Governments, rebel groups, and merchant empires all need maps to exert control and influence. You bring order to uncharted lands by transcribing their details with quill and parchment, creating knowledge and control where before there was none. Perhaps you are drawn to new lands and discoveries, or you simply enjoy the glory of being an explorer. Whatever your aims, you are an agent of civilization slowly taming the wilderness.

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Perception

Tool Proficiencies: Cartographer's Tools, Navigator's Tools

Equipment: A set of traveler's clothes, cartographer's tools, a partial map of somewhere you've never been, and a coin purse containing 10gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Cartographers are defined by their lives of travel and discovery.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I don't feel that I've truly understood something until I make a record of it.
2	I take great artistic pride in my work, often preferring style and beauty over substance.
3	I have an incurable wanderlust that constantly drives me on to new lands.
4	I am very passionate about my work- I once stabbed a man over an argument about proper map scales.
5	I've gained so much perspective from my travels that my homeland no longer feels like home.
6	I like clear descriptions and well-defined minutiae, and cannot stand gray areas or ambiguity.
7	I'm not lost, I'm just exploring.
8	I must discover new resources for use by homeland, and don't care much about what happens to the native people or creatures.

d6	Ideal
1	Awe: There's a big wide world out there that holds so many secrets and wonders, that I cannot wait to see and share them (Good).
2	Adventure: I get bored quickly and crave new experiences, curiosities and excitement. (Chaos)
3	Greed: By being the first to discover places and resources, I can claim them and become rich and powerful. (Evil)
4	Civilization: The light of civilization must be brought to new places, to bring enlightenment and drive out barbaric superstitions. (Lawful)
5	Craftsmanship: I'd prefer not to do something than to do a shoddy job of it. (Any)
6	Truth: It is my duty to report things they way they are, without embellishment or obfuscation. (Neutral)

d6	Bond
1	My entire life has spent spent looking for the ruins of a legendary civilization that was said to have been destroyed in some cataclysm long ago.
2	I was commissioned by a client to completely map a stupendously enormous area, a task that has become my life's work.
3	I have fallen in love with the lands I survey, and would fight to protect them.
4	I am a well-respected member of an explorer's guild, and the pinion of it's members is very important to me.
5	I am determined to discover a passage through an area previously thought impassable.
6	I discovered a place so precious I left it off my maps, and now seek to ensure that it's location remains secret and hidden.

d6	Flaw
1	I get so caught up in looking at the big picture that I sometimes miss important details.
2	I get so caught up in accurately capturing details that I miss the big picture.
3	I'm much more concerned with my fame and reputation that the actual truth, accuracy or quality of my work.
4	If I think something is unimportant, I completely ignore it.
5	I can't settle or put down roots; being in one place for too long makes me anxious.
6	I'm completely dismissive of people who aren't as well-travelled as I am, which is virtually everyone.