You've either grown up around a forge and metals or have spent many years as an apprentice to a Blacksmith. You're not a master at your trade, but you strive to be. Your passion is turning metal into items with a purpose, be it armor, weapons, or tools. You know how a weapon should feel, how a shield should deflect a blow or arrow, and you know how to make a set of armor that works with its wearer, not just protects them. This is your passion. You are a Blacksmith.

Skill Proficiencies: Perception, and one other skill of your choice that you are not already proficient in.

Tool Proficiencies: Smith's Tools

Languages: One of your choice.

Equipment: A set of smith's tools with which you are proficient, a forge stamp with your symbol or the symbol of the mentor you learned your skill from, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 5 gp and a handbook of basic metalurgy combinations (worth 5 sp.)

Suggested Characteristics

Recommended/ Suggested characteristics should come from the Clan Crafter, Guild Artisan/Merchant, or Rival Intern.

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 like to talk at length about my profession.
3	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.
4	I get really excited about my ideas and I can’t wait to talk about them and start putting them into practice and tinkering with them and I want to tell you about how exciting it all is!
5	I pepper my speech with the incomprehensible jargon of my trade, like using a die to form a bolster, using a break for buckling, or how drawing and ductility are important for choice of metal and are proportionate to its strength.
6	Great ideas are fine, but great results are what counts.
7	I don't talk often. I prefer to let my actions and my creations speak for themselves.
8	I am never satisfied with my work. I can always make something better.

d6	Ideal
1	Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft. (Any)
2	Generosity. My talents were given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world. (Good)
3	People. I’m committed to helping the people I care about, not to ideals. (Neutral)
4	Greed. I’m only in it for the money. (Evil)
5	Community. I strive to use my talents to provide for my clan, family, party, or community so that they may defend themselves. (Lawful.)
6	Freedom. Everyone should be free to pursue his or her own livelihood the way they want. (Chaotic)

d6	Bond
1	The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me.
2	I owe my mentor a great debt for forging me into the person I am today.
3	One day I will return to my mentor and prove that I am the greatest blacksmith afterall.
4	I will get revenge on the evil force(s) that killed my mentor and destroyed his workshop.
5	I make armor and weapons so those I care about can protect themselves, even when I'm not around.
6	A masterwork of my master's was destroyed. Now I seek to forge a better masterpiece as a replacement.

d6	Flaw
1	I only accept the FINEST of metals for my work, and I take offense if I'm offered anything less.
2	I struggle to take criticism on my works.
3	I often think even the most basic of my works are worth more than I'm offered for them when trying to sell them.
4	I believe my work to be superior to that of my peers, and I often critique the work of others in my trade behind their backs.
5	I will only do the bare minimum required of me, unless its from someone I care about.
6	When I'm told anyone else's work is better than mine, it must be because of nepotism, dishonesty, or dumb luck. There's no way anyone could make something better than me.