you are an eccentric collector willing to travel any were to add to your collection
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose 2 from Stealth, Arcana, History, Medicine, Perception
- Tool Proficiencies: choose 3 from Navigator's Tools, Poisoner's Kit, Playing Card Set, Vehicles (Land), Vehicles (Water), Dragonchess Set, Vehicles (Sea/Air)
- Languages: chose 2 of Common, Dwarvish, Elvish, Gnomish, Goblin, Halfling, Orc, Primordial, Gith, Loxodon, Vedalken or 1 of those and any other.
- Equipment: A monster hunter’s pack (see the sidebar), a set of common clothes, and one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table after this background).
you have a bag of "gewas"(random trinkets) which can come in handy. you have the same amount of gewas as 3 times your level and they are restocked over a short rest. discuss with your DM what you have and feel free to add magic items. Your overland movement is doubled on roads.
Spell List
you know the spells aid and dancing lights
| Spell Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| Cantrip | dancing lights |
| 2nd | aid |
Suggested Characteristics
collection detail
you have travelled far and wide to add to your collection and now adventuring is your life.
what are you collecting now:
how did you gather your collection was it by
- theft
- buying
- fighting (tome raiding)
| d3 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness. |
| 2 | I hate the fact that bandits are terrorizing the roads with no law to stop them |
| 3 | I live for the thrill of the hunt. |
| d3 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will do any thing to add to my collection and the law wont stop me (Chaotic) |
| 2 | I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful) |
| 3 | I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil) |
| d5 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy. |
| 2 | bandits stoll from my collection I will get revenge |
| 3 | someting in my collection is my only memory of a past life/old friend |
| 4 | A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| 5 | I have a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for him (or her). |
| d4 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I lost an old friend while adding to my collection the guilt is very painful I fear I will do it again |
| 2 | I no longer know what I actually collect |
| 3 | I have an addiction. |
| 4 | if I see something I like I cant help but take it and add it to my collection |
You have seen many roads, many places, many taverns, and many faces. You know about shortcuts, hidden byways, forgotten rest stops, etc. Your overland movement is doubled on roads. Further you are known to many shops, and get a 10% discount on all sales.