Your Prior Circumstances

Choose from the table or roll a d4 to determine why you were experimented upon.

d4 Reason

1 I willingly volunteered. This is my duty to Garlemald.

2 I thought this was an opportunity for a better life.

3 I committed a crime and this was my sentence.

4 I was dragged against my will, kicking and screaming.

Feature: Resonant

The Garlean scientist, Aulus mal Asina implanted you with an artificial recreation of The Echo. The procedure has permanently marked one of your eyes as a result - with it emitting an ominous red glow.

Your "transcendent eye" can detect minor changes in the ambient aether around you, twitching slightly each time an area changes in some way. Even if you do not know why, you always have an inkling of when danger is about to strike. Common folks who see your eye are generally unnerved and may keep their distance.

Suggested Characteristics

Survivors of merciless experimentation are left with scars - both physical and psychological. Those loyal to Garlemald, however, are likely to embrace the damage wrought upon them as much as the newfound power given to them.

d8 Personality

1 I often depart onto a power trip when given authority.

2 BUT THIS IS MY INDOOR VOICE, I CAN'T HELP IT!

3 I start to punch hard surfaces when I'm bored.

4 Nothing makes me happier than hard combat.

5 Whenever I see my reflection, I just stare a moment.

6 I blow up when insulted about my condition.

7 Despite my enhancements, I seek others' approval.

8 I always take a moment to calmly collect myself.

d6 Ideal

1 Power. My new abilities are such a rush! (Chaotic)

2 Dissonance. I've paid with my own suffering. Anything I choose to do now is perfectly justified. (Evil)

3 Kindness. I refuse to be the monster people think I am, I'm still a person. (Good)

4 Indifference. Gift or curse, it doesn't matter. (Any)

5 Acceptance. I am what I am, so I'll just keep doing what I normally do. (Neutral)

6 Responsibility. With great power... (Lawful)

d6 Bond

1 I am blessed not by gods, but by Garlean ingenuity.

2 I survived, and I will stand for those who did not.

3 I owe my new life to Lord Zenos and Aulus mal Asina.

4 I will kill Zenos and that Asina lackey for what they did.

5 I formed a bond with the other test subjects.

6 I had to leave my old life behind, I will return someday.

d6 Flaw

1 I sometimes suffer from sudden panic attacks.

2 I ignore all compliments, I'm just an abomination.

3 I find it hard to relax, my heart is always pumping.

4 I feel like I'm always being taken advantage of.

5 I cover myself up, my looks are nothing to be proud of.

6 Now that I'm enhanced, all others are beneath me.

Variant Feature: Hypertuned

Magitek engineers strapped you to the operating table and implanted you with magitek augmentations. Your physical body has been enhanced and become noticeably muscular, but your complexion suffered adversely - now a deep, unnatural gray.

You feel very little pain if any at all, and you are wholly unaffected by strenuous activities. Hostile humanoids will often think twice about threatening you or otherwise initiating combat unless they are confident they can win.

Additional Feature Benefit

Pray return to your Dungeon Master and kindly seek their permission before adding to your character sheet.

Resonant: You gain one level of The Echo and the Transcendent Eye cantrip.

Hypertuned: Your carry capacity is doubled. Once per rest, should you be reduced to 0 hit points during combat, you instead fall to 1 hit point instead. In addition to a Medicine skill check, you can be stabilized through the use of an engineers' kit.