Echo of the Past

Just days ago, you entered the Ghost Tower of Inverness intent on finding wealth and fame. Now you have exited the Tower only to find that thousands of years have passed and you are in a strange, unfamiliar land. Your skin, hair, and equipment have been bleached white after an narrowly survived encounter with the soul gem.

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Investigation

Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' Tools

Languages: One exotic language of your choice

Equipment: Backpack, 10 pieces of chalk, rugged set of all-white traveler's clothes, hammer, steel mirror, miner's pick, flask of oil, 6 pitons, 10-ft. pole, 50-ft of hemp rope, sack, shovel, 10 iron spikes, tinderbox, 10 torches, recently purchased map of the Sword Coast, locket with a portrait of a long dead loved one, sapphire taken from the Ghost Tower worth 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

These are the suggested characteristics for Far Traveler.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I have different assumptions from those around me concerning personal space, blithely invading others’ space in innocence, or reacting to ignorant invasion of my own.
2	I have my own ideas about what is and is not food, and I find the eating habits of those around me fascinating, confusing, or revolting.
3	I have a strong code of honor or sense of propriety that others don’t comprehend.
4	I express affection or contempt in ways that are unfamiliar to others.
5	I begin or end my day with small traditional rituals that are unfamiliar to those around me.
6	Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice.

d6	Ideal
1	Open. I have much to learn from the kindly folk I meet along my way. (Good)
2	Reserved. As someone new to these strange lands, I am cautious and respectful in my dealings. (Lawful)
3	Adventure. I’m far from home, and everything is strange and wonderful! (Chaotic)
4	Cunning. Though I may not know their ways, neither do they know mine, which can be to my advantage. (Evil)
5	Inquisitive. Everything is new, but I have a thirst to learn. (Neutral)
6	Suspicious. I must be careful, for I have no way of telling friend from foe here. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	So long as I have this token from my homeland, I can face any adversity in this strange land.
2	The gods of my people are a comfort to me so far from home.
3	I hold no greater cause than my service to my people.
4	My freedom is my most precious possession. I’ll never let anyone take it from me again.
5	I’m fascinated by the beauty and wonder of this new land.
6	Though I had no choice, I lament having to leave my loved one(s) behind. I hope to see them again one day.

d6	Flaw
1	I am secretly (or not so secretly) convinced of the superiority of my own culture over that of this foreign land.
2	I pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid interactions I would rather not have.
3	I have a weakness for the new intoxicants and other pleasures of this land.
4	I don’t take kindly to some of the actions and motivations of the people of this land, because these folk are different from me.
5	I consider the adherents of other gods to be deluded innocents at best, or ignorant fools at worst.
6	I have a weakness for the exotic beauty of the people of these lands.