Adopted Background

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you were separated from your biological parents, and were adopted by parents of another race. While being different from your folks and maybe even from the society that you were raised in, you adapted to your new life well.

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, and two others of your choice.

Tool Proficiencies: Choose one tool set.

Languages: Choose two languages, one of which must be the language of your adoptive parents (see below). If they were human, only choose one language.

Equipment: Your parents gave you what they could as you headed out to start your own life. Choose a set of clothes, a trinket, and a pouch of 25 gp.

Adoptive Parent's Race

Roll on this chart if you wish to randomize what race your adoptive parents are, otherwise you are free to choose any of the options listed here. you must pick a race different than the race of your character however.

Feature: Adapted Culture

After spending the vast majority of your life with your adoptive family, even though they are not of the same blood or racial stock, your family's culture treats you as if you were one of their own. You know the customs and intricacies of your adopted people and find acceptance within their community. When interacting with members of your parent's race or culture, your surprising knowledge and familiarity can create an instant bond with others. People associated with the race or culture of your adoptive parents are more inclined to view you as a trustworthy person and might be more inclined to help you.

Suggested Characteristics
While you have been accepted into a society that is not your own, growing up being different from everyone else around you has affected you in specific ways.