The Aternium Road touches even worlds without the spark of magic, because stories reach even those unfortunate realities. A life that opens to the Road and mixes with magic transforms beyond all expectation and becomes marked by fate for wild Adventure!
You were born in a world with no magic but by some miracle found your way onto the Aternium Road, and with it unlocked your potential.
- Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Insight
- Languages: None
- Equipment: You have what you arrived with - srange clothing of alien materials, shoes or boots, an inactive square silicon wand, a wallet or purse containing 5gp in assorted coins
You are new to Aternium Road, and bring no assumptions to your exploration of it. You have advantage on the first Investigation or Insight check related to something or someone that you have not encountered before.
Suggested Characteristics
Pick one from each of these four categories, or make up your own.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m always polite and respectful |
| 2 | I don’t make friends easily |
| 3 | I enjoy entertaining people with my personality |
| 4 | I like to say controversial things to throw others off balance |
| 5 | I’ve got lots of stories from my past I like to tell |
| 6 | I analyze every problem to come up with the best solution |
| 7 | I like to manipulate people into causing drama |
| 8 | I am a haggler and won’t part with my money easily |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | You believe in social justice for all, and work to apply your ideals in this new world |
| 2 | Everything happens for a reason, you have faith that you are on the right path |
| 3 | Logic should guide all your actions; you look for reason based explanations for everything |
| 4 | Logic should guide all your actions; you look for reason based explanations for everything |
| 5 | Freedom is the most important thing to you, otherwise you feel trapped |
| 6 | You judge everyone based on their walk, not their talk - you want to see deeds not words |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I brought a pet with me that reminds me of home |
| 2 | I have an item that contains a secret that I can’t let anyone discover |
| 3 | I want to find my way home no matter what |
| 4 | I was separated from my sibling who I desperate to find |
| 5 | I made a frightening enemy and will avoid them at all times |
| 6 | I always fight for those who can’t defend themselves |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | You are constantly homesick for things in your world - food, media, clothing, friends and family |
| 2 | I always run from a fight that I’m outnumbered in |
| 3 | I have an intense fear that completely incapacitates me when I face the object of it |
| 4 | I obey the rules even if they are inconvenient |
| 5 | I love wealth and will do anything to get more |
| 6 | I love partying with ale, pipeweed and other intoxicants to excess |
Contacts
You have a bond with those that come from nonmagical worlds, and can usually count on help and hospitality from them once you both realize you came from the mundane and swap memories from “home” and new learnings from the Road.
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