You were raised in the blighted, border regions of the Feywild or in areas tainted by the Dread Thorns' presence. Your life was dedicated to managing the corrupted flora and fauna of the decaying lands.
- Skill Proficiencies: You gained practical skills in frightening trespassers and managing the monstrous, poisoned wildlife of the blighted lands.
- Tool Proficiencies: Survival in the toxic lands required a deep, alchemical understanding of poisons and chemical reagents for brewing and self-defense.
- Equipment: The equipment necessary for handling hazardous chemicals and managing dangerous, small creatures.
You assisted Dread Thorns Harvesters in maximizing the psychological anguish of victims.
When you enter a naturally toxic environment (such as a swamp, blighted forest, or polluted underground lair), you can intuitively sense the location of the most venomous or dangerous fauna nearby, as well as the most potent sources of natural poison. Additionally, hostile creatures that rely heavily on natural poison are slightly hesitant to attack you, and you make Animal Handling checks with advantage when dealing with such creatures.
Suggested Characteristics
Blight Keepers are often grim, self-reliant, and mistrustful of pristine environments. They may suffer a personal flaw related to paranoia about disease or an obsessive need to control everything around them.
| d4 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I speak in soft, sibilant whispers, accustomed to keeping secrets and not disturbing my volatile specimens. |
| 2 | I meticulously clean my tools and laboratory constantly; decay must be controlled, not chaotic. |
| 3 | I have little patience for simple health and vitality, finding them naïve and uninteresting. |
| 4 | My mannerisms are unsettling; I move with the stiff, unnatural grace of a creature adapted to high-pressure environments. |
| d4 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Control. Suffering must be maximized through precise, slow deterioration, not mindless violence. (Evil) |
| 2 | Entropy. All things must ultimately fall into decay; I simply hasten the inevitable. (Neutral) |
| 3 | Seclusion. The world must be protected from my work, and my work must be protected from the world. (Any) |
| 4 | Knowledge. The deepest secrets of life and death are found in rot and sickness. (Evil) |
| d4 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My Patron's corrupted grove must be protected from those who would purify it. |
| 2 | I am deeply attached to a specific, unique venom sample that I must never lose. |
| 3 | I owe my knowledge to an ancient, diseased creature I occasionally send new, unwitting subjects to. |
| 4 | A certain region of blighted wilderness is the only place I feel truly at home. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I mistrust all large bodies of water, believing them to be pristine and therefore weak. |
| 2 | I constantly feel the need to apply a protective balm to my skin, convinced I am being infected by the air outside the blighted lands. |
| 3 | I view every living thing as a resource to be harvested; pity is a conceptual weakness I cannot tolerate. |
| 4 | I am intensely paranoid that a rival Blight Keeper or a Paladin is seeking to steal my rarest venom samples. |
| 5 | I have an unusual tolerance for foul odors and cannot stand overly sweet or pleasant scents. |
| 6 | I will always choose the decaying, shadowed path over the bright, healthy one, even if it is longer or more dangerous. |
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