Raised by the liquor due to a terrible loss or failure in the past, every village, town, and city has that member who is so consistently inebriated that this becomes their most well known feature. A town drunk is more often than not in some sort of debt or trouble with a underbelly of society, generally they are clumped in with the homeless or otherwise needy, and simply ignored as social outcasts. Most drunks do not start that way and are one of the most varied archetypes there are, from the highest official to the lowest worker or the most pious of priest to the darkest criminal, anyone can become a drunk with nothing but a bottle and a means for more.
- Skill Proficiencies: By being socially invisible, I hear and see things that people don't usually want me to hear or see. My living conditions have never been great, I learned how to survive early on.
- Tool Proficiencies: I have learned how to make my own moonshine and can often make any beverage an alcoholic one.
- Equipment: The shirt on my back and some things in a sack are all I've been able to afford, aside from my hooch.
The Drunks
Righteous to Sinful, Rich or poor, tall or short, all types of people can become a drunk.
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The Drunks |
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Common folk. There wasn't anything really going for me in my day to day life, so I turned towards alcohol for meaning.
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Ex Success. I was at the top of my game, I had love, finances, and a strong sense of self. Until it all fell apart and now all there is is alcohol.
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Retired public servant. My prime times are behind me, my sense of pride in my work and meaning from the job has faded to something I don't even fully recognize. Drinking helps me remember the old days.
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A tragic story. Due to some horrible twist of fate, everything I knew was flipped on its head and I couldn't keep up. Now this bottle is all I have.
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Feature: I am the Liquor
Years of alcoholic conditioning has given the town drunk the ability to find a place to sleep, regardless of the environment. While inebriated, the drunk will be able to find some way to find more, be it begging or finishing off an unattended drink, they are often welcome in establishments that serve alcohol due to the tabs they drive up, though are rarely accepted there a second time. Due to their social invisibility, the drunk will often be able to over hear conversations and gain pieces of information from local gossip to criminal plans while in the street or at the cantina.
Suggested Characteristics
As a drunk, you are beholden to alcohol in all its forms and have accepted these realities of your situation.
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Personality Trait |
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My perpetual drunkenness has made it so my wits can seem dulled.
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I am always looking for hope at the bottom of a bottle.
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Drinking makes me more outgoing and boisterous, I am the life of the party.
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Alcohol makes me feel invincible, I will run straight towards an unwinnable fight with enough liquid courage.
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Ideal |
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Nothing really matters and I feel that anyone that says otherwise is a liar..
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I am trying to kick my alcohol dependence. Right after the next drink I'll quit.
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The liquor makes everything better, including me. I try my best to stay drunk, happy, and productive.
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I will do anything for liquor, even hurt the ones closest to me. Nothing matters except the next buzz.
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Bond |
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I owe a considerable amount to a debtor or distant family member, they are not the pacifist type and I can't let them catch me before I pay them off.
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I want to try every type of alcohol there is or die trying. From the finest to the swill, it will all be on my palette.
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My family says they love me and they are always trying to get me to do an intervention, I am on the run from them.
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I need money to finance my lavish drinking habits, by whatever means necessary.
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Flaw |
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My drinking often gets me in to trouble with the law and those around me.
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I will always lie about how much I've had to drink, even to people serving me or sitting right next to me.
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I actually can't handle my alcohol consumption at all, one or two drinks in and I'm out.
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My memory after drinking is not reliable at all, I often forget important details while I drink and afterwards.
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Contacts
Your drunken antics have seen you through happy and sad moments alike and long the way you have made friends your enemies and enemies your friends. Sort of.
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Contact |
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Loan sharks are generally available to the drunk. They often have leads on how the drunk will be able to pay off their debts to them or die trying.
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Local bonds people who are looking to make some coin off your capture often have larger contracts that they are willing to let you help with if you're capable to earn your freedom.
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Ex-relationships that have ended simply because you can't sober up will sometimes try and give you a job in an attempt to help you help yourself.
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Drinking buddies always have a solid lead or two on a get rich quick scheme that couldn't possibly go wrong if you do most of the work.
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