You lived in seclusion, either by choice or by force, but you have finally returned. The new world is strange and you are too.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose one of Arcana, Investigation, Survival, or Nature
- Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' tools or Poisoner's kit
- Languages: Choose one exotic language (Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon)
- Equipment: A set of thieves' tools or a poisoner's kit, a set of traveler's clothes, an hourglass, manacles, and a pouch containing 5 cp
Cause of Isolation
You either chose or were forced into isolation. Choose or roll for what caused your isolation.
| d6 | Cause of Isolation |
|---|---|
| 1 | You chose to go into isolation because you embarrassed yourself in front of your whole village. |
| 2 | You chose to go to isolation because you were tired of how people treated you. |
| 3 | You were exiled after assaulting someone of high importance. |
| 4 | You were found guilty for a crime you may or may not or have committed. You had the choice to leave or go to prison. You chose to leave. |
| 5 | You accepted and went of on a quest but got lost. In your isolation you forgot the quest. |
| 6 | You chose to go into seclusion to find peace, but every monastery rejected you. You then decided to be alone. |
Feature: High Self Awareness
In your time of isolation you have gained a heightened sense of your own presence and how your body works. You DM can decide what bonuses you get on certain checks that come from this.
Suggested Characteristics
Outsiders are much like Hermits, except they aren't enlightened by their isolation. They get many other things our of their isolation besides knowledge. They are outcasts but can use what they know to adapt and survive.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'm enthralled by all the new pleasures of life and had missed. |
| 2 | I've seen many horrors so most frights don't phase me. |
| 3 | I do not know the social rules in society and find them hard to grasp. |
| 4 | I sometimes forget that I'm not alone anymore and act as I would alone. |
| 5 | My excitement of the wonders of the new world blinds me of the hardships of others. |
| 6 | I laugh at everything to try to fight in. |
| 7 | I haven't talked in so long that it's hard to speak. I can only get a few grunts and words out. |
| 8 | Nature and animals had been my only friends in my isolation and still are. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Trust. I define my trust and set clear boundaries. Those who comply, I trust. (Good) |
| 2 | Loyal. I follow all the rules I hear to stay safe. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Eternal Joy. I do whatever makes me happy in the new world. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Selfish. After my isolation I'm entitled everything I want. I can take and keep whatever I want too. (Evil) |
| 5 | Passive. I'd rather stay out of people business, for I'm new to society and need to learn. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Knowledge. I want to know everything I can about the new world. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'm content with just myself. |
| 2 | Now that I'm back in society, I must track down those who have wronged me and make them pay. |
| 3 | Anyone that can help me through this new world is alright with me. |
| 4 | My friends of my old life shall still be friend of my new life, I just need to find them. |
| 5 | I will be in terrible danger if higher forces found out I've come back from isolation. |
| 6 | I met someone during my isolation and pissed them off. I've been running from them ever since. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I often forget I'm alone and start talking to myself which sometimes lets out secrets. |
| 2 | I didn't like people before my isolation, I still don't after. |
| 3 | I refuse to change my old ways, which are very out of date. |
| 4 | The wonders and pleasures of the new world distract me easily. |
| 5 | I can't see the consequences of my actions. |
| 6 | I'm too comfortable in the face of danger to take anything seriously. |