You’ve known the darkness of the caves your whole life, whether it was a struggle to survive, or merely a simple lifestyle for you, the underground environment has tested you. Your knowledge has served you useful in times of peril and solitude. Though you may know little about how you arrived, somehow, you’ve emerged from the depths.

Skill Proficiencies: You gain proficiency in perception and survival.

Tool Proficiencies: You gain proficiency with the herbalism kit

Languages: You can read, speak, and write Undercommon.

Equipment: You have the following items from your travels: A loosely bound notebook with foraging notes, an artifact from a previous victim of the caves, a worthless but shiny gemstone, and a pouch containing 5 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	The trust of my life lies solely in myself
2	The curious glow of gems and metal engulfs me for minutes at a time
3	After all the fungi and bugs, food hardly seems to be something to be picky about
4	The sights of a large cavern never cease to entertain me
5	Money is a foreign concept to me. Trading goods for goods seems much more practical
6	I sometimes forget when I’m in the presence of others and start talking to myself
7	I speak with the ornamental clicking and hisses of other cave creatures
8	I like to adorn an unusual stride to my walk

d6	Ideal
1	Solitude. Time alone sharpens our senses and betters our individuality. (Neutral)
2	Wonders. What we view is a privilege to be grateful for. (Good)
3	Priority. The biggest thing to value is my life. Anyone else is a fool. (Evil)
4	Individuality. The underground shapes everyone uniquely. (Chaotic)
5	Home. Home is the shelter to one’s livelihood. It is unwise to abandon such things. (Lawful)
6	Purpose. A person’s purpose is defined by their experiences. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	The underground is my home. I’ll never fully leave it.
2	A now dead traveler taught me how to forage. I cannot let his knowledge be forgotten.
3	The one that trapped me in the pits of the earth shall pay.
4	I wished to escape to find others like me. My search persists to today.
5	A lone animal saved my life. I look to never be so helpless again.
6	While my true home is unknown, my temporary one needs care.

d6	Flaw
1	When I find a potentially edible object, I'm quick to jump to the taste test.
2	My wanderings have led me to be overly cautious in any new environment, to the border of paranoia.
3	I simply can’t resist a quick meal and will do anything to find one.
4	I get lost extremely easily.
5	There aren’t many pretty sights down underground; I get pretty distracted when I do see one.
6	My body is weak to diseases, having not been exposed to most.