Made by the Gods (5e Background)
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Made by the Gods[edit]
Whether you were born or handcrafted from clay, it was a certain God or Goddess who gave you your life, making you a sort of Demi-God. It's your choice if you gave them your fealty for their help in your creation, or if you came to despise them for doing so. Being connected to the Gods can come with great fame and wealth or with a torrent of calamity and strife. Wherever your life took you, your fate may have been decided before you were born, as it is with most who have connections to such beings.
Skill Proficiencies: 2 of you choice, dependant on the God who created you.
Examples:
- Aphrodite - Persuasion & Performance
- Macha - Athletics & Nature
- Zorya - Perception and Insight
- Set - Intimidation and Deception
Tool Proficiencies: 1 of your choice, dependant on the Domain of the God who created you.
Examples:
- Hephaestus - Smith's Tools.
- Pan - Pan Flute.
- Athena - Weaver's Tools.
- Loki - Thieves' Tools.
- Thoth - One gaming set of your choice.
Languages: One language of your choice, dependant on the God who created you.
Examples:
- The Morrigan - Sylvan
- Poseidon - Aquan
- Tiamat - Draconic
- Geb - Terran
Equipment: A set of traveller's clothes, one trinket worth no more than 10gp that symbolises your God, a pouch containing 10gp and choose one item depending on your God.
Examples:
- Pan - Pan Flute.
- Ares - One non-magical weapon of your choice.
- Dionysus - A bottle of wine worth no more than 20gp.
- Poseidon - Navigator's Tools.
Feature: Mark of the Demi-God[edit]
Due to the influence a God had in your creation, you bear a mark that symbolizes their domain. Roll on the table below, choose one or create your own.
| d8 | Demi-God Mark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Your skin shimmers in the moonlight. |
| 2 | You have a Lichtenburg figure scar somewhere on your body. |
| 3 | Some of your skin is covered in scales. |
| 4 | Your eyes look blind but you have always been able to see fine. |
| 5 | Your shadow moves on its own. |
| 6 | Flowers bloom in your presence. |
| 7 | Your arms are covered in script that can't be read. |
| 8 | You always smell of the sweetest wine. |
Suggested Characteristics[edit]
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Good music always makes me want to dance. |
| 2 | Like a nomad, I can’t settle down in one place for very long. |
| 3 | I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries. |
| 4 | I take great pains to always look my best and follow the latest fashions. |
| 5 | I have a crude sense of humour. |
| 6 | I face problems head-on. A simple, direct solution is the best path to success. |
| 7 | I blow up at the slightest insult. |
| 8 | I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chains are meant to be broken, as are those who would forge them. |
| 2 | In life as in war, the stronger force wins. |
| 3 | Blood runs thicker than water. |
| 4 | Knowledge is the path to power and domination. |
| 5 | I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. |
| 6 | I won't let go of a grudge. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I would never break my word. |
| 2 | A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| 3 | I have an ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands. |
| 4 | I will face any challenge to win the approval of my family. |
| 5 | Those who fight beside me are those worth dying for. |
| 6 | There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I talk to spirits that no one else can see. |
| 2 | I am easily distracted by the promise of information. |
| 3 | In fact, the world does revolve around me. |
| 4 | I have many vices and tend to indulge them. |
| 5 | I'd rather eat my armour than admit when I'm wrong. |
| 6 | I easily lose track of time. My poor sense of time means I'm always late. |
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