Hotelier (From Dragons Stew By Metal Weave Games Inc)

You are a hotelier. Perhaps you own a little bed and breakfast in a small crossroads town, an exclusive club in the middle of a bustling financial district, a steaming onsen on the side of a snowy mountain road, or a relaxing spa in a tropical coastal city. What matters is that your establishment always offers a place to sleep in a warm, soft bed. Travelers from all around the world relish the thought of seeing your store sign swaying gently in the wind. They know it means repose from the harsh life on the road, however momentary that repose might be. It never gets old to see those tired, thankful smiles on the faces of visiting adventurers as they come through your door. You don’t deal in simple goods; you offer hospitality, relaxation, and a piece of home to everyone that comes through your door. Nothing brings you more pride and joy than seeing someone come in exhausted and bruised only to leave a couple of days later with high spirits and a twinkle in their eye. For one reason or another, you find yourself about to embark on your own adventure, but after years of seeing other adventurers come and go, you know the importance of rest and comfort and are determined to bring with you a piece of that on the road. No matter how dark, cold, and scary the path might be, you and your friends will always have a warm bed to sleep in.

Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: None

Languages: One language of your choice that is commonly spoken in the town where your business is located, or one that is commonly spoken by tourists and travelers that visit your business.

Equipment: One set of comfortable common clothing and one set of fine clothing emblazoned with the logo of your business, bedding and pillows, a master key that opens every door in your business, a book containing the names of everyone that stayed a night in your establishment during the last year, 5 rations, and a belt pouch containing 15 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Hoteliers are defined by the importance they place on hospitality and the care they put into making their business a home away from home for all their clients. You can use the different tables below to get a feel for what your hotelier is like, or use it as a jumping-off point to start building your character.

d6	Personality Trait
1	Comfort is very important for me. I always make sure that I and all my friends want for nothing.
2	I love imagining the lives of the people I see and will make wild guesses to entertain myself and my friends.
3	I’m nosey and always want to know what everyone is up to.
4	I rarely left my hotel, so tales of adventure fascinate me; I never say no to hearing a good story.
5	I’m obsessively clean and I will not have myself, the place I sleep in, or any of my friends looking dirty or otherwise unpresentable.
6	I appreciate luxury when I see it and love to indulge in an expensive pleasure from time to time.

d6	Ideal
1	Beauty. I want my hotel to be an oasis of beauty, calm, and luxury in the uncomfortable and unforgiving desert that is the outside world.
2	Charity. Giving a place to sleep to people who have nowhere to go is my calling in life. My home is everyone’s home.
3	Hospitality. I love the idea of my business being a home away from home for strangers, and I strive to bring comfort where there is none.
4	People. A hotel is the perfect way to meet all kinds of colorful characters, learn about other cultures, and stay in the loop of the goings-on all around the world.
5	Wealth. The bottom line is the most important part of any job. Money comes first.
6	Tradition. My hotel has been passed down through generations of my family.

d6	Bond
1	My hotel is the work of not only my life, but also the lives of countless other generations that came before me. I will protect it with my life.
2	A tyrannical lord wishes to take the land my hotel currently stands on for himself. I need to stop him no matter what it takes.
3	One night, a horrible killer murdered all of my guests in the night. Their ghosts now haunt my hotel and clients are too scared to stay the night. I need to find the perpetrator of the guests’ murder and bring them to justice.
4	I fell in love with an adventurer who left years ago and promised to come back. I started my hotel so they would have a soft bed to come back to after their travels, but after years of waiting, I have finally decided to go look for them myself.
5	My hotel is just a front—I steal from the most defenseless of my guests and blame it on the local goblin population. Everything was going fantastically until I stole from the wrong group of adventurers, who swore to bring me to justice. Now I’m on the run.
6	I was forced to turn my family’s estate into a hotel. After seeing how much gold there is in adventuring, I left one of my servants to manage the hotel and decided to try the adventurer’s life for myself. My only wish is to restore my family’s status.

d6	Flaw
1	Even if I insist that I manage a hotel, it sometimes feels more like a shelter. I can’t refuse to welcome someone in need under my roof, regardless of whether they can pay for it or not, even if that means making my life and managing my hotel harder.
2	Being comfortable for me isn’t a preference, it’s a need. I will complain and drag my feet if I’m in a situation I don’t find sufficiently comfortable.
3	I’m accustomed to a calm, sheltered life and have a hard time with tense, action-filled situations.
4	I’m a gossip to a fault, and will always stick my nose where it doesn’t belong. Especially when it comes to my party members’ business.
5	I believe my hotel is the best there could ever be. I will be needlessly critical of any other hotel I visit, even directly to the staff of the establishment.
6	I love sleeping and will take any opportunity to do so. If I ever sleep less than what I would like to, my anger and crankiness know no bounds.