a person whose life is tightly bound to the Strings of Fate, with their existence predetermined and heavily intertwined with the destiny of others
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Investigation, Religion, or Survival
- Languages: Choose two, one of which must be Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon
- Equipment: A monster hunter’s pack (containing a chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a flask of holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torches), one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Horror Trinkets table after this background), a set of common clothes, and 1 sp.
Tapestries of fate
an endless, beautiful eternity of twisting threads. Those threads transfixed everything in existence, connecting every living being and every object, every thought and every concept, every dream and every nightmare, stretching infinitely into every direction, as well as into the past, the present, and the future.
These were the Strings of Fate.
| d9 | Tapestries of fate |
|---|---|
| 1 | You survived a death that was meant to be certain. Something intervened at the final moment, and ever since, fate seems determined to compensate for the life you stole from it. |
| 2 | You inherited something that was never meant for you. A relic, blessing, fragment of power, or ancient inheritance entered your possession by impossible chance and bound your thread to something far greater. |
| 3 | You came into contact with the remains of a forgotten power. It may have been a dead god, ancient being, ruined oracle, or something older still. Whatever touched you did not leave completely. |
| 4 | You were chosen by something that should not have known your name. A being of immense power marked you for a purpose you still do not understand, tightening the Strings of Fate around your life. |
| 5 | You disrupted an event that was supposed to happen. Someone meant to die survived because of you, something meant to be lost was recovered, or a prophecy failed. Fate has been correcting itself around you ever since. |
| 6 | You received the final gift of someone who could perceive destiny. Their power, curse, knowledge, or unfinished fate passed into you at the moment of their death, whether you wanted it or not. |
| 7 | You entered a place where fate itself had been damaged. You returned alive, but part of your thread became tangled with the broken destinies left behind there. |
| 8 | You made a choice that should have been insignificant, yet changed countless lives. Since that moment, coincidences have gathered around you as though fate suddenly became aware of your existence. |
| 9 | You stole something from fate. A life, an artifact, a power, a name, or even a destiny meant for another became yours. You escaped with it but the Strings never stopped following you. |
Feature: Threadbound
Fate clings to you more tightly than it should. Fortune and disaster follow in equal measure, twisting coincidence around your path until the impossible begins to feel inevitable. You may survive what should have killed you, only to be delivered into something far worse.
You are neither blessed nor cursed.
You are simply too deeply woven into fate to ever live an ordinary life.
Suggested Characteristics
you have learned to perceive these tapestries but the strings still bond you, may one day you become fateless
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I treat impossible coincidences as warnings, even when everyone else calls them luck. |
| 2 | I rarely celebrate good fortune; experience has taught me that fate usually collects its price later. |
| 3 | I remain calm when everything goes wrong because catastrophe has followed me for so long that panic feels pointless. |
| 4 | I am fascinated by prophecy, omens, and strange patterns, always wondering whether they are meant for me. |
| 5 | DAMNATION |
| 6 | I distrust easy victories. The more fortunate something seems, the more carefully I look for what I am missing. |
| 7 | I remember every person whose life became tangled with mine, because coincidence has taught me that people rarely enter my life without a reason. |
| 8 | I joke about my terrible luck whenever things go wrong; if fate insists on tormenting me, I refuse to give it the satisfaction of seeing me afraid. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I believe fate may be cruel, but that only makes choosing kindness more important. (Good) |
| 2 | If destiny has bound me to something, I will see it through to the end, no matter where the thread leads. (Any) |
| 3 | I refuse to accept that fate alone decides who I become; my choices still belong to me. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Every event has a pattern, and understanding that pattern is the closest thing we have to mastering fate. (Lawful) |
| 5 | If I have been given impossible luck, then I should use it to accomplish what others cannot. (Good) |
| 6 | Fate has marked me for greatness, and if others must suffer so that I can reach what waits at the end of my thread, so be it. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I keep a record of every strange coincidence, omen, and impossible event in my life. Someday, I will understand what fate is trying to tell me. |
| 2 | Someone else’s destiny became entangled with mine, and I will protect them no matter where our shared thread leads. |
| 3 | I owe my life to someone who should never have been there to save me. I intend to repay that impossible debt. |
| 4 | I lost someone because of the same twist of fate that spared me. I will not let their death become meaningless. |
| 5 | I will find a way to sever the Strings that bind me, even if it means tearing myself out of fate entirely and becoming Fateless. |
| 6 | I am searching for the person, creature, or force whose fate is bound to mine, even though I fear what will happen when we finally meet. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | False words will not leave my mouth. I can remain silent, evade a question, or weaponize the truth, but I cannot knowingly speak a lie. |
| 2 | A promise spoken in earnest binds me. Once I give my word, I cannot willingly abandon it until it is fulfilled or made impossible. |
| 3 | I cannot ignore a true omen meant for me. Once I recognize that fate is warning or calling me toward something, I am compelled to confront it eventually, no matter how dangerous it may be. |
| 4 | My name carries power over me. When someone invokes my full true name with genuine intent, I find it painfully difficult to refuse a direct command or challenge from them. |
| 5 | Fate punishes avoidance. The more desperately I try to escape something I believe I am destined to face, the more violently coincidence seems to push me back toward it. |
| 6 | Good fortune makes me suspicious. I have survived too many miracles that became disasters, and I instinctively distrust easy victories, gifts, and kindness—even when doing so harms me or the people around me. |
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