Medium

From a young age, you have always exhibited a connection to the supernatural. This connection may have manifested as a result of a loved one returning from beyond the grave to pass on messages of guidance or warning, or perhaps you heard the calling of a wandering spirit with some unfinished business. Regardless of how this connection came about, you are able to find these restless spirits and help them to move on.

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, History, Investigation, and Religion

Languages: Choose two, one of which must be Abyssal, Celestial, or Infernal.

Equipment: A holy symbol, a flask of holy water, a scrying item of your choice, two blocks of incense, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10gp. 

Suggested Characteristics

Mediums' lives are shaped by their innate connection to the spirits and their relationship with their connection. While some may be intrigued by the spirits that are drawn to them and actively seek to help them, others might view their ability as a curse and put the spirits to rest to end out of a selfish desire for peace from the spirits.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I idolize a departed loved one, and I constantly am trying to live up to their memory.
2	I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
3	I see omens in every event and action. The spirits try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
4	Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude.
5	I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness.
6	I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die.
7	I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others with my curse.
8	I’ve spent so long dealing with spirits that I have little practical experience dealing with the living.

d6	Ideal
1	Mortality. I help put spirits to rest to help quell my own fears of death. (Any)
2	Charity. I try to help restless spirits, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3	Change. Death is as much of a change as any other, and I am obliged to help spirits embrace this change. (Chaotic)
4	Rest. Every spirit is worthy of resting peacefully, regardless of who they were in life. (Neutral)
5	Nature. Death is a natural part of the life cycle. It is my duty to help the lingering spirits to find rest. (Lawful)
6	Aspiration. I seek to bring a sense of closure to families who have lost their loved ones. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I keep a log of all my supernatural encounters in my journal. My journal is their legacy just as much as it is mine.
2	I was able to help put a loved one to rest. Putting other spirits to rest helps me to still feel close to them.
3	I would lay down my life in order to protect that sanctity of death against those who seek to pervert it.
4	I seek to avenge the death of a loved one so I can finally put their soul to rest.
5	One day, I will pass down the knowledge of spirits to my children, just as my family did with me.
6	The spirits of my ancestors whisper of impending doom, and I will do anything to prevent it.

d6	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them.
3	I am suspicious of nearly everyone I meet. It is not the dead I fear, but the living.
4	I am inflexible in my thinking.
5	I am a horrible coward, and jump at everything that goes bump in the night.
6	Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life.