(Based on Escaped Slave)
You are a servant/slave of 2 brothers, one is always kind but the other one is cruel. By some series of events, you are released. Maybe they died or saw fit to set you free.
- Skill Proficiencies: You had to be productive and entertain your masters. You also needed to know what your master wanted you to do, you gain expertise in the Performance skill and proficiency in the Insight skill.
- Tool Proficiencies: Your masters demanded that you be skilled in a musical instrument, choose one that you were taught.
- Languages: You gain the language your masters use.
- Equipment: Up to your DM.
Feature: Musical Wonder
Your Masters demanded perfection of you and punished you for less than that. You gain advantage on Saving Throws made for playing your musical instrument as you focus on your task at hand and use the countless hours of practice to really show what you can do.
Suggested Characteristics
The only thing servants and slavers want is to be free, not only for them but for everyone. They also seek to please as many people as they can whenever they can.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I still prefer to sleep on the floor, even when a soft bed is available. |
| 2 | I hoard everything I'm ever given, I'm not used to having possessions. |
| 3 | I am incredibly obedient (or disobedient) of authority figures, a legacy from when failure to comply would be met with the whip, or worse. |
| 4 | I have poor social skills from barely being allowed to talk for so long. |
| 5 | I still wear the broken shackles from my time as a slave. I feel strange without them. |
| 6 | I am always calm, no matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me. |
| 7 | I take great pains to always look my best, regardless of my current situation. |
| 8 | I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Retribution. I will seek out and slay those that would enslave others. (Chaotic) |
| 2 | Freedom. My desire is to break the chains oppression in any form and destroy it. (Good) |
| 3 | Power. If I can attain more power, no one will tell me what to do. (Evil) |
| 4 | Pride. I will use what my master's gave me to make a better life for myself. (Any) |
| 5 | Community. It is the duty of all civilized people to strengthen the bonds of community and the security of civilization. (Lawful) |
| 6 | People. I’m committed to the people I care about, not to ideals. (Neutral) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My freedom is worth more to me than any coin. |
| 2 | I escaped from slavery but others were left behind. I am destined to lead my people to freedom. |
| 3 | I owe my life to the person who helped me escape my cruel master(s). |
| 4 | I am the last of my tribe, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend. |
| 5 | I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds against that person’s. |
| 6 | I fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'm distrustful of any kind of authority figure, it was authority that kept me in chains. |
| 2 | Gold is Power, and I’ll do just about anything for more of it. |
| 3 | I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. |
| 4 | I’m always in debt. I was use to an expensive lifestyle and spend money on decadent luxuries faster than I bring them in... |
| 5 | I bear the scars of my bondage and they mark me as a slave. |
| 6 | Now that I’ve returned to the world, I enjoy its delights a little too much. |
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