
You have no memory of who you are or how you got here; your old life is a complete blank. That hasn't stopped you from trying to move forward though. Maybe you've taken this as a fresh start, an opportunity to build something new, or as a great mystery to be solved, to rediscover yourself and find out what happened to make you forget. Either way you know you have much to figure out.
- Skill Proficiencies: Feature: Inklings of the Past Whether it has to do with your forgotten life or simply trying to make up for lost time, you find yourself to be a quick learner. Additionally, mercurial bits of information or recognition occasionally surface in your mind. Perhaps a name or person seems very familiar or untrustworthy, you know you should turn left here rather than right, or you're quite certain owlbears do not usually hunt in packs as your companions are insisting.
- Tool Proficiencies: Tool Proficiencies: Roll randomly, or choose one tool proficiency of your choice.
- Languages: Languages: Roll randomly, or choose one exotic language of your choice.
- Equipment:
Equipment: Traveler's clothes, empty scroll case, 10-foot pole, one tool of your choice, and a pouch containing 10 gp.
You awake in a room - it is dark, it is cold.
You don't know much, but you know this isn't where you're supposed to be.
Whether it has to do with your forgotten life or simply trying to make up for lost time, you find yourself to be a quick learner. Additionally, mercurial bits of information or recognition occasionally surface in your mind. Perhaps a name or person seems very familiar or untrustworthy, you know you should turn left here rather than right, or you're quite certain owlbears do not usually hunt in packs as your companions are insisting.
Suggested Characteristics
There's no escaping the fact that you're missing a significant part of yourself, and this likely shapes who you are and who you will become. Your flaws and ideals may be extreme representations of your feelings about your circumstances.
d5 | Personality Trait |
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1 | I like to copy the behavior of those around me |
2 | Racist Disposition. For whatever reason, your stomach turns when you see certain races of people or certain types of creature. You may choose to embrace or reject this impulse but it will be there regardless. |
3 | Resignation. For some reason, you feel used to resigning yourself to failure or contentment. You don't have a natural urge to achieve or to change your circumstances, you just let the world be. |
4 | Willful Ignorance: I have accepted my new reality. I don't want to know the past. |
5 | Historicla Revisionist: I make up a new identity everytime I am asked or prompted. This might be because I am trying to find the right one, or I might be a pathological liar. |
d6 | Ideal |
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1 | Beginning. "This is a new, fresh start for me!" (Any) |
2 | Placement. "I will become a helpful member of my community, both from my past and my new future." (Lawful) |
3 | Improvement. "In order for me to be better in the future, I must know about my past." (Good) |
4 | Neglect. "Why bother searching for my past? It's in the past, after all." (Neutral) |
5 | Freedom. "Having no memories means having no obligations." (Chaotic) |
6 | Advantage. "Once I find out who I was, I'll use it to take back what I want." (Evil) |
d4 | Bond |
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1 | I possess one trinket from my past. It is my most prized possession. |
2 | I have fallen in love with the first character I see when I woke up. |
3 | I am dedicated to finding out who is responsible for my amnesia and I will kill them. |
4 | No bonds other than to myself. A loner. A weirdo. I'm a weirdo, have you ever seen me without this hat? That's weird, I'm weird. |
d4 | Flaw |
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1 | On top of forgetting my past, I also forgot basic stuff like eating. |
2 | If you do not give me what I want, I will hold a grudge for a very long, long time. |
3 | Even my friends are not save from bouts of mistrust and paranoia. |
4 | I'm worried that I gave amnesia to myself and I'm not like the others. What if I'm an imposter? |

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