You bear a special connection to the Spirits of the Hearth. These spirits often bring wisdom and warning of things to come, but in every case, their messages are cryptic. Through a personal mystical journey, you have accepted that these spirits have chosen you and taken up interpreting their messages for the living.
- Skill Proficiencies: Perception, History, and your choice of Performance or Insight
- Tool Proficiencies: Playing Card Set - Tarot Cards
- Equipment: Two blocks of incense, a scrying item of your choice, a small knife, a pouch full of engraved bones, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: Wisdom from Beyond
Nearly everywhere is visited by the Spirits of the Hearth. You may beseech the Spitis that visit a place to gain wisdom or knowledge about that place's history or purpose. When you use this feature, choose to either Listen to the spirits (a DM narrated tale about the place) or to Speak to the spirits (Asking three yes, no, or maybe questions) about the place you are in. You may also navigate the Spectral Realm if you ever find yourself within it. After you use Wisdom from Beyond to gain information, you may not use that part of this feature again until you finish a Long Rest.
Suggested Characteristics
Mediums are defined by their connection to spirits from beyond, and their characteristics reflect this life of connecting the living to the dead. A medium values knowledge, particularly of people and places, in order to piece together the cryptic clues given them by the Spirits of the Hearth.
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I speak in riddles, sometimes to intentionally misdirect.
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I combine supernatural wisdom with traditional learning wherever possible.
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3
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My purpose is to guide, and I am patient with others as they struggle to understand their fate.
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There’s nothing I like more than a good mystery.
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I’m willing to listen to every side of an argument before I make my own judgment.
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6
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I am often too blunt, particularly with those who do not listen to my warnings.
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I’m convinced that the spirits that visit me are a curse for something I did in a previous life.
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Ideal |
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Insight. The path through the times we live in is found in the past. (Neutral)
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Protection. The spirits of our ancestors watch over us in perpetuity. (Good)
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Understanding. There must be a reason for why spirits visit mediums, and I intend to find it. (Lawful)
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Chance. One thing I have learned through reading fates is that there is no rhyme or reason to the events of our lives. (Chaotic)
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Manipulation. Wisdom from beyond is mine to use to control and manipulate others. (Evil)
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Guidance. The wisdom of the spirits helps us interpret our next moves toward the things we want. (Any)
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Bond |
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I protect those that the spirits favor.
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The spirits have burdened me with a purpose, and I need others to help me achieve it.
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3
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I speak to the ancestors of those I keep close, sometimes to my own peril.
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4
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I am visited by one spirit and one spirit only. That spirit has set me on a quest to put it to rest.
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I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question.
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My connection to the spirits has made me an outcast. I hope to do great deeds to earn acceptance.
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Flaw |
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I am bored by mundane things.
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I have a strange fascination with ghosts and other malevolent spirits.
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3
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I will listen to my spirit guides above common sense, and sometimes, above the advice of my trusted friends.
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I sometimes misinterpret normal events as strange omens.
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5
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I was once laughed out of a tavern by a skeptic's attempts to debunk my wisdom. I still curse that person to this day.
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I will fake the wisdom of the spirits to win an argument, if my back is to a corner.
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