You’ve had a soul-shaking realization: you’ve been dead before, yet somehow you are alive again. This life isn’t your first; it might not even be your second. Your past life, or lives, are unclear to you, but you know that you passed through the gates of death. And the powers of death, or some other influence, wasn’t done with you. You might have convinced a deity to let you return to the Material Plane, perhaps you signed a deal with a fiend, or maybe you used an artifact that revived you. Whatever force brought you back, you now know the truth about yourself: that you are one of death’s representatives among the living.
- Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Insight
- Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, Poisoner's kit
- Equipment: A bell, dreamlily, a token to remember your last life a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Your newfound connection to death gives you the following benefits:
• You have advantage on saving throws against disease and being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
• You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
• You don’t need to sleep. When you take a long rest, you must spend at least four hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you remain semiconscious, and you can hear as normal.
Suggested Characteristics
You are driven to learn the truth of what happened to you. How did you die, how did you return to life and who is responsible for both of those events?
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I intend to take full advantage of this second chance I've been given |
| 2 | I want to find out as much as I can about my past life. Lives? |
| 3 | I have a fear of being buried. |
| 4 | I believe that I've glimpsed the afterlife. |
| 5 | I try to hide my true nature from everyone |
| 6 | I sometimes think that I recognize people from my past life |
| 7 | My memories are slowly returning |
| 8 | I do not fear death as much as normal people |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aspiration. I'm going to prove that I'm worthy of this second life. (Good) |
| 2 | Faith. I trust that my deity is responsible for my revival I will prove myself worthy in their eyes. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Change. This time I'm going to do things differently (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Retribution. I will get revenge upon whomever or whatever ended my natural life. (Evil) |
| 5 | People. I now realize that we're all in this l;ife together and need to help each other along the way. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Self-Knowledge. I will learn about myself and my new nature (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have family that thinks that I am dead |
| 2 | There may be members of my old party that survived |
| 3 | I need to find a mentor who can help me make sense of all this |
| 4 | I need to track down my murderer and those that aided them |
| 5 | There must be a task that I was brought back to accomplish. |
| 6 | My love thinks I am lost. They may have moved on. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'm worried that if my nature is discovered I will be shunned |
| 2 | Material things do not matter to me much any more. I tend to give wealth away. |
| 3 | I don't really trust the gods any more |
| 4 | I feel some empathy to undead creatures and I'm unsure how to express that. |
| 5 | Some times a memory flash-back will overwhelm me. |
| 6 | I will try different Faiths until I find one that can explain what happened to me. |
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Posted Jun 16, 2020With the UA release of the Phantom I think that the previous version, The Revived needs to continue to be available but works better as a Background. It makes more sense that the character knows what they are right from first level and now that can be used by any Race or Class.
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Posted Nov 5, 2020The Revived Rogue as an archetype was weird and works a lot better as a background. I like your take on it!