You have been trained to hunt down Fiends which can include devils or demons. You know what kind of fiends there are who are the most powerful and least powerful. You travelled with a group or alone. You may have worked for a church or an army. Maybe your group was killed or you decided what your doing has corrupted you. You may still take some jobs. You may have been a leader or you may have been a rookie. All you know is how to kill fiends and where to find them.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Investigation, Religion, or Survival
- Languages: Choose one exotic language (Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon)
- Equipment: A monster hunter’s pack, a set of common clothes, and one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table after this background).
Moment of Darkness
Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness threatening to consume you, and you fear there may be no hope of escape. Choose a Moment of Darkness that haunts you, or roll one on the Moment of Darkness table.
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Moment of Darkness |
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Fiends slaughtered your loved ones and razed your home, you alone survive.
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2
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You were born under a dark star. You can feel it watching you, coldly and distantly. Sometimes it beckons you in the dead of night.
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3
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Your family has consorted with fiends in the past and are now reviled and looked upon with distrust.
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4
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An fiend took your sibling one cold, dark night, and you were unable to stop it.
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5
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You were possessed by a fiend and later cured. You are now haunted by the innocents you slaughtered.
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6
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A Cult kidnapped and raised you. You escaped, but the Cult still has a magical hold over you and fills your mind with evil thoughts.
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7
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You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche.
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8
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You did terrible things to avenge the murder of someone you loved. You became a monster, and it haunts your waking dreams.
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Feature: Finding Your Enemy
Your studies and experiences with fiends means you are able track where a fiend has been recently off of footprints hair or other evidence. You are also able to easily navigate any hellish landscape.
Suggested Characteristics
You have learned to live with the knowledge of what lurks in the dark. You are a survivor, who can be very protective of those who bring light into your darkened life.
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Personality Trait |
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I see the inner-demon in everyone.
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2
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I recite holy scripts even though I'm not religious.
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3
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I always look for a way a fiend could have manipulated the situation.
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4
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I see the weak points in everything and can't help but point it out.
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5
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I like to show off all of my trophies from hunting.
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6
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I like to see the good in my enemies.
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Ideal |
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1
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Morality, good shall be reinforced all across the land. (Good)
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2
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Extermination, I want to exterminate every fiend that exists. (Chaotic)
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3
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Life, too preserve life and to dispel any threats to it. (Any)
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4
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Purification, I aim to better myself and be the best person I can be. (Good)
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5
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Knowledge, to learn about my prey further to be more effective in my profession. (Lawful)
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6
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Power, ounce the most powerful demons are dead I shall take their place. (Evil)
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Bond |
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1
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My old group who I will guard with my life.
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2
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My old town that was raided was demons.
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3
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My old master who taught me all about fiends, and how to hunt them.
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4
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My old priest who inspired me to retaliate to the fiends.
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5
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Me myself and I.
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6
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The civilians in the world just a chat in a bar makes my day.
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Flaw |
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1
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I think everyone is against me.
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2
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Prejudice must be adopted to exterminate enemies.
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3
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My friends don't matter only the work I do.
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4
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Casualties don't matter as long as the job is done.
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5
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I can't help but indulge in the sins as well.
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6
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The slightest evil should be punished by death.
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