After waking up on the ground, you begin to explore your areas around you, not recognizing any of them, the ones you do recognize have changed to become almost unrecognizable. You travel back home and learn that your family has died. You begin to hear a murmur enveloping you and your vision goes black. The first sign of light is a flame, than the fire envelops you and you see an ethereal dragon. You begin to hear words fly around you too many at a time. nothing is making sense,but you hear one word when the rest dies out "Truth," than your vision returns and you are back in the village your parents died in. You start to search for the truth, not knowing what else to do. not know where to go you begin to walk east fascinated by all these new advancements you have never seen before.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Perception, History, Religion, Investigation or Survival
- Languages: Choose one exotic language (Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon)
- Equipment: A monster hunter’s pack, a set of common clothes, and one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table after this background).
Haunted One
Three years after leaving town while camping out by the road you wake up with all your gear gone and somehow you moved locations. You are lost and confused with only one word to go off of.
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Haunted One |
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A monster that slaughtered dozens of innocent people spared your life, and you don’t know why.
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2
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You were born under a dark star. You can feel it watching you, coldly and distantly. Sometimes it beckons you in the dead of night.
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3
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Your family has a history of practicing the dark arts. You dabbled once and felt something horrible clutch at your soul, whereupon you fled in terror.
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4
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An oni took your sibling one cold, dark night, and you were unable to stop it.
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5
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You were cursed with lycanthropy and later cured. You are now haunted by the innocents you slaughtered.
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6
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A hag kidnapped and raised you. You escaped, but the hag still has a magical hold over you and fills your mind with evil thoughts.
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7
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You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche.
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8
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A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but escaped. The fiend is still inside you, but now you try to keep it locked away.
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You did terrible things to avenge the murder of someone you loved. You became a monster, and it haunts your waking dreams.
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Feature: Wandering Relic
Those who look into your eyes can see that you have faced unimaginable horror and that you are no stranger to darkness. Though they might fear you, commoners will extend you every courtesy and do their utmost to help you. Unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them, they will even take up arms to fight alongside you, should you find yourself facing an enemy alone.
Just by looking at you anyone can tell that you are lost and confused. Though some might be hesitant to talk to you. Commoners will be more relaxed while you are in the room, who wouldn't want to watch someone who is fascinated by everything
Spell List
Suggested Characteristics
You strive to learn what happened to you. If given the chance you will take any knowledge that would help you regardless of the risk.
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Personality Trait |
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I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me.
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I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness.
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3
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I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die.
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4
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I live for the thrill of the hunt.
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5
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I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others with my curse.
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6
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I expect danger around every corner.
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I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized.
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I put no trust in divine beings.
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Ideal |
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I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
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2
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I’ll stop the spirits that haunt me or die trying. (Any)
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3
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I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to exorcise my own demons. (Good)
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4
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I have a dark calling that puts me above the law. (Chaotic)
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5
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I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful)
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6
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I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil)
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Bond |
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I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy.
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2
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I would sacrifice my life and my soul to protect the innocent.
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3
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My torment drove away the person I love. I strive to win back the love I’ve lost.
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4
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A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions.
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5
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There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free.
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6
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I have a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for him (or her).
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Flaw |
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I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them.
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2
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I assume the worst in people.
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3
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I feel no compassion for the dead. They’re the lucky ones.
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4
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I have an addiction.
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5
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I am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in a world without hope.
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6
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I talk to spirits that no one else can see.
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