Reservist

You are a weekend warrior, a professional novice. You have the heart to serve and wish you were a hero like the heroes of old, but you lack the courage to go to war. War and service have been part of your family for generations. You studied math and science in school as a youth; studied accounting and other city jobs. You could have been part of a standing army, navy, a mercenary company, or militia group or special forces, but you chose not to, at least that is what you tell people. You preferred to only serve on a weekend a month, and that, sometimes, is even too much.

You have little to no actual combat experience. You spent most of your weekend time taking general mandated training. Half the time when you talk to people about your service, they think you are talking about a local security company or that you run security at the docks. You know enough acronyms and jargon to get by talking to any military person, and you know most military concepts on paper. You just have never actually fought in a battle or fired a cannon. You are salty enough to pass as a sailor and crude enough to be a soldier.

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Performance

Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, vehicles (land)

Equipment: A worthless coin given to you by a higher ranking individual with his insignia on one side and the military organization on the other side, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy that you never fought (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice or deck of cards, a set of common clothes, and a purse containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

The horrors of war combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I adhere to the highest military baring.
2	I’m afraid of combat.
3	All of my friends either retired or left the reserves leaving me bitter.
4	I've read a great deal about war, and I am fully prepared.
5	I can argue about politics all day.
6	I get drunk and retell war stories that do not belong to me.
7	I want other military members to like me.
8	I generally wait a month to try to solve anything, afterall, if it isn't a problem next drill weekend, it never was a problem.

d6	Ideal
1	Our lot is to hurry up and wait for the real heroes to show up.
2	I do nothig more than what is ordered of me.
3	When the warcry sounds, "HooRah!", I sound "Who me?".
4	War can wait for the weekend, I have a real job.
5	War, yeah, what is it good for?
6	I am a strong nationalist that refuses to go on deployments.

d6	Bond
1	I would give my life for a chance at glory.
2	I want to show the rest of the military what I can accomplish in battle.
3	If the government stopped paying me, I wouldn't show up for my drill weekend.
4	I’ll never forget when an officer yelled at me.
5	I prefer to do things in groups, solo is not the way to get a job done.
6	I'd fight, but only if ordered to.

d6	Flaw
1	I failed my Weapons PQS, and I'm afraid my weapons will be taken from me as a result.
2	I have little respect for the military.
3	I cheated on my entrance exam and all of my yearly mandated training.
4	I regret never joining the "real" military.
5	I obey the law but only on drill weekends.
6	I usually don't know what I'm talking about.