Be it a neighbourhood police officer or a special forces drug raider, you have spent your life serving the community, busting crime and arresting criminals. You might have been part of a unit of officers in the area, you could have been the captain of a police force or just your regular old neighbourhood officer going to get donuts every break time, but no matter what you were an important community figure.
- Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Insight
- Languages: Two of your choice
- Equipment: A uniform in the style of your unit and indicative of your rank, a walkie-talkie to contact other officers, a set of manacles, and a wallet containing 10 gp
Your experience in enforcing the law, and dealing with lawbreakers, gives you a feel for local laws and criminals. You can easily find the local police station or a similar organization, and just as easily pick out the dens of criminal activity in a community, although you're more likely to be welcome in the former locations rather than the latter.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the soldier background as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity.
Your bond is likely associated with your fellow officers or the police organization itself and almost certainly concerns your community. Your ideal probably involves the fostering of peace and safety. An investigator is likely to have an ideal connected to achieving justice by successfully solving crimes.
Rarer than police officers or patrol members, you are one of a community's investigators, who are responsible for solving crimes after the fact. Though such folk are seldom found in rural areas, nearly every settlement of decent size has at least one or two watch members who have the skill to investigate crime scenes and track down criminals. If your prior experience is as an investigator, you have proficiency in Investigation rather than intimidation.
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