As a member of Wyke Internal Security Enforcement, or WISE, you have served Alcuin's Wykepedia, standing as its first line of Security. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your service to the Wyke was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe.
Due to the unique nature of the collections housed in the Wykepedia WISE sometimes find themselves facing commensurately unique challenges. You've seen things that a typical city watchman would consider at least quite strange if not outright horrifying.
- Skill Proficiencies: Your choice of Investigation, Perception, plus your choice of Insight, Athletics
- Tool Proficiencies: The members of WISE tend to fend for themselves so you've picked up one of the following Tool Proficiencies Cobbler's tools,Cook's utensils,Carpenter's tools
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A uniform in the style of your unit and indicative of your rank, a bell with which to summon help, a set of manacles, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Your experience in enforcing the law, and dealing with lawbreakers, gives you a feel for local laws and criminals. You can easily find the local outpost of the watch or a similar organization, and just as easily pick out the dens of criminal activity in a community, although you’re more likely to be welcome in the former locations rather than the latter.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the WISE background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a member of the city watch.
Your bond is likely associated with your fellow WISE members or the organization itself and almost certainly concerns your community. Your ideal probably involves the fostering of peace and safety. An investigator is likely to have an ideal connected to achieving justice by successfully solving crimes.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m always polite and respectful to citizens and visitors while on the job. |
| 2 | I'm easily startled, but I'm not a coward. |
| 3 | Conscientious, organized with a strong sense of duty |
| 4 | Honest and takes responsibility for their actions. |
| 5 | I like to be in a position of authority |
| 6 | It doesn't matter if the whole world's against me. I'll always do what I think is right. |
| 7 | I let people underestimate me, revealing my full competency only to those close to me. |
| 8 | I follow a code of honor |
| d5 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Those who sacrifice should be rewarded |
| 2 | Responsibility. I do what I must and obey just authority. |
| 3 | Law and order are pillars of civilization |
| 4 | The bastion of knowledge must be defended |
| 5 | City. My city and people are all that matter. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | You've flirted with ... |
| 2 | .... Owes you a favor |
| 3 | You've shared drinks with ... |
| 4 | You helped ... with ... |
| 5 | ... thinks that you're ... |
| 6 | You did a favor for ...'s ... |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I messed up an assignment and ... |
| 2 | I have a problem with ... and it caused ... |
| 3 | I had a traumatic experience that caused me to ... |
| 4 | I got caught ... |
| 5 | Everybody thinks that I ... |
| 6 | Books were destroyed because I ... |
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