There is a saying that crime doesn't pay, and perhaps that is true for you. You were a prisoner for a lengthy duration in some keep, dungeon, or tucked away place in the world. This confinement has shaped you to the point that it defines part of who you are. It is not easy being inside a cell, nor is it easy to rejoin the free world once your time has been served.
Questions remain as to what kind of prisoner you were. Did you serve your time, and get released? Did you undergo a daring escape? Were your jailers kind and fair, or were you subject to what felt like endless torture?
- Skill Proficiencies: Deception and Sleight of Hand
- Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' Tools
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A trinket from your time in prison, a dagger, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5gp.
You may roll on the table below to determine what caused your imprisonment, regardless of you guilt or innocence.
| d6 | Nature Of Your Crime |
|---|---|
| 1 | You were convicted of murder. |
| 2 | You were convicted for theft of something valuable. |
| 3 | You were convicted of arson. |
| 4 | You were convicted for trespassing/breaking and entering. |
| 5 | You were convicted for treason. |
| 6 | You were convicted for a mundane activity, such as washing your hands, that was outlawed in the region of your arrest. |
Your time in confinement allowed you to gain various insight and connections into the shadowy world of crime, whether you wanted to or not. No matter where you are in the world, if you find those who have served time in a dungeon or prison, they immediately recognize you as a former inmate. They will be more willing to speak to you and offer you information that could not be gained otherwise.
Suggested Characteristics
Roll on the tables below to determine how your time in prison has effected you.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have an intense fear of small places and being restrained/confined. |
| 2 | I feel an intense distrust of people with authority. |
| 3 | I follow strict routine whenever possible. Living life outside prison feels like too much freedom sometimes. |
| 4 | I seek out any distractions I can from my memories of prison. |
| 5 | I have an escape plan for any situation. |
| 6 | I am obsessed with tracking time. Counting the days, the hours, the minutes... Once you start counting, it's hard to stop. |
| 7 | I tend to hoard and collect various objects that seem useless to others. |
| 8 | I am often paranoid that someone is going to betray me or rat me out. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Appreciate The Little Things: I recognize the value in even the simplest things after being deprived of so many basics in life. (Neutral) |
| 2 | Bad Habits: I learned a lot form the other inmates. Not all of them good. (Evil) |
| 3 | Introspection: My time inside gave me time to reflect. Now that I know who I am, I will never betray myself. (Lawful) |
| 4 | Every Man For Himself: I will do whatever it takes to survive. When you're all alone inside, all you've got is yourself. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Enjoy Freedom While It Lasts: Now that I'm out, I may as well experience all those things I missed out on, whatever they may be. (Chaotic) |
| 6 | Not Even The Worst Of It: What they put me away for is child's play compared to what I've done in the past. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I want to make certain that no one I care about repeats the mistakes that I made to get me imprisoned. |
| 2 | I will always make memories and value the time that I have, for if I ever lose it again, those memories might be all I have to keep me going. |
| 3 | I feel a need to payback society for the crime I committed. It's the only way to truly clear my conscience. |
| 4 | One of my jailers protected me from the other prisoners. I want to repay them for that kindness. |
| 5 | I seek to free others from the shackles of imprisonment. |
| 6 | The people I met inside helped me make it through that time. I will always look out for them, whether they're truly good people or not. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I feel compelled to repeat the crime for which I was imprisoned. It is an obsession. |
| 2 | I want to find those responsible for putting me away, and get even. |
| 3 | In a new situation, I will find the biggest guy in charge and knock him flat on his back to show who's really in charge. |
| 4 | The plans of escape that I engineer are unorthodox. Teaching a cockroach to file iron bras can't be that difficult, can it? |
| 5 | I secretly miss my imprisonment. The world out here feels too big. And I hate feeling this way. |
| 6 | I constantly seek permission from those I regard as in charge for even the simplest of tasks. |
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