile in their past. Choose an event or roll on the table below to define your experience being immobilized.
You have an easier time than most finding the places where one might get food easier in a city. Whether by negotiating for nearly expired food or just through knowing the best deals, you can typically find food in a city for half the price it would normally cost to buy.
Suggested Characteristics
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I've got someone to take care of who's approaching or beyond immobility themselves |
| 2 | I've still got lingering traces of hunger from the events that left me unable to move. I need to find out more about what happened. |
| 3 | I'm only mobile again thanks to someone who saved me; I owe that person my life. |
| 4 | I was happy and fat before someone stole that situation away from me. I need revenge, whether I go back to that or not. |
| 5 | Now that I've lost weight, those who knew me before have spurned me. |
| 6 | I had to make a deal with someone in exchange for being able to walk again, and I'm still waiting for that to come home. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | My time immobile scarred me. I have a deep-seated phobia of getting fat again. |
| 2 | I can't resist the smell of good food, even when I can't afford it. |
| 3 | I keep having these urges to fatten people up, and sometimes I can't help it. |
| 4 | Deep down, I fear that I might -want- to be immobile again. |
| 5 | Restraint? What does that mean? |
| 6 | I've developed an eating disorder as a result of my experiences. |
Sometimes the recovery from immobility wasn't quite as smooth as you might have hoped. In addition to the benefits and traits granted by this background, a character can choose to start their adventure at a weight just above their first bulk limit (typically 10-50 pounds above). In exchange, they start with an extra 3 days worth of rations to represent the extra food they've been holding on to.
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