You were convicted of some crime due to your arcane abilities, whether an unlicensed sorcerer, grave robbing necromancer, or simply a magical criminal, the punishment is the same: Umbracite Lobotomy. A small sliver of umbracite, the most potent anti-magick material in the known universe, was inserted into your brain to completely cut your ability to perform magick. You now live as an umbral carrier, constantly driven by a deep pit of emptiness in your being, a wholly unnatural and terrible fate. Do you strive to get this procedure undone, are you looking for vengeance on those who ensured your conviction, or have you turned to hunting other magick users to force your pain upon them?
- Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Insight
- Tool Proficiencies: none
- Languages: none
- Equipment: A Black Letter from the convicting judge designating you as a Carrier, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a [Tooltip Not Found] on a chain as a token of your previous life before the lobotomy.
The shard of Umbracite deep in your brain inadvertently gave you a slight innate defense against external magick sources in addition to rendering your own magick inert.
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, or against psychic/illusion magick. You also lose access to casting ability of all spells. If a feat or magic item would grant you the ability to cast a spell, instead take a number of bonus HP that equals half your level, rounded down.
Suggested Characteristics
Umbral Carriers can be some of the most broken and/or spiteful people in the world. Having powers so innate as magick taken from them by force can drive them to drastic and brutal acts in retaliation or anger. While it is not unheard of for these Carriers to develop intense feelings of sympathy and empathy for other downtrodden or oppressed beings, selfless behaviors are not often manifested in them.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am spiteful and angry at the establishment of my previous living situation. That anger has nowhere to go now. |
| 2 | There is a plight amongst magick users in this Realm. I am an activist fighting for their benefit. |
| 3 | I feel betrayed by those fellow mages who refused to stand up for me when I was wrongfully convicted. They and all mages will regret their silence. |
| 4 | I strive to find a way to get this alien out of my head. There is not a lot I would not sacrifice for more progress to that goal. |
| 5 | Anarchism is the only true freedom; no being should have supported power to destroy another being’s brain. |
| 6 | Those mages who commit worse crimes than mine and get to retain their powers need to be punished more severely. |
| 7 | Permanent solutions to temporary problems are amoral and monstrous. |
| 8 | Losing my prior identity has made me feel more for those who I looked down upon before. I am changing for the better. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Justice. I was wrongfully convicted and punished, the court system who did this to me needs fixed. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Repentant. I see now the dangers of such powers that were struck from me. I am trying to make amends for the crimes I committed. (Good) |
| 3 | Anarchy. The system that took my identity needs to be destroyed, burned, and salted. You know what? So does every oppressive system. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Reciprocation. Because I lost myself in this procedure means that no one else deserves to have their magick. (Evil) |
| 5 | Equity. I have been taken down to the level of other oppressed peoples and it has changed my worldview. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Cure. I seek a cure for this procedure and will do anything to get closer to it. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | The city in which I lost myself needs to be burned to the ground. |
| 2 | I will unmake the corrupt judge who was bribed to convict me. |
| 3 | One day I will repay the only character witness who would stand in my defense. |
| 4 | I pursue a mighty mage who claims to know a reversal procedure to my ailment. |
| 5 | Accidentally, I ignited a movement of anarchism and freedom in another place and barely escaped from the authorities. |
| 6 | I owe my life to the guard who facilitated my escape after the procedure. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am blinded by rage against the government of my previous home. |
| 2 | I am convinced that I was betrayed by someone close to me, and I cannot shake the feeling that I am still being watched. |
| 3 | I am almost completely useless without my magick, whatever shall I do now. |
| 4 | I am drowning in debt from the Arcane School I attended before being convicted. |
| 5 | There is nothing I would not sacrifice to be cleansed of this curse. |
| 6 | I have become addicted to filling the emptiness inside, and that comes at the cost of other’s magick abilities. |
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