You used to own a tavern (or still do), where serving food and drinks to adventurers was the norm. They spent their gold as they recalled embellished stories of heroic deeds and whimsical journeys. These tales inspired something within you, spurring you onto your own adventure for riches, fame, or your own stories to recount in a tavern. Your skills in tending to a tavern will aid you in discussions and negotiations across the world and will hopefully bring you back to your own tavern once again.
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Persuasion
- Tool Proficiencies: Brewer's supplies
- Languages: One non-exotic language of your choice.
- Equipment: A mess kit, a set of Brewer's supplies, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 12 GP.
Spending so much time with your patrons and hearing the best stories from across the land, you're adept at talking with people to get the latest gossip. Either through coin, charm, or booze you are able to acquire rumors from merchants, guild members, adventurers, and other bartenders from any town or city you travel to. These rumors range from who fancies whom, where to get the best deal on armaments, or odd jobs that need to be done without asking too many questions.
Suggested Characteristics
Tavern owners generally provide food, drink, and/or shelter to the weary travelers who pay the right price. With so many people coming and going through their lives, they are adept at speaking to the myriad of the masses. Their personality is shaped from the experiences they have vicariously gathered from their patrons and their ideals, bonds, and flaws are usually tied to the type of barkeep they are.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I've sampled the best concoctions around and model my own after them. |
| 2 | I speak with every patron I don't recognize. |
| 3 | I like to sing a tune to entertain my patrons. |
| 4 | I pride myself on having the best quality food and drinks. |
| 5 | I don't judge those who pass through my doors. All are welcome. |
| 6 | I like to give free drinks to people I REALLY like. |
| 7 | I never forget a face. Nor a bar tab. |
| 8 | I'm handy when it comes to many tasks, a veritable jack of all trades. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Charity. I dontate some of my profits and leftovers to the poor to help them get back on their feet. (Good) |
| 2 | My pub, my rules. I won't hesitate kicking someone out who doesn't like that. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Brawler. I like a good fight every once in a while. I can be very ingenuitive in a brawl, using anything within reach. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Greed. Business is top priority and I need gold to keep everything running. I don't ask questions about who's doing what in my bar. (Evil) |
| 5 | Respect. Paying customers are first come, first served and are greeted with cold brews. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Manager. I welcome anyone who comes through my doors and doesn't make a ruckus. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have a significant number of repeat customers whom I can trust. |
| 2 | My collection of vintage wines/ales/spirits is unprecedented in my hometown. |
| 3 | My bartender/barmaid is someone I can always turn to when things get hectic. |
| 4 | Day in and day out I can always turn to my family. They support my choices no matter what. |
| 5 | The town's guild hall keeps my tavern supplied with adventurers. I share a kinship with the guilds and their money is always welcome. |
| 6 | I craft my own brews with a secret method and ingredients. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I cannot go too far or stay away too long from my tavern. It's my precious to me than any amount of gold. |
| 2 | I owe a huge debt for my tavern. I pay it back best I can, and hope the debt is not collected soon. |
| 3 | I drink as often as I can, especially from the tavern's stash. It's the only way I can get through the horrors. |
| 4 | When someone tells me a story, I must listen to it and believe every word. |
| 5 | My family raised me up specifically for great deeds and I abadoned them. |
| 6 | After spending a long time among the noise and ruckus, my hearing and sensitivity has almost wasted away. |
Instead of owning a tavern, you worked in one as a Bartender, serving the drinks and acquiring tips from the patrons. Although the set of skills is very similar to owning a tavern, you are not tied down in the same way and can easily drop what you're doing and join a party drinking at one of the many tables.
Taking this variant can add extra flavor to one's background (i.e. how did you leave things with the tavern owner?) as you were constantly involved with the patrons. Replace the non-exotic language with an exotic language of your choice.
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