Craven

Cypher ?

Courage fails you at every turn. You lack the willpower and resolve to stand fast in the face of danger. Fear gnaws at your heart, chewing away at your mind, driving you to distraction until you cannot bear it. Most times, you back down from confrontations. You flee from threats and vacillate when faced with difficult decisions. Yet for all that fear dogs you and possibly shames you, your cowardly nature proves to be a useful ally from time to time. Listening to your fears has helped you escape danger and avoid taking unnecessary risks. Others may have suffered in your place, and you might be the first to admit this fact, but secretly you feel intense relief from having avoided an unthinkable and terrible fate.

You gain the following characteristics:

Furtive

+2 to your Speed Pool.

Skill

You're trained in stealth-based tasks.

Skill

You're trained in running actions.

Skill

You're trained in any action taken to escape danger, flee from a dangerous situation, or wheedle your way out of trouble.

Inability

You do not willingly enter dangerous situations. Any initiative actions (to determine who goes first in combat) are hindered.

Inability

You fall to pieces when you have to undertake a potentially dangerous task alone. Any such task (such as attacking a creature by yourself) is hindered.

Additional Equipment

You have a good luck charm or protective device to keep you out of harm's way.

Initial Link to the Starting Adventure

From the following list of options, choose how you became involved in the first adventure.

  1. You believe that you're being hunted, and you have hired one of the other PCs as your protector.
  2. You seek to escape your shame and take up with capable individuals in the hopes of repairing your reputation.
  3. One of the other PCs bullied you into coming along.
  4. The group answered your cries for help when you were in trouble.