“If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!”
~ H.P. Lovecraft
Your mind is bent and broken beyond a normal mortals, madness afflicts you and it is a terrible burden on your mind.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Insight, Intimidation, or Performance
- Languages: Choose any one additional language.
- Equipment: An monster hunter’s pack, a set of common clothes, and one artisan's tools set.
Feature: Madness
Your particular brand of madness is not a usual case of crazy. The affliction may have its own personality, be magical in nature, or grant you some transcendent insight. You may create additional rules and consequences for your affliction. If it requires a skill check or saving throw, you gain inspiration whenever you fail this roll.
Suggested Characteristics
You have learned to live with the curse that burdens you. You are a survivor, who can be very protective of those who bring light into your darkened life.
| d20 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Animalism. It's like lycanthropy, but without the cool transforming part. You are prone to scrabbling around on all fours, aggressive biting and other kinds of animal behaviours. |
| 2 | Cannibalism. The only food that has any real taste for you is the flesh of your own kind. |
| 3 | Conspiracy. You see hidden secrets and details everywhere, even places where there are none to be found. |
| 4 | Empathy. You are acutely sensitive to the emotions of others, whilst this can be useful, more than often you are overwhelmed by the massive tides of feelings. |
| 5 | Existential. The world is strange. Wrong. Reality is wrong. Maybe it's all a dream, or just a game played by an incomprehensible alien god? Or maybe it's not... |
| 6 | Gibbering. Your words are twisted and you can only be understood by those who have spent a full year as your companion, are telepathic, or are trying to kill you. |
| 7 | Heroism. I shall save others! Even if I receive no prize! Even if I must hurt and kill. Even if they don't want to be saved. I am the Hero of this story! |
| 8 | Insomniac. Sleep does not come easy to you, your rampant thoughts keep you awake and dark circles grow under your eyes. |
| 9 | Kleptomania. A shiny thing? Give me that shiny thing! It's mine! All of it's mine! My precious... |
| 10 | Melancholy. Sadness. It's everywhere. Even the happy times are sad. Crying offers solace, if you have any tears left. |
| 11 | Outbursts. You are prone to outbursts of emotion, violence and shouting. Your outbursts can get you in tricky situations and test the patience of your allies. |
| 12 | Paranoia. Everyone is out to get you. You have a contingency plan for every loose end, any minute chance of betrayal. |
| 13 | Possession. Your body is not your own, another intelligent being inhabits your form. It may be a ghost, a tricky fey spirit or a scheming devil. Whatever it is, it's bad news. |
| 14 | Split Identity. You hold in a second personality brought on by the curse, but it also believes it was the original owner of your body. |
| 15 | Visions. You are prone to terrible visions, are they of a hideous future? Some far off plane? Whatever it is, it's super distracting. |
| 16 | Naivety. The world is looking bright for you. There's a pip in your pep and a skip in your step! You smile and wave, surely no one has ill-intent? |
| 17 | Sanity. There's nothing mad about you. It's everyone else who are the crazy ones. |
| 18 | Promiscuity. The temptations of carnal pleasures of the flesh are too much for your feeble will. |
| 19 | Invincible. No one can kill you! You're invincible! Death holds no sway over your immortal form! That being said you do still seem to bleed... |
| 20 | Legend. You are a great figure from the past, or the grand hero of a novel. Somehow you find yourself in this new body, people calling you a name you do not recognise. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good) |
| 2 | I’ll free myself from my madness or die trying. (Any) |
| 3 | I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to exorcise my own demons. (Good) |
| 4 | I have a dark calling 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 madness drove away the person I love. I strive to win back the love I’ve lost. |
| 4 | A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| 5 | There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free. |
| 6 | I have a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for him (or her). |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them. |
| 2 | I assume the worst in people. |
| 3 | I feel no compassion for the dead. They’re the lucky ones. |
| 4 | I have an addiction. |
| 5 | I am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in a world without hope. |
| 6 | I talk to spirits that no one else can see. |
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