You are a very close friend with animals of all kind, allowing you to take care of many different kinds of animals at once. Whether you run a zoo with exotic creatures, or it's just a collection of everyday animals, you find yourself very close to animals. You spend every waking minute of your day feeding, bathing, and nursing animals, and make sure they are well taken care of. Maybe you do it for profit, or maybe you just do it because you love to spend time around animals and entertain the common folk, either way it's what you love. And it's not easy work either, you know the toll it can take on you. 

Skill Proficiencies: Zookeepers have proficiency in Animal Handling and Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: Zookeepers gain a proficiency in Herbalism Kits.

Equipment: You start with a set of common zookeeper clothes, or a uniform if you are not the owner of the zoo, as well as an herbalism kit, a pouch of treats for the animals, a pouch with 15 gold, and a small knife.

Suggested Characteristics

Zookeepers can range from someone who cares for animals, to a collector of exotic animals. While some people are in it for profit, most do it because they love to be around and care for animals. However, all zookeepers are capable of understanding animals and communicating with them.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I cannot stand to see an animal in pain
2	I tend to spend more time with my animals than other people
3	I would protect my zoo, and the animals within it, at all costs
4	I only pretend to care for animals to impress another person
5	I can't go a day without interacting with animals
6	I will stop everything I'm doing to talk to, pet, and care for an animal
7	The money I receive from the zoo is the real reason I run the zoo
8	I can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat animals

d6	Ideal
1	Equality. Animals deserve the same treatment we give to people (Good)
2	Money. Animals are something to profit from, not take care of (Evil)
3	Order. Like the animals in the zoo, people must be kept in check (Lawful)
4	Freedom. Animals should be allowed to roam freely, as should I (Chaotic)
5	Way of Life. All things come and go, that is the way of the natural order (Neutral)
6	Beasts. Animals are smarter than we think, we just have to take into account what they are saying (Any)

d6	Bond
1	My zoo, and the animals within it, are what keep me going. I would do anything to protect them
2	My family got me into this business, and I owe everything I have to them
3	The money flow coming into the zoo is worth putting up with the animals
4	The person I want to be with loves animals, so I'd do whatever I could to get their attention
5	I have an open space for a rare creature, the one that would bring me fame and fortune
6	I got offered this job by my boss, and would do anything to pay him back

d6	Flaw
1	I would risk my life to save a rare or endangered animal
2	My love for animals is stronger than my love for people
3	If someone payed me enough, I would sell my animals away, or even the whole zoo
4	I never spent a lot of time around people, so I am not very good at communicating with them
5	I cannot get along with someone that disrespects animals
6	I sometimes daydream about my animals, making me miss what people are saying to me