Fortune telling involves predicting information about a person’s life and appears similar to divination magic to casual observers. You can quickly read people and know their deepest desires and fears. You tell people their fortune using your insight and they pay you for sharing your mystical powers. You learned your art from a family member, old friend or even another fortune teller you met on the road. Your fortune telling is not based in magic, but by making vague statements that people willingly add in the details for you, while they concentrate on your effective use of your prop. You always need to be careful not to reveal the secret of your “gift”, especially around experienced magic users.
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Deception
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of fortune teller’s tools
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: a set of fortune teller’s tools (one of your choice, best if it matches your specialty), a set of traveler’s clothes, a costume, and a pouch containing 15 gp.
To determine the nature of your “gift”, roll a d10 or choose from the options below.
| d10 | Speciality |
|---|---|
| 1 | Astrologist |
| 2 | Card Reading (Cartomancy) |
| 3 | Clairvoyant |
| 4 | Crystallomancy (reading of a crystal sphere) |
| 5 | Face Reading |
| 6 | Numerologist |
| 7 | Palmistry (reading of the palms) |
| 8 | Pendulum Reading |
| 9 | Spirit Board Reading |
| 10 | Tasseography (reading tea leaves in a cup) |
Although the way you operate is similar to a charlatan, as a fortune teller you have specialized in appearing to be a mystic versus always looking for an angle for your next scheme. You can always find a place to tell fortunes for money, such as an inn or tavern, market, carnival, or even a noble’s court. In addition, anyone who is a willing participant that has their fortune told by you, will want to believe anything plausible that your reveal to them, until future events prove otherwise.
DM NOTE: You could decide if the participant believes the fortune using an opposed Insight or Deception check with advantage for the player.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the charlatan background as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a fortune teller.
You learned your art from a family member, old friend or even another fortune teller you met on the road.
Your bond might be directly related to how you learned the trade of fortune telling or how you intend to use your “gift”
| d4 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I hate to stay in one place for more than a day or two. |
| 2 | I am not sure of the accuracy of my own fortunes, but I trust in it. |
| 3 | I believe strongly in destiny, accepting all events as meant to be. |
| 4 | I will not make a decision about anything until I have consulted my fortune. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Survival. Fulfilling your destiny means living to see it at all cost. (Evil) |
| 2 | Curiosity. What comes over the next hill is worth seeing. (Any) |
| 3 | Hope. There is always the chance of a better future. (Good) |
| 4 | Independence. Carving out your future means submitting to no authority but your own. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Wisdom. Acting without concern for the future is foolish. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Purpose. Everything leads us all towards fulfilling our destinies, even if we make choices against it. (Lawful) |
| d3 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My wisdom comes at a price to those who are not my companions. |
| 2 | I can never settle down in one place. |
| 3 | The plans that the gods have for each of us must become known. |
| d4 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will stop at nothing to fulfill my own destiny, or that of the party |
| 2 | I am neglectful of my duties because I believed that whatever happens is what must happen. |
| 3 | I often tell fortunes that are merely what people want to hear. |
| 4 | I am overly curious and concerned with the lives of others, especially since I am capable of reading them so well. |
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