Mad Scientist

Ever since you were a child you have enjoyed experimenting and inventing. Perhaps your pursuits included clockwork devices or new - and at times, dangerous - alchemical solutions. Regardless, you are driven to experiment further, pushing your limits to learn what makes things work and how you can bend them to your will.

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Investigation

Tool Proficiencies:  Choose either tinker’s tools or alchemist’s supplies.

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment:  Your chosen artisan’s tools, a journal detailing your past experiments, a bottle of black ink, a quill, a small pouch, three empty vials, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

You think differently than those around you and have always been ostracized for it. But you know better - you realize you are on the brink of something incredible, if only you can figure out what you’re missing.

d8	Personality Trait
1	Who needs to find friends when I can build my own.
2	I am oblivious to conventional norms when it comes to hygiene, sleep schedules, and the like.
3	I am willing to risk everything if it means discovering something new and exciting.
4	I constantly mutter to myself because I am always thinking about my next experiment(s).
5	I will oversell my unusual behavior to shirk responsibilities and manipulate others.
6	I am actually far more sane than I appear.
7	I crave companionship and acceptance although I would never admit it.
8	I get irrationally excited about trivial discoveries.

d6	Ideal
1	Method. There is a right and wrong way to do things, and the wrong way spells trouble. (Lawful)
2	Betterment. I want my experiments to make the world a better place for others. (Good)
3	Learning. The more I learn the better; one must never stop acquiring knowledge. (Neutral)
4	Flexibility. I cannot allow myself to be tied down and unable to continue my experiments. (Chaotic)
5	Power. My experiments will allow me to erase the people that doubted and ridiculed me. (Evil)
6	Breakthrough. I am always on the precipice of a new breakthrough, if I only work harder I am sure I will find what I am looking for. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I will not let anyone stand in the way of me and my experiments - nothing is more important than my work.
2	All of my experiments have been leading me towards a great realization that could change the course of history.
3	I want to be accepted and celebrated by the sages of my hometown.
4	My first experiments caused great harm to someone I care about deeply; I hope to one day right those wrongs.
5	I am driven by a single question that has plagued me since my earliest memories.
6	My failures have started to erode my pride and self-confidence. I’m not sure how much longer I can go on if I do not find success soon.

d6	Flaw
1	I have no social graces, and I do not care to find any.
2	My desire to learn greatly outweighs my sense of self-preservation or my worries for the safety of others.
3	I am more likely to see others as test subjects than as friends.
4	If you hinder or damage my work, I will attack without hesitation.
5	I often endanger those around me with my experiments.
6	I have a hard time focusing on any task for a long time if it is not directly connected to my work.