Your home was razed. Your teachers and fellow students are all dead, and you are only a few steps ahead of the forces that did the deed. You are the last vestige of your school's trainings and traditions, and the forces arrayed against you will do everything they can to stamp you out. You may want revenge, or maybe just to be left alone. Regardless, this is not a threat one person, no matter how skilled, can hope to match. You have run yourself ragged, hounded every step of the way by their forces. If you could only find someone to trust, maybe you'll make it out alive. You might even be able to preserve the knowledge entrusted to you.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Stealth, Arcana, Religion, or Survival
- Languages: Choose one.
- Equipment: You possess the only copy of a book that details your schools training and traditions.
Prior to becoming an adventurer, you lost everything and everyone you held dear. A darkness is threatening to consume you, and you fear there may be no hope of escape. Choose the details of the event that haunts you, or roll it on the Harrowing Events table.
| d6 | Survivor's Guilt |
|---|---|
| 1 | You were playing hooky the day of the attack drinking at a nearby pub. Seeing signs of the fighting, you hurried back to your school. You managed to steal the tome back from one of the attackers, but were seen. |
| 2 | You were sent to town to gather supplies for your order when the attack occurred. Rushing back, you fought your way to the library and grabbed the tome. |
| 3 | You fought alongside your fellow students, but were wounded and removed from the battlefield. When you came to, you were in a shed with the tome next to you. |
| 4 | Your teacher's sacrifice is why you are still breathing. With their dying breath, the begged you to take the tome and run. |
| 5 | You were given one duty for the day - guard the tome. Though successful, your fellows faces and screams haunt your dreams. |
| 6 | You recognized the attackers as coming from another school that had often cooperated with yours for training. Some people you had thought friends were among the attackers that killed all your compatriots. |
You can't stay in one place too long before your past catches up to you. You have a feral look about you that makes normal people uneasy. You dare not rest for more than a few hours at a time, and you know from past experience that asking for help usually ends in tragedy for anyone compassionate enough to try.
You have spent so much time exhausted that it feels natural. For each level of exhaustion you get, use the penalty that is one degree lower. If you get to stage 6, you still die.
Suggested Characteristics
You have survived a long time on your own. You can be very protective of those who bring light into your darkened life.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'm tired of running. From here on, I'm the hunter. |
| 2 | I like to read through the tomes exercises. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness. |
| 3 | I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die. |
| 4 | I have to live a life that would make my school proud. |
| 5 | I don’t talk about the past. I’d rather not burden others. |
| 6 | I expect danger around every corner. |
| 7 | I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized. |
| 8 | I put no trust in divine beings. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good) |
| 2 | I’ll stop the forces that hunt me or die trying. (Any) |
| 3 | I use the skills my school taught me to try to make the world better. (Good) |
| 4 | All bets are off. The ideals I once espoused would leave me dead (Chaotic) |
| 5 | I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful) |
| 6 | I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | The tome is my school's legacy. I share its wisdom with those I care for. |
| 2 | I would give anything to pass the trainings of my order on. |
| 3 | One day I will hold a proper service for all the fallen. |
| 4 | A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| 5 | There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free. |
| 6 | I have been befriended by a family. I must make the world a safer place for them. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them. |
| 2 | I assume the worst in people. |
| 3 | I put the safety of the tome above the safety of other people. |
| 4 | I have an addiction. |
| 5 | Life has beaten the humor out of me. |
| 6 | I am often morose and moody. |
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