“Clearly, I was my creator’s magnum opus. Observe: I have knees that bend both ways!”
You are a singular creation: a unique construct designed by the most brilliant inventor the world has ever known (according to you). Your creator is long gone, their work forgotten or misattributed, and your design… well, eccentric.
But none of that matters to you. You know you're a masterpiece. Everyone else just needs time to catch up.
- Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Performance (because you love to explain things you don’t understand)
- Tool Proficiencies: Choose one artisan’s tool (this is something you think you’ve mastered, but likely haven’t)
- Languages: One of your choice (you must insist it is “the language of scholars,” even if it’s Goblin)
- Equipment: A tool kit you don’t know how to use properly
A blueprint of your “design” (actually a child’s drawing)
A journal filled with made-up formulas and diagrams
A shiny badge engraved with “EXPERIMENT #02”
A pouch containing 10 gp
You exude such certainty in your own knowledge that others often assume you must know what you’re doing. In scholarly, arcane, or bureaucratic environments, you can leverage your confidence and bizarre vocabulary to gain temporary credibility or access—at least until someone checks your references.
At the DM’s discretion, once per long rest you can:
Gain advantage on a Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check to appear as an expert on any subject.
Convince a non-hostile NPC to grant you limited access to a restricted location, file, or artifact—on the assumption that you are "cleared."
Suggested Characteristics
You may roll a d6 to decide these traits, choose from the listed ones, or come up with your own.
d6 Personality Traits:
1. I always speak in complicated technical terms, even when describing simple things.
2. If I don’t know what something is, I name it after myself and pretend I invented it.
3. I am a genius. Just ask me. No, seriously—ask me.
4. I cannot resist “improving” other people’s ideas with my own worse ones.
5. I quote my creator constantly, but I may have made up most of the quotes.
6. I love to explain things—especially things I completely misunderstand.
d6 Ideals:
1. Perfection. I was made flawless. It's the world that needs fixing.
2. Glory. I will be recognized, remembered, and revered. Just you wait.
3. Curiosity. I must catalog and correct all lesser forms of intelligence.
4. Legacy. My creator's work lives on through me, their final triumph.
5. Denial. I refuse to believe I was thrown away. That must be a mistake.
6. Freedom. I was built for a purpose. Now I’ll choose my own.
d6 Bonds:
1. I still "talk" to my creator, even though they’ve been dead for centuries.
2. I keep a list of those who "failed to recognize my brilliance."
3. There must be others like me out there—I must find them.
4. A kind mortal once showed me kindness, and now I model my behavior after them.
5. I believe my blueprints are hidden somewhere, and they hold the secret of my destiny.
6. I was built for something important. I just need to figure out what.
d6 Flaws:
1. I trust my instincts, even though they are often hilariously wrong.
2. I will never admit that I made a mistake.
3. I always double down, no matter how obviously incorrect I am.
4. I constantly try to fix things that aren’t broken.
5. My plans are always overly complex and deeply flawed.
6. I consider all other forms of intelligence tragically limited.
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