Charlatan, Alternate

You use your way with words to entertain, and you thrive in front of an audience and need attention to feel validated. You have a flamboyant, dramatic personality. You know how to entrance, entertain, even inspire others with your stories - and your humor cuts to the quick.

But you also use your words to get what you want. You read people and their desires easily, and you use that for your advantage. Someone needs flattery? Done. Someone needs the promise of love around the corner? Sure. You give - or rather promise - people what they need, and in return people like you and pay for your meals etc. Your skills are particularly useful when you surround yourself with people from noble, affluent backgrounds with power and plenty of coin.

Skill Proficiencies: Deception - You can prevent people from seeing through your flattery and lies. The truth is only for you to see.

Sleight of Hand - You are extremely dextrous and can fool most anyone, especially when using your primary con tool.

Tool Proficiencies: Disguise Kit - You've learned the basics of how to use make-up and props to create an alternate visual persona to separate your stage personas from your real self.

Gaming Set - Your choice of either a fixed dice set or marked deck of cards.

Languages: You have picked up an extra language during your travels.

Choose a Language - Dwarvish, Elvish, Gnomish, Halfling, Sylvan

Equipment: A disguise kit.

Either a marked deck of cards or fixed dice set.

A pouch of 15 gold pieces.

Suggested Characteristics

Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. 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.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I fall in and out of love easily, and am always pursuing someone.
2	I have a joke for every occasion, especially occasions where humor is inappropriate.
3	Flattery is my preferred trick for getting what I want.
4	I’m a born gambler who can’t resist taking a risk for a potential payoff.
5	I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to.
6	Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice.
7	I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment.
8	I pocket anything I see that might have some value.

d6	Ideal
1	Independence. I am a free spirit—no one tells me what to do. (Chaotic)
2	Fairness. I never target people who can’t afford to lose a few coins. (Lawful)
3	Charity. I distribute the money I acquire to the people who really need it. (Good)
4	Creativity. I never run the same con twice. (Chaotic)
5	Friendship. Material goods come and go. Bonds of friendship last forever. (Good)
6	Aspiration. I’m determined to make something of myself. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I fleeced the wrong person and must work to ensure that this individual never crosses paths with me or those I care about.
2	I owe everything to my mentor—a horrible person who’s probably rotting in jail somewhere.
3	Somewhere out there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her.
4	I come from a noble family, and one day I’ll reclaim my lands and title from those who stole them from me.
5	A powerful person killed someone I love. Some day soon, I’ll have my revenge.
6	I swindled and ruined a person who didn’t deserve it. I seek to atone for my misdeeds but might never be able to forgive myself.

d6	Flaw
1	I can’t resist a pretty face.
2	I’m always in debt. I spend my ill-gotten gains on decadent luxuries faster than I bring them in...
3	I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others.
4	I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t resist taking a risk if there’s money involved.
5	I can’t resist swindling people who are more powerful than me.
6	I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.