You are mutated by something, whether it be an underground research group, arcane forces, criminal scientist, an environmental disaster, or even yourself. You have been visually mutated to the point that you either look like an odd version of your own race or have become so different your current race is completely different than whatever creature you were born as originally before being changed.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Stealth, Intimidation, or Survival
- Languages: Choose two, one of which must be Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Giant, Sylvan, or Undercommon
- Equipment: A monster hunter’s pack (containing a chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three wooden stakes, a flask of holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torches), one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the remember trinkets table after this background), a set of common clothes, and 1 sp.
Mutagenic Origins
You were mutated by something that changed you into a freakish abomination. Choose the source of what event mutated you from the mutagenic origins table
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Mutagenic Origins |
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1
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You were kidnapped and was forcibly turned into some kind of mutant
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2
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You were part of a program of volunteers to create a super soldiers and was disfigured by the experiments
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3
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You were making experiments and used it on yourself to give yourself more power
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4
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You were in an environmental disaster that transformed you into what you are
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5
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You made a pact with a mystical patron and as part of the pact you were turned into a freak
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6
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You survived a super weapon and the energy from the weapon mutated you
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7
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An other worldly entity cursed you, turning you into an abomination
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8
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You spent to much timed polymorphed and when some one tried to break it, it mess up and you fused with what you were transformed as.
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9
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A divine being smites you, turning you into a monster
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10
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You were cursed by lycanthropy and when you were turned back, something went wrong and you became disfigured.
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Feature: Mutated Appearance
Your mutations make you an oddity that can attract the interest of others. Researchers and people of exotic taste will offer you food and shelter in exchange for studying your mutations. People who run entertainment events that feature freaks and oddities will ask you to be part of their show and will offer their services as compensation.
Suggested Characteristics
You have been mutated to the point where you look extremely odd compared to others of your race. This could be in the form of different color skin than what would be seen from your race, mutated body parts like extra eyes, a nonfunctional tiny wing, glowing cracks in your skin as if leaking arcane energy, or being born a different race and using the abilities on another one while looking nothing like either.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I have to find the ones who did this to me an make them pay
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2
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I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness.
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3
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Who cares about danger, where's the fun
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4
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I live for the thrill of the hunt.
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5
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I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others with my curse.
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6
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I know the dangers and fears of what comes from surviving a calamity.
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7
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I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized.
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8
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I put no trust in beings of the arcane or the divine
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Ideal |
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1
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I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
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2
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I’ll hunt down the ones did this to me or die trying. (Any)
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3
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I will seek new knowledge even if it cost me my own life or the life of others. (Any)
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4
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I have a dark calling that puts me above the law. (Chaotic)
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5
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I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful)
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6
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I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil)
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Bond |
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1
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I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy.
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2
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I would sacrifice my life and my soul to protect the innocent.
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3
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I want to return to what I used to be and return to my old life
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4
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I survived and cling and struggle to protect what little I have left
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5
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There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free.
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6
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I have an item from my past life, it the most important thing to me and all I have left
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Flaw |
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I have animalistic tendencies that are hard to hold back
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2
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I assume the worst in people.
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3
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I feel no compassion for the dead. They’re the lucky ones.
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4
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I have an addiction.
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5
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I would sacrifice others to get what I seek
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6
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I don't trust those who claim to give power
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