Old Soul Prose in Kobos | World Anvil

Old Soul

You always felt different. You know that something is wrong, that you were meant to be something greater – or that you USED TO BE something greater. You have dreams of when you were a being of immense supernatural power, you have uncanny insights into the supernatural and the arcane, and every once in a while the wisdom of an immortal dawns on you as easily as a sandwich recipe. You don't CONSCIOUSLY know what you were, but some part of you can't forget and sometimes it shows.     Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, History, Nature   Tool Proficiencies: None   Languages: Choose one, based on your chosen past life.   Equipment: Choose one, Burglar's Pack, Diplomat's Pack, Dungeoneer's Pack, Entertainer's Pack, Explorer's Pack, or Scholar's Pack.   Feature: Old Soul: You have advantage on knowledge checks regarding the deeds and abilities of powerful immortals such as dragons, fiends, and celestials. This knowledge comes in flashes, experiences from your older self. Even in cases where you fail, you will later have vivid dreams or nightmares hinting at what sort of information you otherwise would have known as your soul desperately tries to inform your mind.   Specialty: You are a reincarnated soul of a powerful immortal being. Choose from the list below   d8 or d10   Special   1 Dragon   2 Celestial   3 Fiend   4 Archfey   5 Aberration   6 Titan   7 Djinni Prince(ss)   8 An Inevitable   Suggested Characteristics   d8 Personality Trait   1 I think -and talk to myself- in the native language of my old self.   2 I am serene and primal   3 I have a temper when mere mortals stand in my way.   4 I instinctively see everyone around me as a child.   5 I experience time slower than others, making me seem patient.   6 I feel this body dying in a way that only a former immortal can.   7 I have a strange sense of joy being able to experience the frenetic urgency of mortal life.   8 My old self thought so differently than mortals that I can come off as insane.     d6 Ideal   1 Benevolence. I MUST have been reincarnated like this for a reason. I will guide these mortals as one of their own. (Good)   2 Revenge. Whatever cruel god did this to me must pay, but for now I'll settle for destroying his creations. (Evil)   3 Domination. It is the natural order that I should rule these lesser souls. (Lawful)   4 Revel. As an immortal, I let the little things slip by. Now's my time to enjoy them. (Chaoti   5 Nihilism. I used to warp the very fabric of time and space. Now nothing I do will ever matter. (Apathetic)   6 Acceptance. Whatever the reason, this is the hand that I was dealt. I'll play this game for now. (Any)     d6 Bond   1 I feel the pull of some mission, possibly from a god connected to my former self.   2 I have the wisdom of ages. I must impart that to anyone who will listen.   3 I must gain power, even a shadow of my former self is better than this.   4 This situation is a good opportunity to strike at the old enemies from an unexpected direction.   5 I not only dream of my old life, I dream of my death. I must get revenge!   6 I must learn as much of my old self as I can.     d6 Flaw   1 I am haughty and rigid in my thinking.   2 I am mercurial, my mood shifting constantly.   3 I gibber like a lunatic under stress, often in the ancient languages.   4 I suffer from bouts of depression and feelings of helplessness.   5 I have one of the old hungers of my former self.   6 I enjoy slaying mortals every bit as much as I used to.

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