Ex-Boogeyman

“You were the thing in the dark. Now, you walk in the light—but the dark still knows your name.”

 

Once, you were not a person, but a presence—a lurking dread beneath beds, a whisper behind closet doors, a nightmare carried in generations of frightened lullabies. Children feared you. Parents invoked your name to enforce silence. And for a time, you fed on that fear. It was your nature.

But something changed.
A child's voice, and a hand that reached instead of recoiled or perhaps you saw yourself in the mirror. Whether by mercy, guilt, or anything else; you've started to change.

You were unmade, and remade. Now, you walk among mortals—not as the monster, but as the remorseful echo of one. You understand fear better than most, not just how to inflict it, but how to ease it. You are no longer the Boogeyman, but you remember.

Skill Proficiencies: Gain proficiency in both intimidation and stealth for your history of stalking and shocking.

Tool Proficiencies: Gain proficiency in Disguise Kits.

Languages: Choose from a rare language.

Suggested Characteristics

d6	Personality Trait
1	I speak softly, as if afraid of waking something old.
2	I collect tokens from children I’ve helped—drawings, toys, buttons.
3	I refuse to sleep in beds. Too many memories.
4	I have memorized dozens of lullabies, but only sing them when alone.
5	I sometimes forget I’m no longer invisible.
6	I flinch when someone says my name—my real one.

d3	Ideal
1	Redemption. I was made of fear once. Now I choose hope. (Good)
2	Balance. Light cannot exist without shadow. I am the threshold. (Neutral)
3	Justice. The monsters of the world should know what it feels like to be hunted. (Lawful)

d3	Bond
1	A single child once saved me. I would die before letting harm come to them.
2	I keep a notebook of names—every child I ever scared. I will find them all.
3	I wear something they gave me. It's the only color I allow myself.

d3	Flaw
1	I don’t know how to comfort others—I was the fear, not the healer.
2	I see danger where there is none. The shadows whisper constantly.
3	I believe I’m still being punished. I don’t deserve peace.