Tax Collector

You have spent a good portion of your life making sure the populace pays it's fair due to the crown. You may work for royalty, a local lord, or a city mayor but your job is not a popular one with the average citizen. However, someone has to do it, and it's a job you are good at.

Skill Proficiencies: Insight and choose one of either Persuasion or Intimidation

Tool Proficiencies: Choose any tool proficiency

Languages: One language of your choice

Equipment: A bottle of ink, a sheet of parchment, a Clothes, Common, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Tax Collectors might seem like villains on the surface, but it's a job that has to be done to keep the kingdom running. You might be a bookish type that just likes numbers, or maybe you have done all you can within your power to ease the burden on the community, or perhaps you enjoy the power that your job gives you over your fellow citizens. 

d8	Personality Trait
1	I always have a plan for what to do when things go wrong.
2	I am always calm, no matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me.
3	The first thing I do in a new place is note the locations of everything valuable—or where such things could be hidden.
4	I am a loyal to my employers, even if that makes me unpopular with everyone else.
5	I consider myself above the common folk, as see myself as closer to a peer of the wealthy that I serve.
6	I see myself as a very important person and dress accordingly.
7	Living on the outskirts of my community, whether its because I'm shunned or by choice, has lead me to believe it's me against the world.
8	I hate dealing with people, and just want to count coins and write in my ledgers.

d6	Ideal
1	Honor. My promise is binding. (Lawful)
2	Direct. I don't care how you get the money, as long as you pay. (Chaotic)
3	Charity. I will do everything in my power to help those who are struggling, even if that means I sometimes spend my own coin to cover the loss. (Good)
4	Greed. I will do whatever it takes to become wealthy. (Evil)
5	Loyalty. I serve my employer without hesitation. We are doing work necessary for the good of our civilization.. (Neutral)
6	Vanity. It doesn't matter if you are rich, as long as everything thinks you are. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I’m trying to pay off an old debt I owe to a generous benefactor.
2	My family is counting on my income to survive.
3	I am in love with one of the people I tax. I need to prove to them that this is just a job and I am a good person.
4	I stole from a former employer and they have sent people to hunt me down.
5	I’m guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it.
6	A rival has been out-performing me and I need to prove I am better than them.

d6	Flaw
1	When I see something valuable, I can’t think about anything but how to steal it.
2	When faced with a choice between money and my friends, I usually choose the money.
3	I enjoy the power I feel over the community when I come to collect taxes from them.
4	I have been stealing from my employer and fixing the books. Someone is bound to find out sooner or later.
5	I turn tail and run when things look bad.
6	I am bad at my job. I feel too much empathy for those I have been sent to collect from.