User:Quincy/Bearer of the Curse (5e Background)

Bearer of the Curse

Once branded. The symbol of the curse. An augur of darkness. Your past. Your future. Your very light. None will have meaning, and you won't even care. By then, you'll be something other than human. A thing that feeds on souls. One who is soon to hollow. With your past and your memories gone you have nothing left but to make a new life "born again" with the brand. A new Profession, a new title, and a new way of thinking.

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation and Athletics, or Perception and Acrobatics

Tool Proficiencies: One of your choice

Languages: Infernal

Equipment: A set of torn and tattered common clothes, and a choice of one of the following trinkets: A thin iron ring with a ruby in the middle, a simple wood carved doll, a faint glowing crystal, a bone, a large seed, A glass bowl with a faint flame that continuously burns, a fossilized lump of coal.

Life before the Curse

Your life, though not as it will be, but as it was...

d8	Story
1	Warrior: Battle-scarred warrior.
2	Knight: Traveling knight.
3	Swordsman: Finely skilled swordsman.
4	Bandit: A merciless outlaw.
5	Cleric: A Cleric on a pilgrimage.
6	Sorcerer: Knowledgeable sorcerer.
7	Explorer: Well-traveled explorer.
8	Deprived: Origin Unknown.

You believe you were something? hehehehe, no...no you have never been anything. Not until today, you've awaken, molded into something you cannot say you are not. Faith, Love, Motivation?... Passion... gone.. all gone. but now you are marked! you are something... or nothing... I've forgotten... from now on you choose your own path! a new one! a better one! do not let the mark dilly dally in the way of your new life!

Feature: Path Walker

Driven by the desire to press on even while bearing the mark and fight to possibly one day break the very Curse that was placed upon your body, gain the ability to use very little and seemingly useless information as well as an insight roll to pinpoint your path unto the next objective you or your party possess.

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I'm incredibly optimistic in the face of my terrible curse.
2	I get angry when I hear people complaining about their lives. They don't know what true misfortune is!
3	I engage in a variety of rituals to attempt to lessen my curse.
4	I am fearful of creatures that share an origin with my curse.
5	I pray frequently, hoping the gods will break my curse.
6	I always try to persevere when the odds are against me.
7	Taking risks is worth it, if it gives me a chance to test the curse's power.
8	I am often melancholic when presented with the effects of my curse.

d6	Ideal
1	Fate I was cursed for a reason, and therefore I will live with this burden. (Lawful)
2	Experimental Perhaps this will break the curse! No? Well, then maybe I'll give this a try! Not that either? Then maybe... (Chaotic)
3	Suffering If I must bear this pain then so shall the world! (Evil)
4	Defiance I will do the one thing that this curse cannot stop me from doing... ignoring it. (Any)
5	Retribution My ancestors deserved this curse but I will do whatever i must to cleanse my bloodline! (Chaotic)
6	Triumph Each victory I have is precious, for each one is a blow against my curse! (Good)

d6	Bond
1	The being that cursed me knows a dark secret about me or my bloodline. This is payment for them keeping silent.
2	This curse pushed my family or lover away. I would do anything to get them back.
3	I had a master who died in an attempt to remove my curse.
4	I took the place of the one who was supposed to have this curse.
5	I've been kicked out of towns and cities before because they were afraid I'd bring bad luck.
6	I almost had a lover once but they fled when they found out. It was probably my lowest point.

d6	Flaw
1	I blame misfortune on the curse even when I know it was my own actions that caused it.
2	I secretly wish I could transfer my curse onto another to escape it, no matter who that person is.
3	I have become cold and bitter as the curse has pushed people away.
4	I am shook by devastating nightmares and sometimes have panic attacks.
5	I am slow to trust others. After all, others cursed me once, and ive never cursed anyone.
6	I hate it when other people refer to me as "cursed" or "unfortunate", and will get verbal when they do.

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