102 Cultural Background



Your peoples culture is stagnating. It is slowly losing the social and cultural gains of earlier generations. Its rulers tend to be dictatorial or authoritarian, or power is held by a religious or occult organisation restricting control to its members.


Nobility: the Extremely Wealthy has lots and lots of money. However, they view the merely Wealthy as just penny-ante. The Extremely Wealthy own estates the size of baronies (even dukedoms), have armies of servants & throw parties that would beggar most.

🎲 100 : πŸ“‘Background Generator (from: Grimley)

Illegitimate: An illegitimate child is a child begotten of a woman not married to the father and who is not adopted by the father's family.

🎲 18 : πŸ“‘104 Birth Legitimacy (from: Grimley)

Aunt and/or Uncle: You were raised by the brother/sister of one or more of your parents, due to your parents being absent or having died.

🎲 11 : πŸ“‘104b Family Head (from: Grimley)

Civil Strife! Conflict broke out during your youth causing social upheaval, your family was involved in the conflict (Work with your DM to detirmine your families involvement)

🎲 1 : πŸ“‘208 Childhood Events (from: Grimley)

Friendship: In your adolescence you gained a close friend with whom you trusted and had adventurers with. (Work with your DM to detirmine details)


As an adult you joined a rebellion against the local ruler, if successful you are outlawed, if it failed you escape, with only friends and family knowing your involvement. (Work with your DM to detirmine the details)


I place no stock in wealthy or well-mannered folk. Money and manners won't save you from a hungry owlbear.

🎲 70 : πŸ“‘520 Personality Traits (from: Grimley)

I stretch the truth for the sake of a good story.


I'm convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of failure.

🎲 26 : πŸ“‘521 Character Flaws (from: Grimley)



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