However fine and noble the world might have seemed at first glance, once you dug beneath the façade, a deeper truth revealed itself to you: Conflict and strife are the only real constants in "civilized lands. For you, therein lay the opportunity for profit. As a bounty hunter you have plied your trade well, offering dubious (if effective) services and skills to all manner of client for a myriad of reasons, superficial or otherwise. Regardless of the cause, the justification, or the moral impunity associated with locating your mark, you finished your job; fulfilled you contract. With every job finished, the satisfying clink of could be heard jostling in your coin pouch.
Though the time spent in this work has left you grim and jilted, your reputation for ruthlessness and cunning precedes you. More often than not, you have found yourself sought after and petitioned to ferret a mark, never needing to eke out your work on your own. From the lowly debtor owing the wrong merchant guild, to the misguided runaway offspring of a minor noble, or the thieving murderer eluding the city guard, none could evade your dogged pursuit, and many more dared not try once your involvement was learned.
- Skill Proficiencies: Pick two from Perception, Intimidation, Survival, Insight
- Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' Tools
- Equipment: Ink Bottle & pen, a set of traveler's clothes, 5 pages of parchment, 2 hunting traps, thieves' tools, 3 trinkets from previous bounties (roll on table PHB pg. 160-161), and a belt pouch containing 10 GP
Though many claim the role of a bounty hunter, few actually excel at the profession save those with a keen eye for observation. Among the adept are those who are truly gifted, having almost a preternatural talent for anticipating the behavior of their targeted mark. Being among their ranks, you have the uncanny ability to recall specific details of conversation and names you overhear or participate in as it relates to your bounty, or otherwise see written, even if only for a moment or two. You can also sketch out faces and general locations you've seen with accuracy, possessing exceptional recollection. In addition, you effortlessly identify clues when tracking your bounty's movements and disposition that would otherwise be lost on lesser pursuers.
Suggested Characteristics
A bounty hunter's sole purpose is to track down a targeted mark for a price. Those who follow this life can be quiet, taciturn individuals as readily as they can be savage brutes living not for the prey, but for the thrill of the pursuit. Hunters are therefore as often as varied in personality as their marks.
Not all bounty hunters operate alone. Some are attached to a guild or other larger organization, and as such, have access to resources and materials they would otherwise not have access to, in order to facilitate the acquisition of information and clues to locate their marks. You belong to one such organization, a grouping of individuals who contract your services regularly, gaining access to contacts in urban centers, as well as resources that can be used to wind your way into difficult to access areas, both physically and socially.
You are in frequent contact with the people of your network, allowing you means of access to the segments of society that your marks move through. This contact comes in the form of an individual in any city that can provide you with information about the citizens, points of interest, and the political standings of the area. It also allows you access to resources such as forged documentation, personal correspondence, and local informants in order to accomplish your goals. These are not lightly exchanged, and are usually done so for a favor or price (at the DM's discretion).
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