Experiment

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Experiment

You are the result of a twisted combination of experimentation and the manipulation of life. Your master manipulated you from his own hand to serve his curiosity and desire to push the godlike powers of trial and error to the limit. Perhaps you were created by your master, or perhaps you were kidnapped and "modified". You have since fled your confines or have been released, and found your place in the outside world, adapting to it or surviving in spite of it. You could have spent any number of years trapped with your creator. Did he do malicious tests on you while you were chained to a wall, was he obsessive and caring about his pet, or did he just seek perfection? Were you caged or trapped in an atrium for the amusement of a jeering crowd? Was there just one magician or scientist behind y
Skill Proficiencies: Choose Two. Deception, History, Investigation, Medicine, Perception, or Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Choose One: Alchemist's Supplies, Herbalism Kit, Disguise Kit, Thieves' Tools
Languages: Draconic, Infernal, or Primordial. One of your choice
Equipment: A backpack, a (ragged) set of common or traveler's clothes, a sack, a crowbar or small knife, a lantern, two flasks of oil, (incomplete?) lab notes on the experiment, a blanket, 50 feet of hempen or silk rope, and a belt pouch containing 15 GP.

Feature: Scars of Conception

You are the result of a twisted combination of experimentation and the manipulation of life. Your master manipulated you from his own hand to serve his curiosity and desire to push the godlike powers of trial and error to the limit. Perhaps you were created by your master, or perhaps you were kidnapped and "modified". You have since fled your confines or have been released, and found your place in the outside world, adapting to it or surviving in spite of it. You could have spent any number of years trapped with your creator. Did he do malicious tests on you while you were chained to a wall, was he obsessive and caring about his pet, or did he just seek perfection? Were you caged or trapped in an atrium for the amusement of a jeering crowd? Was there just one magician or scientist behind you, or was it a team of curious voyeurs filled with the urge to find out the limits of our natural world? Did you escape or were you set free? Were there more of you? Skill Proficiencies: Choose Two. Deception, History, Investigation, Medicine, Perception, or Survival. Tool Proficiencies: Choose One: Alchemist's Supplies, Herbalism Kit, Disguise Kit, Thieves' Tools. Languages: Draconic, Infernal, or Primordial. One of your choice. Equipment: A backpack, a (ragged) set of common or traveler's clothes, a sack, a crowbar or small knife, a lantern, two flasks of oil, (incomplete?) lab notes on the experiment, a blanket, 50 feet of hempen or silk rope, and a belt pouch containing 15 GP.

Suggested Characteristics

Personality Traits (d8)

1I like bright lights.
2There's a spot behind my ear I need to scratch and it's driving me crazy.
3I can't speak to the opposite sex very well yet.
4Communicating with me is difficult, until I feel comfortable with you.
5Every so often I get urges to eat lots of food, it makes me very happy.
6I find myself confused when people hug.
7Sometimes I just like to relax and pop the blisters that rise up on my stomach.
8I like to watch waves crash on beaches, they calm me.

Ideals (d6)

1The highest evil is the invasion of another person's life. (Good)
2Killing is okay if it's the elimination of possible risks to yourself. (Chaotic)
3You can accomplish anything without harm, somehow. (Any)
4Freedom is unappreciated, and is one of the only things that deserves to be defended. (Chaotic)
5I have endured so much pain, that anything I commit is justified, because it doesn't even compare to what I went through. (Evil)
6My pain was necessary, and has made me only stronger. (Lawful)

Bonds (d6)

1My master was the only person I felt knew my potential, and truly respected me.
2I abandoned my family when I left, they're still trapped back there.
3My strongest bond is to myself, no one ever helped me as much as I helped myself.
4I will kill my master. It is inevitable.
5I would not have escaped if it weren't for the comrades that helped me.
6I forget who I was before I was, "changed".

Flaws (d6)

1I hate it when people smile more than they should.
2The sound of chains triggers painful memories.
3I am filled with a ravenous desire to eat away at my flesh.
4I rarely manage to sleep.
5I get distracted easily.
6Sometimes I weep uncontrollably. I can't explain it.


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Source: D&D Wiki - Experiment (5e Background)

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