You grew up surrounded by stories of adventurers and the wild places that they visited. These stories sparked the flame of adventure within you, just with a different colour. you struck out on your own to map the world around you in beautiful, vivid and intricate detail. Armed with parchment, paint, and a mind for detail, you have the world at your fingertips.
- Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: Cartography tools, Calligraphy Supplies, and Painters Supplies
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A staff, a Map Makers Set, containing a cartography tools, calligraphy supplies and painters supplies, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 5 gp
Origin
You’ve been to strange places and seen things that others cannot begin to fathom. Consider some of the distant lands you have visited, and how they impacted you. You can roll on the following table to determine your occupation during your time in the wild, or choose one that best fits your character.
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Origin |
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1
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Wilderness Guide
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2
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Archeologists assistant
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3
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Royal Cartographer's assistant
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4
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Guild Artisan
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Feature: Wanderer
You have an excellent memory for maps and geography, and you can always recall the general layout of terrain, settlements, and other features around you. In addition, you can find food and fresh water for yourself and up to five other people each day, provided that the land offers berries, small game, water, and so forth.
Suggested Characteristics
Wanderlust being such a driving force in your life, it is rare for you to be within cities and towns when you aren't resupplying. you find yourself most comfortable out in the wilderness, sitting against a tree and capturing the lands around you with brush and paper.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I’m driven by a wanderlust that led me away from home.
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2
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I watch over my friends as if they were a litter of newborn pups.
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3
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I have a lesson for every situation, drawn from observing nature.
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4
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I’m always picking things up, absently fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them.
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5
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I feel far more comfortable around animals than people.
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6
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I sometimes trust my own maps more than I trust what I'm actually seeing.
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Ideal |
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1
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Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)
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2
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Greater Good. The maps I make are to guide others through danger . (Good)
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3
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Honor. To knowingly make an inaccurate map is a disgrace to yourself, and the Guild you are a part of. (Lawful)
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4
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Greed. Being the first to explore an area, is to be the first one to reap its rewards. (Evil)
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5
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Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral)
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6
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Glory. The more beautiful the map, the more fame you gain. (Any)
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Bond |
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1
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I never walk alone, the people that travel with me are the closest thing to family I have.
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2
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An insult to my work, is a direct insult to me.
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3
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To deface my work, is to bring my wrath down upon yourself.
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4
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It is my job to discover the stories behind the lands I discover, and to tell those stories to others.
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Flaw |
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1
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I am too enamored of ale, wine, and other intoxicants.
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2
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There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.
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3
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I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged me.
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4
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I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and societies.
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5
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I am often cowed in the face of direct confrontation.
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6
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I refuse to leave an area that I haven't memorized down to the last leaf or pebble.
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