You come from a foreign land, a foreign life, in search of a new path, a new life. Whether you’re a folktale telling traveler or a down trotted lost soul, you’ve made the road your new home.
- Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: One of your choice
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A set of artisan’s tools (one of your choice), a Hunting Trap, an Bullseye Lantern, a [Tooltip Not Found], Basic Fishing Equipment, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Reason for Travel
You left home, perhaps out of boredom, the need for adventure, necessity, the loss of a home, or out of fear for your very life. Why you left doesn’t matter now as the road now feels like home.
| d10 | Reason for Travel |
|---|---|
| 1 | I fled after my family was killed. I was the only survivor and wish I wasn’t such a coward. |
| 2 | I grew tired of my old life, so I left to forge a new path. |
| 3 | I left in pursuit of a lover who went on a grand quest and I had stayed behind and now I regret it. |
| 4 | I left my home when the war broke out and I am fearful of retaliation for leaving. |
| 5 | I‘ve lived on the road for my whole life, I don’t know where my family is or even if I have one. |
| 6 | I broke into the castle of a lord and stole something precious, so now I am on the run from his army. |
| 7 | I survived a disaster that destroyed my home, and now I’m wandering, trying to find a new one. |
| 8 | I escaped from a thieves’s guild I was apart of, and now I’m marked for death by them. |
| 9 | A celestial, fey, or similar creature revealed a lost secret about my family to me, and now I am on a quest to discover more about it. |
| 10 | Recruited into a lord’s army, I was injured and left to die on the battlefield, I survived and now I am searching for the reason why. |
Feature: Humble Traveler
Common Folk are willing to take you in, seeing you as a good natured traveler and will give you a place to stay if you need it and they are willing to help you out sometimes for the right price or some help later down the line.
Suggested Characteristics
A Wanderer is a lost soul, looking for a new path. Most people will show you hospitality if you show them kindness, but wherever you come from and wherever you go, you’ll always be a welcome sight.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I try to help people whenever possible, as I have seen much hospitality, and I hope to pay it forward. |
| 2 | I try not to connect with people as they might die or I may have to flee if they learn too much about me. |
| 3 | I try to stay out of the matters of others as I don’t want to make a mess of things. |
| 4 | I try to always remain neutral in all matters, as I don’t want anyone to know my dark secret. |
| 5 | I love to tell stories about my travels for all the people to hear and enjoy. |
| 6 | I prefer to think about things before rushing in. |
| 7 | I exaggerate my stories to try and impress people. |
| 8 | I get bored easily. Why can’t fate just come on and hurry up. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kindness. People have shown me much hospitality, and I will pay it forward to others. (Good) |
| 2 | Equality. No one above anyone else, no matter what. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Unbound. No one should allow others to bound and robbed of their freedom. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Deceit. If people can keep ahold of their belongings, then they don’t deserve to have them. (Evil) |
| 5 | Neutrality. Everyone is on their own path, and as long as they don’t bother me, I won’t bother them. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Calling. I will pursue my calling to the best of my ability. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have a family, but I left them behind . One day, I hope to be able to go back to them. |
| 2 | I’ve always lived on the road, I always will, and I will never look back. |
| 3 | I was forced to leave my home by a Powerful Noble, I will never forget them. |
| 4 | My memories burdens from my past life, and I only wish I could forget them. |
| 5 | I can barely remember my childhood, only the pain, the cries, and the cruelty, I wish to stride forward past all that. |
| 6 | I wish my childhood sweetheart hadn’t left to pursue their destiny. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I laugh in the face of authority. |
| 2 | I will always purse my calling, no matter who or what I must use as a stepping stool. |
| 3 | The people I left behind, wish for my head on a pike. |
| 4 | I can’t say no to a hard drink. |
| 5 | Secretly, I see only the worst in everyone. |
| 6 | I have believe my allies are burdens, because I have always traveled alone. |
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