You fold your body in half and perform a handstand upon request, raising one hand up to display your confidence and skill. To finish off, you swing your legs back down then perform an immediate backflip, landing behind the very person that asked you perform.
From a young age, you were trained as a gymnast. To flip and spin and do the splits feels more natural to you than to dance. Your performance is more physical than an Entertainer, but just as captivating.
- Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Acrobatics, Performance
- Languages: a language of your choice
- Equipment: a leotard, a medal from winning a gymnast competition, a bag of talc powder, common clothes, and 10 gp
Your skills allow you to set up shows at certain venues and receive free room and board for a performance. You can also escape from situations that don’t restrict your body movement, though you may need to doff your armor. When you move, things like uneven terrain or caltrops don’t slow you down. At the loss of mobility, you can contort your body to hide better. However, all these skills come with a price; your focus on your movement hinders your ability to prevent injuring events, like attacks or sudden environmental changes. Nothing to stop you from moving, but it hurts more when you move into something you shouldn’t.
Suggested Characteristics
Gymnasts are not known to stay still unless they are injured and tend to be constantly mobile. Actions tend to be their primary form of communication, or at the very least a high percentage of it. Gymnasts rarely hold position, even when given orders to do so, because of this habit.
Contortionists are a very specialized group of gymnasts, not as popular nor as strong. If you wish to be a contortionist, choose the Size Doesn’t Matter feature below instead of the Free Rein feature. Instead of a proficiency in Athletics, you may substitute in Stealth.
Your skills as a contortionist make you an excellent entertainer, but also can give you the ability to hide easier. You can still schedule venues and receiving free food and board, but often times you will need one or more other entertainers, like a singer or juggler, to ensure attendance. You can fold your body to appear a size smaller and take cover with ease. This will restrict your movement to do so, but with your incredible ability to hold your breath, you can pass yourself off as an inanimate object. Your contortion ability isn’t just limited to hiding, as the skill to shrink yourself into a small space can also make attacking you harder than before.
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