Forest Tribe

You grew up in your tribe's village embedded in nature, far from outside civilization and the comforts of city-life unknown to you. Throughout your life, nature has been a reliable and ever-changing constant that has been as much a mentor and nurturing presence as the close-knit community who raised you. This relationship with nature gives you a first-hand respect for the food it provides you, whether that means avoiding eating animals, or thanking your hunted prey for the sustenance it will provide. Furthermore, traversing your home terrain is second nature to you as it is simply an extended home; as such, you are more than capable when it comes to locating food or water, sleeping outdoors, or communing with the elements and beings therein. Having so little experience with the outside however, you may be reserved or mistrustful of strangers, or conversely, you may be naively trusting, having always been able to rely on those around you. Living in the wilderness has meant that solitude has only ever been a short walk away from the slow-paced life of your community. As such, you may feel trapped when in a busy society, let alone being in the heart of a city which may feel utterly suffocating.

Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: One type of musical instrument

Languages: The language of your tribe and common

Equipment: A staff, a small Pouch containing native plants and other natural items such as 1d4 days of food rations specific to your home, a token or meaningful item from your family or tribe (which may double as a Druidic Focus or Holy Symbol, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

You often stand out among civilized folk, being unfamiliar with the niceties of life in the cities. The ties of tribe, clan, family, and the natural world of which they are a part are the most important bonds to your kind.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I’m driven by a wanderlust that led me away from home.
2	I watch over my friends as if they were a litter of newborn pups.
3	I once ran twenty-five miles without stopping to warn to my clan of an approaching orc horde. I’d do it again if I had to.
4	I have a lesson for every situation, drawn from observing nature.
5	I place no stock in wealthy or well-mannered folk. Money and manners won’t save you from a hungry owlbear.
6	I’m always picking things up, absently fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them.
7	I feel far more comfortable around animals than people.
8	I was, in fact, raised by wolves.

d6	Ideal
1	Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)
2	Greater Good. It is each person’s responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe. (Good)
3	Honor. If I dishonor myself, I dishonor my whole clan. (Lawful)
4	Might. The strongest are meant to rule. (Evil)
5	Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral)
6	Glory. I must earn glory in battle, for myself and my clan. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me.
2	An injury to the unspoiled wilderness of my home is an injury to me.
3	I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who destroyed my homeland.
4	I am the last of my tribe, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend.
5	I suffer awful visions of a coming disaster and will do anything to prevent it.
6	It is my duty to provide children to sustain my tribe.

d6	Flaw
1	I am too enamored of certain intoxicants that grow in my region.
2	There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.
3	I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged me.
4	I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and societies.
5	Violence is my answer to almost any challenge.
6	Don’t expect me to save those who can’t save themselves. It is nature’s way that the strong thrive and the weak perish.