For as long as you remember up to this point you were under the influence of someone else's mind.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Deception, Insight, or Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: One of your choice, what you would have worked while under mind control
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A set of common clothes, and one trinket taken from your captor's lair (choose one or roll on the Trinkets table after this background).
Captor
Your mind was controlled by a powerful captor. Roll a d6 or choose from the options in the table below to determine your captor:
| d6 | Captor |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mind Flayer |
| 2 | Vampire |
| 3 | Evil Wizard |
| 4 | Aboleth |
| 5 | Beholder |
| 6 | Dragon |
Feature: Stolen Knowledge
The connection between you and your captor's minds went both ways. You were able to attain some knowledge from the mind of your captor.
Work with your DM to determine the details of what your character knows.
Suggested Characteristics
After escaping mind control, you gained a new view on life.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m apprehensive when I meet new people. |
| 2 | I feel I need to prove my worth. |
| 3 | I often try too hard to fit in with everyone else. |
| 4 | I make jokes out of seemingly dire situations. |
| 5 | I'm very indecisive and work best when others tell me what to do. |
| 6 | I rarely ever speak up unless spoken to. |
| 7 | I can't stand being alone even for a second. |
| 8 | I don't like to talk about my past. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cooperation. While the situation was unfavorable, I've seen that great things can be done working together. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Freedom. Without independent thought and action, you are no one. (Chaotic) |
| 3 | Self. I got out because of my own strength, my own will. I look out for number one. (Evil) |
| 4 | People. I know how hard life is without interpersonal connections. I make friends whenever I can. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Compassion. (Good) |
| 6 | (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | There are other good people still under the thrall of that terrible creature. I have to rescue them. |
| 2 | Someone rescued me. I must find them and repay that favor. |
| 3 | The first friends I made after I escaped mean everything to me. |
| 4 | There were other survivors who escape with me; they're the closest thing I have to a family. |
| 5 | I will do anything to get my revenge. |
| 6 | I feel sympathy for anyone forced to work for others. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | If someone is nice to me, I am immediately suspicious of them. |
| 2 | I am terrified to disobey orders of authority. |
| 3 | I engross myself in my work when I am stressed. |
| 4 | I've done horrible things under mind control that will come back to haunt me. |
| 5 | Sometimes people are so difficult I wonder if mind control isn't all that bad. |
| 6 | I can't stand authority figures. |
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