Adept of a Circle

There are many who are raised by religious communities; babies abandoned on the door or orphans with no future. They grow up following their cult or community’s own strict rules, learning hard work and developing skills useful to the circle that hosts them. These characters may have been raised by specific cults such as the Old Tradition or the Lunar Cult. Their life of commitment, study and work makes them skilled thinkers or fundamental components in towns and outposts, where they give aid and teach lessons.

Features

Feature: Support of the Circle

All members of a cult recognize other members instantly, thanks to small details that are insignificant to those who have not spent years in a monastery, circle, or community. Members of a circle respect a code of mutual aid throughout their lives, providing help and support to other members. An Adept can expect the support of the other members they meet, who will expect similar treatment in turn.

Suggested Characteristics

Those who are Adepts of a Circle and are raised by specific communities always carry with them the teachings learned from their masters and confreres. These characters have a high sense of sacrifice and often know how to be generous and encouraging, masking gloomy emotions so as not to give the impression of being intimidated by the evil that afflicts the Material Plane. They always remember what it is like to live in a community, and the spirit of brotherhood (or sisterhood) makes them reliable travel companions. They never back down when their cult needs help and they sometimes become propagators of their creed.  

Variant: Circle of Apostates of Rahidra

Among the several communities in which the characters may have grown up, there are the druids and sages of the Apostates of Rahidra. These characters have the same characteristics mentioned above, with the variant of being particularly devoted to what remains of the natural world, to the people who protect Rahidra and to a wilder lifestyle.

• The traits below replace the "Skill Proficiencies" and "Equipment" entries listed above
• Alternative equipment: sheets with drawings, a tool or equipment in which you are Proficient, charcoal for drawing, a wooden toy carved at a young age, simple clothes, food supplies for a day, a torch, 1 gp.
• Alternative Skills Proficiencies: Animal Handling or Arcana; Nature or Religion.

Traits

d8	Personality Traits
1	Before doing anything rash, I count to 10.
2	I try to connect every event in a great cosmic scheme.
3	I often get lost in contemplation of my own thoughts, forgetting what surrounds me.
4	I perform deep bows and other gestures of respect.
5	I speak in a calm voice even when my words are sharp, and my emotions burst.
6	Constant training allows me to deal with the stress and difficulties of life.
7	I often tell anecdotes about the times I used to hang out with my community.
8	I am intransigent towards those who speak ill of my circle of origin.

Ideal

d6	Ideals
1	Improvement (neutral): Constant improvement and selfcare lead to a balanced and serene life.
2	No one is above the law (lawful): No one should have preferential treatment under the law.
3	Charity (good): Why accumulate earthly goods, when you can share them with those who need it most?
4	Respect (lawful): Everyone, regardless of rank or social class, must be treated with dignity.
5	Strength (evil): With hard work I have been raised above the weak, and it is only right that I have my share.
6	Freedom of thought (chaotic): Everyone is free to believe in what they want, and any constraint must be strongly opposed.

Bond

d6	Bonds
1	My community was set on fire by a possessed madman, I still bear the scars today.
2	My master was strict, but even today I would give my life for him.
3	Nothing comes before my confreres.
4	In my community I had known the love of my life, but the master would never approve.
5	I inherited valuable and important calligrapher tools. To lose them would be an unacceptable insult to the one who gave them to me.
6	A rival from my time at the monastery persecutes me, our paths continue to cross.

Flaw

d6	Flaws
1	I am dogmatic and inflexible.
2	I demand perfection, from others and even more so from myself.
3	I treat others with conceit, looking down on them.
4	I am afraid of fire.
5	Sarcasm is always on my lips.
6	I will never ask for help from those who do not come from a circle: they would not understand and could not help me.