Ever since you can remember, you've had a connection to a certain God or Goddess. You can sometimes speak to them directly and occasionally get messages from them in the form of dreams. If you were discovered to be a prophet in your youth, then you would have been taught how to best use your gift. You would have been taken to a monastery or temple in order to learn your craft, and therefore the majority of prophets are Monks, Paladins, or Clerics. If you weren't discovered in your youth, then either your parents hid you away from the temples and monasteries, or you were chosen by your God or Goddess later in life.
- Skill Proficiencies: You gain proficiency in Religion and one other skill of your choice.
- Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common, Celestial, and two other languages of your choice that somehow pertain to your God or Goddess.
- Equipment: You have a Communication Focus (a Holy Symbol or something sacred to your God or Goddess), a set of common clothing, an intricately-carved ritual dagger, something to help you remember your home, and a pouch containing 30 GP.
You have a strange connection to a certain God or Goddess. You can contact your God or Goddess during a short rest if you're holding or otherwise touching your Communication Focus. Your God will sometimes give you messages through dreams or other signs. When you reach level 5, you will only need to spend 1/2 of your short rest to contact your God or Goddess through meditation. At 10th level, you will only need 1/4 of your short rest. At 15th level, it will take you 4-5 actions or 20-30 seconds, depending on how high you roll in Religion. If you contact your God or Goddess through meditation, the message may be harder to interpret. If you contact them before sleep, the message will be more clear. With a high enough Religion roll, you may even Astral Project up to Mount Olympus to speak to your God or Goddess. You must meditate for at least 30 minutes before sleep in order to do this.
Suggested Characteristics
The majority of prophets are very different from one another, and therefore, it's difficult to suggest certain traits. But, some prophets hate the fact that they were chosen.
| d1 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I despise the fact that I'm connected to a God or Goddess and I do everything in my power to avoid the signs, dreams, communications, etc. unless I deem it absolutely necessary to pay attention to them. |
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Posted Mar 31, 2021Hey! this looks like it has some excellent potential for a background! I'd recommend expanding the Personality traits table, as well as adding in all the standard background building stuff (Ideals, Bonds, and Flaws). I also feel like the Background feature is a bit too technical. Background feats are usually role-play oriented, not using any rolls or actions. they're there to use outside of combat and don't usually require checks. Though, I think there could be some potential in that one ability for a divine caster. maybe called a Disciple or something like that. They'd cast with charisma and contact their god, though they wouldn't get the whole divine intervention. Idk, maybe that's just a worse version of cleric. Anyways, like I said, it's got potential!