False Oracle

Fortune telling involves predicting information about a person’s life and appears similar to divination magic to casual observers. You can quickly read people and know their deepest desires and fears. You tell people their fortune using your insight and they pay you for sharing your mystical powers. You learned your art from a family member, old friend or even another fortune teller you met on the road. Your fortune telling is not based in magic, but by making vague statements that people willingly add in the details for you, while they concentrate on your effective use of your prop. You always need to be careful not to reveal the secret of your “gift”, especially around experienced magic users.

 

Suggested Characteristics

Your lie will always remember you.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment.
2	I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to.
3	Though the cards are nonsense to others, I still hold personal faith in them.
4	I tend to overanalyze people and events.
5	My esoteric and spiritual beliefs border on off-putting.
6	I have a hard time accepting someone being uncharmed by me.

d6	Ideal
1	Independence. I am a free spirit—no one tells me what to do. (Chaotic)
2	Aspiration. I’m determined to make something of myself. (Any)
3	Greed. I'll tell any lie to make it rich. (Evil)
4	Tradition. The stories, legends, and songs must never be forgotten, for they make us who we are. (Lawful)
5	Generosity. My talents were given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world. (Good)
6	Self-Knowledge. If you know yourself, there's nothing left to know, nothing to tell. (Neutral)

d6	Bond
1	I have been exiled from my family for making a mockery of a sacred practice
2	I owe an old caravan of thieves a great debt.
3	I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my place of business and ruined my livelihood.
4	I pursue wealth to secure someone’s love.
5	There are many cities I cannot return to, for I have made many enemies.
6	My ill-earned riches support my family.

d6	Flaw
1	I can very rarely show true sympathy anymore.
2	I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.
3	I will stop at nothing to fulfill my own destiny.
4	I could never settle in one place.
5	My dark dealings have caused me to suffer from monstrous nightmares.
6	I put too much faith in my ability, and will occasionally walk into danger without seeing it.