Entertainment Industry

You have a background in the entertainment industry, rubbing elbows with performers and artists, agents and managers, producers and directors. And you know how to handle the talent: how to stroke their egos, how to make them feel appreciated, how to lure them in and get them to sign on the dotted line. You may not always get them the best deals, but you do your best to represent their interests (and your own). Your approach may be slick or sincere, obsequious or direct, but however you do it, you know how to conduct your business. Whatever your role in the entertainment industry, you have contacts, you know people. Not everyone is destined to be a star, but you may as well make some coin helping others pursue their dreams.

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher's Supplies

Languages: Two of your choice

Equipment: A calligraphy set, a scroll case containing contracts (if any), a bottle of ink, a pen, 5 sheets of paper, trendy or fashionable clothes, and a pouch containing 20 gp

Suggested Characteristics

To be successful in the entertainment industry, you have to be both pragmatic in your craft and appreciate the artistry of the talent with which you work. Performers and artists vary wildly in skill, appeal, marketability, and temperament; you must strike a balance between the cynicism of your business and the beauty of the work it elevates.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I have plenty of anecdotes and share them frequently.
2	Whenever I arrive in a new place, I get intimately familiar with the local scene.
3	I truly believe in the beauty of the arts, and I seek to elevate it wherever I find it.
4	I can defuse any situation with my affable demeanor.
5	I maintain a collection of novel insults in many different languages.
6	I am personally insulted if I feel those I represent aren't appreciated.
7	I am very demanding of those with talent, and will not settle for less than complete effort.
8	I slack off and indulge my vices whenever possible.

d6	Ideal
1	Beauty. When the talent I represent goes to work, I have helped make the world better than it was. (Good)
2	Business. The work of elevating the arts is itself a work of art. (Lawful)
3	Creativity. The world is in need of new ideas and bold action. (Chaotic)
4	Greed. I’m only in it for the money and fame. (Evil)
5	People. I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces from the efforts of my performers. That’s all that matters. (Neutral)
6	Success. I'm good at what I do, and I aspire to accomplish any goal to which I apply myself. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I play favorites with my clients, and one is especially important to me.
2	Someone stole my most valuable client, and someday I’ll get it back.
3	I want to be famous, whatever it takes.
4	I was mentored by someone in the industry and measure my deeds against that person’s.
5	I will do anything to prove myself superior to my hated rival.
6	I would do anything for my clients.

d6	Flaw
1	I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.
2	I’m a sucker for a pretty face.
3	A scandal prevents me from ever going home again. That kind of trouble seems to follow me around.
4	I once insulted a noble who still wants my head. It was a mistake that I will likely repeat.
5	I have trouble keeping my true feelings hidden. My sharp tongue lands me in trouble.
6	Despite my best efforts, I am unreliable to my friends.

Contacts

The entertainment industry is a vast network of handlers, clients, solicitors, marketers, producers and hired muscle, and making anything happen requires getting these competitors to work together. Because entertainment operates anywhere you can find an audience, your place in the industry puts you in contact with countless people with the ambition to turn a profit on their talents. Roll twice on the Entertainment Industry Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Entertainment Industry Contacts table.

d10	Contact
1	A mentor who still works in the industry can get me a meeting with people far above me.
2	A mentor who has retired can still get me access to obscure industry operators and retired entertainers.
3	A representative with which I share a tense mutual respect can find me information... for a price.
4	An industry operator and I secretly share an illicit romantic entanglement.
5	A much-hated rival doesn't seem aware of my antipathy and is aggravatingly friendly and generous toward me.
6	A family member who works in the industry (or used to) occasionally does me a favor, or knows someone who can.
7	A client and I are childhood friends, and we look out for each other.
8	A client and I have an intimate, romantic relationship that sometimes compromises my professional integrity.
9	A client who comes from inherited wealth is eager to spend coin on me and arrange costly favors.
10	A potential client provides access to spheres of influence beyond the industry.

d10	Non-contact
1	A former client and I share a terrible secret I hope we each take to the grave.
2	Someone in the industry abused the power they had over me, and some day I will have justice.
3	An entertainer who refuses to be part of the industry is always there for me.
4	A former friend rose high in the industry and abandoned me.
5	My family disowned me because they feel my work in the industry or a client I represent brings shame on them.
6	A former lover is a client for someone else in the industry.
7	People in my personal life are kept completely separate from my professional life.
8	I once sacrificed a personal relationship for my work, and am trying to rebuild it.
9	Someone I thought we make a good client has become a genuine friend.
10	I'm in love with someone in the industry, and I'm not sure they feel the same for me.