With needle, thread, pins, and patterns in hand, you are experienced in making clothing and the process of sewing, patterning, and assessing the quality of sewn things. Whether you may be self taught or apprenticed under a master tailor, seamstress, or mantua maker, you have learned your trade well. The life of a tailor is unique, and your knowledge of bodies, fabrics, and techniques makes you a sought-after tradesperson and gossip.
- Skill Proficiencies: You gain proficiency in investigation, persuasion, and one other (see chart below).
- Tool Proficiencies: You gain proficiency in tailor's tools.
- Languages: No languages given.
- Equipment: You gain a set of tailor's tools, a set of common clothes of your own make, and 10 gp. A set of tailor's tools includes 50 gp of needles, thread, tailor's chalk, a measuring tape, shears, pins, sewing notions (such as buttons, hooks and eyes, ribbon, and trims), and a small portion of your fabric stash.
While tailoring may seem to be a straightforward career from an outside perspective, tailors have a variety of specialties that set them apart from the rest. Roll a d4, or pick at your leisure.
| d4 | Sewing Specialty |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dress Historian. You have dedicated your life to studying the fashions and techniques of the past, giving you knowledge of history from the perspective of what was worn. (Add proficiency in History). |
| 2 | Stylist. You use your skills of tailoring to make bespoke garments for clients based on their needs and wants, giving you experience in assessing the true thoughts of any person. (Add proficiency in Insight). |
| 3 | Costumer. You are specifically trained to make clothing in theater and performances, giving you knowledge of the best ways to convey story and character through dress. (Add proficiency in Performance). |
| 4 | Sewist. You have focused your study on the creation of technically complex garments and improving your physical sewing ability, improving your ability to work with your hands. (Add proficiency in Sleight of Hand). |
As an established tailor, you are connected to a vast guild of tailors, who will offer you assistance in times of need. Whether it be a place to stay, directions towards a place that needs the services of a tailor, assistance with a project, or information about the details of dress, present and historical, your fellow tailors will be able to provide their help, as long as you are happy to give a bit of information in exchange.
You and your fellow tailors are gossips and collectors at heart, and favors can be gained through sharing information and sources of fabric, tools, and patterns. A tailor can be found in almost any town, and you will always have a camaraderie with any tailor you meet, although divisions exist through class and area of dress studied.
Suggested Characteristics
Tailors are knowledgeable members of society, respected and needed but ordinary before their lives as adventurers. They consider hard work, skill, accuracy, and tenacity to be vastly important, but can also be subject to greed and narcissism.
| 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 do not create perfection as I see it. |
| 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 can't help collecting materials for my work and take pride in the variety and quantity of my stash. |
| 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 people to strengthen the bonds of community and the security of civilization. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Generosity. I have these skills so that I may benefit the lives of others. (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. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me. |
| 2 | I created a beautiful piece of clothing for someone, but realized instead that they don't fit it. I'm still looking for someone who fits this garment. |
| 3 | One day I will return to my teacher and prove that I am the greatest tailor of them all. |
| 4 | I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my place of business and ruined my livelihood. |
| 5 | I was taught my craft by a dying school, and now strive to maintain the techniques I hold dear. |
| 6 | Pursuing my craft meant leaving my home and love, and now I am taking the arduous journey back. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'll do anything to get my hands on a rare or priceless pattern, material, extant garment, or technique. |
| 2 | I automatically assume the worst intentions for my creations. |
| 3 | I'm never satisfied with my work, and fear I will never be as perfect as others are. |
| 4 | I'm horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I'm surrounded by rivals. |
| 5 | I have always cared more about money and prestige than the quality and usefulness of my creations. |
| 6 | I believe my creations are the pinnacle of skill and beauty, and will inform anyone who I think should know. |
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Posted Apr 8, 20223 skills is a little much. Make it persuasion or investigation