You are from a strange world, culture, or origin. Your mannerisms and personality tend to make those around you uncomfortable and make you extremely difficult to read your emotions. You have learned to use this to your advantage in social situations.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Deception, Intimidation, Insight, or Persuasion
- 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).
Strange Event
When you were young, a strange event occurred and altered your personality, character, or even your appearance. This event has become apart of who you are.
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Strange Event |
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You were born into a secluded culture and are unaware of social norms
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2
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As a child your imagination was so active that you created entire worlds and people that you sometimes confuse for reality
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3
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A mysterious being has taken an interest in you and often whispers ideas in your ear that influence your decisions
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4
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You have a strange physical appearance that effects perception of you
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5
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Your parents experimented with dark magic when you were conceived
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6
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You woke up one morning and remembered 3 past lives.
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7
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A hag kidnapped and raised you. You escaped, but the time spent with this evil creature has twisted your view of the world
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8
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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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9
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A fey locked in this plane has chosen you as their play thing. You are the only one that can perceive them.
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10
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You were cast out of the far realm. You are one of a kind and know not of your origins other than that.
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Feature: Weirdly Charming
Your uniqueness is apparent immediately when speaking with someone. Even though you can often be seen as extremely odd, others can find it charming and tend to see you as a character. If you spend time speaking with someone and telling stories (real or imagined) you are more able than most to win them over and form a bond.
Suggested Characteristics
You have learned to live with the terror that haunts you. You are a survivor, who can be very protective of those who bring light into your darkened life.
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Personality Trait |
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I allow my impulses to rule me.
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2
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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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Money is of no consequence and I want for very little.
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I live to be celebrated.
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I lie profusely and on a whim.
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I expect the worst in people and keep my wits about me.
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I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized.
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I am fascinated by love and become infatuated quickly.
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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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The voice I hear gives me knowledge about who I can trust. (Chaotic)
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The impulses I feel come from a place I don't understand but must be celebrated. (Chaotic)
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Others that are different deserve to be heard as I was not. (Lawful)
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The things that make me strange also set me apart and give me the right to act. (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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I seek to understand the ways of the world and be loved for my perspectives
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My parents blame me for their troubles. I seek mentorship from those I admire
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4
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My strangeness isolates me. I seek to find acceptance.
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5
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I must control the chaos the swirls in my mind.
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6
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I feel a connection to a being from another world
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Flaw |
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I make insensitive remarks about death and dying
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I am blissfully naive
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3
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I have strange perceptions and perspectives that others find off-putting
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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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