You are a Pariah, the lowest caste of Goblin "society." You spent your childhood performing the most menial and thankless tasks, usually ones involving physical hardship and/or disgusting conditions. After years of abuse from your betters, given the worst jobs and the last choices from the dregs of communal food, you had enough. You left to make it on your own.
You have struggled, failed, learned, and survived.
You begin your adventuring career with your life, and little else. Why did you run? Was it planned or impulsive? Does the clan you left care? What has your life been like since you left? perhaps you've spent it in the wilds or on the edge of civilization, or in the midst of a thriving metropolis. Do you have friends there? Enemies? Why have you decided to adventure?
- Skill Proficiencies: Two of your choice from Stealth, Survival, Deception, Insight suitable to the tale of your survival.
- Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit OR thieves’ tools, and one from the list of Artisan's Tools.
- Equipment: A token to remember your parents by, a set of common clothes, a blanket, a tinderbox, a battered and well-used set of Artisan's Tools, and a pouch containing 5 gp.
Having lived on the streets you are familiar with the various groups of society's undesirables. Beggars, urchins, the homeless all recognize you as one of their own. You are able to locate and contact these groups in urban settings and are welcome in their environs. These groups will aid you however they can short of fighting for you.
Suggested Characteristics
Most Goblins are content to live their lives confined by the Clan's hierarchy. But, some, by fate or force or wanderlust find themselves casting aside these cultural shackles, and making their way among the so-called "civilized" races. They are alone and must make their way by any means necessary, in order to survive the perils of life among the destitute.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets. |
| 2 | I ask a lot of questions. |
| 3 | I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me. |
| 4 | I sleep with my back to a wall or tree, with everything I own wrapped in a bundle in my arms. |
| 5 | I eat like a pig and have bad manners. |
| 6 | I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent. |
| 7 | I don’t like to bathe. |
| 8 | I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Respect. All people, rich or poor, deserve respect. (Good) |
| 2 | Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Change. The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is the nature of things. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Retribution. The rich need to be shown what life and death are like in the gutters. (Evil) |
| 5 | People. I help the people who help me — that’s what keeps us alive. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Aspiration. I’m going to prove that I’m worthy of a better life. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it. |
| 2 | I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure. |
| 3 | I owe my survival to another urchin who taught me to live on the streets. |
| 4 | I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me. |
| 5 | I escaped my life of poverty by robbing an important person, and I’m wanted for it. |
| 6 | No one else should have to endure the hardships I’ve been through. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | If I’m outnumbered, I will run away from a fight. |
| 2 | Gold seems like a lot of money to me, and I’ll do just about anything for more of it. |
| 3 | I will never fully trust anyone other than myself. |
| 4 | I’d rather kill someone in their sleep than fight fair. |
| 5 | It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else. |
| 6 | People who can’t take care of themselves get what they deserve. |
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