After spending many years studying at a renowned university, you have finally graduated and made the decision to stat teaching others. Maybe you returned to the university you graduated from and started teaching, maybe you returned to your hometown and became a professor at the local community college, or maybe you started your own school in a secluded piece of land.
- Skill Proficiencies: Arcana or Medicine, History or Religion, Insight or Persuasion.
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of tool, either Alchemist's Supplies, Calligrapher's Supplies, or Cartographer's Tools.
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A bottle of black ink, a quill, a small knife, a letter from a former student thank you for mentoring them, a set of fine clothes, and a pouch containing 20 gp
Subject
To determine the subject you teach, roll a d8 or choose from the options in the table below.
| d8 |
Subject |
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1
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History
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2
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Medicine
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3
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Religious Studies
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4
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Foreign Language
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5
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Alchemy
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6
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Cartography
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7
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Demonologie
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8
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Biology
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Feature: Teacher
Being a teacher, you have contacts everywhere. When travelling, you may run into an old student, colleague, mentor, or other friend. Your contacts will often help you and your friends. They may give you important information, give you a place to say, or keep a forbidden secret. Your contacts may also know things you don't, such as a language you don't understand or where a map with the location of long lost treasure is stored. This information is chosen by your GM, as is your influence.
Suggested Characteristics
Professors are often charming but also intelligent, often having a good balance between the two. They can also be strict and cruel.
| d8 |
Personality Trait |
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1
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I teach very difficult topics and sometimes use those topics to describe ideas of non-complex structure types to fellow sentient beings.
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2
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I have studied very hard in my field and I hope to inspire others to do the same.
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3
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I am quite used to teaching those of lesser knowledge and find it rewarding and gratuitous when a student makes a breakthrough.
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4
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I love a question that can't be explained in a simple manner.
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5
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I will listen to everyone's thoughts and will try to find the most logical answer.
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6
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I speak calmly and resolutely to my students and colleagues.
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7
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Outside of my classroom I can be hard to socialize with.
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8
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I am sure everyone wants to steal my research and credit themselves.
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| d6 |
Ideal |
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1
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Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral)
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2
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Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good)
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3
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Logic. Emotions must not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful)
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4
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No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic)
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5
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Power. Knowledge is the path to power and domination. (Evil)
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6
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Self-Improvement. The goal of a life of study is the betterment of oneself. (Any)
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| d6 |
Bond |
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1
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It is my duty to protect my students.
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2
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I have an ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands.
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3
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I work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery.
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4
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My life’s work is a series of tomes related to a specific field of lore.
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5
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I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question.
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6
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I must teach all that I can, I cannot let my knowledge die with me.
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| d6 |
Flaw |
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1
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I am easily distracted by the promise of information.
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2
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Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy.
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3
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I would rather have my students know what i want them to know than the truth.
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4
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I overlook obvious solutions in favor of complicated ones.
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5
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I don't like paying taxes.
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6
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I keep a secret of great importance in my field and won't let anyone else know of it.
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