Village Dunce

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Village Dunce

After leaving your home village (either for reasons only you understand or having merely wandered away), you find yourself far from what you know. With only a small badly drawn map of home and a trinket to remember it by, it's up to you what to do now. Do you sit on that log and stare at that hill? Do you stand in the middle of the street and wonder how you got there? Do you follow the funny man over there? Do you... wait, what are you doing? No, you can't- HEY, stop that! No you can't eat... SPIT IT OUT, not all rocks are candy!
Skill Proficiencies: Pick two: Animal Handling, Athletics, Nature, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: None
Languages: None
Equipment: A small knife, a map of the village you grew up in, a pet rat, a trinket from home, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 1 gp

Feature: Lovable Lummox

After leaving your home village (either for reasons only you understand or having merely wandered away), you find yourself far from what you know. With only a small badly drawn map of home and a trinket to remember it by, it's up to you what to do now. Do you sit on that log and stare at that hill? Do you stand in the middle of the street and wonder how you got there? Do you follow the funny man over there? Do you... wait, what are you doing? No, you can't- HEY, stop that! No you can't eat... SPIT IT OUT, not all rocks are candy! This is gonna be a long trip. Skill Proficiencies: Pick two: Animal Handling, Athletics, Nature, Survival Equipment: A small knife, a map of the village you grew up in, a pet rat, a trinket from home, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 1 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Personality Traits (d8)

1Everyday, you get to see things you've never seen before, causing you to be in a constant state of wonder.
2You really are much more intelligent that you appear, but are incapable of communicating this to anyone, like some wiring is wrong between your brain and body. If only you could find a mind reader...
3You make all sorts of "friends" wherever you go.
4You find certain objects extremely intriguing, such as shiny rocks or empty bottles.
5Sometimes you don't even understand how you know something.
6You know exactly what others think of you, and you're okay with it.
7You know exactly what others think of you, and you hate it.
8In your travels, you've learned one thing: that it's difficult to be understood.

Ideals (d6)

1Kindness. You do your best to protect others from bad people. (Good)
2Recompense. All kinds of people have helped you out over the years, and you want to repay their kindness! (Lawful)
3Anonymity. Everyone knows you as the local idiot back home. You're going to go where nobody knows you instead. (Neutral)
4Responsibility. Nobody trusts you with anything because they think you're stupid. You're taking it upon yourself to prove them wrong. (Chaotic)
5Worldliness. You want to travel around the world and learn all that you can. That way, nobody can say you're stupid anymore. (Neutral)
6Revenge. You're not actually stupid, your village just didn't want you. You're going to make them regret that. (Evil)

Bonds (d6)

1You owe everything to you childhood teacher who never gave up on you.
2Your parents protected you when the village wanted you gone.
3You've got loads of friends from all kinds of places, you just can't remember their names...
4You're going to get back at that kiss-up in school that got you branded as a dunce in the first place.
5Your aging guardian kicked you out and said you couldn't come back until you got a job.
6You would quite literally protect your pet rat with your life.

Flaws (d6)

1You're easily distracted, moving from one thing to the next rather quickly.
2You often get overwhelmed with tasks and become angry at yourself.
3You are too trusting of strangers.
4You're not great in social situations.
5You get extremely upset if anyone calls you stupid, even in jest.
6You tend to accidentally steal things. Hey, it looked like a free sample, alright?!


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