Dungeons & Dragons 5e Background: Freed Slave
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Freed Slave
Skill Proficiencies Acrobatics or Athletics and Performance or Survival
Tool Proficiencies An artisan’s tools or musical instrument fitting your tasks
Equipment A set of clothes fitting your task, a tool you are proficient in, a worthless memento, a bedroll, an empty pouch.
Features
Endure Anything: In your years as slave you had to take many punishments and endured various atrocities. Broken or not, it has left you with a mental fortress. You can revert to a state of mind where your body acts but your mind is empty, allowing you to endure suffering, shut out reality and preserve your sanity.
Traits
| Roll a d8 1d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
1 | I long for a home I lost very early or never had. |
2 | A modest life is like extravagancy for me. |
3 | I despise people like my former masters. |
4 | I’m more comfortable in the backdrop than in the center of attention. |
5 | Out of habit I do certain chores for the people around me. |
6 | Memories of my past still haunts me. |
7 | Despite my freedom, I’m still stoic and hardly show my emotions. |
8 | I don’t complain, I’ve (probably) seen worse. |
Ideal
| Roll a d6 1d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
1 | Generosity: I give everything I have to those in more need than me. (Good) |
2 | Justice: My tormentor(s) must be stopped. (Lawful) |
3 | Liberation: Every shackle must be broken. (Chaotic) |
4 | Vengeance: I shall make my former masters my slaves. (Evil) |
5 | Freedom: I want to see as much of the world as possible. (Neutral) |
6 | Self-reliant: I take care of myself and respect those who can too. (Any) |
Bond
| Roll a d6 1d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
1 | My chains are broken, but a tattoo, scar or marking remains on my skin. |
2 | I’m indebted to someone who freed me, I’ll do anything for them. |
3 | Someone innocent got hurt in my escape. I must ask for forgiveness from them or their relatives. |
4 | A relative of my former masters was always kind to me, I wish to repay them someday. |
5 | I did terrible things to be on good terms with my former masters, I seek redemption. |
6 | I long to aid others who were in my position. |
Flaw
| Roll a d6 1d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
1 | I follow orders without question. |
2 | I lie, steal or hide when made nervous. |
3 | I can’t help but revel in any worldly pleasure. |
4 | Someone or my former masters wants me returned or dead. |
5 | I tend to let others decide for me - unless it is utterly important to me. |
6 | Acting condescending in my presence will earn you a word with me or my fists. |
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by 3 Armored Kittens · Prodromos v.1.1 - World Anvil 0.9.15.042 © 2017-2024 [en] | Anvil Time: 01:53, Nov 6 2024