Outcast

An outcast spent his or her early life among beggars, thieves, criminals, runaway slaves and enemies of church or state. As with every background, this shapes both the secondary skills picked up before play and the people the character already knows.

An outcast's contacts come from the underworld and the black market, along with crooked minor officials and guards. The character chooses two background skills from Streetwise, Street Fighting, Thieves' Cant, Gambling and Drinking. Outcasts can come from anywhere, so any birthplace suits them. The Game Judge should flesh out a few of these contacts as non-player characters early on, to give the player a sense of the character's past.