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⛏️5e - Haunted⛏️
Spirits exist. It’s a simple fact of reality that most people forget until the specter of some long forgotten soul appears before them. But for you, it’s a constant reality. For some, the spirit that follows them has been there since childhood, as an imaginary friend or a monster in the dark. For others, the dead come at a later date, often in the wake of a terrible tragedy.
Ability Score Increase: +1 Wisdom and one other ability score of your choice (both to a maximum of +4).
Feat: Choose one: 🥇Alert, 🥇Magic Initiate (Occult), 🥇Survivor, or a special 🥇Origin Feat (Dark Gift feats recommended).
Skill Proficiencies: You gain 🎲Proficiency in 💃Occultism and 💃Religion, or one level of 🎲Expertise if you are already proficient.
Tool Proficiencies: You gain 🎲Proficiency with one 🛠️Gaming Set of your choice, or one level of 🎲Expertise, if you are already proficient.
Languages: You either gain one mastery level in two 🗣️Languages of your choice, or two mastery levels in one 🗣️Language of your choice.
Equipment: A 🛠️Gaming Set (the one you chose as your proficiency above), 🪓Crowbar, 1 flask 🏺Holy Water, 🪓Mirror, 2 flasks 🏺Lamp Oil, 🪓Signal Whistle, 💡Tinderbox, 👔Travelling Clothes, 5 💡 Torches, 🪓Waterskin, 1d4 Silver Pieces.
Connection and Memento: Roll 1d10, choose, or make up your own.
Haunted Connections
- A descendant of your spirit who blames them for current misfortunes.
- Another haunted individual who came to you seeking help with their spirit in a time of crisis.
- The murderer who killed your spirit.
- A ghost who has consulted your spirit during a time of need.
- The bereaved spouse your spirit left behind who will do nearly anything to speak with their lost love.
- Your spirit, a childhood friend or a romantic partner before tragedy struck.
- Your spirits, a gaggle of bickering ancestors trying to use you to right a terrible wrong.
- A relative of your spirit who killed them in order to inherit a fortune.
- Your spirit, a hateful enemy of your family who is bound to you through a quirk of misfortune.
- Your spirit, who haunts their own body after you stole it and took up residence.
Haunted Memento
- A personal item (jewelry, tools, weapon, ect) once owned by your spirit. You can’t seem to get rid of it.
- A locket containing the image of the one who haunts you.
- The scent of your spirit’s favored cologne or perfume that clings to you.
- A small pouch of soil taken from your spirit’s grave.
- A letter of introduction penned by your spirit, giving you their blessing.
- Journals of your spirit’s life.
- An innocuous nonmagical item that your spirit tells you is of dire importance.
- The manacles that shackled your spirit before their death.
- A cryptic note written by your spirit who has no memory of its existence.
- The signet ring of your spirit, who you claim as your parent or ancestor.