{"name":"Ruined","ability_scores":"","feat":"","skill_proficiencies":"Stealth, Survival","tool_proficiency":"One gaming set of your choice (such as playing cards or three-dragon ante cards)","equipment":"A cracked hourglass, a set of rusty manacles, a half-empty bottle, a hunting trap, a gaming set (matching your chosen proficiency), a set of traveler\u2019s clothes, and a pouch containing 13 gp","details":"[b]Languages[\/b]: One of your choice\r\n[br][br]\r\n[quote]Everything was going so well! You had a life of luxury, love, and comfort when you suddenly lost it all. Perhaps you were framed for crimes you didn\u2019t commit and lost your reputation, fortune, and career. Maybe a rampaging dragon or another monster wiped out everything you had in a single calamitous afternoon. Or you might have sought out a Deck of Many Things, hoping to make your successful life even more glorious\u2014only to draw a destructive card that changed your destiny forever.\r\n[in]Your desperation has driven you to the career of adventurer. You don\u2019t seek out dark dungeons and their monstrous inhabitants for excitement and glory; you do it because every other path is closed to you. But you have risen high on fortune\u2019s wheel once before, and with luck and fortitude, you could do so again.[\/in][\/quote]\r\n[h1]Features[\/h1]\r\n[li][b]Still Standing[\/b][\/li]\r\nYou have weathered ruinous misfortune, and you possess hidden reserves others don\u2019t expect. You gain the [blocklink:1545314], [blocklink:1545588], or [blocklink:1545666] feat (your choice). Your choice of feat reflects how you\u2019ve dealt with the terrible loss that changed your life forever. If you\u2019ve kept your senses sharp for every opportunity and climbed your way out of misery by seizing the tiniest scrap of hope, choose [blocklink:1545314]. If you\u2019ve redoubled your efforts to reclaim what was once yours, choose [blocklink:1545588]. If you\u2019ve stoically persevered through your misfortune, select [blocklink:1545666].\r\n[h1]Suggested Motivations[\/h1]\r\nRuined characters were on top of the world before misfortune struck. Many were wealthy. Others come from modest backgrounds, but they were surrounded by friends, family, and loved ones. They might have been famous, or simply never encountered serious hardship before. Some were born to privilege or rose to prominence through trickery or a false reputation. Now a Deck of Many Things\u2014or another calamity\u2014has knocked them down like a house of cards.\r\n[in]If your character\u2019s life was ruined by a Deck of Many Things, consider which card was responsible. Perhaps your character was imprisoned for years by the Donjon or Void card, and now everyone they knew has died. Maybe your character drew the Rogue card, and the person closest to them\u2014a spouse, child, or parent\u2014turned against them. A devil unleashed by the Flames card might have destroyed their life. The Ruin or Talons card might have stolen the character\u2019s material goods or saddled them with vast debt.[\/in]\r\n[in]Rising above misfortune shapes one\u2019s perspective. The Ruined Personality Traits table suggests traits you might adopt for your character (and ruinous cards that might have prompted this trait).[\/in]\r\n[br][spoiler][table]\r\n[tr][th]d6[\/th][th]Personality Trait[\/th]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]1[\/td][td]I\u2019ve changed from my past, and I work to live up to my new path. (Balance, Throne)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]2[\/td][td]Every moment is a gift I refuse to squander. (Euryale, Skull)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]3[\/td][td]Now that I\u2019ve overcome having nothing, I can survive anything. (Fool, Ruin, Talons)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]4[\/td][td]I know enemies are set against me, and I always prepare for the worst. (Flames, Rogue)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]5[\/td][td]I interpret every event as part of a larger pattern I just haven\u2019t worked out yet. (Puzzle, Star)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]6[\/td][td]I must make up for so much time I\u2019ve already lost. (Donjon, Void)[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[\/table]\r\n| Trait Table[\/spoiler]\r\n[br][br]\r\nWhen you make your character, you may roll once on the Reward Trinkets table, instead of the trinkets table suggested in the Player's Handbook, for your starting character.\r\n[br][spoiler][table]\r\n[tr][th]d6[\/th][th]Trinket[\/th]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]1[\/td][td]A rusted scrap of a once-beloved family heirloom[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]2[\/td][td]A land deed, but all the names and markings that once tied it to you have faded into obscurity[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]3[\/td][td]A bauble once imbued with powerful magic[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]4[\/td][td]A battered playing card with a hole pierced in it, its face depicting the card that affected you[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]5[\/td][td]A yellowed Humanoid tooth that whispers eerily when placed under a pillow[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]6[\/td][td]A keepsake from someone you were once close to but who is now your enemy[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[\/table]\r\n| Reward Trinkets Table[\/spoiler]","imageid":"","source":"The Book of Many Things","vintage":"0","tags":"","templateId":"17143","blockId":"1553269","world":"f23bfee1-fef1-458a-9e5d-7b8dc747c3db","folder":"39103","isShared":"on"}