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A positive force, philosophy, or divine presence fills you with hope, and is a guiding force of inspiration.
You and your eidolon share a link that seems to span multiple lifetimes.
You either carry or have memorized a sacred text from your school, temple, or monastery, and its wisdom gives you insight that makes your attacks more devastating.
You have made a solemn oath, and you pursue that oath with headstrong determination.
You are the harbinger of some future event.
You are bolstered against fear when your eidolon is near.
You have always had an innate sense of the workings of the planes and their denizens.
You hold yourself to a strict code of behavior that guides all of your decisions and actions.
Your coming was foretold in prophecy, and people familiar with your legend regard you with awe and fear.
You lived a previous life as someone—or something—else.
Your birth was particularly painful and difficult for your mother, who needed potent divine magic to ensure that you survived (your mother may or may not have survived).
Your birth was particularly painful and difficult for your mother, who needed potent divine magic to ensure that you survived (your mother may or may not have).
You were exposed to a potent source of positive energy as a child, perhaps by being born under the right cosmic sign, or maybe because one of your parents was a gifted healer.
You were exposed to a potent source of positive energy as a child, perhaps by being born under the right cosmic sign, or maybe because one of your parents was a gifted healer.
Your great interests as a child did not lie with current events or the mundane—you have always felt out of place, as if you were born in the wrong era.
Your greatest interests as a child did not lie with current events or the mundane—you have always felt out of place, as if you were born in the wrong era.
Your additional training aids in identifying the wiles of your faith's enemies.
You are so attuned to the spiritual world that it is hard to get the jump on you.
You restlessly pursue your enemies.
Your wanderings often go unnoticed.