You come from a distant future, where advanced technology and time manipulation are the norm. However, through a twist of fate or a malfunction in a time-travel ritual, you have found yourself stranded in a different era. The journey through time has left you with fragmented memories, and your knowledge of the future is obscured. You are a lost time traveler, searching for answers and trying to piece together your forgotten past.
- Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan's tools, one type of gaming set
- Languages: Two of your choice
- Equipment: A mysterious timepiece (no longer working), a set of traveler's clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp.
Feature: Echoes of the Future
Although your memories of the future are hazy and incomplete, you still retain echoes of your advanced knowledge and experiences. You gain the following benefits:
- Advantage on Intelligence (Investigation) checks made to decipher or analyze technology or devices from your future era.
- Once per long rest, you can attempt to recall a fragment of future knowledge related to a specific event, item, or creature. The Dungeon Master determines the information you recall, and it is limited to the present circumstances and immediate surroundings.
- When you encounter a technological device or construct from your future era, you can spend 1 hour studying it. This allows you to make a DC 15 Intelligence check. On a success, you gain a temporary understanding of its basic functionality, allowing you to operate or activate it as if you were proficient with it. However, you lack any specialized skills or knowledge required for its full potential.
Suggested Characteristics
As an acolyte lost to time, your character's personality and outlook on life may have been shaped by the confusion and disorientation caused by your missing memories. Here are a few traits you might consider:
Personality Traits:
- Perceptive and observant, always searching for clues or hints that may trigger a forgotten memory.
- Resilient and adaptable, able to quickly adjust to new situations despite the uncertainties of the past.
- Guarded and cautious, as you are wary of revealing your time-traveling abilities or knowledge to others.
- Patient and persistent, committed to uncovering the truth about your past and the purpose of your journey.
- Reflective and introspective, often contemplating the significance of the fragments of memory you do possess.
Ideals:
- Discovery: You believe that by uncovering the truth about your forgotten future, you can find your place in this unfamiliar time.
- Redemption: You seek to rectify any unintended consequences caused by your time-traveling, striving to make amends for any disruptions to the timeline.
- Empathy: Your own confusion and lost memories make you sympathetic to others who may be struggling or feel lost.
- Knowledge: You are driven by a thirst for understanding and seek to unlock the secrets of the past, present, and future.
- Hope: Despite your fragmented memories, you hold onto the belief that the future can be shaped for the better.
Bonds:
- The Enigma of the Timepiece: Your timepiece, though non-functional, is an enigma you are determined to solve. It may hold the key to unlocking your forgotten memories.
- A Mysterious Benefactor: You owe a debt to an individual or organization from your future, and they may hold the answers you seek.
- A Lost Loved One: You have a deep longing to find someone you left behind in the future, and your journey is driven by the hope of a reunion.
- Time's Purpose: You believe that your presence in this era is not a coincidence and that you have a unique purpose to fulfill.
- Connection to the Present: You have formed a strong bond with someone or something in this era, giving you a sense of grounding and purpose.
Flaws:
- Fragmented Memories: The uncertainty of your past weighs heavily on you, sometimes causing confusion or doubt in your abilities.
- Impatience: The frustration of lost memories can make you impulsive, pushing you to take risks in your search for answers.
- Trust Issues: You find it difficult to trust others fully, as you fear that your time-traveling secret may be discovered and exploited.
- Obsession: You are consumed by the need to recover your memories, sometimes to the detriment of your current relationships and responsibilities.
- Emotional Distance: The detachment caused by your fragmented memories can make it challenging for you to form deep emotional connections with others.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I idolize a particular hero of my faith, and constantly refer to that person’s deeds and example. |
| 2 | I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace. |
| 3 | I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen. |
| 4 | Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude. |
| 5 | I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation. |
| 6 | I am tolerant (or intolerant) of other faiths and respect (or condemn) the worship of other gods. |
| 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 gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faith’s religious hierarchy. (Lawful) |
| 5 | Faith. I trust that my deity will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful) |
| 6 | Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god’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. |
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