You were created to serve a purpose but decided instead to flee. You’re an escaped slave, but many consider you property at best and an abomination to be destroyed at worst.
- Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Deception
- Tool Proficiencies: Artisan’s Tools of your choice
- Languages: Soumi, Luari
- Equipment: A stolen set of artisan’s tools of your choice, a small knife, a set of common clothes, a pouch with 5 GP
Feature: Gainful Employment
Before you escaped, you learned how to treat masters to gain their trust and learned many menial skills. Consequently, in any urban setting, you can easily find work to make enough money to live on, although it's often work that nobody else wants.
Suggested Characteristics
When a creature is specifically created for a utilitarian purpose, whether from flesh or clockwork, their fate can seem sealed from the moment they become self-aware, but when they want more and escape from their slavery, life on the run is a unique experience for one perceived as no more a person than a golem.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m constantly looking over my shoulder, worried I’m being followed. |
| 2 | I’m nervous around anyone from my home culture. |
| 3 | Law enforcement makes me nervous. I try to avoid any contact with them. |
| 4 | I try to cover up my true nature and have an elaborate cover story to explain my appearance. |
| 5 | I hide food in case it runs out in the future. |
| 6 | The concept of family makes no sense to me. |
| 7 | I talk to trinkets or animals and believe they understand. |
| 8 | I constantly redefine myself, declaring each time my new purpose in life. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Respect. Every person, regardless of their nature or origin, has inherent value and should be treated accordingly. (Good) |
| 2 | Revenge. Those who would subjugate others must feel the pain that causes. (Evil) |
| 3 | Transience. I don’t feel comfortable in one place very long, so I always pursue travel. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Self-improvement. I need to constantly improve to keep myself free to live my life. (Any) |
| 5 | Self-reliance. I can only count on myself, so I can’t become dependent on anyone else. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Reform. Change is necessary, and we must work together to make it happen. (Lawful) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I left someone special behind that I’m determined to rescue. |
| 2 | I still feel attached to my creator and could never cause harm to them. |
| 3 | When I encounter someone being unjustly held against their will, I feel compelled to help them. |
| 4 | I will prove my place in society by demonstrating to others how much they need me. |
| 5 | I will free all those who came from the same lab as me. |
| 6 | I’m in love with a being that I can never have. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have trouble taking advice or orders, because it feels like captivity. |
| 2 | When people ask me about myself, I get nervous and mix up the details of my own story. |
| 3 | I feel like I need to prove my value, which leads me to read into what people say to me or how they act toward me and get defensive. |
| 4 | I hate crowds and actively avoid them. |
| 5 | I will flee if I feel my survival is threatened, even if it means abandoning my allies. |
| 6 | I sabotage relationships to avoid being betrayed. |
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