Acrobat (Traveling Circus) Image

Either you were born into the circus, they found you, or you found them; you are apart of a traveling circus and acrobatics is your specialty. Some choose acrobatics while others are forced into learning it. Acrobats  create amazing performances  using of extraordinary  acts of balance, agility and coordination.

 
Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics and Athletics or Performance
Tool Proficiencies: You are proficient with either a disguise kit or a thieves tools kit.
Languages: You gain proficiency in two languages.
Equipment: You start with an entertainer's pack, along with either a disguise kit or a set of thieves' tools, common clothing and a costume, and 25 gp.
 
Acrobatic Performance

There are many different forms of acrobatics found in a circus, from aerial acts to acro dancing, while you can have the ability to preform all acrobatic acts, everyone must choose an act they most like to preform.

d6 Acrobatic Performance
1 Aerial Silks
2 Aerial Hoops
3 Contortionist
4 Tightrope Walker
5 Acro Dancer
6 Trapeze Artist
 
Feature: Acrobatic Proficiency

You are used to carrying yourself all through the air and holding yourself up in different ways. Climbing is no extra movement and you have advantage on any Athletics or Acrobatics checks to catch or hold your own body weight, or lift anything your size or smaller. 

 
Suggested Characteristics

Successful acrobats are able to capture an audience with amazing performances, all the while making sure everyone around them and themselves stay safe. So they tend to have confident, detail oriented, and also exuberant personalities. They tend to like to showoff their skills that they know many others don't posses, but they also can be caring and a little  meticulous when it comes to the safety of others.

d8 Personality Trait
1 I love to showing off my skills and I'm always ready to do so.
2 I'm always practicing and striving towards being better then my last performance.
3 I preform for recognition and praise.
4 I joined the circus to run away from my old responsibilities.
5 I use skills I learned growing up on the street, and use it in my act.
6 I was born into the circus and have grown surrounded by it and preforming in it.
7 I joined the circus to escape someone from my past.
8 I struggle preforming in front of others and seem to always mess up the acts.
d6 Ideal
1 Acceptance. Everyone is welcome in the circus, we are all 'freaks' together. (Good)
2 Freedom. I am able to free both outside and within myself, and I make myself free from others stipulations. (Chaotic)
3 Control. I have worked hard in my field, and have learned discipline and patience through it. (Lawful)
4 Experience. I learned my craft from a dark past that is hidden from those around me. (Evil)
5 Resilience. I am able to recover quickly from a broken bone or a broken spirit. (Neutral)
6 Proficiency. I am working toward becoming the best in my craft, by whatever means necessary. (Any)
d6 Bond
1 I was born into the circus, because my parent(s) is(was) in the show.
2 The people I found in the circus make me feel safe and loved.
3 I found a place I belong and feel welcome among the circus 'freaks.'
4 I joined the circus at a young age, after my family abandoned me.
5 I love to travel, and the circus provides a great way to see the world.
6 The traveling life has been hard and I hope to one day find a way to settle down in one place.
d6 Flaw
1 I believe to be the best at my craft and I'm not afraid to say so to anyone, weather they listen or not.
2 I was a part of an accident in a performance or rehearsal once and it continues to haunt me.
3 I'm running from someone or something and I fear they may still be trying to find me.
4 I've changed my identity to avoid the authorities and I don't know who to trust with my secret.
5 I've grown up in the circus and don't know how to survive without them.
6 I am my biggest critique and can easily get inside my own head, not only in my act, but all aspects of life.
 
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