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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, a nd 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 o nly your fellow runaways a nd orphans to keep
you company.
Use the Family table to determine w ho raised you. If
you know who your parents are but you get a result t ha t
does not m e ntion 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
up this section by using the C hildhood Memories table,
which tells you how you were treated by other young-
sters as you were growing up.
Supplemental Tables. You can roll on the Relation-
s hip table to determine how your family members or
other important figures in your life feel a bout you. You
can also use the Race, Occupation, and Alignment ta-
bles to learn more about the family membe rs or guard-
ians wh o raised you.

FAMILY

dlOO Family

01 None

02 Institution, such as an asylum

03 Temple

04-05 Orphanage

06 - 07 Guardian

08 - 15 Paternal or maternal aunt, uncle, or both; or ex-

tended family such as a t ribe or clan

16 -2 5 Paternal or maternal grandparent(s)

26-35 Adoptive family (same or different race)

36-55 Single father or stepfather

56-75 Single mother or stepmother

76-00 Mother and father

YEARS LATER, WHILE SERVING ON A SHIP'S C.REW. SHE

CALLS ON A B I T OF HER MAGIC: TO HELP RIG A MAST

ABSENT PARENT

d4 Fate

Your parent died (roll on the Cause of Death sup-

plemental table).

2 Your parent was imprisoned, enslaved, or other-

wise taken away.

3 Your parent abandoned you.

4 You'r parent disappeared to an unknown fate.

FAMILY LIFESTYLE

3d 6 Lifestyle^1 '

3 Wretched (-40)

4-5 Squalid (-20)

6-8 Poor (-10)

9- 12 Modest (+O)

13-15

(^16) - 17
18
Comfortable (+10)
Wealthy (+20)
Aristocratic (+40)
*Use the number in this result as a modifier to your roll on the
Childhood Home table.
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