Spirit Medium

Source: D&D Wiki (SCAR Version)

You’ve devoted years of your life to communicating and working with creatures like ghosts and spirits, most likely with the aid of magic or extraordinary circumstances. You may study the processes of the body and soul, as well as the nature of afterlife and undeath, to build, or even become, a spiritual bridge. You may serve a god or faith involving the forces of death, lost a loved one who inexplicably returned, or simply have a supernatural gift. However, almost all spirit mediums will also have some training in the studies of magic, theology, biology, as well as some experience with undead creatures and the paranormal. Mediums may be treated with fear and suspicion as they often possess grim personalities, study necromancy, or are magnets of supernatural activity. It can also be a dangerous line of work, involving frightening creatures and constant confrontation of death.


NOTE: Some backgrounds have options to choose from. Please read carefully. You may not get every proficiency listed below, as some may be a choice between one or the other.

  • Stat Options (choose either +2 in one stat and +1 in another, OR +1 in all three): Charisma, Intelligence, Wisdom
  • Skill Proficiencies (your choice of TWO): Arcana, Medicine, or Religion
  • Tool Proficiencies: Hermalism Kit or Scrimshander's Tools
  • Languages: Two Standard languages of choice.

  • Background Keepsake: One trinket of special significance (value under 10gp.)
  • Background Gold: 5gp.

Origin Feat

Origin Magician

If you have the spellcasting class feature you learn 1 additional cantrip from the Wizard class spell list, which now becomes a spell of your class list. If you do not have the spellcasting class feature you gain a +1 to the Arcana skill. At 5th level, you gain a 1st or 2nd level added to your spells known from the Wizard spell list if you have the spellcasting class feature and now becomes a spell on your class spell list, or gain a +2 to the Arcana skill if you don't have the spellcasting class feature, which replaces the +1.


Personality

Please select TWO from the list below.

d8 Personality Trait
1 I'm never afraid- any fearsome situation can be resolved with calm and patience.
2 I'm excellent at telling ghost stories that no one knows are about me.
3 I spend money freely and live life to the fullest- knowing that death can always be around the corner.
4 I often philosophize about the nature of life and death to anyone who will listen.
5 I use my uncanny aura to shock- confuse- and mystify others.
6 I laugh and joke about death- ignoring mainstream attitudes surrounding it.
7 I read and talk about folklore and horror fiction as if it were scientific fact.
8 If I ever get a gut feeling about someone- I trust it wholeheartedly.

Ideal

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Ideal Trait
1 Peace. My goal is to help bring peace and justice to everyone and everything- dead and living.
2 Enlightenment. Society at large is too close minded to try and understand what I do, but I'll make them see.
3 Vengeance. I've been violently persecuted in the past and I'm going to make my enemies feel the way they made me feel.
4 Order. My job is to help keep a cosmic peace and resolve any supernatural dangers.
5 Any. I'll stop the spirits that haunt me or die trying.
6 Justice. As an outcast myself, I always stick up for the oppressed and misunderstood.

Bond

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Bond Trait
1 I have an animal familiar that I keep a close watch on- in case they spot something no one else can see.
2 I couldn't help myself; I've fallen in love with someone from the other side- now I need to find a way to help them rejoin the living.
3 The spirit of a dead mage taught me some of my spells/skills.
4 I’m an unusually sympathetic person- I feel the emotions of others keenly.
5 I can't be scared by a monster tale- I only end up arguing in the creature’s defense.
6 Séance is the only way I can speak with my loved ones.

Flaw

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Flaw Trait
1 I don't actually believe in ghosts- I just put on a show of mysticism in order to scam people.
2 I'm not sure if I have a paranormal connection- or if it's just my terrible drinking habits addling my senses.
3 I refuse to accept that someone could ever just be gone for good.
4 I prefer the company of the dead to that of the living.
5 I forget that undead creatures can be wild and dangerous, and put myself in danger by approaching them as if they were normal and rational people.
6 I'm insensitive when it comes to talking about difficult subjects- talking about gloom and doom without a thought to the comfort of others.