You were once a normal creature of simple flesh and blood, but your physiology is no longer entirely natural. Through marvels of engineering and secrets of the arcane, portions of your body have been replaced with mechanical parts that are cleverly laced with arcane energies. These augmentations work just as well, if not better than the organics they imitate.
Perhaps this drastic change was your choice, or it was something granted to you by either a cruel fate or a kind destiny. Your augmentation could a blessing after you've endured a deformity or disability; or you were cursed by a madman's lust for experimentation. Regardless of how you came to be this way, you are now something else; something more...
- Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, and choose either Athletics, or Acrobatics
- Languages: Draconic or Gnomish
How did it come to this?
| d4 | Origin Story |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rehabilitated: You have replacement parts because you were maimed or dismembered in a violent accident. |
| 2 | Improved: You willingly submitted to or performed experimental procedures on yourself to enhance your physical form. |
| 3 | Fabricated: You’ve lived your whole life with a serious bodily defect and now have the prosthetics to compensate. |
| 4 | Theseus’s Paradox: You are trying to cheat death by replacing your anatomy piece by piece as your natural body fails you. |
Your unique physical form sparks the curiosity of those inclined towards Mechanical and/or Arcane arts. Engineers or Scholars may offer free assistance to you and your party for the chance to examine or study your unnatural features. In addition, your enhancement has granted you at least one peculiar 'trick' that you can perform that will delight, confuse, or shock an audience. Once per day, you can swallow your pride and busk with your special talent in a populated area for 5d6 minutes, to earn a total of 1d4 gold from various passers-by.
Suggested Characteristics
Whether you replaced lost pieces, fabricated parts you never had, augmented parts that never seemed to work as well as you hoped, or simply fear growing old, you are acutely aware that you are no longer the person you once were, and this affects who you have become.
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am polite and courteous to everyone, and if you upset me you’ll never know it - until it’s too late. |
| 2 | I can overlook the little things that bother me because I prefer to see the big picture. |
| 3 | I get cocky and overly competitive because sometimes my enhancements make me feel invincible. |
| 4 | I tend to take it personally whenever someone expresses distrust for magic and/or technology. |
| 5 | I get extremely annoyed with people who would rather give up than work for a solution to a problem. |
| 6 | I worry about what others think of me so I constantly feel the need to impress those around me. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Humanity: Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. (Good) |
| 2 | Rationality: We must be willing to set aside our feelings in order to reach an accord. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Resourcefulness: You've got the perfect plan. Now you just need a wheelbarrow and a holocaust cloak... (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Pragmatism: Whenever possible, I use my unique circumstances to my advantage. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Supremacy: The stronger I become, the more easily I can do whatever I want. (Evil) |
| 6 | Self-Improvement: Each day I strive to be better or stronger than who I was yesterday. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I owe everything to the person who created my augments for me, and wish to somehow repay them. |
| 2 | I became this way against my will and want to make sure that this never happens to anyone else. |
| 3 | There are those who believe I’m an abomination, and I wish to prove them wrong. |
| 4 | Nothing is more important to me than overcoming past shortcomings. |
| 5 | My situation makes me feel like an outcast. I just want to belong somewhere again. |
| 6 | I need to prove myself as someone worthy of the augments which saved my life. |
| d4 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | My augments cause me significant physical pain and it often distracts me to the point that I seem rude. |
| 2 | I'm haunted by traumatic memories of the procedures which changed me. |
| 3 | I hold myself and others to nearly unattainable standards, and am irked by any solution that is less than ideal. |
| 4 | I am driven by an extreme fear of death. My attempts to avoid it at all costs often leads me to poor or irrational decisions. |
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