You have spent most of your life excavating the minerals that allows civilization to thrive. Without your work and expertise, soldiers wouldn’t have swords and the teamsters wouldn’t have horse shoes. In the dim lights of tight tunnels, you might have mined iron, mithril, and gemstones, or you may have worked in the salt mines to provide flavor for the food of nobles.
More so than most, you are used to danger. You saw many of your friends crushed when the mines caved in. Sometimes you could hear them shouting for help, but by the time you could safely clear away the debris they had suffocated or starved. You’ve crawled out of the mines only to find greater dangers.
- Skill Proficiencies: You are Proficient In Perception, after years of peering through the dark, finding the diamonds among the rough.
- Tool Proficiencies: Without your Mining Tools by your side, you can hardly call yourself a miner at all; as such, you are proficient in the smith's tools.
- Languages: Many years underground have led to some interesting interactions, especially with those who live in the underdark. throughout the years, you've picked up the native tongue, and find it has saved you on more than one occasion. You are proficient in the Undercommon Language.
- Equipment: A set of common clothes, a light hammer, smith’s tools, 2 small topaz gems worth 10gp each.
You grew up digging tunnels, exploring caves, and learning the mysteries of the places. It is nearly impossible for you to get lost underground. You can naturally sense the slope of a cavern or mine shaft telling if it goes up or down. Your sense of smell is attuned to the smell of fresh or stagnant air. The twists and turns of underground passages cannot disorient you. While you may not always know exactly where you are, you can always find your way back.
Suggested Characteristics
Hard, pitiless work makes miners. While others studied in the safety of temples or academies, you were digging into the earth trying to earn the money needed to feed your family. Whatever events forced you to leave the mines behind, you’ll always carry the hard lessons learned in mineshafts with you.
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