You were either auctioned or born into a life of captivity. Through all of this, you were a living dummy perhaps to demonstrate your species talent, or to show off stylish clothing lines. Whether you were treated with inhumanity or sympathy, you were still disciplined when you stepped out of line. Your memories are occasionally devastating. The stress has taken its toll, separating you from most communities and making you question your sanity Regardless, freedom is now yours. Do whatever it takes to not be caught.
- Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Survival, Athletics, Slight of Hand
- Tool Proficiencies: An instrument of your choice
- Languages: Language of your master
- Equipment: A small knife, a token to remember your master by, a set of common clothes
Feature: Serving a master
Your master, for better or worse, was the central figure of your life. You may have learned skills that they taught you. Or they may have wished that you remain ignorant, but you picked things up, nevertheless, through patient and surreptitious observation. Choose an option or roll on the table below to determine what type of master you served.
Suggested Characteristics
Slaves will have been shaped by the way they were treated, and what kind of work they did. Their treatment and their relationships to both other slaves as well as their masters/mistresses affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be a side effect of the trauma of their slavery.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I distrust others with my belongings, I will always keep them with me
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2
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The people who prove their friendship and loyalty to me, I will die for
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3
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I have endured great suffering, but it only made me stronger. There is very little that can hurt me now.
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4
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I am grateful for every day that I am free and am determined to live life to the fullest.
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5
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I have poor social skills from barely being allowed to talk for so long.
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6
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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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Ideal |
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1
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Retribution. I will seek out and slay those that would enslave others. (Chaotic)
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2
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Freedom. My desire is to break the chains oppression in any form and destroy it. (Good)
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3
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Greed. I will do whatever it takes to get what I want or need. (Evil)
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4
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Redemption. There’s a spark of good in everyone. (Good)
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5
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Honor. I don’t steal from others or trick folks into the trade. (Lawful)
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6
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Live and let live. People have their own history that make up of who they are. There is no real reason to hate strangers. (Neutral)
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Bond |
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1
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I was placed in the deepest pit of the foulest life had left for me. Then my master turned up dead. I hope to find the killer to shake their hand.
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2
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My freedom is worth more to me than any coin.
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3
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I owe my life to the person who helped me escape my cruel master(s).
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4
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I fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.
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5
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I was stolen from my home many years ago and sold into slavery. I wish to return to my land and my people.
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6
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I swore an oath of vengeance against the one who kept me a slave and made my life a living hell.
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Flaw |
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1
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I'm so accustomed to obeying a master I often look for someone to tell me what to do.
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2
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I feel compelled to take anything useful I find; I might need it.
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3
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I lie compulsively.
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4
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I have been on the run so long, I can’t ever settle down.
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5
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Emotional scars run deep, I drown my sorrows in a heavy drink to forget them.
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6
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Trust no one – anyone might turn me in if they have the chance.
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