Predator

Fools don't know about you. Wise-men fear the dark, because they know you lurk there. But none of them truly know what you are until they become your next target. It all starts as a normal day, but as the sun starts to set, the hunt begins. They may be walking along the street, unaware, when they meet the first sign of their demise. A planned rustle in the dark, designed to bring out fear. Only the overwhelming need to survive overrides your love of fear. Your prey, for that is what they are, begins to feel a shiver go down their spine. Wise-men may feel the eerie feeling of being watched. The hunt will continue until you've squeezed every last drop of fear from them. Then, with brutal precision, it's all over. In their last moment, they know what you are. You are not merely a hunter, nor an assassin. No, you are more primal, more- raw. You are a predator, an unseen stalker in the night. You, you are death.

Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Stealth

Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, thieves’ tools

Equipment: In your hideout, your den, if you will, lie the stolen items of your victims- a small knife, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Predator are made, not born. Whether it be the corruption of utter desperation, or unwavering cruelty, there are many things that could drive someone to become a something. Some predators follow habits and even twisted morals, while others are chaotic and cruel. Often times, it depends upon how they were shaped into the thing that they are today.

However, due to the creator of this background being lazy, the suggested characteristics are the urchin characteristics. This may be changed at a later date.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets.
2	I ask a lot of questions.
3	I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me.
4	I sleep with my back to a wall or tree, with everything I own wrapped in a bundle in my arms.
5	I eat like a pig and have bad manners.
6	I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent.
7	I don’t like to bathe.
8	I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding.

d6	Ideal
1	Respect. All people, rich or poor, deserve respect. (Good)
2	Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful)
3	Change. The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is the nature of things. (Chaotic)
4	Retribution. The rich need to be shown what life and death are like in the gutters. (Evil)
5	People. I help the people who help me — that’s what keeps us alive. (Neutral)
6	Aspiration. I’m going to prove that I’m worthy of a better life.

d6	Bond
1	My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it.
2	I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure.
3	I owe my survival to another urchin who taught me to live on the streets.
4	I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.
5	I escaped my life of poverty by robbing an important person, and I’m wanted for it.
6	No one else should have to endure the hardships I’ve been through.

d6	Flaw
1	If I’m outnumbered, I will run away from a fight.
2	Gold seems like a lot of money to me, and I’ll do just about anything for more of it.
3	I will never fully trust anyone other than myself.
4	I’d rather kill someone in their sleep than fight fair.
5	It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.
6	People who can’t take care of themselves get what they deserve.