Kaiju Tracker

Across a twisted landscape uprooted by destruction and chaos, you follow the mighty footfalls of kaiju. You are a brazen traveler who tracks Gargantuan creatures over the realms, from icy mountain top to toxic swampland, ever seeking a glimpse of your primal quarry. The trail of a kaiju is a hard one to follow, and the skills you’ve gained during your travels have kept you alive and fed.

Perhaps a kaiju destroyed your home and family, and you seek it in the hope of exacting vengeance. Maybe you track kaiju in order to predict their movements, evacuating communities in their path and leading kaiju far from civilization. It could be that you are simply a thrill seeker, chasing kaiju across the world to revel in the eye of the storm as they rampage. Whatever your motivation, your tale is one of endless migration, awe, and danger

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit

Languages: One of Draconic, Giant, or Primordial

Equipment: A Herbalism Kit, a backpack,  a hunting trap, traveler’s clothes, and 50 gp

Suggested Characteristics

A life trailing a path of carnage has shown you much of the worst that people can suffer—shattered communities, broken families, and mass extinction are intimately familiar to you. It has also shown you the resilience of those who survive, the hope that can blossom in the wake of catastrophe, and the fragility of even the mightiest of kingdoms. Many kaiju trackers are gruff and nihilistic, inured to the suffering of others. Some are motivated by an unconquerable hatred or fascination with kaiju, finding purpose in their eternal chase. No matter their idiosyncrasies, all those who place themselves in the path of a kaiju share one trait: a near-suicidal level of bravery.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I live for the thrill of danger! Certainty of death? Small chance of success? What are we waiting for?
2	I have seen devastation and loss that would break most people. I have survived by closing my heart to it.
3	I will never settle down. I need to always be on the road, and I’ll die on my feet
4	Every dawn, without fail, I take an hour to clean and sharpen my weapons.
5	I love myths of heroes and villains. I constantly retell old folktales and draw parallels to real life.
6	I try to conscript anyone I meet into joining me on foolhardy adventures.

d6	Ideal
1	Vengeance. Once wronged, I never let go. I am seeking a way to exact vengeance on those who have done me harm.
2	Travel. I want to see everything and be the first to traverse every plane in existence.
3	Harvester. I believe the secret to mythical elixirs and weapons lies in harvesting components from incredible creatures. I want to harvest the bodies of gods.
4	Hasty. If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing now. I have no time for debate or consideration.
5	Guardian. I struggle to connect with people, but I want to keep them safe, even if they never know who I am.
6	Legend. I want to be remembered and leave a legacy that bards will sing of for generations.

d6	Bond
1	There are many monsters in this world. I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.
2	A kaiju destroyed my home and people. It will die by my hand, or I will die trying.
3	Those I travel with are closer than kin.
4	I am enamored with kaiju—their size, grace, and power. I wish only to observe and understand how such beings exist.
5	My faith has been shaken upon seeing the devastation wrought by the evils in this world. I am struggling to overcome my doubt in the god I have long served.
6	I make friends with animals quickly and loathe to harm beasts, even dangerous ones.

d6	Flaw
1	My obsession with killing monsters risks turning me into one.
2	I judge myself harshly. A single failure is enough to send me spiraling into despair.
3	My thrill-seeking behavior puts me and others at risk.
4	My word is absolute; I struggle to entertain other perspectives or ideas.
5	My love for treasure and gold often leads my morals astray
6	Only the mission’s success matters; the body count is irrelevant.