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You come from a lone cave, possibly living in solitude or with a small group of kin. Spending most of your life here, you have little experience with the outside world. This has taken it's toll on you, yet you have learned how to live off the land efficiently, and without damaging the environment.

 
Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Animal Handling, Nature, Medicine, or Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit
Equipment: A dagger, a set of common clothes, a winter blanket, an herbalism kit, and a walking staff.

 

 
Natural Survivor

Prior to becoming an adventurer, you lived far from civilization, with the sounds and animals of nature as your company. You are a natural survivor, and tend to act as such. They tend to be not well schooled, and sometimes wary of other people, finding animals as much better company.

d4 Natural Survivor
1 I was born into a live outside of the civilized world.
2 I was exiled into the wild for a crime I may or may not have committed.
3 I retreated from society due to an event or choice I've made in a past life.
4 I needed a vacation from the world, and decided to stay.
 
Feature: Natural Survivor

Being well versed in the practice of survival, you gain advantage with survival checks pertaining to finding food, water, and shelter. You are also able to comfortably act around animals that are not aggressive toward you, being able to speak to them and have them vaguely understand you. While you cannot understand them to the extent of a druid or ranger, you can get a vague idea as to their needs, wants, and ideas.

 
Suggested Characteristics

You have lived much of your life in the wild, and this can be very reflective onto your personality.

d8 Personality Trait
1 I've been isolated so long that speaking to people has become difficult, and rare.
2 I don't like to bathe.
3 I feel empathy for all living creatures, intelligent or otherwise.
4 I live for the thrill of the hunt.
5 Social etiquette and expectations are ideas long forgotten or foreign to me.
6 I expect danger around every corner.
7 Everything that happens around me happen for a greater reason.
8 I sleep with my back to the wall, with one eye open.
d6 Ideal
1 All living things, good, evil, rich, or poor, deserve kindness and respect. (Good)
2 Knowing oneself is the path to understanding. (Any)
3 Meddling in the affairs of others is the path to danger. (Neutral)
4 Change will always be there, one must adapt to change to survive. (Chaotic)
5 We have to care for those around us, because nobody else will. (Lawful)
6 I'm a hunter, above all things. Anything that moves could make a fine meal. (Evil)
d6 Bond
1 I escaped a life of torment, finding life in the wild to be much more serene. I don't think I'll go back.
2 I owe my life to a mysterious person, creature, or force for ensuring my survival through a dangerous time.
3 I'll protect the nature I live among, no matter the cost.
4 A terrible guilt consumes me. I run and run, yet to confront it.
5 I still seek an enlightenment, and it still has yet to be found.
6 I have a child to protect. I left the civilized world to protect her, and nothing else.
d6 Flaw
1 I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them.
2 My philosophies have been solidified through years of solitude, and those philosophies remain true to me.
3 I'll never fully trust any other person besides myself.
4 If I'm part of a fight that I don't think I can win, running is always the best option.
5 I harbor dark, feral thoughts that have risen throughout my solitude.
6 I'll talk to myself, or nature, a bit too often, sometimes revealing my thoughts.
 
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