Primogenitor

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Primogenitor

You were the first. An entire bloodline and illustrious future was born from your actions and blood. Perhaps you were a famous alchemist who was sealed away in a deep sleep, only to have recently awoken. Maybe you were a renowned wizard who sired children, misplaced in the future by a botched spell. You could also have been an inventor or innovator who has now transcended temporal boundaries to see the fruits of your creation. In current time, you are living alongside your progeny somehow, despite having been possibly written out of history ages ago. You, the progenitor of the now, are a relic living in an anachronistic time. The means as to how you are here may be sinister or completely organic. Now that you are here and back, what will you do?
Skill Proficiencies: History, Arcana
Tool Proficiencies: One tool of your choice, tied to your original activity
Languages: One language of your choice, that was special or more common in your time
Equipment: A set of common clothes, a trinket from your younger days, and a belt pouch with 10 gp

Feature: Relic Habits

As the primogenitor, there are effects that are associated with even normal returns to the world. Which anachronistic effect affects you in this jarring and ill-fitted time?

Suggested Characteristics

Personality Traits (d8)

1I prefer to stay in the shadows and watch.
2I like to do things as they were meant to in tradition.
3I want to help people however I can.
4I am willing to do whatever is necessary to get my job done.
5Seeing others try makes me feel stronger.
6I try to be someone I am not to keep up appearances.
7I prefer to have others tell me what to do.
8I like to make my own choices.

Ideals (d6)

1Respect. I deserve more recognition for what I have done in history, and I will make people recognize me. (Any)
2Assimilation. I can live here, in this new time, if I can just get a hang of everything. (Neutral)
3Superior. I am the original. I deserve everything this time has, and I will take it by force if need be. (Evil)
4Alleviation. Problems from then are still problems now. The key to solving them may lie with me, who has seen it before. (Good)
5Observer. I do not belong here. All I can do is watch. (Lawful)
6Return. I don't care about the future. Take me back. (Chaotic)

Bonds (d6)

1I have a connection with one of my current family members, who resembles a long-gone loved one.
2A cult who worships my work rose me up with expectations of me to lead.
3I am a stranger, alone in a strange new time.
4I have loose connections to the descendants of an old friend.
5I long for the bygone days of my own time.
6Despite the passage of time, I still hope to make new friends.

Flaws (d6)

1I have a habit of rambling about the good old days.
2I have a hard time keeping awake even in the daytime.
3I like to do things in an inefficient manner.
4All I can think about are my own affairs.
5I will make cold, difficult choices because I simply do not care.
6I do not trust anyone to do anything. I will do it all myself.


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

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