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You are a special kind of vagabond, one who spreads wisdom and foreknowledge to those who seek comfort in this world. You can quickly read people and know their deepest desires and fears. Bearing omens and advice, you are born for the open road, constantly in danger of angering those to whom you’ve dispensed truth. You must always look for new horizons, bringing a little insight into the workings of the cosmos wherever you wander.

 
Skill Proficiencies: Choose two of the following: Arcana, Insight, Perception, or Performance

Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A set of fortune telling tools (cards, dice, tea leaves, etc.), a set of traveler's clothes, a costume, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp
 
Specialty

Most fortune tellers tend to focus on one style of fortune telling, making it their specialty. If you're having trouble coming up with a specialty, you can select one from the table, or roll a d8 and pick the corresponding specialty.

d8 Specialty
1 Astrology
2 Tarokka Card Reading
3 Crystallomancy
4 Pendulum Reading
5 Tea Leaf Reading
6 Spirit Board Reading
7 Runecasting
8 Palm Reading
 
Feature: A Glimpse Into the Unknown

You can read a person's fortune and take a glimpse into what the next 12 hours entails for them. This includes your own fortune. When you read a person's fortune in a five- to ten-minute ritual, make a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check. If you succeed, you get a vague description of the next 12 hours of your target's future. This includes whether they will come face to face with any danger, love, sadness, happiness, or anything else. The real nature of this fortune is up to your DM, unless you look for something specific. The target must be willing, and if you do succeed, the target's fortune can't be read for 24 hours.

 
Suggested Characteristics

Fortune Tellers live lives that are intertwined with fate. You are the communicator and the bridge between humanity and the infinite. You understand that everyone has a role to play in the future, and usually come to accept you own. This acceptance leads you to a kind of serenity in the face of danger, with the ability to act quickly when your supposed destiny presents itself.

d8 Personality Trait
1 I hate staying in one place for any longer than a few days.
2 I use cryptic phrases in nearly every conversation.
3 Even I know that no fortune is truly set in stone.
4 I believe everything happens for a reason.
5 I tend to consult my own fortune before making what could be a crucial decision.
6 I believe in everything I see, as my fortunes have never been wrong.
7 If someone doubts my readings, then I will do anything to prove them wrong.
8 I tend to overshare and talk far too much when it comes to anything related to my craft.
d6 Ideal
1 Destiny. What I see cannot be ignored, for it will happen no matter what. (Neutral)
2 Curiosity. Whatever comes next, I am more than excited to find out. (Any)
3 Hope. Any future, no matter how bleak, can be changed for the better. (Good)
4 Survival. The future is nothing more than a tool; a tool I will use for my own purposes. (Chaotic)
5 Purpose. The future shapes us as we are meant to be. It would be rude to deny it. (Lawful)
6 Kindness. If a person's future reads only sorrow, I will try to instill them with a glimpse of hope. (Good)
d6 Bond
1 I shall use these fortunes I see to make the world a better place.
2 My talent came naturally, and my family was terrified of it.
3 I love seeing the warmth on a person's face after a reading.
4 I will occasionally see a spirit that reminds me of a loved one.
5 There are some whose character greatly resembles a spirit I've seen before. They are the most interesting.
6 I'm constantly being chased by people who want to use my power for their own devices.
d8 Flaw
1 My constant viewing of the future has made me rather nihilistic.
2 When I see that the future is in my favor, I can be rather boisterous and cocky.
3 Destiny shall take its course. This fact has made me rather lazy.
4 I sometimes lie about a person's future, simply because it can be entertaining.
5 I simply tell a person what they want to hear, then take their money shortly after.
6 This world acts as my own personal game board, and the people are my pieces.
7 I will sometimes use my foresight to cheat in games and activities.
8 I put too much faith in my ability, and will occasionally walk into danger without seeing it.
 
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