You have reached for the fire and it reached back.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Deception, Intimidation, Persuasion, or Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: Choose one tool and one playing set to be proficient in.
- Equipment: A priest’s pack (containing a backpack, 10 candles, a tinderbox, an alms box, 2 blocks of incense, a censer, vestments, 2 days of rations, a waterskin a set of common clothes.
Branding Event
Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one mistake. You sought answers in the deep Fire of a demon or spirit of malice. Choose the specifics of that event from the Branding Event Table.
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Branding Event |
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1
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A fire spirit has marked you since birth, you don't know why but ever since fire has always intrigued you.
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2
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Your family has a history of practicing the dark arts. You dabbled once and felt something horrible clutch at your soul, whereupon you fled in terror.
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3
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You opened a forbidden tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche.
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4
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A Spirit possessed you as a child. You were locked away but escaped. The Spirit is still inside you, but now you try to keep it locked away.
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Feature: Mark Of Cinder
As you have interacted with the most dangerous form of magic, it is now a part of you. This attachment manifests as glowing embers from wounds and/or soot stained body parts like your hands or feet. When you sustain deep wounds, or experience strong emotions like hate, fear or despair, your eyes, wounds or voice emits a crackling ember-like effect.
Suggested Characteristics
This event still lingers in your mind, often a reminder to be wary of trusting blindly. You are a survivor, who can be very protective of those who bring light into your darkened life.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me.
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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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I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die.
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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 expect danger around every corner.
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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 divine beings.
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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 stop the spirits that haunt me or die trying. (Any)
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3
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I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to exorcise my own demons. (Good)
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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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My torment drove away the person I love. I strive to win back the love I’ve lost.
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4
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A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions.
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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 a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for him (or her).
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Flaw |
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1
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I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them.
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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 am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in a world without hope.
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6
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I talk to spirits that no one else can see.
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