{"name":"Forest Dweller","overview":"You are a creature of the forest, born and reared\r\nunder a canopy of green. You expected to live all your\r\ndays in the forest, at one with the green things of the\r\nworld, until an unforeseen occurrence, traumatic or\r\ntransformative, drove you from your familiar home\r\nand into the larger world. Civilization is strange to\r\nyou, the open sky unfamiliar, and the bizarre ways of\r\nthe so-called civilized world run counter to the truths\r\nof the natural world.\r\n\r\n[h1]Life-Changing Event[\/h1]\r\nYou have lived a simple life deep in the sheltering\r\nboughs of the forest, be it as a trapper, farmer, or\r\nvillager eking out a simple existence in the forest.\r\nBut something happened that set you on a different\r\npath and marked you for greater things. Choose or\r\nrandomly determine a defining event that caused you\r\nto leave your home for the wider world.\r\n[table]\r\n[tr]\r\n[th]d8[\/th]\r\n[th]Event[\/th]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]1[\/td]\r\n[td]You were living within the forest when\r\ncesspools of magical refuse from a nearby\r\ncity expanded and drove away the game that\r\nsustained you. You had to move to avoid the\r\nprospect of a long, slow demise via starvation.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]2[\/td]\r\n[td]Your village was razed by a contingent of\r\nundead. For reasons of its own, the forest\r\nand its denizens protected and hid you from\r\ntheir raid.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]3[\/td]\r\n[td]A roving band of skeletons and zombies\r\nattacked your family while you were hunting.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]4[\/td]\r\n[td]You are an ardent believer in the preservation\r\nof the forest and the natural world. When\r\nthe people of your village abandoned those\r\nbeliefs, you were cast out and expelled into\r\nthe forest.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]5[\/td]\r\n[td]You wandered into the forest as a child and\r\nbecame lost. For inexplicable reasons, the\r\nforest took an interest in you. You have faint\r\nmemories of a village and have had no contact\r\nwith civilization in many years.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]6[\/td]\r\n[td]You were your village\u2019s premier hunter. They\r\nrelied on you for game and without your\r\ncontributions their survival in the winter was\r\nquestionable. Upon returning from your last\r\nhunt, you found your village in ruins, as if\r\ndecades had passed overnight.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]7[\/td]\r\n[td]Your quiet, peaceful, and solitary existence\r\nhas been interrupted with dreams of the\r\nforest\u2019s destruction, and the urge to leave your\r\nhome compels you to seek answers.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr]\r\n[td]8[\/td]\r\n[td]Once in a hidden glen, you danced with\r\ngolden fey and forgotten gods. Nothing in\r\nyour life since approaches that transcendent\r\nmoment, cursing you with a wanderlust to\r\nseek something that could.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[\/table]\r\n","skillproficiences":"Nature, Survival","toolproficiences":"Woodcarver\u2019s tools, herbalism kit","lifestyle":"","languages":"Sylvan","equipment":"A set of common clothes, a hunting\r\ntrap, a wood staff, a whetstone, an explorer\u2019s pack,\r\nand a pouch containing 5 gp","features":"[b]Feature: Forester[\/b] \r\n[br]\r\nYour experience living, hunting, and foraging in\r\nthe woods gives you a wealth of experience to draw\r\nupon when you are traveling within a forest. If you\r\nspend 1 hour observing, examining, and exploring\r\nyour surroundings while in a forest, you are able to\r\nidentify a safe location to rest. The area is protected\r\nfrom all but the most extreme elements and from the\r\nnonmagical native beasts of the forest. In addition,\r\nyou are able to find sufficient kindling for a small fire\r\nthroughout the night.","suggestedcharacteristics":"Forest dwellers tend toward solitude, introspection,\r\nand self-sufficiency. You keep your own council, and\r\nyou are more likely to watch from a distance than get\r\ninvolved in the affairs of others. You are wary, slow to\r\ntrust, and cautious of depending on outsiders.","traits":"d8 | Personality Trait |\r\n1 | I will never forget being hungry in the winter. I field dress beasts that fall to blade or arrow so that I am never hungry again. |\r\n2 | I may be alone in the forest, but I am only ever lonely in cities. |\r\n3 | Walking barefoot allows me to interact more intuitively with the natural world. |\r\n4 | The road is just another kind of wall. I make my own paths and go where I will. |\r\n5 | Others seek the gods in temples and shrines, but I know their will is only revealed in the natural world, not an edifice constructed by so-called worshippers. I pray in the woods, never indoors. |\r\n6 | What you call personal hygiene, I call an artificially imposed distraction from natural living. |\r\n7 | No forged weapon can replace the sheer joy of a kill accomplished only with hands and teeth. |\r\n8 | Time lived alone has made me accustomed to talking loudly to myself, something I still do even when others are present. |","ideal":"d6 | Ideal |\r\n1 | Change. As the seasons shift, so too does the world around us. To resist is futile and anathema to the natural order. (Chaotic) |\r\n2 | Conservation. All life should be preserved and, if needed, protected. (Good) |\r\n3 | Acceptance. I am a part of my forest, no different from any other flora and fauna. To think otherwise is arrogance and folly. When I die, it will be as a leaf falling in the woods. (Neutral) |\r\n4 | Cull. The weak must be removed for the strong to thrive. (Evil) |\r\n5 | Candor. I am open, plain, and simple in life, word, and actions. (Any) |\r\n6 | Balance. The forest does not lie. The beasts do not create war. Equity in all things is the way of nature. (Neutral) |","bond":"d6 | Bond |\r\n1 | When I lose a trusted friend or companion, I plant a tree upon their grave. |\r\n2 | The voice of the forest guides me, comforts me, and protects me. |\r\n3 | The hermit who raised me and taught me the ways of the forest is the most important person in my life. |\r\n4 | I have a wooden doll, a tiny wickerman, that I made as a child and carry with me at all times. |\r\n5 | I know the ways of civilizations rise and fall. The forest and the Old Ways are eternal. |\r\n6 | I am driven to protect the natural order from those that would disrupt it. |","flaw":"d6 | Flaw |\r\n1 | I am accustomed to doing what I like when I like. I\u2019m bad at compromising, and I must exert real effort to make even basic conversation with other people. |\r\n2 | I won\u2019t harm a beast without just cause or provocation. |\r\n3 | Years of isolated living has left me blind to the nuances of social interaction. It is a struggle not to view every new encounter through the lens of fight or flight. |\r\n4 | The decay after death is merely the loam from which new growth springs\u2014and I enjoy nurturing new growth. |\r\n5 | An accident that I caused incurred great damage upon my forest, and, as penance, I have placed myself in self-imposed exile. |\r\n6 | I distrust the undead and the unliving, and I refuse to work with them. |","tabledata":"","tags":"","isShared":"on","templateId":"24","blockId":"1125576","world":"9aaee05a-a562-4ee5-a9b0-6a03fbf9082b","folder":"7421"}