You spent your life on the outskirts of society, abandoned by your family and neighbours alike. With no home to turn to you spent most of your life on the streets or in the wilds doing whatever you could to survive. Along the way, you picked up many skills and tricks to help you deal with this lifestyle and to hopefully someday survive and find your place. Mayhap it is what you are born as, or with a brand or curse but in the end, your existence was naught but a bad omen to those around you. Many give you strange looks as you cross them in the streets and some even are easy to distrust you, no matter what your intentions are.
Whether you live up to your reputation or seek to defy it your life is one of hardship, trial and error. But in the end, you will come out stronger for every obstacle you overcome. Through adversity, you will flourish and become what you seek to be. From an adventurer surrounded by trusted allies to a hero whose name is spoken across the land or even a scourge whose name is whispered in every darkened ally. Your path is yours to pick lest you allow those to choose it for you and label you a fiend for the rest of your days.
- Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: None
- Languages: Two of your choice
- Equipment: A Trinket (From your past/hometown or a loved one.), a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 5 gp.
You are not alone in your struggles, over the years you have found there are many others who are rejected or outcasted by the world around you and in turn, you have learned to ally yourself with others of that nature. Many can see the life you lead in your eyes or on your face and as result, those of a similar history will often offer you a hand in friendship or may open new doors for you. Strength through adversity is something many can respect and your resolve to keep going has earned it from those who choose to stand with you.
Suggested Characteristics
Pariah are outcasts by nature and often shunned from the world, they can be strong-willed and defiant or silent and distant from those around them. How you handle yourself and what kind of person your experiences have moulded you into are all up to you in the end.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am a rebel by nature and refuse to let others push me around. |
| 2 | I do not let others opinions of me affect how I feel about myself. |
| 3 | Despite my struggles, I retain an optimistic attitude. |
| 4 | I seek to disprove those who scorned me all my life. |
| 5 | Those who wronged me will suffer by my hand. |
| 6 | I simply seek to survive until the next day. |
| 7 | Those who misunderstand me choose to do so of their own volition. |
| 8 | A life away from prying eyes is all the comfort I need. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Redemption. I will overturn this label that plagues my life and become someone. |
| 2 | Revenge. The one who caused my status will be brought to justice. |
| 3 | Solidarity. I will live my life quietly away from others. |
| 4 | Adventure. One day, every rising sun will the the start of a new story. |
| 5 | Survival. I will not let this world tear me down, I will survive to see tomorrow. |
| 6 | Companionship. I wish to find people who will stand by me until the very end. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | There is someone I would protect even if they came to hate me. |
| 2 | The family that I still have means the world to me. |
| 3 | I owe my life to those who took me in when I had nothing. |
| 4 | Outcasts like myself are my kindred spirits and allies. |
| 5 | I will die alongside the band of ruffians I call my companions. |
| 6 | Seeing someone suffer like I have is unbearable. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I find it hard to work with others and often but heads with them. |
| 2 | I care too little for the well being of those around me. |
| 3 | I find it hard to speak up around people I am unfamiliar with. |
| 4 | I am terrified my allies will come to think of me like others do. |
| 5 | I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them. |
| 6 | I can become too attached to those I care for much too quickly. |
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