You are a fugitive from justice - or injustice. Whether you are a runaway slave or an escaped convict, your pursuers are determined to find you and take you back to captivity
- Skill Proficiencies: Skill Proficiencies: Insight, StealthTool .
- Tool Proficiencies: Proficiencies: One type of artisan's tools, one type of gaming set or musical instrument.
- Equipment: Equipment: A lucky trinket, a set of common clothes, a book or diary, a memento of your life as a prisoner or slave (lock of hair, stolen silk handkerchief, mark on your skin, or trinket), and a belt pouch containing 5 gp.
Every fugitive has a story of a horrific experience, and a reason for not wanting to return to it. Choose the nature of your experience in captivity, or roll on the table below
You are pursued by an individual or party who wishes to return you to your enslavement or imprisonment. You know a handful of secret signs you can use to locate safehouses where you can expect food, shelter, and care for a short time while you hide from your pursuers and those who would report you to them. Safehouse owners are usually commonfolk sympathetic to your plight and might point you in the direction of other safehouses in the network, as well as give you news of your pursuers, but if their safehouse is already full of other fugitives they might be unable to accomodate you and your companions.
Suggested Characteristics
Fugitives are largely defined by their experiences in captivity, whether recent or in the distant past. Though their personality traits might be similar to those of a criminal or urchin, a fugitive's ideals might range from a desperate self-interest to a noble belief in the cause of freedom. Their bonds commonly involve their life before or during captivity, such as a friend or family member who they wish to rescue, or a homeland they dream of returning to. An escaped slave's flaw might be a deep-seated mistrust, anger, or other attitude formed by their life of oppression, and an escaped convict's flaw might be an indulgence in illicit activities or a disrespectful mannerism that got them imprisoned in the first place.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have big plans for my new life and share them with anyone who'll listen. |
| 2 | I have frequent nightmares about my life in captivity. |
| 3 | I love to use unintelligible slang phrases from my homeland. |
| 4 | I hoard the strangest things. You never know when you'll need 15 mousetraps. |
| 5 | I never learned to write, and I have to say the words out loud when I read. |
| 6 | I have a violent aversion to a certain object, sound, or word. |
| 7 | I can tell fantastic stories about my ancestry or native land, and I believe every single one. |
| 8 | I keep out of the center of rooms and don't speak until I'm spoken to first. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Freedom. Enslavement and imprisonment are wrong, period. (Good) |
| 2 | Revolution. Modern civilizations have wrought too many evils to justify their triumphs. (Chaotic) |
| 3 | Justice. Anyone who does what my captors did will get what they deserve, no more, no less. (Lawful) |
| 4 | Fairness. No one should have to go through what I went. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Vengeance. I won't stop until everyone who has wronged me has died a painful death, and neither should anyone else. (Evil) |
| 6 | Self-Preservation. The world is a tough place, but I'm going to survive in it. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I left behind someone important to me when I escaped captivity, and I swore to one day return and rescue them. |
| 2 | My journal tells my story; it is everything I am, and the only thing that kept me sane during my imprisonment. |
| 3 | I would never have escaped captivity if a mysterious stranger hadn't helped me at a crucial moment. I never got the chance to thank them. |
| 4 | I drew the anger of a powerful person during my captivity or escape. That person will stop at nothing to see me re-captured, or worse. |
| 5 | I'm slow to trust new people, but once I gain a friend, I will never abandon them. |
| 6 | I just want to go home. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'm quick to anger. |
| 2 | I spit in the face of authority, even if it's not a good idea. |
| 3 | I'm afraid of voicing my own opinions (or I voice them too often). |
| 4 | I was imprisoned because I didn't do what I was told. I'm not about to let anyone push me around now, whether they mean the best for me or not. |
| 5 | I fear the consequences of breaking even the slightest of rules. |
| 6 | I've got a weakness for strong drink. |
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