{"name":"Haunted One","ability_scores":"","feat":"","skill_proficiencies":"Choose two from among Arcana, Investigation, Religion, or Survival","tool_proficiency":"","equipment":"A monster hunter\u2019s pack (containing a chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a flask of holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torches), one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Horror Trinkets table after this background), a set of common clothes, and 1 sp.","details":"[b]Languages[\/b]: Choose two, one of which must be Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon\r\n[br][br]\r\n[quote]You are haunted by something so terrible that you dare not speak of it. You\u2019ve tried to bury it and run away from it, to no avail. Whatever this thing is that haunts you can\u2019t be slain with a sword or banished with a spell. It might come to you as a shadow on the wall, a bloodcurdling nightmare, a memory that refuses to die, or a demonic whisper in the dark. The burden has taken its toll, isolating you from most people and making you question your sanity. You must find a way to overcome it before it destroys you.[\/quote]\r\n[h1]Features[\/h1]\r\n[li][b]Harrowing Event[\/b][\/li]\r\nPrior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness threatening to consume you, and you fear there may be no hope of escape. Choose a harrowing event that haunts you, or roll one on the Harrowing Events table.\r\n[br][spoiler][table]\r\n[tr][th]d10[\/th][th]Harrowing Event[\/th]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]1[\/td][td]A monster that slaughtered dozens of innocent people spared your life, and you don\u2019t know why.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]2[\/td][td]You were born under a dark star. You can feel it watching you, coldly and distantly. Sometimes it beckons you in the dead of night.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]3[\/td][td]An apparition that has haunted your family for generations now haunts you. You don\u2019t know what it wants, and it won\u2019t leave you alone.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]4[\/td][td]Your family has a history of practicing the dark arts. You dabbled once and felt something horrible clutch at your soul, whereupon you fled in terror.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]5[\/td][td]An oni took your sibling one cold, dark night, and you were unable to stop it.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]6[\/td][td]You were cursed with lycanthropy and later cured. You are now haunted by the innocents you slaughtered.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]7[\/td][td]A hag kidnapped and raised you. You escaped, but the hag still has a magical hold over you and fills your mind with evil thoughts.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]8[\/td][td]You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]9[\/td][td]A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but escaped. The fiend is still inside you, but now you try to keep it locked away.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[tr][td]10[\/td][td]You did terrible things to avenge the murder of someone you loved. You became a monster, and it haunts your waking dreams.[\/td]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[\/table]\r\n| Events Table[\/spoiler]\r\n[br][br]\r\n[li][b]Heart of Darkness[\/b][\/li]\r\nThose who look into your eyes can see that you have faced unimaginable horror and that you are no stranger to darkness. Though they might fear you, commoners will extend you every courtesy and do their utmost to help you. Unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them, they will even take up arms to fight alongside you, should you find yourself facing an enemy alone.\r\n[h1]Suggested Motivations[\/h1]\r\nYou have learned to live with the terror that haunts you. You are a survivor, who can be very protective of those who bring light into your darkened life.\r\n[br]\r\n[spoiler][table][tr][th]d8[\/th][th]Personality Trait[\/th][\/tr][tr][td]1[\/td][td]I don\u2019t run from evil. Evil runs from me.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]2[\/td][td]I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]3[\/td][td]I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]4[\/td][td]I live for the thrill of the hunt.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]5[\/td][td]I don\u2019t talk about the thing that torments me. I\u2019d rather not burden others with my curse.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]6[\/td][td]I expect danger around every corner.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]7[\/td][td]I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]8[\/td][td]I put no trust in divine beings.[\/td][\/tr][\/table]| Trait[\/spoiler][spoiler][table][tr][th]d6[\/th][th]Ideal[\/th][\/tr][tr][td]1[\/td][td]I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]2[\/td][td]I\u2019ll stop the spirits that haunt me or die trying. (Any)[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]3[\/td][td]I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to exorcise my own demons. (Good)[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]4[\/td][td]I have a dark calling that puts me above the law. (Chaotic)[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]5[\/td][td]I like to know my enemy\u2019s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful)[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]6[\/td][td]I\u2019m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil)[\/td][\/tr][\/table]| Ideal[\/spoiler][spoiler][table][tr][th]d6[\/th][th]Bond[\/th][\/tr][tr][td]1[\/td][td]I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]2[\/td][td]I would sacrifice my life and my soul to protect the innocent.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]3[\/td][td]My torment drove away the person I love. I strive to win back the love I\u2019ve lost.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]4[\/td][td]A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]5[\/td][td]There\u2019s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]6[\/td][td]I have a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for him (or her).[\/td][\/tr][\/table]| Bond[\/spoiler][spoiler][table][tr][th]d6[\/th][th]Flaw[\/th][\/tr][tr][td]1[\/td][td]I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]2[\/td][td]I assume the worst in people.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]3[\/td][td]I feel no compassion for the dead. They\u2019re the lucky ones.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]4[\/td][td]I have an addiction.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]5[\/td][td]I am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in a world without hope.[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]6[\/td][td]I talk to spirits that no one else can see.[\/td][\/tr][\/table]| Flaw[\/spoiler]\r\n[h1]A Trinket of Personal Significance[\/h1]\r\n[li][b]Horror Trinkets[\/b][\/li]\r\n[spoiler]\r\n[table][tr][td]d100[\/td][td]Trinket[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]1[\/td][td]A picture you drew as a child of your imaginary friend[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]2[\/td][td]A lock that opens when blood is dripped in its keyhole[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]3[\/td][td]Clothes stolen from a scarecrow[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]4[\/td][td]A spinning top carved with four faces: happy, sad, wrathful, and dead[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]5[\/td][td]The necklace of a sibling who died on the day you were born[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]6[\/td][td]A wig from someone executed by beheading[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]7[\/td][td]The unopened letter to you from your dying father[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]8[\/td][td]A pocket watch that runs backward for an hour every midnight[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]9[\/td][td]A winter coat stolen from a dying soldier[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]10[\/td][td]A bottle of invisible ink that can only be read at sunset[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]11[\/td][td]A wineskin that refills when interred with a dead person for a night[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]12[\/td][td]A set of silverware used by a king for his last meal[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]13[\/td][td]A spyglass that always shows the world suffering a terrible storm[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]14[\/td][td]A cameo with the profile\u2019s face scratched away[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]15[\/td][td]A lantern with a black candle that never runs out and that burns with green flame[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]16[\/td][td]A teacup from a child\u2019s tea set, stained with blood[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]17[\/td][td]A little black book that records your dreams, and yours alone, when you sleep[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]18[\/td][td]A necklace formed of the interlinked holy symbols of a dozen deities[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]19[\/td][td]A noose that feels heavier than it should[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]20[\/td][td]A birdcage into which small birds fly but once inside never eat or leave[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]21[\/td][td]A lepidopterist\u2019s box filled with dead moths with skull-like patterns on their wings[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]22[\/td][td]A jar of pickled ghouls\u2019 tongues[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]23[\/td][td]The wooden hand of a notorious pirate[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]24[\/td][td]A urn with the ashes of a dead relative[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]25[\/td][td]A hand mirror backed with a bronze depiction of a medusa[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]26[\/td][td]Pallid leather gloves crafted with ivory fingernails[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]27[\/td][td]Dice made from the knuckles of a notorious charlatan[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]28[\/td][td]A ring of keys for forgotten locks[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]29[\/td][td]Nails from the coffin of a murderer[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]30[\/td][td]A key to the family crypt[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]31[\/td][td]A bouquet of funerary flowers that always looks and smells fresh[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]32[\/td][td]A switch used to discipline you as a child[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]33[\/td][td]A music box that plays by itself whenever someone holding it dances[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]34[\/td][td]A walking cane with an iron ferrule that strikes sparks on stone[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]35[\/td][td]A flag from a ship lost at sea[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]36[\/td][td]A porcelain doll\u2019s head that always seems to be looking at you[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]37[\/td][td]A wolf\u2019s head wrought in silver that is also a whistle[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]38[\/td][td]A small mirror that shows a much older version of the viewer[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]39[\/td][td]A small, worn book of children\u2019s nursery rhymes[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]40[\/td][td]A mummified raven claw[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]41[\/td][td]A broken pendant of a silver dragon that\u2019s always cold to the touch[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]42[\/td][td]A small locked box that quietly hums a lovely melody at night, but you always forget it in the morning[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]43[\/td][td]An inkwell that makes one a little nauseous when staring at it[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]44[\/td][td]An old doll made from a dark, dense wood and missing a hand and a foot[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]45[\/td][td]A black executioner\u2019s hood[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]46[\/td][td]A pouch made of flesh, with a sinew drawstring[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]47[\/td][td]A tiny spool of black thread that never runs out[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]48[\/td][td]A tiny clockwork figurine of a dancer that\u2019s missing a gear and doesn\u2019t work[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]49[\/td][td]A black wooden pipe that creates puffs of smoke that look like skulls[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]50[\/td][td]A vial of perfume, the scent of which only certain creatures can detect[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]51[\/td][td]A stone that emits a single endless sigh[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]52[\/td][td]A rag doll with two red dots on its neck[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]53[\/td][td]A spring-loaded toy with a missing crank[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]54[\/td][td]A mason jar containing a harmless but agitated, animate ooze[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]55[\/td][td]A black wooden die with 1\u2019s on all the faces[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]56[\/td][td]A child\u2019s portrait with \u201cborn\u201d written on the back, along with next year\u2019s date[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]57[\/td][td]A dagger-sized shark tooth[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]58[\/td][td]A finger that\u2019s taken root in a small pot[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]59[\/td][td]A toolbox containing the remains of a dangerous but broken clockwork arachnid[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]60[\/td][td]A pitcher-sized, opalescent snail shell that occasionally, inexplicably shudders or tips over[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]61[\/td][td]The logbook of an ice-breaking ship called The Haifisch[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]62[\/td][td]A small portrait of you as a child, alongside your identically dressed twin[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]63[\/td][td]A silver pocket watch with thirteen hours marked on the face[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]64[\/td][td]A woodcut of a wolf devouring its own hind leg[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]65[\/td][td]A planchette etched with raven skulls[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]66[\/td][td]A moist coral figurine of a lamprey with arms, legs, and a bipedal stance[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]67[\/td][td]A bronze fingertrap sculpted with roaring tigers[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]68[\/td][td]A pearl necklace that turns red under the full moon[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]69[\/td][td]A fossil of a fish with humanoid features[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]70[\/td][td]A plague doctor\u2019s mask[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]71[\/td][td]A paper talisman with smudged ink[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]72[\/td][td]A locket containing the smeared image of an eyeless figure[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]73[\/td][td]A canopic jar with a lid sculpted like a goat[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]74[\/td][td]A jack-o\u2019-lantern made from a small, pale gourd[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]75[\/td][td]A single high-heeled, iron shoe[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]76[\/td][td]A candle made from a severed hand[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]77[\/td][td]A clockwork device that beats like a heart[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]78[\/td][td]A blank masquerade mask[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]79[\/td][td]A glass eye with a live worm inside[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]80[\/td][td]A sheet with two eyeholes cut in it[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]81[\/td][td]The deed to someplace called Tergeron Manor[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]82[\/td][td]An ornate, wax-sealed crimson envelope that resists all attempts to open it[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]83[\/td][td]A mourning veil trimmed in black lace[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]84[\/td][td]A straitjacket covered in charcoal runes[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]85[\/td][td]A tattered, burlap mask with a crooked smile painted on it[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]86[\/td][td]A green ribbon designed to be worn as a choker[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]87[\/td][td]Dentures with mismatched, sharpened teeth[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]88[\/td][td]A warm, fist-sized egg case[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]89[\/td][td]A copper ring with \u201cmine\u201d engraved on the inside[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]90[\/td][td]A glass ampoule containing a neon green fluid[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]91[\/td][td]An eye patch embroidered with a holy symbol[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]92[\/td][td]A severed big toe with a nail that continues to grow[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]93[\/td][td]A journal that has been heavily redacted[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]94[\/td][td]A glove with a mouth-like design stitched on the palm[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]95[\/td][td]An ornate but empty reliquary made of silver and fractured glass[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]96[\/td][td]A ceramic figure of a cat with too many eyes[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]97[\/td][td]A crumpled paper ticket bearing the words \u201cadmit none\u201d[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]98[\/td][td]An electrum coin with your face on one side[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]99[\/td][td]A shrunken gremishka head that twitches when anyone casts magic nearby[\/td][\/tr][tr][td]100[\/td][td]A sunburst amulet with a red stone at the center[\/td][\/tr][\/table]\r\n| Trinkets Table[\/spoiler]","imageid":"","source":"Curse of Strahd","vintage":"0","tags":"","isShared":"on","templateId":"17143","blockId":"1553798","world":"f23bfee1-fef1-458a-9e5d-7b8dc747c3db","folder":"39103"}