Your background is unknown to you because you suffered some trauma that has inflicted you with amnesia. You woke one day, not knowing who you are or how you got here. Your origin and family are a mystery to you. You are not sure if you have allies or enemies from your past. If you have skills beyond what your class training details, you struggle to recall them.

Who looked after you while you recuperated? Were your class skills taught to you after your trauma, or are you slowly recalling them from your past? Do you have flashbacks or dreams hinting at your ordeal?

 

Skill Proficiencies: Special. Whenever you attempt a skill, use a tool or try to comprehend a language you are not already proficient with, roll a d20. On a natural 20, you have recalled one of your pre-trauma talents and gain that proficiency; otherwise you must finish a long rest before you can make this check for the same proficiency again. Once you have recalled three  proficiencies you no longer make this check.

Tool Proficiencies: Special. Whenever you attempt to use a tool you are not already proficient with, roll a d20. On a natural 20, you have recalled one of your pre-trauma talents and gain that proficiency; otherwise you must finish a long rest before you can make this check for the same proficiency again. Once you have recalled one proficiency you no longer make this check.

Languages: Special. Whenever you attempt to use a Language you are not already proficient with, roll a d20. On a natural 20, you have recalled one of your pre-trauma talents and gain that proficiency; otherwise you must finish a long rest before you can make this check for the same proficiency again. Once you have recalled one  proficiency you no longer make this check.

Equipment: Just the clothes on your back.

Suggested Characteristics

d6	Ideal
1	Truth. I want to know what's real – not just about my past, but the world and people around me. (Any)
2	Revenge. I can't touch the demons of my past, so I take my frustration out on those who make even the slightest infractions against me. (Evil)
3	Heart. Although I woke as a blank slate, my first act was to rescue a trapped animal. There must be inherent kindness in people, even if hidden deeply. (Good)
4	Pretense. Personal identity is an illusion. We can adopt personae as we see fit. (Chaotic)
5	Destiny. What happened to me happened for a reason. I accept it and have no regrets. (Lawful)
6	Enlightenment. I'm glad I can't remember my past. It gives me more time to focus on my future. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I owe a debt to the family that found me, took me in, and nursed me back to health.
2	Somebody, somewhere, stole my life. I will find them and make them suffer.
3	I remember living in luxury – I must have a personal fortune or estate somewhere, and I'm going to find it!
4	The only thing I recall is that I was searching for someone I loved, someone who was in danger.
5	I remember a child and that the child was important, but I can't remember why or who they were
6	I told someone of a great darkness before my trauma. I must find them and remember what I said.

d6	Flaw
1	I intermittently suffer short-term memory loss, and often forget why I went to a place or what I was talking about.
2	I'm overly suspicious of strangers – for all I know I might not a be a stranger to them, and why would they keep quiet about that?
3	I hate secrets and cannot be trusted with them. Everything should be out in the open.
4	Everything is always my fault!
5	I get overindulged in knowledge and will do questionable things to obtain it.
6	I believe everyone is talking about me behind my back.