Naktamun

Naktamun is from Magic the Gathering Plane Shift: Amonkhet pdf put out in 2017 by WoC. PDF free on Drivethrurpg

The citizens of Amonkhet begin training for the trials of the five gods at a very young age. Children as young asfive years old are invited to become acolytes—the first stage of their spiritual development. An annual ceremony serves as a rite of passage for these youths, marking the beginning of their journey toward the afterlife. After completing their training and the construction of the obelisk that will be defended during the Trial of Solidarity, a crop of acolytes is finally prepared to stand before the five gods in the Ceremony of Measurement. Those who are judged worthy are asked to continue their journey toward the afterlife as the God-Pharaoh’s initiates. Others are selected by individual gods to take an alternative route to the afterlife, becoming viziers in service to the gods. But some stand in the light of the two suns and are deemed unworthy of either course, lacking in the virtues necessary to secure entry into the afterlife. In particular, acolytes who doubt the God-Pharaoh’s teachings or the way of life in Naktamun are culled from the crop and exiled from the city-state. Your character’s background can reflect the results of the Ceremony of Measurement.

You are an initiate, on the path to completing the trials of the five gods in the hope of earning a glorified death in the final Trial of Zeal. Some combination of your natural aptitude, your crop’s needs, and your teachers’ assessment while you were an acolyte led you to focus your training in one particular area of specialization— hand-to-hand combat, long-range combat, or spellcasting. But only a well-rounded initiate can be called truly worthy of the afterlife. If you are a hand-to-hand specialist, consider the barbarian, fighter, monk, paladin, or rogue classes. As a long-range combat specialist, you might be a fighter, a ranger, or a rogue. If you are a spellcasting specialist, you might be a bard, sorcerer, or wizard. And beyond this initial choice, you might consider multiclassing or using feats to round out your skills in all three areas.

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation

Tool Proficiencies: One type of game set, vehicles (land)

 

Languages: none

Equipment: A simple puzzle box, a scroll containing the basic teachings of the five gods, a gaming set, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 15 gp. If you have completed any trials before the start of the campaign, you also have any cartouches you have earned. 

Suggested Characteristics

An initiate’s life is focused on the trials, but it doesn’t need to be all about the trials. Though some initiates are highly focused on their training, most undergo that training while also experiencing joy, sorrow, love, loss, anger, jealousy, hope, faith, delight—the whole range of mortal emotions and experience. The afterlife might be a constant presence in every initiate’s mind, but it is the culmination of a life well-lived—not a replacement for it.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I always have a joke on hand when the mood gets too serious.
2	I use sarcasm and insults to keep a distance between myself and my crop-mates, because I don’t want to get attached to them.
3	I’ll settle for nothing less than perfection—in myself, in my cropmates, in everything.
4	I’m so focused on the glorious afterlife that nothing in this life can shake my calm resolve.
5	I enjoy using my skills to help those who lack those same skills.
6	I train hard so that I can play hard at the end of the day. I fully expect to play even harder in the glorious afterlife, but I’m not in a hurry to get there.
7	I’m perfectly happy letting others pick up the slack for me while I take it easy.
8	I’m constantly sizing up everyone around me, thinking about what kind of opponent they’ll be in the final trial.

d6	Ideal
1	Solidarity. The thing that matters most of all is that we’re there for each other. (Lawful)
2	Knowledge. The world is a puzzle—a mystery waiting to be solved. (Neutral)
3	Strength. All that matters to me is my own perfection. Let everyone else seek that perfection in their own way. (Any)
4	Ambition. I’m going to prove that I deserve only the best—of everything. (Evil)
5	Zeal. Anything worth doing is worth throwing my whole self into. (Any)
6	Redemption. I will train all the harder to make up for the doubt I entertained when I was younger. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	One of my crop-mates is my dearest friend, and I hope we will face each other in the final trial.
2	I am in love with a vizier.
3	I am particularly drawn to one of the five gods, and I want nothing more than to win that god’s particular favor.
4	I am more devoted to Naktamun and its people than I am to any of the ideals of the gods.
5	My weapon was a gift from a beloved trainer who died in an accident.
6	I carry a memento of my time as an acolyte, and I treasure it above all other things.

d6	Flaw
1	I’m easily distracted by an attractive person, which could be the death of me in the trials.
2	I really wanted to be a vizier, and I’m angry at the god who didn’t choose me.
3	Training for a lifetime to die in the end seems like a big waste of energy.
4	I’m not at all sure I’ll be able to grant a glorified death to any of my crop-mates.
5	I have a lasting grudge against one of my crop-mates, and each of us wants to see the other fail.
6	I think I’ve figured out that this world is not what it seems. Something dark is going on here.