Mute

You were either born without a voice or lost the ability to speak at a young age. This burden has left you isolated from most people due to your inability to vocalize your desires and needs. Fortunately, your family, mentors, or temple worshipers have taken you in and helped you find peace with yourself. You have spent your life learning to communicate via other means and now wish to live as normal a life as possible.

Skill Proficiencies: Pick 2: Investigation, Religion, Insight, or Perception

Tool Proficiencies: One type of musical instrument

Languages: Common Sign Language

Equipment: A symbol of your family (a gift given to you by those you hold close), a bottle of black ink and pen, 5 rolls of parchment, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Mutes are shaped by their communities and those they hold dear. Their ability to communicate without speaking affects their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be some hidden hypocrisy or residual anger at the position they were put in, or an ideal or bond taken to an extreme.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I idolize a particular hero of legend, 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 am very superstitious. I see omens in every event and action.
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 others' languages and respect (or condemn) them.
7	I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my home. Rough living grates on me.
8	I’ve spent so long being a shut-in 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 we wish to see in the world. (Chaotic)
4	Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of the governing/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 idol’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/family/heritage that was lost long ago.
2	I will someday get revenge on the corrupt society which branded me a cripple.
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 my home and those that raised me.
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 homeland'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.