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BIRTHPLACE
dl 00 Location
01-50 Home
PARENTS
51- 55 Home of a family friend
dlOO Parents
56-63 Home of a healer or midwife
01-95 You know who your parents are or were. 64- 65 Carriage, cart, or wagon
96-00 You do not know who your parents were. 66-68 Barn, shed, or other outbuilding
69- 70 Cave
Nonhuman Parents. If your character is a ha lf-elf, a
71-72 Field
half-ore, or a tiefling, you can use one of the tables below
to determine the race of each of your parents. When you 73-74 Forest
have a result, randomly determine which part of the re- 75-77 Temple
sult refers to your father and which to your mother. 78 Battlefield
79-80 Alley or street
HALF- ELF PARENTS 81-82 Brothel, tavern, or inn
d8 Parents 83-84 Castle, keep, tower, or palace
1-5 One parent was an elf and the other was a human. 85 Sewer or rubbish heap
6 One parent was an elf and the other was a half-elf. 86- 88 Among people of a different race
7 One parent was a human and the other was a half- 89-91 On board a boat or a ship
elf. 92-93 In a prison or in the headquarters of a secret orga-
8 Both parents were half-elves. nization
94- 95 In a sage's laboratory
HALF- 0RC PARENTS 96 In the Feywild
97 In the Shadowfell
d8 Parents
1-3 One parent was an ore and the other was a human. 98 On the Astral Plane or the Ethereal Plane
4- 5 One parent was an ore and the other was a half- 99 On an Inner Plane of your choice
orc. 00 On an Outer Plane of your choice
6-7 One parent was a human and the other was a half-
SIBLINGS
orc.
You might be an only child or one of many children.
8 Both parents were half-ores.
Your siblings could be cherished friends or hated rivals.
Roll on the Number of Siblings table to determine how
TIEFLING PARENTS many brothers or sisters you have. If you are a dwarf or
d8 Parents an elf, subtract 2 from your roll. Then, roll on the Birth
Order table for each sibling to determine that person's
1- 4 Both parents were humans, their infernal heritage
age relative to yours (older, younger, or born at the
dormant until you came along.
same time).
5- 6 One parent was a tiefling and the other was a
Occupation. For each sibling of suitable age, roll on
human.
the Occupation supplemental table to determine what
7 One parent was a tiefling and the other was a devil. that person does for a living.
8 One parent was a human and the other was a devil. Alignment. You can choose your siblings' alignments
or roll on the Alignment supplemental table.
B IRTHPLACE S tatus. By now, each of your siblings might be alive
After establishing your parentage, you can determine and well, alive and not so well, in dire straits, or dead.
where you were born by using the Birthplace table. Roll on the Status supplemental table.
(Modify the result or roll again if you get a result that's Relationship. You can roll on the Relationship sup-
inconsistent with what you know about your parents.) plemental table to determine how your siblings feel
Once you have a result, roll percentile dice. On a roll of about you. They might all have the same attitude toward
00, a strange event coincided with your birth: the moon you, or some might view you differently from how the
briefly turning red, all the milk within a mile spoiling, others do.
the water in the area freezing solid in midsummer, all Other Details. You can decide any other details you
the iron in the home rusting or turning to silver, or some like about each sibling, including gender, personality,
other unusual event of your choice. and place in the world.

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