You have made your living traveling all over delivering items to all kinds of places and people. You are skilled at finding the best path along your delivery routes.
(Source: The Kingdom of Grimsby Bremen Town Musicians published by Cat Tale Press, 2021)
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- Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: Cartographer's Tools
- Languages: One standard language of your choice
- Equipment: A set of travelers clothes, cartographer's tools, an official letter announcing your position as a messenger and who you are working with, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Feature: Swift Message
When you are carrying a light message, once you are in the city or area where the message is to be delivered, you can travel twice the speed as normal. You can also make perception or survival checks to look for or track the recipient without it slowing you down.
Suggested Characteristics
You have made your living traveling all over delivering items to all kinds of places and people.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I enjoy my work because it takes me to new places and I meet new people. |
| 2 | My position is a cover for my real position. |
| 3 | I am working for the person or people that I am to work my way up to a better position. |
| 4 | I like the solitude of my work. |
| 5 | People are afraid of me and this is why I have this position. |
| 6 | I am very well-known and liked in my position. |
| 7 | Being a messenger is just a means to make money. I am saving for something more important. |
| 8 | Everyday I am away from home, I long to return. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Good. I work quickly and am friendly to all clients. (Good) |
| 2 | Detail-oriented. I plan everything about my work carefully and thoroughly. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Carefree. I am a free spirit and travel my own paths. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Greed. I charge more than I should for my services. (Evil) |
| 5 | Distance. I am working to travel to as many locations as possible. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Independence. I sometimes take the long routes to enjoy the journey. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | It doesn't matter what I am delivering, I treat it as if it is the most value item I have every carried. |
| 2 | The person or people I work for are like family and I would do anything for them. |
| 3 | I use my position to alter messages and hide goods from a rival. |
| 4 | All jobs are earning money to send back to my loved ones. |
| 5 | I will one day leave my home and this position is helping see where I should go for good. |
| 6 | I will defend the items that I deliver with my life. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I collect information about all of the people I deliver to and sell useful information to anyone that pays. |
| 2 | Sometimes I talk too much and tell secrets to people I meet when I'm delivering to them. |
| 3 | I have blackmailed clients into paying extra for very valuable items. |
| 4 | I committed a crime in my past and this position helps me move around enough so that I'm not caught. |
| 5 | I am often late on deliveries because of my vice(s). |
| 6 | Sometimes I can't find the person I am to deliver something to, so I kept the items. |
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