Character Backgrounds
Your character’s background is a collection of characteristics that represent the place and occupation that were most formative before your character embarked on a life of adventure.
Parts of a Background
A background includes the following parts.
Ability Scores
A background lists three of your character’s ability scores. Increase one by 2 and another one by 1, or increase all three by 1. None of these increases can raise a score above 20.
Feat
A background gives your character a specified Origin feat (described in “Feats”).
Skill Proficiencies
A background gives your character proficiency in two specified skills.
Tool Proficiency
Each background gives a character proficiency with one tool—either a specific tool or one chosen from the Artisan’s Tools category. Tools are detailed in “Equipment.”
Equipment
Each background offers a package of equipment. If you are making a customs background, choose any: pack of clothes, set of tools and 3 trinkets.
Residence
Each background describes your main place of residence, meaning you can rest at your own place here and take guests. Some background give you a place outside of Gensokyo, that you are unable to access immideately.
Background Descriptions
Spirited Away
Any creature from Outside World, also known as human world or modern world. It’s often a missing human, but sometimes, new youkai also appear, migrating from unfriendly cityscapes.
Ability Scores: Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma
Feat: Outside World Specialist
Skill Proficiencies: Choose any 2
Tool Proficiency: Choose any 1
Equipment: Modern City Clothes, Pepper spray, Tiny Knife, Smartphone (trinket), Lighter, 3 Tiny Korindou Trinkets
Residence: Outside world (no own place in Gensokyo)
Villager
A normal resident of the only safe for humans place in Gensokyo, Human village.
Ability Scores: Constitution, Wisdom, Dexterity
Feat: Alert
Skill Proficiencies: History and Animal handling
Tool proficiency: Farmer tools
Equipment: Eastern clothes, Farmer tools, Youkai-warding amulet, one Korindou trinket
Residence: Human village
Solitary
Some people living alone or in a small group outside of settlements. Only ones strong enough to protect themselves can afford living comfortably like that.
Ability Scores: Constitution, Wisdom, Intelligence
Feat: Magic Initiate (Any) or Tough
Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival
Tool proficiency: Medical tools
Equipment: Western clothes, Book, Medical Tools
Residence: Any place in Gensokyo wilderness
Acolyte
Someone training in one of religious places of Gensokyo.
Ability Scores: Constitution, Wisdom, Charisma
Feat: Magic Initiate (Cleric) (see “Feats”)
Skill Proficiencies: Performance and Religion
Tool Proficiency: Calligrapher’s Supplies
Equipment: Calligrapher’s Supplies, Book (prayers), Holy Symbol, Ritual clothes
Residence: Hakurei Shrine, Moriya Shrine, Myoren Temple, or Senkai
World of Death visitor
Not many people visited here… In their life, that is. But some beings live here.
Ability Scores: Wisdom, Constitution, Charisma
Feat: Savage Attacker
Skill Proficiencies: Religion and History
Tool Proficiency: Calligrapher’s Supplies
Equipment: Calligrapher’s Supplies, any clothes, old piece of wood with someone’s deeds written on it
Residence: Netherworld (Either Hakugyokurou, Old Hell, or Hell)
Lunatic Rungate
Someone who ran away from Lunar Capital. Might be a spy sent to find other runaways, a bored Lunarian, or an ever mistreated Moon Rabbit.
Ability Scores: Intelligence, Wisdom, Dexterity
Feat: Lunar Gift
Skill Proficiencies: Magic and Religion
Tool Proficiency: Any
Equipment: Voile of anti-gravity (allows flight but is extremely recognisable), Lunar corps clothes or Eastern Clothes, Lunar Rifle (1d10 Radiance damage or 1d4 melee piercing damage)
Residence: Lunar Capital (no own place in Gensokyo)
Youkai Colony Member
Someone living in one of smaller Youkai societies
Ability Scores: Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence
Feat: Skilled, Crafter or Outside World Specialist
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Any Artisan’s Tools
Equipment: Artisan’s Tools
Residence: One of Youkai villages (Kappa’s Genbou Ravine, Yamawaro territories, Tengu Village, hidden Kitsune and Tanuki villages, etc.)