Haelian Monk

You were recruited as a young child to serve in the temples. You have spent your entire life dedicated to the study of the ancient mechanism that is the Cores. Your order goes against the idea that these cores are deities, but rather miracles of science. Constructs of a civilization that existed long before the humans. 

You learnt from a young age that these are not gods to be respected, but rather tools for people to advance their minds, advance their power.

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, History

Languages: Two of your choice

Equipment: A Book of Lore (a gift to you when you entered the school), 10 sheets of parchment paper, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp.

Spell List

The monks need servants for many things, but by the Cores, they can light their own candles! You learn the Prestidigitation cantrip for free. 

Spell Level	Spells
Cantrip	prestidigitation

Suggested Characteristics

Acolytes are shaped by their experience in schools. Their study of the history of the world and their relationships to the cores affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be overt distain for religious people, arrogance, seeking knowledge no matter the cost, recklessness.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I idolize a particular core and how it affects the world, and have dedicated myself to replicating its behavior.
2	I believe my enemies lack enough knowledge and that's how we've come at odds.
3	I try to make logical sense out of every action. Even magic has its scientific explanations.
4	Nothing can shake my skeptic attitude.
5	I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation.
6	I either believe that religious people are fools, or believe that they just don't have all the facts yet.
7	I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my temple’s elite. Rough living grates on me.
8	I’ve spent so long in the temple that I have little practical experience dealing with people in the outside world.

d6	Ideal
1	Tradition. The ancient traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful)
2	Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3	Change. We must help bring about the changes the cores are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4	Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my school's academic order. (Lawful)
5	Faith. I trust in science to always have the answers. (Lawful)
6	Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my cores's favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
2	I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic.
3	I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died.
4	Everything I do is for the common people.
5	I will do anything to protect the temple where I served.
6	I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy.

d6	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	I put too much trust in those who wield power within my temple’s hierarchy.
3	My piety sometimes leads me to blindly trust those that profess faith in my god.
4	I am inflexible in my thinking.
5	I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them.
6	Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life.