You are driven by a powerful urge to explore the world around you. From a young age you pushed out as far as you could into the world, taking note after note of what you discover, what you find, and what you think about it all. Every new trail a mystery, every new cavern an adventure.
Your exploration has lead you to wondrous and mysterious discoveries, puzzles to be solved, challenges to overcome. Your Journal is where you puzzle-out the mysteries of the world, whether it's the optimal time to Forge a river, or the right sequence of glyphs to activate to move the door blocking you from more exploration. It is the record of your path finding, the theories about the worlds you've encountered, and the questions you have yet to answer.
Always on the move and often dealing with the adversities of travel, you are adept at both avoiding danger and handing it when you have to. You are proficient in talking your way out of sticky situations.
- Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Persuasion
- Tool Proficiencies: Cartographer's Tools and Thieves Tools
- Languages: Any two languages of your choice from places your have explored
- Equipment: One set of traveler’s clothes, A journal packed with detailed notes, maps, and puzzles from your exploration, A Pouch containing 15 gp, Important pieces of unsolved puzzles.
The motivation behind the urge to explore varies from individual to individual. We're you trying to escape the drudgery of your daily life? Were you looking for something that could change your life forever? Did you hope to return triumphantly to your home town and regail them with tails of your exploits?
| d10 | Motivation for exploring |
|---|---|
| 1 | Boredom - to escape the drudgery of daily life being tied down to one place. |
| 2 | Wanderlust - constantly driven to stay on the move. |
| 3 | Fame - you plan on becoming well known and celebrated far and wide. |
| 4 | Wealth - not satisfied with the paltry sums you could earn working, you plan on amassing a stockpile of pilfered gold, platinum and jewels from your exploits. |
| 5 | Adventure - every new bend in the road, every new chamber in a dungeon is an opportunity for life altering adventure, and you don't want to miss a moment of it. |
| 6 | Academic - The world is vast and few have an idea of just how big it is and how many mysteries it contains, and you want to change that, and make the unknown known. |
| 7 | Necessity - you may or may not have done something that may or may not be preventing you from being in the same place for any amount of time, or someone may or may not find you and hold you accountable for what may or may not have happened. |
| 8 | Power - you know there are powerful artifacts out there to be discovered, that once in your grasp with make you powerful enough to control your own fate. |
| 9 | Searching - you have a specific purpose - to find the item/ person/ place/ that holds the key to providing resolution to your personal quest. |
| 10 | Patron - your have been compelled to explore by a powerful entity, someone or thing sponsoring your continued exploration for reasons you may, or may not, understand. |
You have explored enough areas to get the general idea of how topography and terrain progress from one area to another. When traveling to and through new areas, you can deduce how your surrounds will change, what the chances of finding shelter, fresh water and small game are. You can also find long abandoned or hidden trails and paths, and have advantage on finding hidden entries and doors in terrains you are familiar with.
Suggested Characteristics
These are the suggested characteristics for Explorers.
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am so excited about my latest find or goal that I will share that excitement with anyone and everyone around me, whether they are interested or not. |
| 2 | I am guarded and secretive, not often sharing what I am exploring or am looking for. |
| 3 | I have a strong code by which I operate and get very perplexed/ angry when others don't abide by that code. |
| 4 | I am often ignorant of or careless with local customs and will often ignore them if it means getting where I want to go. |
| 5 | I am overly trusting with others and will often be taken advantage of for my knowledge. |
| 6 | I am so focused on my work I miss social cues and am thought of as rude. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Inclusive - Anyone who wants to explore should, there is room for everyone out there. |
| 2 | Exclusive - Only those best equipped should be allowed to explore, for their safety and mine. |
| 3 | Preservative - You should leave as little trace of your passing as possible, allowing others to discover the same path for themselves. |
| 4 | Cunning. I don't necessarily have to be the first person there, just the only person back. |
| 5 | Impulsive - spontaneity and gut feelings are how you find your way. What does that button do? |
| 6 | Competitive. It's fun to see what everyone can do with the same set or rules and abilities. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My journal is my life, and I don't have a copy. It is my everything and I will do anything to ensure it's safety. |
| 2 | My Patron has tasked me with something and I must accomplish it. No compromise. |
| 3 | I will one day return to my home and prove to them that they were wrong about me. |
| 4 | I value my freedom above all else and will not allow anyone to bind me to any single location. |
| 5 | I am going to find what I'm looking for no matter the cost. . |
| 6 | I miss those that I've left behind, and I send letters and items back to them regularly. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I truly believe that I am superior to all others like me and have no problem expressing that. |
| 2 | I am careless when traversing unspoiled lands or unexplored dungeons and leave a wake of mess in my path. |
| 3 | I will liberate culturally important artifacts and resources and sell them to the highest bidder. |
| 4 | I make overly detailed and complex plans that I will then become frustrated with and abandon immediately. |
| 5 | I look down upon those that assign religious value to places and things. |
| 6 | I am overly reverent of the places I visit, sometimes overcomplicating my travels. |
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