However fine and noble the world might have seemed at first glance, once you dug a little deeper beneath the facade, a deeper truth revealed itself to you. Conflict and strife are the only real constants in "civilized" lands, and for you, therein lay the opportunity for profit. As a bounty hunter you had plied your trade well, offering dubious (if effective) services and skills to all manner of client for myriad reasons- superficial or otherwise. Regardless of the cause, the justification, or the moral impunity associated with locating your mark. Every job finished brought the clink of coin between your purse strings at the expense of another poor soul fated to endure consequences dire, and often foul.

Though the time spent in this line of work has left you grim and jilted, your reputation for ruthlessness and cunning precedes you. More often than not, you found yourself sought after and petitioned to ferret a mark, never needing to eke out the work on your own. From the lowly debtor owing the wrong merchant guild, to the misguided runaway offspring of a minor noble, or the thieving murderer eluding the city guard, none could evade your dogged pursuit, and many more dared not try once your involvement was learned.

Skill Proficiencies:  Deception, Intimidation

 

Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' Tools

Equipment:  Ink bottle, a set of traveler's clothes, ink pen, 6 pages of parchment, 4 hunting traps, thieves' tools, 5 rare trinkets from previous bounties (roll on table PHB pg. 160-161), and a belt pouch containing 30 gold

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I tend to approach conversation with people I've just met as though it were an interrogation.
2	I project arrogance and conceit at times, especially after turning in a troublesome target.
3	I'll accept the help of others with a bounty, so long as they can prove their skill to me first.
4	It needn't be hunting down a mark - I'll chop firewood for an old woman if there's pay involved.
5	I'm not prone to idle chatter, and prefer keeping to myself unless the topic's business.
6	I've a great deal of practical experience from hunting bounties, and can relate to almost any situation.
7	I'm rather adept at games of skill like darts, or five-finger fillet.
8	I frequently move from town to town, eager to pursue new marks and seek new contacts.

d6	Ideal
1	Justice These people have violated the law once. I won't let it happen twice. (Lawful)
2	Wealth The only path to true freedom is having gold enough to do as you will. (Chaotic)
3	Brutality Gold pales to the brilliance of the life draining from their eyes. (Evil)
4	Morality It's not enough to hunt them down. They have to understand what they've done is reprehensible. (Good)
5	Ambiguity This job's just a job, like any other. Nothing personal against my targets. (Neutral)
6	Endurance In no other line of work could anyone expect to test their limits so completely. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	Once a solider, my comrade's grave betrayal forced me from my home, and into this life.
2	Though my friends are few, I owe them my life many times over, and would happily die for them.
3	Horrendous tales and vile rumor destroyed my family's good name, and this path is the only recourse to find the truth.
4	The contract turned sour, and now I find myself yoked to dangerously twisted employers.
5	All my deeds would surely consign me to prison - only by servicing officials do I stay free.
6	Mindless thuggery stole the life of one I cherished, and the price they must pay is one I will collect.

d6	Flaw
1	Sleep, when it comes, is no sleep at all. The time spent tracking marks has left me skittish and paranoid.
2	Not only am I good at what I do, but I love what I do - and I hate myself for it.
3	I refuse to believe anyone can be trusted, and will root through their life until I'm satisfied they can be.
4	At a younger age my actions earned me the brand of a criminal, those mistakes haunting me and my fellows even today.
5	It is only for my own selfish need to be the best at what I do that I abandon my team to bring the bounty in first.
6	Contract or not, I never bring murder bounties back alive. They showed no mercy, and so neither will I.