Rewarded
Source: The Book of Many Things
You were living a difficult life before your destiny suddenly changed through a miraculous turn of good fortune. Perhaps a benevolent deity gave you precisely what you most desired. You might have stumbled across a Deck of Many Things and drawn a card with a potent, positive effect. Or maybe you inherited a modest fortune from a distant relative you didn't know you had. Regardless, you left the daily miseries of your old life behind in favor of a life of adventure and excitement. Your old debts have been paid, responsibilities you thought inescapable are behind you, or you suddenly possess rare and unusual skills unknown to ordinary folk.
Skill Proficiencies
Insight, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies
One gaming set of your choice
Languages
One of your choice
Equipment
A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, five sheets of paper, a gaming set (matching your chosen proficiency), a signet ring, a set of fine clothes, and a pouch containing 18 gp
Features
Fortune's Favor
Your unexpected good fortune is reflected by a minor boon. You gain the Lucky, Magic Initiate, or Skilled feat (your choice). Your choice of feat reflects the transformation that changed your life.
Building a Rewarded Character
Rewarded characters have varied histories, but they have one thing in common: they were down on their luck before their lives abruptly turned around. They might have given up all hope of a happier life, only to suddenly get a second chance. A rewarded character has often spent many years struggling to escape painful circumstances. Now, extricated from the (sometimes literal) prison that was their former life, they throw their cares to the wind and become adventurers.
Suggested Characteristics
Personality Traits
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | A safe home is a foundation on which anything else can be built. (Key, Throne) |
| 2 | I was elevated to heights I could never otherwise attain, and I won't waste my fortune. (Star, Sun) |
| 3 | I try to be a source of inspiration and joy to others. Life is never as bad as you think! (Euryale, Jester) |
| 4 | Courage and boldness can carry the day when all else fails. (Comet, Knight) |
| 5 | My good fortune means I can lift others up as well. (Gem, Moon) |
| 6 | Having the right answers is the first step to solving any problem, no matter how dire. (Fates, Sage) |
Rewarded Trinkets
When you make your character, you may roll once on the Rewarded Trinkets table, instead of on the Trinkets table in the Player's Handbook, for your starting trinket.
| d6 | Trinket |
|---|---|
| 1 | A perfumed silk scarf from an admirer |
| 2 | A crystal bead that glows like a candle in the dark |
| 3 | A letter of introduction and invitation from an influential person in a far-off city |
| 4 | A motto or symbol whose meaning eludes you, etched on a piece of your equipment |
| 5 | A crisp playing card that never seems to tear or soil, depicting the card that affected you |
| 6 | Half a medallion designed to be rejoined to its other half |