You've spent your life diving from heights, flipping through the air and letting your body guide your path. Your feats of pure strength and dexterity awe any who watch, sending hearts soaring and mouths agape. Whether you were originally a street performer, a young talent, or a circus professional, your years of training are paramount in your new life as an adventurer.
- Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics, Athletics
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of Musical Instrument
- Languages: One of your Choice
- Equipment: A musical instrument (one of your choice), a disguise kit(costume & gloves), and a pouch containing 10 gp
An acrobat is a master of much, but every player has a preference. Choose a speciality on the table below to define your role in the circus.
| d8 | Circus Speciality |
|---|---|
| 1 | Contortionist |
| 2 | Trapeze Artist |
| 3 | Exotic Dancer |
| 4 | Gymnast |
| 5 | Sword Juggler |
| 6 | Parkour Specialist |
| 7 | Tightrope Walker |
| 8 | Stunt Performer |
You are agile and strong, used to carrying your own body weight. Climbing costs you 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
Acrobats and gymnasts of the circus tend to be affable and merry, holding a deep love of the community they come from. However, street performers and other may have other, different, bonds of family.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I constantly show off my circus skills to anyone who looks interested. |
| 2 | My routines in the circus are ingrained in my life, I can't go a day without casually backflipping or walking on my hands. |
| 3 | I crave the attention and recognition my talents deserve. |
| 4 | I will settle for no less than perfection in all things. |
| 5 | I get crippling social anxiety when performing in front of crowds. |
| 6 | I hate the idea of being at the mercy of the wider government. The circus was safe. |
| 7 | I learnt my trade and got paid for my tricks on the street. |
| 8 | Being around so many other amazing athletes made me incredibly competitive. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Skill. My past makes me uniquely skilled for the darker side of life. (Evil) |
| 2 | Flexibility. Being flexible in body and spirit allows for a free life. (Chaotic) |
| 3 | Discipline. It took years to master my craft, I have learnt to be patient and hardworking. (Lawful) |
| 4 | Generosity. The circus takes in the disadvantaged and the outcast, and gives them a home. (Good) |
| 5 | Freedom. Being an acrobat allows for bodily and spiritual freedom. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Mastery. I will become the best acrobat the world has seen. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I crave the freedom I have felt when flying through the air. |
| 2 | The friends I made in the circus were more of my family than I have known. |
| 3 | I was abandoned to the circus at a young age. I one day wish to find my family. |
| 4 | The circus is where I found a home among freaks and miscreants. |
| 5 | I look forward to settling into a life not so transient, the circus was wearing on me. |
| 6 | I met my love as I was travelling through a town. I have not seen them in some time. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | The prowess of my skills makes me cocky and self-confident when dealing with others. |
| 2 | My home and family were disbanded by guards, and I no longer trust the authority. |
| 3 | I let a friend get badly hurt in practise once, and my mistake still haunts me. |
| 4 | I've spent my life in close quarters to other performers. I wouldn't call myself clingy... more tactile? |
| 5 | I ran away from my family to join the circus, they still may be looking for me. |
| 6 | I've never really been around 'normal' people, so I struggle to behave 'normally'. |
Your speed and agility is used to quickly takeout targets you have been hired to kill.
You are a master in the art of killing. You have expertise with blades and you when you surprise an enemy can make a stealthed attack that has +2 to hit dealing +2d4 damage and does not break your stealth.
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