You have spent years rebelling against different organizations and groups. You started young, fighting back against your parents and elders, finding ways to sneak out into the dark of night and get into harmless trouble. You have acquaintances with the criminal underworld, but you have never truly flirted with crime, deciding instead to rebel against authority in less illegal ways. You have no desire to murder or steal, though you often think of the noble class as needing to be given a lesson on the streets of the ghettos. You have contacts and acquaintances, both in the criminal underworld and within the noble's courts and shops.
- Skill Proficiencies: Deception or Survival, Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, thieves’ tools and a forgery or disguise kit
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch containing 15 gp
It takes many different cogs for the wheel of rebellion to keep turning. Each member of the group has particular specialties and roles. Some are grand and others not so much. Choose the role you play in your rebel group, or roll on the table below.
| d8 | Rebellion Role |
|---|---|
| 1 | Leader |
| 2 | Courier |
| 3 | Spy |
| 4 | Forger |
| 5 | Master Planner |
| 6 | Saboteur |
| 7 | Historian / Record Keeper |
| 8 | Smuggler |
You have a reliable and trustworthy contact who acts as your liaison to a network of other rebels. You know how to get messages to and from your contact, even over great distances; specifically, you know the local messengers, disgraced nobles, and secret anarchists who can deliver messages for you.
Suggested Characteristics
Rebels may seem like villains, and indeed some of them are as they seek to overthrow anyone in power, but many seek only equality and the rights of the common man. Rebels often show respect for law and authority on the outside, however, they are often searching for ways to overthrow that very individual from their high post.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I always have a plan for what to do when things go wrong. |
| 2 | I am always calm, no matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me. |
| 3 | The first thing I do in a new place is look for a quick exit, you can never be too prepared. |
| 4 | I would rather make a new friend than a new enemy. |
| 5 | I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide. |
| 6 | I don’t pay attention to the risks in a situation. Never tell me the odds. |
| 7 | The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t do it. |
| 8 | I hate authority and would happily burn down the whole of the government district if I could. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Honor. I won't injure women, children, or innocent bystanders. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Freedom. Chains are meant to be broken, as are those who would forge them. (Chaotic) |
| 3 | Charity. I steal from the wealthy so that I can help people in need. (Good) |
| 4 | Greed. I will do whatever it takes to take the place of those I seek to overthrow. (Evil) |
| 5 | People. I’m loyal to my friends, not to any ideals, and everyone else can take a trip down the Styx for all I care. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Renewal. Like forests, when kingdoms burn, it makes way for new growth. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m trying to pay off an old debt I owe to a generous benefactor. |
| 2 | My family was disgraced by a noble whom I seek to put down further than we fell. |
| 3 | I've been a slave and I seek to free all men from their bonds, seen and unseen. |
| 4 | I will be the one to free the land from tyrants. |
| 5 | I’m guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it. |
| 6 | Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made. That will never happen again. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | When I see someone in authority, I have to keep myself from running them through in broad daylight. |
| 2 | I'll do anything to be famous. |
| 3 | If there’s a plan, I’ll forget it. If I don’t forget it, I’ll ignore it. |
| 4 | My tongue gets loose when I drink, and it has already cost the rebellion time and money, as well as a good man. |
| 5 | I turn tail and run when things look bad. |
| 6 | An innocent noble was disgraced when I framed him for a crime I committed. I'm okay with it. |
Although your capabilities are not much different from those of a burglar or smuggler, you learned and practiced them in a very different context: as an espionage agent. You might have been an officially sanctioned agent of the crown, or perhaps you sold the secrets you uncovered to the highest bidder.
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