You died somehow, losing your memory of the event that led to your passing, and may plan on either recovering your memories, or keeping it under wraps. You still have passing memories of your past, from something as trivial as your childhood drawing, to as broad as the exact layout or location of your home, to possibly even what age you were before you died (and just might keep counting according to that? :>).
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Investigation, Religion, Survival, or Medicine.
- Languages: Choose two, one of which must be Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon
Harrowing Event
Prior to your death, you were something more, and you have carried this trait with you through death.
| d10 | Harrowing Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | An abomination wrongfully put to death to those you did no wrong to, and aim to take revenge or to save those who can still be saved. |
| 2 | You were born under a dark star. You can feel it watching you, coldly and distantly. Sometimes it beckons you in the dead of night. |
| 3 | You haunted a family for generations, trying to speak to them, though they don't know what you want. |
| 4 | Your family has a history of practicing the dark arts. You dabbled once and felt something horrible clutch at your soul, whereupon you fled in terror. |
| 5 | An oni took your sibling one cold, dark night, and you were unable to stop it. |
| 6 | You were a mindless being, though once kind and loving towards all life. You are now haunted by the innocents you slaughtered. |
| 7 | A hag kidnapped and raised you, in kind or in evil, and you died due to trying to escape. You try to make amends with (or take revenge on) that same hag, trying to find them. |
| 8 | You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche, even after death. |
| 9 | A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but escaped. The fiend is still inside you, both of your souls now mixed, but now you try to keep it locked away. |
| 10 | You did terrible things to avenge the murder of someone you loved. You became a monster, and it haunts your waking dreams. |
Feature: Ghostly Presence
Your ghostly origins allow you to shift through both of your native planes. You may be able to shift between the Ethereal Plane and the Material Plane at will as an action. When you do, you're perceived as a shadowy figure, passing through objects.
Suggested Characteristics
You can be very protective or secretive about your past.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me. |
| 2 | I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness. |
| 3 | I made terrible mistakes while I was alive, and now seek to redeem myself for my actions in death. |
| 4 | I'm still alive out of agony and spite, and I seek to hunt someone down. |
| 5 | I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others with my curse. |
| 6 | I expect danger around every corner. |
| 7 | I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized. |
| 8 | I put no trust in divine beings, for I feel even they have turned their backs on me. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good) |
| 2 | I’ll stop the spirits that haunt me or die trying. (Any) |
| 3 | I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to exorcise my own demons. (Good) |
| 4 | I have a dark calling that puts me above the law. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful) |
| 6 | I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy. |
| 2 | I would sacrifice everything I have, even my own soul to help those in need. |
| 3 | My torment drove away the person I love. I strive to win back the love I’ve lost. |
| 4 | A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| 5 | There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free. |
| 6 | I have a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for them. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them. |
| 2 | I assume the worst in people. |
| 3 | I tend to mock the ones still alive. They think I have it better. Wait till they rot in eternity like me. |
| 4 | I have an addiction. |
| 5 | I am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in a world without hope. |
| 6 | I talk to spirits that no one else can see. |
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