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Your faith in the natural world or one of the gods of nature makes it easy for you to pick up on related concepts.
Your faith in the natural world or one of the gods of nature makes it easy for you to pick up on related concepts.
You wouldn't have lived to make it out of childhood without the aid of a sibling, friend, or companion on whom you could always count to distract your enemies long enough for you to do a little bit more damage than normal.
You wouldn't have lived to make it out of childhood without the aid of a sibling, friend, or companion you could always count on to distract your enemies long enough for you to do a little bit more damage than normal.
You are resistant to the magic of other faiths.
When deprived of magic, you fight harder.
You worked in one of your goddess's temples as a sacred courtesan, and you know how to flatter, please, and (most of all) listen.
From an early age, you were trained by a militaristic order of clerics.
From an early age, you were trained by a militaristic order of clerics.
You lack confidence in your abilities or confidence in the universe at large.
You spent countless hours of your youth in one of your goddess's temples, listening to wonderful musicians and singers.
You spent countless hours of your youth in one of Shelyn's temples, listening to wonderful musicians and singers.
You share an affinity with elemental earth.
Your mentor, the person who invested your faith in you from an early age, took steps to ensure that you understood that what powers your divine magic is no different than that which powers the magic of other religions.
Your mentor, the person who invested your faith in you from an early age, took steps to ensure you understood that what powers your divine magic is no different from that which powers the magic of other religions.
You are skilled at subduing your enemies.
You have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge about the world and desire to obtain it firsthand.
One of your parents was a member of a wild elven tribe, and you've inherited a portion of your elven parent's quick reflexes.
One of your parents was a member of a wild elven tribe, and you've inherited a portion of your elven parent's quick reflexes.
Because of special training, your unique body chemistry, or the uncovering of an alchemical secret, your mutagens last longer.