Diplomat

You are a diplomat from a distant land, representing your nation to another. You might be a career politician, a negotiator sent out to discuss deals or agreements, a pilgrim hoping to meet and exchange goods and friendship with new lands, or a member of a royal family, sent to keep the peace in a rival's home.

Work with your DM to design your nation, its ruling class, its political structure, and the reason you were sent out. You do not act of your own accord—you speak for a family, a city, a providence, or even an entire nation, and you are tasked with the responsibility of representing not only their needs and desires, but their culture and nature as well. Not only do you need to determine how your home's government works, but you should also work with the DM to describe who rules that government and what their influence on you is.

Is your nation ruled by an old and established system, or was the current government only recently established? Is it a monarchy, a democracy, a feudal system, or a design few have ever heard of? How much influence does your nation wield, and over what area? What kind of reputation does not only your nation, but its current leaders have to other nations and peoples? How do the common people regard the leaders? Does this affect your reasoning for taking the position, or change the intent of your position?

What's your nation's position in the world? Geographically? Politically? Religiously? Economically? Culturally? What are their goals, both immediate and long-term? How do they feel about the other powers in the world? How does the nation you've been sent to feel about your home? Were you tasked with specific goals and intentions? Are they well-meaning and honest, or are they surreptitious, meant to undermined the other nations in the world? How do you, personally, feel about these goals, and do they differ from your public face? 

Does your culture have a unique mode of dress? Are there insignias of your nation's leadership that you always keep on your person? Particular colors you wear all the time? An animal or plant or mystical creature regarded as a symbol of your nation or its power?

These details help establish your nation's government and your specific diplomatic role as features of the world of the campaign.

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher's Supplies

Languages: Two of your choice

Equipment: A set of fine clothes, calligrapher's supplies, a brooch, ring, or patch representing your nation, a Letter of Credence, and a purse containing 25 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Diplomats are raised or trained to be insightful and quick-thinking, considering the implications of their words and actions before they happen. They are usually phenomenal public speakers, and are adept at respecting or utilizing traditions both familiar and foreign to further their goals, or the goals of their nation. Because of this, diplomats can be arrogant, used to a plush lifestyle, but they can also be cunning and surreptitious, open and honest, or anywhere in between.  

d8	Personality Trait
1	My eloquent flattery makes everyone I talk to feel like the most wonderful and important person in the world.
2	I don’t like to get my hands dirty, and I won’t be caught dead looking like anything but the best.
3	My favor, once lost, is lost forever.
4	I cannot stand violence, and always try to peacefully resolve tense situations.
5	I love deception and intrigue, and use these to further my goals more than I should.
6	People pique my interest, and I will take time to listen to almost any request or tale.
7	I represent my nation and my government, and must never forget that fact.
8	I miss my home, and often find myself falling into habits or cultural practices popular there.

d6	Ideal
1	Peace. I want to foster peace and prosperity between nations to further the well-being of everyone. (Good)
2	Responsibility. It is my duty to respect the authority of my nation, and follow their orders without question. (Lawful)
3	Transparency. Secrets have no place in honest governments, and should be shared openly. (Chaotic)
4	Power. This position is simply a stepping stone with which to attain real authority. (Evil)
5	Representation. Whatever my nation's intents and needs, I must represent them to the best of my abilities. (Neutral)
6	Mastermind. Politics is like chess, and I aim to know just the moves to achieve my goals. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I became a diplomat to better serve a member of the ruling class.
2	My nation’s position in the world must be sustained at all costs.
3	My loyalty does not belong to any one person, but to my nation itself.
4	I am in love with a member of this nation's government, and took this position so I could see them.
5	People may not remember my name, but they'll remember the decisions I helped foster.
6	I came from nothing, and wish to make proud those that helped me to get here.

d6	Flaw
1	I would sooner start a war than swallow my pride.
2	I hide a truly scandalous secret that could ruin a nation.
3	I will do whatever I need to in order to succeed; the ends justify the means.
4	I'm too honest, and struggle to hide secrets or lies.
5	I abuse my position for my own personal gain whenever possible.
6	I've told so many lies, it's hard to remember what the truth is anymore.