Cave-dweller

You lived in a cave, crevice, or hole in rock, wood or a different hard substance. You lived rough, eating whatever was available in nature, or things you bought in town by trading furs and mushrooms. You could have lived in a hollow tree in the Neverwinter wood, a cave or hole you dug out on Icespire Peak, or a tunnel shared with digging creatures. You could have lived on your own, or with a clan, family, or tribe.

Skill Proficiencies: Survival, nature

Tool Proficiencies: Cobbler’s tools

Languages: Elvish, dwarvish, gnomish

Equipment: An explorer’s pack, a animal hide flask filled with one liter of clear spring water, a spear, fifteen pieces of salted and dried meat, two daggers, a light crossbow, a set of common clothes, a pouch containing ten gold pieces

Suggested Characteristics

Personality traits: (choose two)

I don’t like sleeping in a bed. The softness is irritating. I prefer the floor. The cold, hard, floor.

I don’t like the wet feeling of water. I like filth better.

I hope to return to civilization, and try to act like the native people wherever I go, often failing terribly.

People are such a nuisance. They’re always in the way.

I hate being in public, as I don’t know how to talk to people anymore.

I love the comforts of civilization and I will do anything to live without worrying about what to eat every second.

Bonds:

Everything that I earn goes to my family, as they are growing weak.

My love was stolen from me, years ago, and I hope to bring revenge on the person who stole it, because I want to have a normal life.

I work with builders, because while I enjoy civilization, I believe that it would be better if everyone lived in caves. 

 I will open a business someday, to make money for my family.

Nature is better than all of civilization.

I want to become a guide, so I can teach people about nature.

Ideals:

Strength: If I become the strongest person in the world, than I can do anything that I want, and no one can stop me. (Evil)

Beauty: Nature is beautiful, and it will show us what is good. (Lawful)

People: We all are people, and should be treated evenly. (Good)

Intelligence : If you strive to learn, you can be your strongest self. (Any)

Wealth: Money can lead the way to greatness, make the path to wisdom, and show the steps to a powerful life. (Neutral)

Change: Every day is different, and it’s no use trying to stop that. (Chaotic)

Flaws:

Now that I have left my cave, I will do anything to get more of a civilized life’s luxuries.

I have developed a habit of picking my nose.

Wine and beer are really too strong for me, but I drink them all the time.

I often charge blindly into challenges, not knowing what’s ahead, with only one plan: kill, kill!

I often dress far too warmly, for it was always cold in my cave.

I am often accusing, telling people my opinions about other people endlessly, and as a result, I jump to many conclusions.