You were raised or conscripted into the Order of the Watchers, a clandestine organization devoted to identifying, containing, and eliminating extraplanar threats. Your training was ruthless, and your body and soul became a living weapon. Whether still loyal to the Order or now working independently, you remain vigilant for breaches in reality—and the nightmares that follow.

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two of the following: Arcana, Insight, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Stealth, or Survival.

Tool Proficiencies: Choose one tool from the following: Alchemist's Supplies, Cartographer's Tools, Disguise Kit, Herbalism Kit, or Poisoner's Kit.

Languages: Choose one language of your choice.

Equipment:

A Watcher’s insignia, an artisan's tool of your choice, a magnifying glass, a set of traveler's clothes, one trinket from a past hunt, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp.

Spell List

If you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, the spells on the Watcher Spell List are added to the spell list of one spellcasting class of your choice.

Spell Level	Spells
Cantrip	light, message
1st	detect evil and good, protection from evil and good
2nd	pass without trace, see invisibility
3rd	counterspell, dispel magic, nondetection
4th	arcane eye, banishment
5th	legend lore, wall of force

Your conditioning and proximity to the unknowable shape your magic. Its manifestations are clinical, calculated, and tinged with planar residue. Spells often take on a sterile or otherworldly aesthetic—arcane eye may appear as a floating, disembodied lens surrounded by faint glyphs; banishment might be accompanied by a sudden shift in air pressure, static, or a keening whistle only planar entities can hear. Even something as simple as message might come through as a whisper trailing across threads of silvery tethered light. You have been forged to interfere with the unnatural; your magic is the scalpel.

Suggested Characteristics

Watchers are disciplined, haunted, and purpose-driven individuals. Many have sacrificed comfort, identity, and connection for the sake of their mission.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I keep a running log of everything unusual I see.
2	I don’t speak much, but when I do, it’s clipped and precise.
3	I watch people for signs of otherworldly influence.
4	My mission is more important than manners.
5	I maintain old routines from my training to stay grounded.
6	I test magical wards before I sit down anywhere.
7	I don’t fear death—I’ve seen worse.
8	I recite mantra-like affirmations when anxious or injured.

d6	Ideal
1	Protection. I safeguard the innocent from forces beyond comprehension. (Good)
2	Loyalty. I follow the code of the Order without question. (Lawful)
3	Vigilance. No breach goes unnoticed. (Neutral)
4	Knowledge. I study our enemies to defeat them. (Any)
5	Sacrifice. What I’ve lost has made me strong. (Any)
6	Judgment. The unnatural must be erased. (Lawful)

d6	Bond
1	I wear a sigil from the village I failed to protect.
2	My old unit disbanded, but I still check for their reports.
3	One breach took something from me, and I want revenge.
4	I’m looking for a lost comrade who vanished during a mission.
5	I write to someone who doesn't know the truth about me.
6	I swore to protect a particular place from extraplanar threats.

d6	Flaw
1	I use alcohol, drugs, or adrenaline to drown the nightmares.
2	I push others away, I’ve lost too many to risk caring.
3	I indulge in reckless distractions: gambling, fights, or fleeting intimacy.
4	I trust no one who wasn’t forged by the Order.
5	I obsessively document everything, terrified of missing a pattern.
6	I fear I’ve brought something back with me, and it’s still watching.

Contacts

Though the Order is secretive, its influence reaches far. Your connections—former mentors, allies, or assets—may still provide guidance, resources, or cryptic warnings.

d6	Contact
1	Rinna, Quartermaster – A calm presence who maintains hidden supply caches across regions. Always seems to know more than she lets on.
2	Seris, Operative – A blunt, relentless agent still in the field. Sometimes helps without asking questions, sometimes asks too many.
3	Cael, Strategist – A former team leader turned spymaster. Sends messages encoded in street graffiti or song lyrics.
4	Thalen, Arcane Liaison – Your closest connection to the Order’s magical research branch. Quietly obsessed with what lies beyond.
5	Vexar, Mentor – Gruff and battle-scarred. Believes in you more than he admits. Keeps tabs on you, even when you don’t notice.
6	The Veiled Voice – An anonymous informant within the Order. Offers direction through illusions or written riddles left in safe houses.