Willingly or not, you were charged with exacting the King's justice. You have witnessed the all of condemned in their final moments of life and not a stranger to there most extreme edges of humanity: fear, bravery, cowardice, deceit, hatred, contrition, and even love..
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Athletics, Investigation, Insight, Medicine, Perception, Persuasion, Religion, or Survival.
- Tool Proficiencies: Select one from carpenter's tools, cartographer's tools, poisoner's kit, or smith's tools.
- Languages: Choose a Language - Dwarvish, Elvish, Giant, Gnomish, Goblin, Halfling, Orc, Undercommon
- Equipment: A worn whetstone, a set of common clothes, and one trinket of special significance.
Blood stained psyche
Consider what experiences characterize your background as an executioner and how it has made an indelible mark it left on your soul.
| d10 | Blood stained psyche |
|---|---|
| 1 | You've executed so many, they all seem to run together. You are ashamed to have forgotten their names. |
| 2 | You resent the previous executioner that tricked you into taking his position. |
| 3 | Over time, your disgust began to wane. You abandoned your job out of fear you were beginning to enjoy executing. |
| 4 | Your king was morbid and sadistic, constantly inventing new ways to kill the condemned and forcing you to carry them out. |
| 5 | You were forced to behead your own grandfather, but could not object without endangering the rest of your family. |
| 6 | You were picked to be the executioner by a cruel king because you were terrible with an axe. You vowed to perfect your craft and keep your axe sharp if only out of mercy. |
| 7 | You perform self-flagellation nightly as punishment for all the injustice you carried out. |
| 8 | You drowned yourself with ale or other vice to cope with the guilt. |
| 9 | The faces of those who escaped, or bought their way free of your axe are the ones that haunt your the most. |
| 10 | When a noble framed your loved one you took it upon yourself to kill him and his entire family out of retribution. You got away with it, but the thought of the monster you've become haunts your waking dreams. |
Feature: Public figure: wrath or justice
People tend to respond to you and your party based upon their social standing and their own sense of honor or guilt. In towns and villages where you are known, your presence commands the respect of the honorable, and fear of the criminal. When entering such a place, you have advantage on the first persuasion or intimidation checks tied to matters of justice.
Suggested Characteristics
The souls of those you've unjustly executed haunt you. You are zealously devoted to righting whatever wrongs you can. You are very grateful and protective of those who accompany you on this quest.
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me. |
| 2 | I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness. |
| 3 | I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die. |
| 4 | I am a person of action. No time like the present |
| 5 | Due to the proximity of the hereafter, I assign particular credibility on final words and final deeds. |
| 6 | My trust is hard won, but my loyalty is hard lost. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Better an evil man escape punishment today, than an innocent be unjustly executed. (Good) |
| 2 | The Law is my shield, but the truth is my sword. (Lawful) |
| 3 | I am just as willing to protect the wrongfully accused as I am to hunt down a fugitive from justice. (Lawful) |
| 4 | When evil has taken root, good must break its hold and scatter everything so that nature may restore order and corruption may be destroyed. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Truth. In the end, it is too late to avoid the eternal consequences of a life of treachery and deceit. (Lawful) |
| 6 | I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, my quarry will find no respite from their fate. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I keep the records of those I've killed and those I've spared. My journal is more than my legacy, it is the record of accountability to my god. |
| 2 | I would sacrifice my life and my soul to protect the innocent. |
| 3 | I am accountable to my god for the justice I meet out in their name. |
| 4 | A terrible guilt for the souls of all those I executed unjustly consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| 5 | I am wanted for treason by the corrupt king who's unjust executions I refused to carry out. But the people helped me escape out of love, fear, and respect. |
| 6 | I have a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for him (or her). |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have a compulsion to document the final moments of anyone I kill, or the circumstances surrounding those I chose to spare. |
| 2 | I have no appetite for redemption and therefore no interest in pleas for mercy. |
| 3 | I have an addiction. |
| 4 | I place very little trust in political sovereigns themselves. Unchecked, all rulers are corrupt and lawless at some level. |
| 5 | I hyper focus on what I believe to be the worst offenders and I will gladly trade justice for the "small fish" to exact vengeance on the greater evil. |
| 6 | I am impulsive and easily distractible. |
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Posted Nov 18, 2020Made some updates based on great feedback from an anonymous user. Thank you.
1) Changed from two tools to one tool and one language.
2) Changed Blood Stained Psyche from a why do you "no longer swing an axe in the town square" to "Consider what experiences characterize your background as an executioner and how it has made an indelible mark on your soul."