Information Smuggler

Your life has taught you some valuable lessons about the power of knowledge. You've spent a good portion of your life surrounding yourself with people "in the know" and have learn the tricks of the trade when it comes to getting people to give you information they otherwise wouldn't.

Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Forgery Kit

Languages: With the amount of information you've gathered you've been required to pick up a two new languages in order to facilitate passing on the information.

Equipment: Forgery Kit, Recording stone, Common cloths, and a leather pouch with 5gp.

Spell List

Spell Level	Spells
Cantrip	message
1st	disguise self, illusory script
2nd	zone of truth
3rd	sending
8th	glibness

Suggested Characteristics

Information smugglers have become adept at moving and gathering information. Whether it is as a courier for a noble, or a back-alley blackmailer you always find a way to get the information you're after.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I love being in the middle of drama.
2	I think of everything in terms of monetary value.
3	I never stop smiling.
4	Nothing rattles me; I have a lie for every occasion.
5	There's nothing I won't do to get the information I seek.
6	I think far ahead, a detachedness often mistaken for daydreaming.
7	I am ever learning how to be among others — when to stay quiet, when to laugh.
8	I am no common criminal; I am a mastermind.

d6	Ideal
1	Wealth. Heaps of coins in a secure vault is all I dream of. (Any)
2	Smuggler’s Code. I uphold the unwritten rules of the smugglers, who do not cheat one another or directly harm innocents. (Lawful)
3	All for a Coin. I’ll do nearly anything if it means I turn a profit. (Evil)
4	Peace and Prosperity. I smuggle only to achieve a greater goal that benefits my community. (Good)
5	Anonymity. It’s my deeds that should be remembered, not their instrument. (Any)
6	Daring. I am most happy when risking everything. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	What I do, I do for the world. The people don’t realize how much they need me.
2	I intend to become the leader of the network of smugglers that I belong to.
3	I owe a debt that cannot be repaid in gold.
4	After one last job, I will retire from the business.
5	I was tricked by a fellow smuggler who stole something precious from me. I will find that thief.
6	I give most of my profits to a charitable cause, and I don’t like to brag about it.

d6	Flaw
1	Lying is reflexive, and I sometimes engage in it without realizing.
2	I tend to assess my relationships in terms of profit and loss.
3	I believe everyone has a price and am cynical toward those who present themselves as virtuous.
4	I struggle to trust the words of others.
5	Few people know the real me.
6	You can only get so far in the world, unless you have something on someone else.