You have always preferred to work smarter, not harder, and easy con is the best coin. You are an experienced con artist with a specialization in bedroom eyes and a phony ‘"gift” and you’ve worked your way into the court or the pocket of a rich family. You act as confidant, friend, and sometimes lover, as your clients tell you their deepest desires and darkest fears, and you sell these secrets to the highest bidder. Your contacts are a mix of wealthy naive and the criminals of the underworld, and while you only target those with bloated coin purses you are by no means a hero.
- Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of Hand
- Tool Proficiencies: Disguise Kit or Forgery Kit
- Languages: One of Any Language
- Equipment: A set of fine clothes, a disguise kit, three bottles of exotic perfume, a deck of playing cards, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Wether you truly possess a hint of true talent or are a complete fraud your clients are none the wiser. Choose the role you play to fool your rich patrons, or roll on the table below.
| d4 | Con Specialty |
|---|---|
| 1 | Clairvoyance - I read their futures and use their desires to manipulate them. |
| 2 | Spirit Medium - I speak to their lost loved ones and manipulate their words for my own gain. |
| 3 | Mind Reading - I read the minds of their enemies and manipulate them with fear. |
| 4 | Spiritual Healing - I heal the sicknesses that clerics cannot but never enough to fully cure them. |
You have a reliable and trustworthy contact who acts as your liaison to a network of other criminals. You know how to get messages to and from your contact, even over great distances; specifically, you know the local messengers, corrupt caravan masters, and seedy sailors who can deliver messages for you.
Suggested Characteristics
Living a life of lies and deception can make anyone loose sight of who they truly are or once were. Criminals like these conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct, showing the world what they want to see and hiding the rest away. When the mask comes off, however, most criminals are faced with their own trust issues, troubled pasts and hidden traumas.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I fall in and out of love easily, and am always pursuing someone. |
| 2 | I love a good insult, even one directed at me. |
| 3 | Flattery is my preferred trick for getting what I want. |
| 4 | If there's an easy way to do something, I will do it. I have yet to meet a corner I won't cut. |
| 5 | I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to. |
| 6 | Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice. |
| 7 | I have a dangerous mind, and I’ll tend to try crazy ideas just to see if they work. |
| 8 | I pocket anything I see that might have some value. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Independence. I am a free spirit—no one tells me what to do. (Chaotic) |
| 2 | People. I help the people who help me — that’s what keeps us alive. (Neutral) |
| 3 | Charity. I distribute the money I acquire to the people who really need it. (Good) |
| 4 | Retribution. The rich need to be shown what life and death are like in the gutters. (Evil) |
| 5 | Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful) |
| 6 | Aspiration. I’m determined to make something of myself. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m trying to pay off an old debt I owe to a generous benefactor. |
| 2 | I was raised by a con artist who taught me everything I know. I owe my life to them. |
| 3 | Something important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back. |
| 4 | I escaped my life of poverty by robbing an important person, and I’m wanted for it. |
| 5 | A powerful person killed someone I love. Some day soon, I’ll have my revenge. |
| 6 | I ruined several marriages. I am okay with this. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I can’t resist a pretty face |
| 2 | I’m always in debt. I spend my ill-gotten gains on decadent luxuries faster than I bring them in... |
| 3 | I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others. |
| 4 | I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t resist taking a risk if there’s money involved. |
| 5 | I can get very attached to my marks. When that happens, I run away. |
| 6 | I will always let others do the fighting but try to claim the best rewards. |
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