You are skilled in a particular trade. You learned your skills as an apprentice or trained by members of your family.
- Skill Proficiencies: Nature or Animal Handling, Persuasion
- Tool Proficiencies: Two type of artisan’s tools
- Languages: None
- Equipment: A set of artisan’s tools (one of your choice), a small knife, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
What did you do as a trade before starting a life of adventure. Work with your DM to determine the nature of your training. You can select your trade table or roll randomly.
| d12 | Training |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brewers, distillers, and vintners |
| 2 | Carpenters, roofers, and plasterers |
| 3 | Cobblers and shoemakers |
| 4 | Cooks and bakers |
| 5 | Glassblowers and glaziers |
| 6 | Leatherworkers, skinners, and tanners |
| 7 | Masons and stonecutters |
| 8 | Potters and tile-makers |
| 9 | Smiths and metal-forgers |
| 10 | Wagon-makers and wheelwrights or Shipwrights and sailmakers |
| 11 | Weavers and dyers |
| 12 | Woodcarvers, coopers, and bowyers |
You can find trade work between adventures sufficient to maintain a modest lifestyle (see “Practicing a Profession” under “Downtime Activities” in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook).
You can also find other common folk like yourself at your local pub. Finding out about local rumors or work is not hard for you.
Suggested Characteristics
You are among the ordinary people in the world — until you take up an adventuring career. You understand the value of hard work and the importance of community, but may be vulnerable to sins of greed and covetousness.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it — I’m a perfectionist. |
| 2 | Whenever I come to a new place, I collect local rumors. |
| 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 don’t part with my money easily and will haggle tirelessly to get the best deal possible. |
| 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 civilized people to strengthen the bonds of community and the security of civilization. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Generosity. My talents were given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world. (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. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me. |
| 2 | I created a great work for someone, and then found them unworthy to receive it. I’m still looking for someone worthy. |
| 3 | I owe my teacher a great debt for forging me into the person I am today. |
| 4 | I pursue wealth to secure someone’s love. |
| 5 | One day I will return to my birth place and settle down. |
| 6 | I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my place of business and ruined my livelihood. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’ll do anything to get my hands on something rare or priceless. |
| 2 | I’m quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat me. |
| 3 | No one must ever learn that I once stole money from my mentor. |
| 4 | I’m never satisfied with what I have — I always want more. |
| 5 | I would kill to become the leader of a guild. |
| 6 | I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals. |