Time Traveller: Lost From The Past Image

Whether banished by your people, narrowly escaped the destruction of your homeland by forgotten evil, caught in a spell gone awry or been trapped in a mysterious artefact you have been catapulted hundred or even thousands of years into the future with little knowledge of where or when you are.

 
Skill Proficiencies: History, Religion 
Languages: One language of your choice
Equipment: A set of ancient clothes, 9 old gold pieces from your home time, A signet ring, a blank scroll, a dagger, flint and steel, a waterskin, any one tool, 

 

 
Treasures of the past: (Pick one)

- Ancient knowledge: While information lost to most, you actually lived it and have knowledge of possibly long lost cities, military outposts or tombs not available to common civilians of your time, or perhaps understanding of lost technology or art forms now forgotten to the modern world.

- Ancient artefact: You have an item from your home land; It could be a key to a forgotten city where you lived, a magic artefact, or a memento from your past.

 
Feature: Knowledge of the past:

You gain advantage when dealing with history rolls ancient historical events during or before your original time period.

Displaced in time: optional

You suffer from disadvantage when rolling history check when it comes to contemporary historical knowledge, this can be offset by spending time studying a topic in a place of learning such as a library or with a scholar

 
Suggested Characteristics

Roll

Trait

1

I want to learn all I can about what has happened during my absence.

2

 I long for simpler times, when customs were understandable and my prejudices were seen as acceptable

3

The past is past, but since I plan on going back, I do not want to have anything spoiled for me, ever.

4

There are so many new things that have been made since I left, I want to see it all!

5

I miss the past, I try to make my life the same as it was, all those years ago

6

People think I’m weird because of the way I talk and where I’m from. I try to act as much as I can like I was born in these times, but this sometimes makes me look even stranger

 

Roll

Ideal

1

Responsibility: I am these people's past, it is as much my job now as it was back then to ensure their future is bright. (Law)

2

Adaptability: One should be able to react to and roll with any situation that arrises, even spontanious time travel. (Chaos)

3

Non-interference: This is not where I belong, and I should not interfere with what happens here. (Neutral)

4

Ambition: With my knowledge and potential, I can... No, I deserve to be a leader of the people, and I deserve the power and rank these pathetic mortals claim! (Evil)

5

Protection: The future belongs to everyone, and it must be protected from those that would corrupt it. (Good)

6

Exploration: What any good adventurer should do! Even if it's the same place I was just standing in, there is always more to look at! (Any)

 

Roll

Bond

1

I know that there is someone else/ a group of others who were also scattered throughout time. I do not know when or where they went, but they are my team and I will do my best to find them.

2

I must find a way back to my own time! I have a destiny to fulfill, and I will not let anything stop me!

3

I found my very, very distant relatives in this time, and I will do anything to protect my family line.

4

I know that I brought an entity from my own time back with me, though how powerful and how disruptive this entity is remains to be seen, as well as where it reappears.

5

Those that speak the strange tongue that I possess know of me, and come to me with requests from time to time.

6

I must find some way to stop my visions, they are painfully distracting and strike at the most inconvenient of times.

 

Roll

Flaws

1

I am more than a little racist, especially against one race in particular. It surprises me how common they are in this time.

2

I refuse to let go of my home and culture, regardless of what conflict it causes.

3

I am often hunted as an abberation by outsiders due to my aura being too... Aberrant. This has led to my paranoia of all celestial and feindish creatures.

4

I am paralyzed with doubt whenever I need to make a major decision, I know nothing of this time, what if I tell someone a powerful secret lost to the past, or simply say something culturally inappropriate?

5

In an unfamiliar time and place, I have turned to wine and women to drive away the loneliness.

6

My experiences with magic have made me weary of what it can do, and I treat casters accordingly.

 
Time Traveller: Lost From The Past Image

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