You have a primal connection to a chaotic and uncontrollable form of storm magic. Wherever this comes from, it has produced an innate fount of storm magic within you that you have struggled to control. Whatever caused this twists the flavor of all your actions. Melee attacks and spells still do their described effects and damage type, but they look in the manner of magic summoned from a tempest of pure chaos. That could mean when casting firebolt, it appears in a blue hue and it sounds like the boom of thunder rather than a crackle of embers. It may also influence your everyday interactions as well. No matter what, this primal connection permeates your whole life for better, or more often, for worse. Was it caused by some arcane deal, or elemental infusion? Regardless, you hold a chaotic storm at bay within you. The burden has taken its toll, isolating you from most people and making you constantly fight to control the power within you. You must find a way to overcome it before it destroys you and everyone you love.
- Skill Proficiencies:
Choose two from among Arcana, Investigation, Perception, or Nature
- Tool Proficiencies:
- Languages:
Choose two, one of which is exotic. (Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon)
- Equipment:
A monster hunter’s pack, a set of common clothes, and one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table after this background). Also gain a set of common clothes and 1 sp.
Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one chaotic moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a chaotic tempest threatening to consume you, and you fear there may be no hope of escape. Define your moment of uproar, or choose one from the table.
| d10 | Tempest's Uproar |
|---|---|
| 1 | A stormy night, caused an accident in an alchemy lab. Many unknown potions fell on you and were combined with the sting of a lightning strike. |
| 2 | You were born during an unnatural storm. On nights with raging storms, you feel a presence calling out to you. |
| 3 | You were sentenced to death by a wizard's electrocution, but it didn't take ... |
| 4 | Your family has a history of practicing the dark arts to control chaos and power. You now feel that you are the result of such practices. |
| 5 | A storm at sea killed all your fellow travelers. Somehow you barely survived. This experience left you scared, and changed. |
| 6 | You were struck by lightning and assumed dead. Though somehow you survived, but were forever changed. |
| 7 | An Artificer performed painful and horrific experiments on you. The ordeal has changed you and left you with this unsettling connection. |
| 8 | You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images now rage in your psyche. |
| 9 | You attempted to become a blood hunter under the rite of the storm. The process did not have its intended effect but still left you changed. |
| 10 | You accepted a terrible curse for yourself, so that you could have vengeance. |
Those who look into your eyes can see the unhindered storm within you, and a flash of lightning in your eyes. Though some fear you, you are not hated outright. People will usually want to keep their distance, and often find you unsettling. This creates a distance between you and the rest of society. Coupled with your chaotic nature, this could mean you constantly find yourself in over your head, fighting for reignition and understanding, or just trying to find somewhere to exist in peace. But be warned, if people find you to dangerous, they will quickly turn on you.
Spell List
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Suggested Characteristics
You have learned to live with the power that haunts you. You are a survivor, who can be very protective of those who bring stability into your chaotic life.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Storms and chaotic situations call to me, I run to them. |
| 2 | I ground my chaos and turmoil in a form of art for fleeting moments of peace. |
| 3 | I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might finally be consumed by the storm within me. |
| 4 | I'm chaotic by nature and rarely focus on one thing. |
| 5 | I struggle to understand how people could settle down in life, though I have a fascination and jealously of that. |
| 6 | Days of calm, and sunny weather leave me uneasy. |
| 7 | I will never let my inner storm consume me. I must constantly practice restraint. |
| 8 | I put no trust in rigid religions, I prefer a free flowing connection to spirituality and/or magic. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good) |
| 2 | I’ll cure myself of this connection to chaos or die trying. (Any) |
| 3 | I channel my drive for chaos into fighting creatures and people who seek to hurt innocents. (Good) |
| 4 | I cannot view the world with rigid systems or rules. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | I must constantly check myself and my emotions, so that I never risk losing control. (Lawful) |
| 6 | I will not deny my nature, I am chaos incarnate and the world will know it. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I document my constant struggle for control, for the chance it may help someone else. |
| 2 | I would sacrifice my life and my soul to protect the innocent. |
| 3 | My chaotic nature has pushed away everyone. I must overcome it so that it never happens again. |
| 4 | A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| 5 | I must rid myself of this connection completely. I will never stop looking for a cure. |
| 6 | I must redeem myself in the eyes of my family. I will be worthy of their legacy. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them, or risk mismanaging my chaos. |
| 2 | People, of all kinds, defy my understanding. |
| 3 | My connection to the storm leaves me constantly disconnected from my own emotions. I never know what I feel. |
| 4 | I have an addiction. I use it to try to create a sense of calm. |
| 5 | I am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in chaotic and impermanent world. |
| 6 | I create a minor shock whenever I make skin contact with someone, because of this I always wear gloves. |
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