Messenger

You have always had skill with moving and never asked any questions on why's, its just when. Were you a private messenger, conveying messages that both stopped and started wars or were you just a simple post man, delivering letters to old women in the wilderness? Have you received special training in getting around, or did you just get good? Were you from a prosperous family and struck out for yourself, or did you come from a poor family and work to support your family? Do you take the conventional ways of getting around, or do you strike out to make everything quicker?

Skill Proficiencies: athletics oracrobatics and perception

Tool Proficiencies: navigator's tools

Languages: one of your choice

Equipment: satchel, 10 pieces of paper, 5 ink bottles, travelers clothes, 10gp and the crest of your previous employer.

Suggested Characteristics

Use the tables for the messenger background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a messenger.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I say a lot of quips that people don't get
2	I berate my travelling companions for walking too slow
3	I'm shy so I try to stay out of sight
4	I tend to be blunt, even when delivering bad news
5	"Don't stand in my way, if you do then you wont stand again."
6	If people give me messages then I simply have to read them
7	I never waste gold, even if someone dies because of it
8	"I never fail, only succeed."

d6	Ideal
1	Rebellious I will go where I want, when I want (chaotic)
2	Greed Money is the only reason to work (evil)
3	Knowledge We need to share what we know when we can (neutral)
4	Assistance I work to help people (good)
5	Skill I always try to improve (any)
6	Reliable The message must be delivered (lawful)

d6	Bond
1	I need to support my family
2	I'm trying to start my own business, starting from the ground up
3	A messenger saved my village by bringing warning of an army, I want to do that
4	Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays me from the swift completion of my appointed rounds
5	I left because i was bored and it seemed fun
6	I'm working off a debt to a Noble that I tried to steal from

d6	Flaw
1	I am easily distracted
2	I pick fights when I really shouldn't
3	I think i'm a demi-god.
4	I don't consider other's emotions
5	I'm an adrenaline junkie
6	I'm so lazy, I can't be bothered to finish this sent--