One day you awoke, perhaps you were a tree, a bush or a dog before your new life. But now you are just as smart as the average Joe, able to learn skills and do things just like everyone else. Awakened creatures tend to act similiar to their life before. However, with their new intellect they can be taught duties and gain their own dreams and aspirations.
- Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Nature
- Languages: Sylvan and one of your choice
- Equipment: A coin pouch with 10 gold that you've found since your awakening and a trinket from your life before awakening.
Life of Seclusion
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Life of Seclusion |
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1
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I was searching for spiritual enlightenment.
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2
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I was partaking of communal living in accordance with the dictates of a religious order.
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3
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I was exiled for a crime I didn’t commit.
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4
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I retreated from society after a life-altering event.
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5
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I needed a quiet place to work on my art, literature, music, or manifesto.
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6
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I needed to commune with nature, far from civilization.
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7
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I was the caretaker of an ancient ruin or relic.
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8
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I was a pilgrim in search of a person, place, or relic of spiritual significance.
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Feature: Natural Presence
When somewhere that an average member of your species would be, you gain advantage on Deception checks made to appear as an average member of your species. This can be used to listen in on conversation that people aren't worried about a plant or animal overhearing or to hide in plain sight.
Suggested Characteristics
Some hermits are well suited to a life of seclusion, whereas others chafe against it and long for company. Whether they embrace solitude or long to escape it, the solitary life shapes their attitudes and ideals. A few are driven slightly mad by their years apart from society.
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Personality Trait |
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I’ve been isolated for so long that I rarely speak, preferring gestures and the occasional grunt.
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2
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I am utterly serene, even in the face of disaster.
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3
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The leader of my community had something wise to say on every topic, and I am eager to share that wisdom.
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4
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I feel tremendous empathy for all who suffer.
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5
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I’m oblivious to etiquette and social expectations.
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6
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I connect everything that happens to me to a grand, cosmic plan.
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7
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I often get lost in my own thoughts and contemplation, becoming oblivious to my surroundings.
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8
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I am working on a grand philosophical theory and love sharing my ideas.
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Ideal |
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Greater Good. My gifts are meant to be shared with all, not used for my own benefit. (Good)
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2
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Logic. Emotions must not cloud our sense of what is right and true, or our logical thinking. (Lawful)
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3
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Free Thinking. Inquiry and curiosity are the pillars of progress. (Chaotic)
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4
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Power. Solitude and contemplation are paths toward mystical or magical power. (Evil)
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5
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Live and Let Live. Meddling in the affairs of others only causes trouble. (Neutral)
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6
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Self-Knowledge. If you know yourself, there’s nothing left to know. (Any)
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Bond |
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Nothing is more important than the other members of my hermitage, order, or association.
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2
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I entered seclusion to hide from the ones who might still be hunting me. I must someday confront them.
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3
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I’m still seeking the enlightenment I pursued in my seclusion, and it still eludes me.
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4
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I entered seclusion because I loved someone I could not have.
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5
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Should my discovery come to light, it could bring ruin to the world.
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6
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My isolation gave me great insight into a great evil that only I can destroy.
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Flaw |
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Now that I’ve returned to the world, I enjoy its delights a little too much.
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2
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I harbor dark, bloodthirsty thoughts that my isolation and meditation failed to quell.
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3
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I am dogmatic in my thoughts and philosophy.
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4
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I let my need to win arguments overshadow friendships and harmony.
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5
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I’d risk too much to uncover a lost bit of knowledge.
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6
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I like keeping secrets and won’t share them with anyone.
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