Perhaps you were born into slavery. Or maybe you were captured and forced into it. Either way, at some point you ended up spending a significant part of your life in servitude to someone or something. But you managed to escape that life. At least mostly.
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight and your choice of Perception, Stealth, Performance, or Survival.
- Tool Proficiencies: You were required to learn at least one artisan's tool or instrument. Choose proficiency with any one tool or instrument.
- Languages: You learn one language of your choice, likely the language of your master(s) or something you were taught or picked up during your time with them.
- Equipment: A set of common clothes, one trinket of special significance (roll on trinkets table), broken shackles or chains,
Trinkets
Feature: Expert Animosity
Your time serving as a slave granted you a uniquely intimate insight into the goings on of the culture of your masters. You saw them at their most base, most unabashed and self-indulgent. Working with your DM, choose a race, culture, society or social group who would have been your slavers. You have advantage on Insight, History and Religion checks pertaining to your former masters.
Suggested Characteristics
Some escaped slaves find it hard to break the behaviors so heavily ingrained into them. They might look out only for themselves or they might go out of their way to help and save others in similar positions as they were. Depending on experiences and choices, one could be a renegade who helps others or one willing to betray anyone and everyone to keep their freedom.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I am always calm, no matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me.
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2
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I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
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3
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I expect danger around every corner.
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4
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I do not say anything unless someone says something to me.
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5
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No matter how bad things get, I never complain – I've seen worse.
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6
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I refuse to become a victim, and hate those who seek to bring others down.
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7
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I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets.
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8
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I am enamored with material wealth; I've gone so long with out it, I need to make up for lost time.
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Ideal |
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1
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I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
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2
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Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful)
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3
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Retribution. I will seek out and slay those that would enslave others. (Chaotic)
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4
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Aspiration. I’m going to prove that I’m worthy of a better life. (Any)
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5
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Power. If I can attain more power, no one will tell me what to do. (Evil)
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6
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People. I’m committed to the people I care about, not to ideals. (Neutral)
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Bond |
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1
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My freedom is worth more to me than any coin.
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2
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I fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.
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3
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I left someone I loved behind. I will do anything to free them.
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4
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I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.
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5
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No one else should have to endure the hardships I’ve been through.
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6
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I escaped from my captivity, and I’m wanted and hunted for it.
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Flaw |
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1
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I'm distrustful of any kind of authority figure, it was authority that kept me in chains.
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2
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I am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in a world without hope.
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3
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I'll pay any price to end someone's captivity. Gold, blood, or otherwise.
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4
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I turn tail and run when things look bad.
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5
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I have been on the run so long, I can’t ever settle down.
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6
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I will never fully trust anyone other than myself.
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