Rural Doctor

You lived in the countryside, dotted with small towns and villages surrounded by farmland. As a healer you tended to the sick and injured people as well as their pets and farm animals.

Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit

Equipment: Healer's Kit, an Herbalism Kit, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Being a rural doctor is a calling. Often you are the only healer in the area available to tend to the sick or injured and your skills could prevent someone from ending up disfigured, crippled or worse. Even tending to farm animals could mean protecting the livelihood of that farmer and his family, keeping them from losing the farm or starving to death. You are seen as a valuable resource an treated with respect but even so, you are often paid for your work with a few meager coins, a chicken or some eggs, milk or cheese, a bag of flour or loaf of bread, or some other humble item or service. You find your biggest rewards in service to people, the community or even your god.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I am fastidious about cleanliness and hygiene but I am not squeamish about getting dirty and bloody to save a life.
2	If someone is in trouble, I’m always ready to lend help.
3	I am full of humorous stories about my work and enjoy sharing them.
4	I am practical and meticulous, sloppiness or laziness could cost a life.
5	I use compassion and humor to put others at ease.
6	I prefer animals to people. Less whining and complaining.
7	I enjoy treating people because it gives me a chance to learn their story.
8	The joy and relief on the faces of those i help is its own reward. Money is nice too though.

d6	Ideal
1	Community. People should work to better the community for all. (Lawful)
2	Greater Good. My gifts are meant to be shared with all, not just those who can afford to pay well. (Good)
3	Knowledge. Aquiring knowledge will help me master my craft (Any)
4	Life. All life is precious. Good or bad is for the gods to decide. (Neutral)
5	Nature. The natural world should be protected as it provides many things that make our lives better. (Neutral)
6	Quid Pro Quo. The only reason to help someone is to use them to get something in return. (Evil)

d6	Bond
1	My family died of a plague because there was no healer to help, i wont let that happen to others.
2	My god guides my hands and it is doing his/her will that brings me the greatest satisfaction.
3	A noble's son died while in my care and i was exiled to the countryside as punishment. i seek to return one day.
4	A curse disease spread because i failed to identify it and all the livestock in the area had to be slaughtered to stop it from spreading further. I search for the cure to atone for my failure.
5	I try to be the best i can to bring honor to my mentor.
6	i am only a poor country doctor but one day i hope to achieve fame and fortune.

d6	Flaw
1	I am more interested in solving the puzzle than caring for the patient, as a result my bedside manor is atrocious.
2	I like to drink too much and it often affects the quality of my work.
3	Most people scream and run when they see a monster. I stop and take notes on its anatomy.
4	I sometimes con people into believing they or a loved one is sick to gain rewards for when I "heal" them.
5	I avoid cities. They are much to crowded and disease ridden.
6	I have a tendency to brag and exaggerate my skills.