You served as a navigator on a merchant ship, naval galley or some other sea vessel. You may have been the primary navigator on your ship or an assistant to a more senior navigator. This role utilized a well-honed sense of direction after years on the open seas, an acute attention to detail when pouring over maps, and a keen eye for noticing significant landmarks on the horizon or dangerous obstacles in the depths below.
- Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: Choose two from cartographer's tools, navigator's tools, vehicles (water)
- Equipment: A set of cartographer's tools or navigator's tools bearing a personal design, a logbook containing details of your travels, 1 ounce of ink, an ink pen, a set of traveler's clothes, and a leather pouch with 10 gp
Navigators can be found aboard all manner of naval vessel. Choose or randomly determine what type of ship you served aboard and acquired your experience navigating. If you are experienced enough to have served on multiple vessels, you may choose or randomly determine several types of ship you served on during your storied career.
| d6 | Career Vessel |
|---|---|
| 1 | Merchant/Trading |
| 2 | Military |
| 3 | Fishing |
| 4 | Smuggling |
| 5 | Slaver |
| 6 | Expeditionary |
While sailing on the open sea or ocean, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check made to discern your current location from your surroundings.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the sailor background in the Player's Handbook as the basis for your navigator's traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a navigator.
For instance, your ideal could concern your longing to map the uncharted waters across the world. Your flaw could concern a feeling of superiority towards your crewmates due to what you perceive as your more educated skillset.
While sailing on the open sea or ocean, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check made to map your current surroundings or journey route.
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