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You are an apothecary, a medical professional that creates and dispenses medicines for a variety of ailments. You are an important member of the community, whose people come to you when they are ill. You also have extensive knowledge of herblore and reagents for your medicines.

 
Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Medicine
Tool Proficiencies: [tool]Herbalism Kit[/tool]
Languages: One language of your choice
Equipment: An herbalism kit, [Tooltip Not Found], a set of traveling clothes, and a pouch containing 10gp
 
Medicinal Specialty

Many apothecaries are pillars of a community, owning and running their own shops. Others might ply their trade as traveling merchants, tending to the sick wherever they might be. Hedge witches and midwives also commonly use their knowledge of medicines to support their community.

d20 Medicinal Specialty
1 Alchemists and apothecaries
2 Armorers, locksmiths, and finesmiths
3 Brewers, distillers, and vintners
4 Calligraphers, scribes, and scriveners
5 Carpenters, roofers, and plasterers
6 Cartographers, surveyors, and chart-makers
7 Cobblers and shoemakers
8 Cooks and bakers
9 Glassblowers and glaziers
10 Jewelers and gemcutters
11 Leatherworkers, skinners, and tanners
12 Masons and stonecutters
13 Painters, limners, and sign-makers
14 Potters and tile-makers
15 Shipwrights and sailmakers
16 Smiths and metal-forgers
17 Tinkers, pewterers, and casters
18 Wagon-makers and wheelwrights
19 Weavers and dyers
20 Woodcarvers, coopers, and bowyers
 
Feature: Herblore

As a practiced apothecary, you have extensive knowledge of the herbs and reagents that go into making your medicines. Your experience and knowledge allows you to identify these ingredients and assess their quality, whether you are foraging in the forest for herbs or browsing goods at a local shop. You are also adept at discerning the nature of various potions, elixirs, poisons, and tinctures. 

 
Suggested Characteristics

Apothecaries are important figures, acting as healers that are vital to any society. Most are dedicated to the preservation of life in a variety of ways, but some may value profit over the care of their customers.

d8 Personality Trait
1 I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it — I’m a perfectionist.
2 I’m a snob who looks down on those who can’t appreciate fine art.
3 I always want to know how things work and what makes people tick.
4 I’m full of witty aphorisms and have a proverb for every occasion.
5 I’m rude to people who lack my commitment to hard work and fair play.
6 I like to talk at length about my profession.
7 I don’t part with my money easily and will haggle tirelessly to get the best deal possible.
8 I’m well known for my work, and I want to make sure everyone appreciates it. I’m always taken aback when people haven’t heard of me.
d6 Ideal
1 Community. It is the duty of all civilized people to strengthen the bonds of community and the security of civilization. (Lawful)
2 Generosity. My talents were given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world. (Good)
3 Freedom. Everyone should be free to pursue his or her own livelihood. (Chaotic)
4 Greed. I’m only in it for the money. (Evil)
5 People. I’m committed to the people I care about, not to ideals. (Neutral)
6 Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft. (Any)
d6 Bond
1 The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me.
2 I created a great work for someone, and then found them unworthy to receive it. I’m still looking for someone worthy.
3 I owe my guild a great debt for forging me into the person I am today.
4 I pursue wealth to secure someone’s love.
5 One day I will return to my guild and prove that I am the greatest artisan of them all.
6 I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my place of business and ruined my livelihood.
d6 Flaw
1 I’ll do anything to get my hands on something rare or priceless.
2 I’m quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat me.
3 No one must ever learn that I once stole money from guild coffers.
4 I’m never satisfied with what I have — I always want more.
5 I would kill to acquire a noble title.
6 I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals.
 
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