You are Sugar's bodyguard, sworn to protect her. You take your duties seriously, holding the safety and health of Sugar as equal to (or perhaps more important than) your own. From the day you were activated, your sole purpose has been to protect and attend to Sugar.
- Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Medicine
- Tool Proficiencies: Poisoner's kit, navigator's tools, land vehicles
- Languages: One language that Sugar knows.
- Equipment: A set of traveler's clothes, a poisoner's kit, a simple or martial weapon with which you are proficient, and a pouch containing 10 gp.
Your experience as a bodyguard allows you to find hidden, little-used pathways that you can use to traverse a town or city with your charge. When you aren’t in combat, you and companions that you lead can travel between two locations in a moderate to large sized settlement twice as fast as your speed would normally allow.
In addition, you may travel these paths in order to bypass crowds (such as during a city's yearly Founders' Festival) or obstacles (such as blockades or checkpoints), but while doing so your travel time is doubled due to the many twisting paths and loop-backs you must take. While traveling in this way helps you avoid detection and circumvent obstacles you are aware of, it does not prevent you from encountering unforeseen dangers or obstacles in the alleys, backstreets, or sewers that you traverse; the DM may instigate a skill challenge to determine whether you encounter any such events.
Suggested Characteristics
Your line of work can forge strong bonds between a bodyguard and their charge, or incite bitter anger should a job go south and a charge be hurt or lost. Bodyguards often apply lessons from their work to their lives in general.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am very serious and don't have much use for light-heartedness. |
| 2 | I don't like to sit idle. |
| 3 | I seldom forget a face or a name. |
| 4 | I prefer to watch and listen rather than speaking. |
| 5 | I value deeds far more than I value words. |
| 6 | I am always quiet and stoic, rarely speaking when I work. |
| 7 | I often hide in crowds while keeping an eye on my charge, stepping out of the shadows when needed. |
| 8 | I often try to make situations sound better than they are to make my companion feel more comfortable. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hierarchy. Everyone has their place in society. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Growth. Lessons hide in victory and defeat. (Any) |
| 3 | Protection. it is my job to protect others; I would die for the ones I guard. (Lawful) |
| 4 | Fluid. When attacked, you can't be rigid and unmoving; you need to adapt to the situation. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Determined: I will protect those who I must by any means necessary. (Chaotic) |
| 6 | Contentedness. There is a certain freedom when you aren’t the one responsible for making decisions. (Chaotic) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have developed a familial relationship with Sugar, taking on a big brother role. |
| 2 | I only speak to Sugar if it pertains to my duties. |
| 3 | I am the one who speaks for Sugar. I say what she tells me to say. |
| 4 | I have fallen in love with Sugar, and will do anything it takes to protect her, no matter who gets hurt in the process. |
| 5 | I despise protecting Sugar, and only protect her because of my creator. |
| 6 | I strive for Sugar's approval in all my duties. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am paranoid and overly protective, never letting Sugar out of my sight. |
| 2 | Yes, actually, I do know best and you will do as I say. |
| 3 | Trust is a rare commodity in my line of work. As such, it is not something I often give to others. |
| 4 | I have lingering pain from old injuries. |
| 5 | Sugar and I don't get along in the slightest. It makes it quite difficult to want to look after them. |
| 6 | I feel shame if I fail Sugar. |
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