You have lived a life on the edge of society, whether by choice or fate. As an alchemist, you found solace in experimentation and study, creating potions and substances that others dare not touch. Your knowledge of arcane ingredients and forbidden practices led you to exile from mainstream society, but it gave you access to secrets others can't comprehend. Though you’ve been shunned by many, you’ve also attracted powerful and curious individuals who value your talents. You wander the world, always seeking new ingredients and new experiments, leaving whispers of your work in your wake.

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana: Your experiments with rare ingredients and magical substances have given you deep insight into the magical forces that bind the world.

Medicine: Years spent concocting potions and salves have honed your ability to diagnose and treat injuries and ailments, both mundane and magical.

Tool Proficiencies: Alchemist’s Supplies: You can create potions, poisons, and mixtures using arcane ingredients and experimental techniques.

Herbalism Kit: Your time spent gathering rare and sometimes dangerous herbs has taught you to identify and use natural components in your concoctions.

Languages: Common: You speak the language of the land, as you need to communicate with others—whether to negotiate for rare ingredients or to evade inquisitive authorities.

Undercommon: Your work in the shadows has brought you into contact with those who dwell in the darkness, where secrets and forbidden knowledge flow freely.

Equipment: A set of alchemist’s supplies

A vial of mysterious liquid you’ve been experimenting with (it’s up to the DM to decide its effects)

A tattered cloak to obscure your identity

A small notebook filled with cryptic notes and formulas

A pouch containing 15 gold pieces

Suggested Characteristics

d6 Personality Trait

1. I’m more comfortable around my experiments than I am around people.

2. I speak in cryptic riddles or metaphors, enjoying the confusion it causes.

3. I hoard knowledge and ingredients, unwilling to share my findings unless necessary.

4. I believe every problem has a solution, if you know where to look—or what to mix.

5. I’m fascinated by the bizarre and taboo, eager to explore beyond normal boundaries.

6. I distrust authority figures, as they’ve always been the ones to shun my work.

d6 Ideal

1. Knowledge: The pursuit of truth is the highest calling (Neutral).

2. Power: Knowledge is power, and I seek to control it (Evil).

3. Curiosity: I want to understand the unknown, no matter the cost (Chaotic).

4. Survival: My research must benefit me and help me thrive (Neutral).

5. Secrecy: Some knowledge should remain hidden for the good of all (Lawful).

6. Revolution: Knowledge can liberate those oppressed by ignorance (Good).

d6 Bond

1. I owe my life to someone who gave me shelter when no one else would.

2. I seek to restore my reputation and prove that my work has value.

3. A group of alchemists destroyed my work, and I will have my revenge.

4. My experiments caused harm to someone I care about, and I seek redemption.

5. My alchemical research is my only legacy, and I will protect it at all costs.

6. I am obsessed with finding a rare ingredient or formula, and I’ll do anything to obtain it.

d6 Flaw

1. My curiosity often leads me into dangerous or reckless situations.

2. I don’t trust anyone, even those who try to help me.

3. I tend to see people as tools or ingredients in my experiments.

4. I keep dangerous secrets that could harm others if revealed.

5. I’m haunted by past experiments that went horribly wrong.

6. I am willing to break the law if it furthers my research.

 

d6	Personality Trait
1	I’m more comfortable around my experiments than I am around people.
2	I speak in cryptic riddles or metaphors, enjoying the confusion it causes.
3	I hoard knowledge and ingredients, unwilling to share my findings unless necessary.
4	I believe every problem has a solution, if you know where to look—or what to mix.
5	I’m fascinated by the bizarre and taboo, eager to explore beyond normal boundaries.
6	distrust authority figures, as they’ve always been the ones to shun my work.

d6	Ideal
1	1. Knowledge: The pursuit of truth is the highest calling (Neutral).
2	Power: Knowledge is power, and I seek to control it (Evil).
3	Curiosity: I want to understand the unknown, no matter the cost (Chaotic).
4	Survival: My research must benefit me and help me thrive (Neutral).
5	Secrecy: Some knowledge should remain hidden for the good of all (Lawful).
6	Revolution: Knowledge can liberate those oppressed by ignorance (Good).

d6	Bond
1	owe my life to someone who gave me shelter when no one else would.
2	I seek to restore my reputation and prove that my work has value.
3	A group of alchemists destroyed my work, and I will have my revenge.
4	My experiments caused harm to someone I care about, and I seek redemption.
5	My alchemical research is my only legacy, and I will protect it at all costs.
6	I am obsessed with finding a rare ingredient or formula, and I’ll do anything to obtain it.

d7	Flaw
1	My curiosity often leads me into dangerous or reckless situations.
2	I don’t trust anyone, even those who try to help me.
3	I tend to see people as tools or ingredients in my experiments.
4	I keep dangerous secrets that could harm others if revealed.
5	I’m haunted by past experiments that went horribly wrong.
6	I am willing to break the law if it furthers my research.
7	I am willing to break the law if it furthers my research.

Contacts

Contacts

d6 Contact

1. A fellow alchemist who shares my thirst for knowledge, though we work in secret.

2. A noble patron who funds my experiments, though they have their own agenda.

3. A merchant who supplies me with rare and forbidden ingredients—at a high cost.

4. An underground healer who uses my potions to treat people the law has abandoned.

5. A rival alchemist who seeks to discredit my work at every turn.

6. A former apprentice who betrayed me, and now I seek to reclaim what they stole.

d5	Contact
1	A fellow alchemist who shares my thirst for knowledge, though we work in secret.
2	A noble patron who funds my experiments, though they have their own agenda.
3	A merchant who supplies me with rare and forbidden ingredients—at a high cost.
4	An underground healer who uses my potions to treat people the law has abandoned.
5	A former apprentice who betrayed me, and now I seek to reclaim what they stole

d1	Non-contact
1	A rival alchemist who seeks to discredit my work at every turn.