Refugee (5e Background)
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Refugee[edit]
A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence. But violence can be for you hate crimes that due to you existing you could be killed. Just think of these questions to help:
Why are you a refugee? What happened to your land? Are you maybe from an entirely different world or plane? Is the place you are from gone, taken over or just unable for you to exist?
Skill Proficiencies: Choose two skills: Survival, Perception, Nature or Medicine
Tool Proficiencies: Pick a way you escaped - You escaped by water: Vehicle (Water) or You escaped by land: Vehicle (Land) and then pick one of these three: Disguise kit, Thieves' tools or Navigator's tools.
Languages: Pick one common language.
Equipment: A trinket of your old home, a set of torn clothes, a hooded cloak, a simple weapon of your choice, a backpack, and 15 sp
Feature: Lost World[edit]
Due to the loss of your country, world, plan or wherever you came from people see you as someone they would like to help. If you are in a city or town with no place to eat or sleep then you can get a room of decent quality and food but if you wish to bring your friends then you have to convince the person that wants to help but you have advantage to this roll check.
Suggested Characteristics[edit]
People of lost homes have different reactions and thoughts on their whole experience.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I say sorry too much when I make a mistake. |
| 2 | My body has scars or marks due to my escape. |
| 3 | I am easily scared or frightened. |
| 4 | I cant control my anger no matter the reason for my anger. |
| 5 | I am extremely protective of my friends, as though they were my own family. |
| 6 | I need distractions due to my mind overthinking what happened to my old home. |
| 7 | I trivialize the true depth or magnitude of a situation. |
| 8 | I sometimes space out due to my old habits of drowing out sounds I didnt want to hear. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Survival. I wish to live another day for those who cannot. (Good) |
| 2 | Needed. The place I use to live in is no longer, but it had it coming. (Neutral) |
| 3 | Revenge. I will destroy those who destroyed my land, even the ones who didn't know of it. Thye didn't try to learn. (Evil) |
| 4 | Protective. When I can I will protect others who are going through what I did. (Lawful) |
| 5 | Reclaim. I will free my people, no matter the cost. (any) |
| 6 | Violence. I'll make them all feel what I and my land did. (Chaotic) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I always try to help other in need to make sure what I went through doesn't happen again. The pain I went through will always stay with me. |
| 2 | I hate the one that hurt my home. I'll never forget it. |
| 3 | Though I am just a refugee, I'll prove what my people can do to others. I'll always remember my home |
| 4 | I will treat my friends like my family, even though they arent blood. |
| 5 | My family if they are still alive, I will never forget what they did for me. |
| 6 | I want to learn the reasons behind my home and my enemys violence, knowledge will never escape my mind. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I can't help saying sorry after doing something bad. |
| 2 | I always get scared of people who are from the place attack my home. |
| 3 | I find it hard to trust people who are not similar to me. |
| 4 | I can't prevent myself from lying due to my old home. |
| 5 | I'm use to being unclean and unmannered to the point of seeming educated. |
| 6 | I was always poor, until I found out how easy it is to steal. Kleptomania is something I want to suppress. |
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