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NUMBER OF SIBLINGS
dlO Siblings
2 or lower None
3- 4 ld3
5-6 ld4+1
7- 8 ld6+2
9-10 ld8+3

BIRTH ORDER
2d6 Birth Order
2 Twin, triplet, or quadruplet
3-7 Older
8-12 Younger

FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Who raised you, and what was life like for you when you
were growing up? You might have been raised by your
parents, by relatives, or in an orphanage. Or you could
have spent your childhood on the streets of a crowded
city with only your fellow runaways a nd orphans to keep
you company.
Use the Family table to determine who raised you. If
you know who your parents are but you get a result that
does not mention one or both of them, use the Absent
Parent table to determine what happened.
Next, refer to the Family Lifestyle table to determine
the general circumstances of your upbringing. (Chapter
5 of the Player's Handbook has more information about
lifestyles.) The result on that table includes a number
that is applied to your roll on the Childhood Home table,
which tells you where you spent your early years. Wrap
YEARS LATER, WHILE SERVING ON A SHI P'S C.REW. SHE
up this section by using the Childhood Memories table,
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which tells you how you were treated by other young-
sters as you were growing up.
Supplemental Tables. You can roll on the Relation- ABSENT PARENT
ship table to determine how your family members or
d4 Fate
other important figures in your life feel about you. You
Your parent died (roll on the Cause of Death sup-
can also use the Race, Occupation, and Alignment ta-
plemental table).
bles to learn more about the family members or guard-
ians who raised you. 2 Your parent was imprisoned, enslaved, or other-
wise taken away.
FAMILY 3 Your parent abandoned you.
dlOO Family 4 You'r parent disappeared to an unknown fate.
01 None
02 Institution, such as an asylum FAMILY LIFESTYLE
03 Temple 3d 6 Lifestyle '
1
04-05 Orphanage 3 Wretched (-40)
06- 07 Guardian 4-5 Squalid (-20)
08- 15 Paternal or maternal aunt, uncle, or both; or ex- 6-8 Poor (-10)
tended family such as a tribe or clan 9- 12 Modest (+O)
16-25 Paternal or maternal grandparent(s) 13-15 Comfortable (+10)
26-35 Adoptive family (same or different race) 16- 17 Wealthy (+20)
36-55 Single father or stepfather 18 Aristocratic (+40)
56-75 Single mother or stepmother
*Use the number in this result as a modifier to your roll on the
76-00 Mother and father
Childhood Home table.
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