Due to circumstances beyond your control, you were separated from your biological parents. This could have been from being stolen, lost and found, given up by your birth parents, or left behind by their untimely death.

You may have lived a life on the streets before you were adopted. Perhaps you bounced around from orphanage to orphanage, or it could have been pure luck and the grace of some kind-hearted person who took you in.

Ultimately you were adopted by parents of another race. Growing up, you were different from your folks and the society that you were raised in.

Adapted from "Backgrounds Reimagined", by Epinephrine

Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan tools.

Languages: One language of your choice.

Equipment: A holy symbol, a set of artisan tools, atwo-person tent, a token to remember your parents by, a set of travel clothes, and a pouch containing 5 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Adopted children are shaped by the upbringing of their past and present families. They tend to be driven by a commitment to the people who invited them into their lives.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I long for a home and family that never really existed.
2	Though I am not a member of my adoptive race, I am a fervent, radical worshiper of their gods.
3	I live in the moment, knowing my life could be turned upside down any day.
4	I appreciate beauty in all of its forms.
5	I hate the foes that drove me away from my home in the past.
6	I am a bumpkin who grew up away from society and is wholly ignorant of city life.
7	I was raised alongside children of many other races. I harbor no racial prejudices at all.
8	I pepper my speech with the words, phrases, and sayings of my adoptive race.

d6	Ideal
1	Patient: My adoptive parents have taught me to think and plan for the long-term. (Lawful)
2	Rebellious: I subtly defy authority whenever I think I can get away with it. (Chaotic)
3	Self-Absorbed: I've had to look out for number one so long that it has become second nature. (Any)
4	Wanderlust: I want to see as much of the world beyond as I can. (Any)
5	Generous: I give everything I can to help those in need, regardless of who they are. (Good)
6	To the Abyss with Them: My people didn't want me. I won't risk my hide to help them. (Evil)

d6	Bond
1	My adoptive parents took me in when I had nowhere else to go. In return, I do what I can to help their kind in need.
2	I seek revenge against the people who tore my family apart.
3	My family lost everything. I strive to rebuild that fortune.
4	My community has provided me with food and shelter. In return, I protect it and those who dwell within.
5	I am deeply, tragically in love with someone whose racial lifespan is far longer or shorter than mine.
6	Members of my extended family did not end up with me. I search for them tirelessly.

d6	Flaw
1	I am very uncomfortable in city environments different from where I grew up.
2	I grew up among the members of another race and emulate them. Other races are strange in comparison.
3	Do this, do that. I am sick and tired of my adoptive parents.
4	I am a miser. Having lost everything once before, I clutch my possessions and wealth very tightly.
5	I am a moocher. I am so used to others providing for me that I have come to expect everyone to do it.
6	I believe the gods have cursed me and my family. We are all doomed, doomed I tell you!