You spent years learning from a mentor or an established group, whether you enjoyed or loathed your time the result was the same. You have left them, and you are alone. Although you are no longer an Apprentice, you still know the knowledge and skills from your apprenticeship that many would only dream to know. So what will you use these skills for, well... that's for you to know and to show the world.

Skill Proficiencies: Survival, and one skill of your choice, as appropriate to your Apprenticeship

Tool Proficiencies: One of your choice, preferred to be related to you apprenticeship

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment: A bottle of black ink, a quill, a small knife, a book of notes from your apprenticeship, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Runaway Apprentices could have been at any point of their apprenticeship, from just started to just about to finish their apprenticeship when they ran away. Depending on why the individual left is a large part of who the Apprentice is. Some runaways are delinquents who just runaway or they could left due to feeling that their mentor(s) were holding them back and thought that they would learn more on their own. Even some could be accused of a crime during their apprenticeship and ran away to find the true culprit.  

d8	Personality Trait
1	I use knowledge from my past to attempt to sound Superior to others
2	I have a crude sense of humor.
3	I’m used to helping out those who aren’t as smart as I am, and I patiently explain anything and everything to others.
4	I like to talk at length about my apprenticeship.
5	I’m willing to listen to every side of an argument before I make my own judgment.
6	I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it—I’m a perfectionist
7	I am horribly, horribly awkward in social situations.
8	I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets.

d6	Ideal
1	Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral)
2	Greater Good. My gifts are meant to be shared with all, not used for my own benefit. (Good)
3	Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful)
4	Free Thinking. Inquiry and curiosity are the pillars of progress. (Chaotic)
5	Power. Knowledge is the path to power and domination. (Evil)
6	Self-Improvement. The goal of a life of study is the betterment of oneself. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I must complete my Apprenticeship at some point
2	I have an ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands.
3	I will someday get revenge on the individual who forced me out of my apprenticeship
4	I write everything that I learn in a collection of books that I carry
5	I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question.
6	I owe my life to the individual who allowed me to runaway from my apprenticeship

d6	Flaw
1	I am easily distracted by the promise of information.
2	I am inflexible in my thinking.
3	There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.
4	I left my apprenticeship on unfavorable terms, now they hunt me down because of what I have done
5	I speak without really thinking through my words.
6	I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals.