You were living a difficult life before your destiny suddenly changed through a miraculous turn of good fortune. Perhaps a benevolent deity gave you precisely what you most desired. You might have stumbled across a Deck of Many Things and drawn a card with a potent, positive effect. Or maybe you inherited a modest fortune from a distant relative you didn’t know you had.

Regardless, you left the daily miseries of your old life behind in favor of a life of adventure and excitement. Your old debts have been paid, responsibilities you thought inescapable are behind you, or you suddenly possess rare and unusual skills unknown to ordinary folk.

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion, Perception

Tool Proficiencies: One gaming set of your choice (such as playing cards or three-dragon ante cards)

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment:

1. A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, five sheets of paper, a gaming set (matching your chosen proficiency), a signet ring, a set of fine clothes, and a pouch containing 18 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Your character’s perspective on life has changed thanks to their new destiny. The Rewarded Personality Traits table suggests traits you might adopt for your character and cards from the Deck of Many Things that might have prompted this trait.

d6	Personality Trait
1	A safe home is a foundation on which anything else can be built. (Key, Throne)
2	I was elevated to heights I could never otherwise attain, and I won’t waste my fortune. (Star, Sun)
3	I try to be a source of inspiration and joy to others. Life is never as bad as you think! (Euryale, Jester)
4	Courage and boldness can carry the day when all else fails. (Comet, Knight)
5	My good fortune means I can lift others up as well. (Gem, Moon)
6	Having the right answers is the first step to solving any problem, no matter how dire. (Fates, Sage)