Stranded

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Stranded

You landed on some foreign shores, tossed here against your will, perhaps left for dead. Where are you? How will you survive here? Who are the inhabitants? Are they friendly, or do they mean harm? There is foreign danger all around you, and you are stuck. You must adapt to survive.
Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Insight or Stealth
Tool Proficiencies: One musical instrument of your choice, and a gaming set
Languages: A language from this new place you've acquired
Equipment: A piece of jewelry or note from your origin, worn maps to your original destination, one musical instrument of your choice, traveler's clothes, and a belt pouch of 5 gp

Feature: Scrappy

Where were you stranded in relation to where you were going or what you were doing? Were you perhaps a spy now forgotten behind enemy lines? Or were you an innocent merchant who has now lost everything in a seemingly deserted new place?

Suggested Characteristics

Personality Traits (d8)

1I tend to be very withdrawn.
2Bad sleep makes me incoherent.
3I love to talk about where I came from, even if no one listens.
4I am easily irritated by different things.
5People being nosy drives me insane.
6A man is just as dangerous as any beast.
7Strength is what tides me over in my worst moments.
8I try to help others in the same straits as me.

Ideals (d6)

1Escape. I don't care, I just want out. (Chaotic)
2Return. I want to get back home! (Any)
3Onward. This is just a setback. I need to keep going. (Lawful)
4Conquest. I think I can use these inhabitants to my advantage... (Evil)
5Survival. If I can hang on, someone will definitely come for me... (Neutral)
6Hope. I think I was meant to be here to help someone. (Good)

Bonds (d6)

1I have people waiting for me back where I came from.
2I am a self reliant person who needs no one.
3These natives are in need of someone like me.
4I grow attached to these new people I come to live with.
5I cannot sup with those with different customs.
6My ways are superior that of the others here so they should listen to me.

Flaws (d6)

1I am very arrogant about my culture.
2I can be overly intolerant of others.
3I am deathly shy.
4Other languages are hard for me.
5I would rather die than try some new things.
6I think too much of myself and neglect the needs of others.


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

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