You've spend the formative part of your life studying the healing properties of plants and how to best prepare them for use in tonics.
- Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Nature
- Tool Proficiencies: Alchemy kit, Herbalism kit
- Equipment: A scroll case stuffed full of herbal and alchemical recipes, a set of common clothes suitable for wearing while collecting ingredients in the wilds, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp
Professionally Precise
What compelled you to begin studying botany and the meticulous process of making tonics, salves and other items?
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Professionally Precise |
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The life of someone I care about was saved by an apothecary.
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2
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I appreciate the natural world but I'm no good with animals.
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3
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We shouldn't have to rely on the gods for healing.
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4
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Plants make more sense than people.
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The focus this profession requires distracts me from my troubles.
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I needed to commune with nature, far from civilization.
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The recipes I use have been in my family for generations, healing is my birthright.
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My local apothecary was the wisest person in the area, it was an honour to study under them.
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Feature: Wanderer
While collecting and mapping the locations of ingredients, you developed an excellent memory for maps and geography, and you can always recall the general layout of terrain, settlements, and other features around you. In addition, you can find food and fresh water for yourself and up to five other people each day, provided that the land offers berries, small game, water, and so forth.
Suggested Characteristics
Some apothecaries are well suited to a life of seclusion, preferring to work alone and have somebody else deal with customers, whereas others value the part they play in society, supplying affordable healing for those without access magic. Whether they embrace solitude or their communities, their focus and precision also shapes their attitudes and ideals. A few also dabble in concoctions that don't provide any healing benefits, such as poisons or acids sold under the table to select customers who can afford them.
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Personality Trait |
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I’ve been isolated for so long that I rarely speak, preferring gestures and the occasional grunt.
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I am utterly serene, even in the face of disaster.
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3
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The leader of my community had something wise to say on every topic, and I am eager to share that wisdom.
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4
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I feel tremendous empathy for all who suffer.
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5
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Etiquette and social expectations go out the window when I have a patient in dire need.
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Every problem is something to be diagnosed and treated.
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I often get lost in my own thoughts and contemplation, becoming oblivious to my surroundings.
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I am constantly working on new recipes and love sharing my ideas.
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Ideal |
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Greater Good. My skills are meant to be used for the good of all, not just myself. (Good)
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Logic. Emotions must not cloud our sense of what is right and true, or our logical thinking. (Lawful)
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Free Thinking. Inquiry and curiosity are the pillars of progress. (Chaotic)
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Power. Solitude and contemplation are paths toward mystical or magical power. (Evil)
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Live and Let Live. Meddling in the affairs of others only causes trouble. (Neutral)
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Self-Knowledge. If you know yourself, there’s nothing left to know. (Any)
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Bond |
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Nothing is more important than the health of the people around me.
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2
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I moved to the middle of nowhere to hide from the ones who might still be hunting me. I must someday confront them.
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3
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I’m still seeking the enlightenment I pursued in the solitude of my profession, and it still eludes me.
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4
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I moved to the countryside because I loved someone I could not have.
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5
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I saw something in the wilderness that could bring ruin to the world.
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My isolation gave me great insight into what suffering does to people, I will prevent as much of it as I can.
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Flaw |
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Now that I’ve returned to the world, I enjoy its delights a little too much.
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I harbor dark, bloodthirsty thoughts that my isolation and meditation failed to quell.
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I am dogmatic in my thoughts and philosophy.
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I let my need to win arguments overshadow friendships and harmony.
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5
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I’d risk too much to get samples of new ingredients or new recipes.
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I like keeping secrets and won’t share them with anyone.
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