You have spent your life as a slave to work in the deep oceans in service of your masters. You were probably equipped and trained to unclog, service, repair, and protect the machines deep below the surface, a simple scavenger to bring back valuables to your masters, a miner that harvests deep sea minerals, an agent that kidnaps oceanic humanoids to become new dredge slaves, or even an active guardian and enforcer. Your people have developed a life and a home around your masters in the deep oceans, adopting many of their culture. In such a dangerous world, you quickly learned to stay on your toes and stay physically strong and agile to survive the dangerous tasks you are forced to pursue daily .
- Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics, Athletics
- Tool Proficiencies: One artisans tools of your choice
- Languages: One language of your choice
- Equipment: A Dredge Suit (With the emblem of your slavers clan), one artisans tools
As a Dredge, you've spent most, if not all, your life surviving under harsh conditions at the bottom of an ocean. You command the respect of fellow survivalists out in the oceans and they might give you and your friends a place to stay in exchange for advice or minor services. If you have not shown yourself to be a danger, survivalists will hide you away from the law and your slaver overlords, though they will not risk their lives for you.
Suggested Characteristics
Advanced slavers enslave races that can survive and work deep underwater since the Dredge Suit doesn't provide the ability to breath underwater. Dredge live in a small cultural bubble under the ocean, so you might not have the ideal mannerisms surface skimmers have and avoid social situations.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I idolize a particular hero of my faith, and constantly refer to that person’s deeds and example. |
| 2 | I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace. |
| 3 | I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen. |
| 4 | Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude. |
| 5 | I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation. |
| 6 | I am tolerant (or intolerant) of other faiths and respect (or condemn) the worship of other gods. |
| 7 | I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my temple’s elite. Rough living grates on me. |
| 8 | I’ve spent so long in the temple that I have little practical experience dealing with people in the outside world. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tradition. The ancient traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good) |
| 3 | Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faith’s religious hierarchy. (Lawful) |
| 5 | Faith. I trust that my deity will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful) |
| 6 | Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god’s favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago. |
| 2 | I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic. |
| 3 | I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died. |
| 4 | Everything I do is for the common people. |
| 5 | I will do anything to protect the temple where I served. |
| 6 | I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely. |
| 2 | I put too much trust in those who wield power within my temple’s hierarchy. |
| 3 | My piety sometimes leads me to blindly trust those that profess faith in my god. |
| 4 | I am inflexible in my thinking. |
| 5 | I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them. |
| 6 | Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life. |