You were abandoned as a child and taken in by another group you were not born into. You may have been adopted by a noble family after the death of your parents, taken in by a simple family of farmers after being abandoned by your parents or found at the foot of a guild building in a basket and raised as a member. When you choose this background consider the nature of your upbringing and how it shaped your character, how it affected their class, their proficiencies and their values, particularly around things like biological parentage. Do they wish they had been kept or do they not care at all, do their parents regret it, or are they hunting them down. Why were they thrown out? Is there more to it than simply being not wanted?
- Skill Proficiencies: You are proficient in 2 skills of your choice.
- Tool Proficiencies: You are proficient in one tool of your choice.
- Languages: You are proficient in one language of your choice
- Equipment: Starting equipment. The tool set you are proficient in. Travelers clothes, 10gp.
Feature: Feat.
You learn an origin feat of your choice.
Suggested Characteristics
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have no care for blood lineage, all I care about is who you are. |
| 2 | I don't trust easily but I trust deeply. |
| 3 | I envy those who were brought up in a loving family |
| 4 | I'm glad my parents threw me out, I was brought up much better than such people would have bothered to do. |
| 5 | I have no care of my past and wish people would care less, many people have had worse, at least someone took me in. |
| 6 | I'm generous to others who are in the situation I was once in, maybe too generous, and I'm all to willing to accept others claims to be abandoned. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fairness. No one should be proud or ashamed, or punished or rewarded for anything they had no control over. (Good) |
| 2 | Meritocracy. Respect, power, money, loyalty and status must be earned, not inherited or given. (Chaotic) |
| 3 | People. I have few friends and no family, I will protect my friends with my life if necessary. (neutral) |
| 4 | Power. I will gain enough power to avoid ever being at the mercy of others ever again (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Fame. I will be remembered for hundreds of years. (any) |
| 6 | Forgiveness. Everyone deserves a second chance, don't judge too quickly, you don't know what else may be happening. (neutral) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was brought up as a nobody, I'll make sure I become somebody. |
| 2 | I will find out who my parents were and make them explain why I was abandoned. |
| 3 | I owe those who took me in with my life, and I will repay that debt. |
| 4 | I want to feel like part of a family, those who raised me just saw me as an asset. |
| 5 | My friends are my family and I will protect them. |
| 6 | I don't rely on anyone and I never will. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I don't love easily and rarely care about others, no one cared about me, why should I care about others. |
| 2 | I have been betrayed too many times to trust anyone. People who pretend to be kind just want something from me. |
| 3 | I grew up by myself and my self preservation remains my top priority, I will absolutely abandon anyone to save myself. |
| 4 | I have a heightened sense of the importance of my destiny and ignore risks in my drive to achieve it. |
| 5 | I was brought up without any real sense of manners, and can be rude and uncouth when dealing with others. |
| 6 | I have no emotional intelligence and cannot tell when I'm offending someone. |
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