You were taken from your family as a young child by a guild of corrupted alchemists. They experiment with different potions or creations that shouldn't be tested on living beings. You have gone through so much of this torment that you don't resemble your younger self anymore.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Religion, or Survival
- Languages: Choose one exotic language (Abyssal, Draconic, or Undercommon)
- Equipment: One trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table after this background).
Prior to escaping the alchemists, you were subjected to such unknown pain and horror that you don't even resemble the happy child you once were.
| d4 | Despairful Memories |
|---|---|
| 1 | The alchemists experimented with mutations on you, changing the way you were supposed to look. |
| 2 | You were subjected to the worst of what the alchemists had to offer. People can't recognize you as the missing child do to the racial change you were forced into. |
| 3 | You were given erratic results from the experiments done on you. You are now unpredictable, and most likely insane. |
| 4 | You fought against your captors. In doing so, they used beta weakening potions on you, leaving you fragile to bone breakage. |
Those who look into your eyes can see that you have faced unimaginable pain and horror and that you are no stranger to torment. Though they might be concerned by you, commoners will extend you every courtesy and do their utmost to help you.
Suggested Characteristics
You are a survivor, who can be very protective of those who bring light into your darkened life.
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness. |
| 2 | I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die. |
| 3 | I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others. |
| 4 | I expect danger around every corner. |
| 5 | I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized. |
| 6 | I put no trust in divine beings. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good) |
| 2 | I’ll stop the people who hurt me or die trying. (Any) |
| 3 | I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to exorcise my own internal demons. (Good) |
| 4 | I have a dark past with a motive that puts me above the law. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful) |
| 6 | I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy. |
| 2 | I would sacrifice my life and my soul to protect the innocent. |
| 3 | My torment of my past drives people away. I aim to change that. |
| 4 | The screams of the other experiments haunt me. I'm going to save them. |
| 5 | There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free. |
| 6 | I am going to protect any child I see to make sure they don't share my fate. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have a nagging cowardice that stops me from investigating. |
| 2 | I assume the worst in people. |
| 3 | I feel no compassion for the dead. They’re the lucky ones. |
| 4 | I have a horrible fear of being alone. |
| 5 | I am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in a world without hope. |
| 6 | I talk to people that no one else can see. |
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