Criminal Healer

You are a healer from a large city hospital center. In this job, you work hard and are paid very little. To make up for this, you have become an experienced criminal with a history of illegal drug dealing and criminal medicinal procedures. You have spent a lot of time within the criminal underworld. In this time, you have become used to stitching up extreme injuries, so blood and gore no longer bother you. You are also not afraid to use your medicinal knowledge to provide purposefully poor treatment or even poisons, as long as it’s for the right price.

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit, poisoner’s kit

Equipment: An herbalism kit, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch containing 15 gp. 

Suggested Characteristics

Criminals might seem like villains on the surface, and many of them are villainous to the core. But some have an abundance of endearing, if not redeeming, characteristics. There might be honor among thieves, but criminals rarely show any respect for law or authority.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I always have a list of possible things that could go wrong, so that I may be prepared for anything.
2	I am always calm in the face of blood. I show no reaction, even if it is very gruesome.
3	I obsess over anatomy and physiology. I will take up the opportunity to dissect something at any chance.
4	I would rather make a new friend than a new enemy.
5	I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
6	I don’t pay attention to the risks in a situation. Never tell me the odds.
7	The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t do it.
8	I blow up at the slightest insult.

d6	Ideal
1	Honor. I don’t steal from others in the trade. (Lawful)
2	Freedom. Chains are meant to be broken, as are those who would forge them. (Chaotic)
3	Charity. I steal from the wealthy so that I can help people in need. (Good)
4	Greed. I will do whatever it takes to become wealthy. (Evil)
5	People. I’m loyal to my friends, not to any ideals, and everyone else can take a trip down the Styx for all I care. (Neutral)
6	Redemption. There’s a spark of good in everyone. (Good)

d6	Bond
1	I’m trying to pay off an old debt I owe to a generous benefactor.
2	My ill-gotten gains go to support my family.
3	Something important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back.
4	I will become the greatest thief that ever lived.
5	I’m guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it.
6	Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made. That will never happen again.

d6	Flaw
1	When I see something valuable, I can’t think about anything but how to steal it.
2	When faced with a choice between money and my friends, I usually choose the money.
3	If there’s a plan, I’ll forget it. If I don’t forget it, I’ll ignore it.
4	I have a “tell” that reveals when I’m lying.
5	I turn tail and run when things look bad.
6	An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I’m okay with that.