Outcast

Source: Hexbound

Feature: Birds of a Feather

Outcasts recognise and trust each other, at least as much as they allow themselves to trust. People on the fringes (or completely outside) of society, such as vagrants, hermits, or outlaws, are more likely to talk to you and share information with you.

You are an outcast. After a perceived or real slight against the rules of society, you’ve been ostracized and forced to live in the fringes of your community. The reason for this might be the choices you made, or because of something completely outside of your control, however the result is the same. Although life as an outcast is not easy, you are not alone, for outcasts find community in those that have also been rejected. To be proud or ashamed of where you stand in the eyes of others is up to you.

Skills

Deception, Stealth

Equipment

A set of traveling clothes, a compass, a token of the place where you once lived before being cast out, 3 vials of oil, an oil lamp, and a pouch containing 5 gold pieces

Ostracized

All outcasts are outcasts for a reason. Whether that reason is their fault or not depends on the outcast in question. Choose one reason, or roll in the following table.

d6	Ostracized
1	I committed what is considered a great mistake in my culture, and was ostracized for it by my community.
2	An enemy accused me of having committed a crime I never commited. I’ve been wrongfully ostracized from my community because of it.
3	I fundamentally disagree with a core aspect of my culture, and I’ve decided to leave society of my own free will.
4	I was blackmailed into leaving my residence and becoming an outcast if I didn’t want my terrible secret to see the light of day.
5	An intrinsic characteristic of my nature, that I had no choice over, is seen as “wrong” in my culture, and I’ve been ostracized for it since I was a child.
6	In search of enlightenment and to find my true purpose, I cut off contact with all other people and retreated into the wild willingly.