You sell yourself, your time and maybe even your body. Often you are considered pretty and attract admires willing to buy you for a little while. You know how to read people, what their desires are and the answers they are looking for. That is the main tool of your trade that you use to gain advantage
Because of your multiple talents working people you know what they want, time, conversation, even intimacy. You know how to entrance them, entertain them, and even inspire them to action.
- Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Insight
- Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, Musical Instrument
- Equipment: A set of fine clothes, a disguise kit, Instrument of choice, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Every prostitute or courtesan has a specialty he or she uses in preference to others. Choose a specialty or roll on the table below.
| d6 | Working the mark |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will steal from my clients. |
| 2 | I try to gather 'pillow talk', information I can use to blackmail or sell out the person I have spent time with. |
| 3 | I insinuate myself into people’s lives to prey on their weakness and secure their fortunes. |
| 4 | I hide in the open, using my charms and deception to deflect suspicion . |
| 5 | In social gatherings I will try to pick pockets and gather baubles to sell. |
| 6 | I convince people that my time is priceless and they should feel grateful for every moment spent with me. |
You have plans that includes documentation, established acquaintances, and ways that allow you to leave town quickly
Suggested Characteristics
Prostitutes and/or Courtesans can blend into the background or be flamboyant but they try to conceal their true selves behind the facade they use in their profession. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe, and how they see the world. But their true selves are sometimes plagued by an uneasy conscience, an old enemy, or deep-seated trust issues or a personal tragedy that forced them into the life they lead.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I fantasize that people fall in love with me and believe I have many pursuers. |
| 2 | I use humor both as a weapon and a tool to get me where I need to be. |
| 3 | Flattery is my preferred trick for getting what I want. |
| 4 | I’m a over confident in my charms. |
| 5 | I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to. |
| 6 | I often gossip or use sarcastic humor about others. |
| 7 | I have low self esteem based on what I have to do for a liveing, no body decent would stoop so low. |
| 8 | I like to display the various trinkets and gifts my clients have given me. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Independence. I am a free spirit who yearns for freedom. (Chaotic) |
| 2 | Fairness. I try not to take advantage of those who can least afford my time. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Charity. I try to look out for those new in the game or less fortunate than myself. (Good) |
| 4 | Creativity. I try to be inventive in all manners be they social or intimate. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Friendship. Trinkets are nice but they are only worth money in the end. Bonds of true friendship and love are forever. (Good) |
| 6 | Aspiration. I’m determined to make something of myself. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My charms took advantage of the wrong person and I must work to ensure they never cross my path or those I care about. |
| 2 | I owe my lot in life to one person —someone who is/was horrible and I hope they are rotting in jail or met their fate at the end of a hangman's noose. |
| 3 | Somewhere out there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m want to meet them and be better than who I am now. |
| 4 | I came from a good familty and feel from grace. Someday I will be able to return to them. |
| 5 | A powerful person forced me into this life. Some day soon, I’ll have my revenge. |
| 6 | I made someone fall in love with me and broke their heart. It ended in tradgedy, I hope to atone for my misdeed but might never be able to forgive myself. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am always attracted to those of power, influence and wealth. |
| 2 | I’m always in debt. I spend my money on decadent luxuries faster than I bring them in... |
| 3 | I’m convinced that I am one of the best anyone could every have the pleasure of knowing. |
| 4 | I often go after those to far out of my league. I can't resist trying to charm them with my wiles. |
| 5 | I can’t resist trying to making those with wealth and power fall in love with me. |
| 6 | I hate myself for it, but I am a coward, I will cut my losses and run if the going gets tough. |
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