Courier

Many organizations active in any city need a way to trade and carry information. Small businesses may need deliveries sent out with haste. A army may need word from allies. These are all tasks a courier takes on. Your job is to be ready with the knowledge and skill to weave through towns, cities, and battlefields to get information or deliveries where they need to and on time. But these are not always the easiest tasks...some may not always wind up so lucrative either. Fortunately, most areas tend to have neutral laws for couriers and protect them if possible. Good Luck. 

Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Perception

Tool Proficiencies: [tool]cartographer’s tools[tool] and [tool]Forgery Kit[tool]

Languages: Two of your choice for the purpose of your patron. 

Equipment: Badge or emblem that shows you are a courier, a set of common clothes, paper, cartographer’s tools, Forgery Kit and a pouch containing 15 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Use the tables for the spy or faction agent background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a courier. 

Your bond might be associated with other members of your patrons, or a location or an object that is important to you. The ideal you strive for is probably in keeping with the principles of your profession, but might be more personal in nature.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I idolize my mentor, and constantly refer to that person’s deeds and example.
2	I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
3	I see a great adventure in my every day, I live it to the fullest.
4	Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude.
5	I am an open book and will tell you all about it.
6	I am tolerant (or intolerant) of a less than perfect work ethic and may drop subtle hints
7	I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among the cities elite. Rough living grates on me.
8	I’ve spent so long living and working in one place that I have little practical experience dealing with people outside my bubble.

d6	Ideal
1	Commitment. We must honor the longstanding rules and regulations of the courier code (Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds) . (Lawful)
2	Charity. I always try to help those in need by running some free jobs to help those in need. (Good)
3	Meaning. We must help bring about our own meaning to the constant working in the world. (Chaotic)
4	Power. I hope to one day rise to the top, create my own ring of delivery controlled by me. (Evil)
5	Balance. I trust my actions, if I work hard, things will work out. (neutral)
6	Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my City's favor by matching my actions against standards. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I would do anything to get to a level where I am on top of my profession
2	I will someday get revenge on my rival who caught me skimming off the top.
3	I owe my life to the couriers guild who gave my life purpose.
4	The delivery, the route, the journey, the higher the stakes, the higher the thrill. I live for that thrill.
5	I will do anything to protect the sanctity of the couriers purpose.
6	I have a delivery that is still in transit and others are hunting me for it.

d6	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	I put too much trust in those who are established in the couriers guild.
3	I know that there are others who want to get my jobs and my parcels, so trusting others is hard for me.
4	I am inflexible in my thinking.
5	I am so used to the rush and sneaking of the delivery life, I sometimes forget to consider others existence.
6	Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life.