Otari Backgrounds

 Otari Backgrounds

You could if desired replace your Background with one of these at any time up to level 4.

BIBLIOPHILE BACKGROUND

You love few things more than a good book, and as a result,

Odd Stories is your favorite shop in Otari. The bookseller

Morlibint supplies you with fiction, anthologies, and other

delightful reads, and he’s always eager to discuss his latest

finds with you. You know that imagination is the greatest

magic, but a working knowledge of actual magic helps, too.

Choose two ability boosts. One must be to Intelligence or

Charisma, and one is a free ability boost.

You’re trained in the Arcana skill and the Library Lore

skill. You gain the Arcane Sense skill feat.

ELDRITCH ANATOMIST BACKGROUND

You’re a trained physician who can ably tend wounds of

many kinds. But more than a practitioner, you’re a scholar.

Some cultures shape flesh to extreme degrees, creating

aberrations from humanoid forms. The fleshforges of

distant Nex practice this fleshwarping, as do certain

subterranean societies you hope to one day study—

preferably from a safe and clinical distance.

Choose two ability boosts. One must be to Intelligence or

Wisdom, and one is a free ability boost.

You’re trained in the Medicine skill and the Fleshwarp

Lore skill. You gain the Assurance skill feat with Medicine.

FOGFEN TALE-TELLER BACKGROUND

You know there are monstrous things out in the swamp

known as Fogfen; you’ve seen these things through

the mist, gliding through the murky water and heaving

themselves over sodden bits of land. No one in Otari

believes your tales of swamp monsters from the depths,

even when you embellish the creatures of your stories with

fangs, wings, or tentacles. You’ll just have to prove to them

that there are truly monsters out there, and that they were

wrong to doubt you.

Choose two ability boosts. One must be to Strength or

Charisma, and one is a free ability boost.

You’re trained in Athletics and the Swamp Lore skill. You

gain the Titan Wrestler skill feat.

MARKET RUNNER BACKGROUND

Keeleno Lathenar, the proprietor of Otari Market, is a

grim and bitter man. A werewolf named Jaul Mezmin

mauled his wife, Ayla, to death 30 years ago. Keeleno

has never forgotten nor forgiven this attack, and he

believes against all odds that Jaul has evaded justice and

is alive and well. Running errands for Keeleno around

town, you’ve gotten to know him almost as well as

you know Otari. Keeleno’s suspicions have rubbed off

on you a bit, so you keep a wary eye on other people—

particularly around the full moon.

Choose two ability boosts. One must be to Constitution

or Charisma, and one is a free ability boost.

You’re trained in the Diplomacy skill and the Otari Lore

skill. You gain the Hobnobber skill feat.

RUIN DELVER BACKGROUND

You’ve looked through some of the smaller ruins in the

Otari hinterlands but have never quite built up the courage

to check out the creepy lighthouse called Gauntlight.

You’ve heard that these ruins are pretty well picked over,

and mostly collapsed, but you always planned to some day

explore them and perhaps find some bauble left behind

from the centuries-old battle where the Roseguard slew

an evil sorcerer. You know that the crumbled stone of old

ruins has a tendency to shift, so you’d better step lightly if

you get the chance to explore Gauntlight.

Choose two ability boosts. One must be to Dexterity or

Intelligence, and one is a free ability boost.

You’re trained in Acrobatics and the Roseguard Lore

skill. You gain the Cat Fall skill feat.

STARWATCHER BACKGROUND

You’re one of Wrin Sivinxi’s closest confidantes. You’ve

spent many long nights with her under the stars, learning

the tales associated with the Cosmic Caravan and how the

heavens can predict the future. You know that Wrin has

paralyzing claustrophobia; she sees menace in angles and 

danger in confined spaces, which is why her shop is an all

domed canvas that opens to the sky. If Wrin thinks there’s

trouble, you’ll be the first to offer to help.

Choose two ability boosts. One must be to Constitution

or Intelligence, and one is a free ability boost.

You’re trained in the Occultism skill and the Astrology

Lore skill. You gain the Dubious Knowledge skill feat.

WITCHLIGHT FOLLOWER BACKGROUND

While in a dismal forest or remote swamp, you caught

sight of a string of lights bobbing through the trees.

You stepped forward for a closer look, and then still

further when the lights retreated a few paces. Then you

remembered the rumors. Will-o’-wisps, rushlights, corpse

lanterns—whatever they’re called—such evil creatures

lead people to their doom. With a supreme effort of

will, you broke free from the alluring enchantment, and

you’ve resolved to never let the strange lights of remote

wildernesses claim you again.

Choose two ability boosts. One must be to Dexterity or

Wisdom, and one is a free ability boost.

You’re trained in Survival and the Wisp Lore skill. You

gain the Terrain Expertise skill feat with both swamp

terrain and subterranean bodies of water..