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You had a relatively normal life growing up, with loving parents and a friendly community. At some point in your youth, however, your hometown was raided by monsters and you were taken from your home. What happened to you in the monster's camp is a secret you will take to your grave, but it has left with deep emotional trauma. Even in the time since you've made your escape, you've tried to make your way back home, but things just keep getting in the way. You're honestly not sure if you can face the people you grew up with after what you've gone through. 

A/N: Please make sure to discuss any triggering elements you're thinking of adding to your character's background here with your dm/gm and tablemates. D&D is supposed to be a safe and fun game, so remember to consider your tablemates' mental wellbeing before applying triggering content.

 
Skill Proficiencies: You gain an additional +2 to your survival skill, and have advantage against the type of monster that kidnapped you. You also have an advantage against being grappled.
Languages: You speak and understand the language of the monsters who kidnapped you.
 
Feature: Escapee

Having escaped your captors, you'll do anything to avoid being captured again.

 
Suggested Characteristics

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d6 Personality Trait
1 My trauma has made me slightly paranoid
2 I've never told anyone what happened to me, and frankly, I don't intend to
3 I have a deep rooted thirst for revenge on the monsters who kidnapped me
4 I have a tendency to mistrust strangers, fearing they will steal me away as well
5 Escaping from my captors has made me somewhat fearless
6 I am wary of being touched by people I don't know well
d5 Ideal
1 I will make sure no one goes through what I did (Good)
2 I will get revenge for what happened to me (Any)
3 I'm going to wipe out all of the monster race who kidnapped me (Evil)
4 I'm trying to move past what happened to me and heal, so revenge is not my goal. (Lawful)
5 I'm trying to move on, but vengeance may help me do that (Chaotic)
d6 Bond
1 There was another victim at the camp where I was held. I will never forgive myself for leaving them behind.
2 I had a lover/partner/spouse in my hometown and I will get back to them somehow
3 My family thinks I am dead. Perhaps it's better that way
4 I'm convinced my hometown was razed to the ground, so I may have no home to return to.
5 I temporarily became a killing machine to cope with my trauma the guilt haunts me to this day.
6 I am plagued by night terrors, reliving my abduction night after night.
d6 Flaw
1 I find it difficult to trust new people
2 My paranoia can sometimes lead to people getting hurt.
3 Sometimes I try to push my friends and loved ones away because I feel unworthy.
4 I may enter an uncontrollable rage if I see a monster of the same race who abducted me.
5 I am driven, almost to the point of recklessly endangering myself, to protecting my friends and loved ones
6 Battling the same kind of monsters who abducted me may cause me to have trauma-induced flashbacks, at inconvenient times.
 
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