You are a medium. You have an intrinsic connection with the spirits that roam beyond the plane of the living. You can feel their presence and sometimes even hear their words. It’s not like talking to a person that’s alive, as you can only hear bits and pieces of a sentence, but sometimes it’s enough for you to understand what their intent is. It falls on you whether to listen to the whispers of the dead or ignore them, as you’ve been told to do ever since your gift revealed itself to you.
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Perception
- Equipment: A set of tools that you use to connect with spirits - such as a set of carved bones or a crystal ball, 10 pieces of parchment for you to scribble the messages from the spirits as they come to you, and a pouch containing 10 gp.
Mediums have a special gift to communicate with the dead, and this gift comes from somewhere. Choose how you acquired the gift, or roll on the table below.
| d6 | The Gift |
|---|---|
| 1 | The gift has been passed down through generations in my family. I’m its latest recipient. |
| 2 | I had a brush with death that connected me with the plane where spirits lie, and now I’m able to hear them. |
| 3 | After the death of the most important person to me, the will of their spirit to communicate with me was so strong that I acquired the gift, and I’m now able to hear all spirits. |
| 4 | My soul has an intrinsic quality that is enticing to spirits. They are drawn to me and I can hear them. I do not know what makes me especially interesting to them. |
| 5 | I have trained all my life to develop my gift, despite having no natural inclination for it. I am now able to hear their whispers after countless nights trying to do so. |
| 6 | I wasn’t able to hear spirits, and I just pretended I could for a carnival act. One day, however, I could suddenly hear them. I have no idea what changed to make me an actual medium. |
You are able to understand undead and they can understand you, regardless of the languages you share. This does not make it so undead are friendly to you, only that you can understand them better.
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