Murder: the most archaic and ancient of practices. To preserve this ancient and sacred art is your truest calling in life. You are a murderer. A serial killer. But why? Are you a bloodthirsty megalomaniac? Perhaps your victims are corrupt and vile individuals who bring suffering onto others. For whatever reason, you have let your passion for death guide you to the adventurer's life. This is the greatest of opportunities to share your art with the world.
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' tools
- Languages: Abyssal or Infernal
- Equipment: 3 trophies taken from previous victims, a set of thieves' tools, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Calling Card
As a serial killer, you have developed a signature of sorts. You have a tendency to leave a mark of some sort on your victims upon their deaths.
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Calling Card |
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A rose or similar flower left in the victim's hand.
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2
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A symbol or rune carved into the victim's forehead.
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3
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A poem detailing the life of your victim.
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4
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A vague clue regarding your next kill.
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5
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The victim's corpse placed in a peaceful resting position.
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6
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A cry for help to alert those nearby to the victim's corpse.
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7
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A specific organ, or several, are removed from the victims body. Either with extreme precision, or brute force
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8
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Your victims are made to look like someone they're not, often a specific person.
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Feature: On The Hunt
You have learned how to plot out your murders. As such, you have an uncanny ability to hide in plain sight. While in public locations, you may actively stalk a single creature without rousing suspicion so long as you do not speak to them or their associates.
Suggested Characteristics
I was born into a life of violence, but one day I experienced something that made me escalate from mindless violence to calculated murder. This entanglement with the act of quenching the life force of other beings is so deep that it has become my main interest and such has shaped all aspects of my personality.
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Personality Trait |
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I am incredibly friendly. Some might say unsettlingly so.
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2
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I prefer to remain in my own company. Others never seem to understand me.
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3
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I prefer to call it an art more than killing.
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4
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Nothing feels better than putting a knife in their throat.
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5
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Sometimes I feel guilty, but then realize its just my imagination.
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6
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Death is not the end, its just a gate towards another life.
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7
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Its not me who have done it, its the other me.
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8
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I watched a person I knew get eaten by a cannibalistic cult, and now I can't stop eating people.
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Ideal |
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Cleansing: I will cleanse the world with my knife. (Lawful)
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2
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Artistic: Killing is an art, and I will make sure everyone can see it. (Chaotic)
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3
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Emptiness: I can only feel like I'm alive when I take their lives. (Neutral)
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4
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Pleasure: I'm just simply enjoying the pleasure of taking life. (Evil)
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5
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Questioning: Why is killing others a crime when humans take lives constantly from other races? (Any)
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6
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Thrill: I've lost my mind, so I like to look at other peoples. (Any)
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Bond |
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1
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My imaginary friend helps me plan my kills
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2
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Instead of disposing the corpse, I keep them at my basement.
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3
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I clean and polish my killing instrument every day.
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4
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I have to sacrifice a victim to my passenger every night at midnight.
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5
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I know, deep down there, there is something inside me.
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6
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I carry the weapon i used to slaughter my village on me at all times.
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Flaw |
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Sometimes I hesitate before I kill someone, since they remind me of a friend or a loved one.
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2
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I tend to only think in the moment instead of the future.
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3
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My eyes twitch frequently which might appear unsettling to most people.
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4
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I tend to stay up at night planning how to murder a certain target.
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5
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Blood stains my clothing, hinting at what I possibly killed. And it's pretty.
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6
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My blood-lust often consumes me when I fight an opponent.
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