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Books and knowledge have shaped your life, and so, you live by the pen. You are part of the small crowd that is responsible for a chunk of the content found in libraries, and not like the scribes, who copy other’s work over and over. No, you did the treks, the travels. You explored and documented EVERYTHING on your way. You have written numerous tomes on the subject of your expertise.

 
Skill Proficiencies: Skill Proficiencies: Nature, arcana or history.
Tool Proficiencies: Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher’s tools.
Languages: Language: One of your choice.
Equipment: Equipment: A one person tent (10lbs), calligraphy tools, a personal journal, a set of refined clothes – a coin pouch with 20gp.
 
Specialization

Roll a D4

  1. Historian
  2. Plant life
  3. Beasts and creatures
  4. Magical items or curses
 
Feature: Explorer (Plant life, beasts and creatures or magic) OR Battle enlightened (historian)

Feature: Explorer (Plant life, beasts and creatures or magic)
You have travelled there and back again. You have an ease at finding easy paths through the rough lands and securing groves for a rest in the wild. (This applies to the surface only)

OR

Feature: Battle enlightened (historian)
Having been on at least the field one major war (determine with your DM which), you can easily recognize the signs of a fight as long as it has enough participants (5 or more). You automatically can identify signs of struggle and have advantage on investigation checks to identify what happened.

 
Suggested Characteristics

Suggested Characteristics

Personality Trait - D4

  1. A life of solitude and exploration has me a little socially awkward. I tend to say odd things and have trouble identifying cues of discomfort in others.
  2. I have a tendency to note everything down. I also have the habit of using my writings as proof that I recalled something properly or as a point in arguments.
  3. I prefer quiet to loud noises.
  4. The sounds and sights of battle (or animal attacks) are not new to me and do not provoke any sense of shock.

Ideal - D4

  1. Wisdom: Experience is key to personal growth.
  2. Autonomy: It is important to be able to manage situations on your own.
  3. Resourcefulness: One should always use what they have and what is around them to their advantage.
  4. Knowledge: I must know as much as there is to learn.

Bond - D4

  1. My social needs are easily sated by reading a good book.
  2. I get along quite well with scholarly types.
  3. I love listening to stories and those willing to share theirs.
  4. I once met a librarian who thought me the importance of recording and documenting things for a society.

Flaw - D6

  1. I know so much that I am just always right, and when I am not, it puts me in a foul mood.
  2. I use silent treatments when things do not go my way.
  3. I can get overly excited at discovering something new and it can sidetrack me from what I am currently trying to achieve.
  4. I am incredibly fickle.
  5. It is very difficult to get my attention if I am focused on something. One may have to yell at me for me to hear them.
  6. I prefer the company of nature to that of others and have a tendency to be withdrawn.
 
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