A member of the Chained acts as guardian for the most valuable and dangerous works in Acuin's Wykepedia. They must be able to keep this knowledge secret and safe.
As a child, you were inquisitive when your playmates were possessive or raucous. In your formative years, you found your way to one of the world's great institutes of learning , where you were apprenticed and taught that knowledge is a more valuable treasure than gold or gems.
The most well known font of knowledge is the Wykepedia. The great library is always in need of workers and attendants, some of whom rise through the ranks to assume roles of greater responsibility and prominence. You are one of the Wyke's own, dedicated to the curatorship of what is likely the most complete body of lore and history in all the world.
- Skill Proficiencies: You have specialized in either History or Arcana plus a second specialization from among Nature or Religion
- Languages: Two of your choice
- Equipment: The scholar’s robes of the Wykepedia, a writing kit (small pouch with a quill, ink, folded parchment, and a small penknife), a borrowed book on the subject of your current study, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Though others must often endure extensive interviews and significant fees to gain access to even the most common archives in your library, you have free and easy access to the majority of the library, though it might also have repositories of lore that are too valuable, magical, or secret to permit anyone immediate access.
You have a working knowledge of your cloister’s personnel and bureaucracy, and you know how to navigate those connections with some ease.
Additionally, you are likely to gain preferential treatment at other libraries across the world, as professional courtesy shown to a fellow scholar.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the sage background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a cloistered scholar.
Your bond is almost certainly associated either with the place where you grew up or with the knowledge you hope to acquire through adventuring. Your ideal is no doubt related to how you view the quest for knowledge and truth—perhaps as a worthy goal in itself, or maybe as a means to a desirable end.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | You Need plenty of alone time. |
| 2 | Cold and suspicious of others, less likely to cooperate. |
| 3 | I’m used to helping out those who aren’t as smart as I am, and I patiently explain anything and everything to others. |
| 4 | Quiet, only speak when what you say is important |
| 5 | You know how to keep a secret, unless... |
| 6 | Impulsive, you often act before you think |
| 7 | I am horribly, horribly awkward in social situations. |
| 8 | I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some knowledge must be kept hidden |
| 2 | Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good) |
| 3 | Logic. Emotions must not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful) |
| 4 | No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Even "evil" knowledge has value |
| 6 | Locks and chains are sometimes necessary |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is my duty to protect my students. |
| 2 | I have an ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands. |
| 3 | I work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery. |
| 4 | My life’s work is a series of tomes related to a specific field of lore. |
| 5 | I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question. |
| 6 | I sold my soul for knowledge. I hope to do great deeds and win it back. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I messed up an assignment and ... |
| 2 | I have a problem with ... and it caused ... |
| 3 | I had a traumatic experience that caused me to ... |
| 4 | I got caught ... |
| 5 | I got caught ... |
| 6 | Books were destroyed because I ... |
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