You have spent many of your days performing deliveries for many people of varying levels of import. Whether you have spent your days providing summons to local townsfolk, delivering parcels for a postal service, or distributing goods to far away places, your travels have led you to many places — and you’ve developed skills along the way to aid in your journey.
You’re used to traveling on foot or by cart, with others or alone. People tend to recognize you, but with little familiarity. You are used to providing a service to people — a love letter from a long separated paramour, a bottle of wine as congratulations for a grand event, or a noble treatise declaring peace in a war torn land. People around you naturally have trust in you, and your work ethic is largely unshakeable.
- Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Acrobatics
- Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (Land)
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A leather bound journal with which to chronicle transactions; a quill; ink; a set of fine clothes; a timepiece, an hourglass, or a calendar; and a small pouch containing 5gp.
Every courier has preferences for what work they prefer to participate in. Choose one to three specialties, or roll on this table to determine your character’s preferred work.
| d6 | Preferred Work |
|---|---|
| 1 | Noble Treaties |
| 2 | Personnel Transportation |
| 3 | Small Parcel Delivery |
| 4 | Goods Exchange |
| 5 | Letter Distribution |
| 6 | Heavy Package Hand-Off |
You have made a reputation of being a trustworthy, hardworking patron of establishments throughout the land. As such, inns are less likely to give you a hard time at finding a room, and many often give them to you at discounted rates.
Suggested Characteristics
Successful couriers are usually hard workers, but many have found themselves in precarious situations from time to time. They often like to keep their heads down, mind their own business, and continue with the task at hand — but they also have to be prepared to face the consequences of their work.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m anxious when I’m not working on something. |
| 2 | I’m very generous with my friends and am always available to help them. |
| 3 | I am notoriously curious; I stick my nose where it doesn’t belong. |
| 4 | I’m often overwhelmed; I like to take on several projects at the same time. |
| 5 | I hate my job, but I love the travel that comes with it. |
| 6 | I live by, “All work, no play.” |
| 7 | My mind is like my best work: quick and calculated. |
| 8 | I like to slip by unnoticed. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Privacy. Everyone is entitled to their secrets, and it’s my obligation to keep them. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Ethics. I won’t make a commitment to someone if the work is not for a worthy cause. (Good) |
| 3 | Wealth. I’ve only chosen this work so I can make the money that goes along with it. (Neutral) |
| 4 | Knowledge. This job presents the opportunity to uncover hidden truths. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Leverage. I use the knowledge I’ve acquired against unwilling participants for personal gain. (Evil) |
| 6 | Exploration. Nothing is better than the travel that comes with my work. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I joined this line of work to run away from a deal gone sour. |
| 2 | I’m always on the lookout for someone important to me who I’ve lost. |
| 3 | I have a traveling companion: a pet, who has been by my side since day one. |
| 4 | I need to find the answer to a question that defines my past; I find new leads everywhere I go. |
| 5 | I had a dream about paradise, and in my travels I will find it. |
| 6 | I have a package I must deliver; I just don’t know who the recipient is. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I tend to have a timeliness problem. |
| 2 | I can be too long-winded about all of the things I’ve seen. |
| 3 | I feel a strong urge to open all of the things I deliver. |
| 4 | I have no hobbies other than my work, and I look down on others when they talk about “fun.” |
| 5 | I have no time for bathing since I’m always on the road. |
| 6 | I like to perform singing telegrams whenever I can, even when it might not be appropriate. |
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