You grew up on the streets and learned to provide for yourself. You've slept under buildings, in homeless shelters, on the stairs of local temples, and you would swipe food, fight over tert and were always on the lookout for those who'd challenge you for what little you have on you. Despite this, you've pulled it together and started to make a life. You found work, and though it was often laborious, it taught you much on how to survive.
The streets are in our blood, but you've bridged this gap and are making some changes. You may be a lookout for a local fence at night, while working at the docks at night. You may be an enforcer for a local boss, while being security at the local tavern. You walk along the fine line of being someone who others look at as stable labor, and working the shadows at night. Life pushed you to embrace the night, but in your heart you know not to let the darkness take over.
Because of this, you often have one or more personas that you keep in order to make sure you're hard to trace.
- Skill Proficiencies: Sleight of Hand, Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, forgery kit or thieves’ tools
- Equipment: Clothes, Traveler's;set of traveler's clothes and a pouch containing 15 gp
You know the secret underground to the city. When not in combat, you can help navigate a party through the city. This option allows team members to use your stealth proficiency for their rolls.
Suggested Characteristics
You're a contrast in styles, either a tough as nails persona with a heart of gold, or super nice, with a nasty streak.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I enjoy every meal as if it was the greatest, as it could be my last. |
| 2 | I've learned to not ask too many questions. |
| 3 | Sometimes a bench, or the floor is bed for the night. |
| 4 | I sleep with one eye open, as you never know who is going to try and steal our gear. |
| 5 | I enjoy when someone else fits the bill for food, and make sure to double my order. |
| 6 | If someone is too nice, they're hiding something. If someone is to mean, they're a coward inside. |
| 7 | A room, a bath and a bed is living the high life. |
| 8 | I'm direct and to the point, especially when danger is involved. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Respect. All people, rich or poor, deserve respect. (Good) |
| 2 | Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Change. The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is the nature of things. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Retribution. The rich need to be shown what life and death are like in the gutters. (Evil) |
| 5 | People. I help the people who help me — that’s what keeps us alive. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Aspiration. I’m going to prove that I’m worthy of a better life. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it. |
| 2 | I'm charitable to just causes, and sometimes get taken. I'm a sucker for a sappy story. |
| 3 | I've survived the streets, I can survive anything. |
| 4 | I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me. |
| 5 | I escaped my life of poverty by robbing a powerful underworld boss, and they now know it. |
| 6 | No one else should have to endure the hardships I’ve been through. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | If I’m outnumbered, I smile and hunker down for a fight. |
| 2 | Money is only temporary, might as well enjoy it when I've got some. Drinks are on me. |
| 3 | I will never fully trust anyone other than myself. |
| 4 | I've been known to start a tavern brawl or two in my day. |
| 5 | It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else. |
| 6 | I can't help it if you're significant other can't keep their eyes or hands off me, that's your problem. |
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