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Hatchling-Tongue

You spoke wyrm before you spoke human.

Class: dragonFaction: ashen peaks

The Story

Your mother was a peaker. She found you, very small, in a cave when her own daughter was three days dead and there was milk in her and grief on her, and she did not ask the cave what the rules were. You learned wyrm-tongue before you learned to read; the human words came hard. People notice you are different. Some of them like it.

What This Means in Play

Each trait below will be rolled when you choose this background. The numbers below are the RANGE — the specific value is decided on your roll. Once committed, the values are yours for the life of the character. (Items, spells, and earned reputations can modify them later.)

  • Wyrm-Tongue

    Dragons hear something in your voice. (+(rolled) Charisma vs dragons)

    Roll 1d4+1 · Range +2–5

  • Heat-Tolerant Skin

    Your skin shrugs off small flame. (+(rolled) resistance to fire damage)

    Roll 1d3 · Range +1–3

  • Read as Strange

    Townsfolk struggle with how you speak. (-(rolled) Charisma in cities)

    Roll 1d3 · Range -1–3

  • Faint Scaling on the Forearms

    Small natural armor. Not flashy. Real.

    Roll 1d2 · Range +1–2

  • A Name in Wyrm-Tongue

    You know your own name in their language. It changes how the world hears you, once.

    Guaranteed (no roll)

You will roll the dice in the creation flow. Nothing is set until then.

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Day 183
the second-watch, the work-hard hour