Through years of tinkering with the arcane, supported by your trusty wrench, you have become an expert at creating, maintaining and designing clockwork creatures and appatatures. You are on the pulse of latest developments in field, always ready to experiement and innovate. As such, you have become masterful at changing your designs on the fly.
- Skill Proficiencies: Sleight of Hand, Perception
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools
- Languages: Any one of your choice
- Equipment: One set of artisan’s tools, a well-loved wrench, a set of fine clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: Deft Hands
You have become a master at quickly adapting your clockwork designs, and can spent 10 minutes to change simple characteristics of your designs on the fly - such as its weight, size, colour or speed.
Suggested Characteristics
You might have been a clockwork savant your entire life, or perhaps you picked it up later and became quickly adapt at it.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | My previous employer didn’t respect me, and now I’ll do whatever I can to gain respect. |
| 2 | The job is important, but the relationships I forge with my coworkers are even more so. |
| 3 | The job is everything to me. Who needs relaxation, hobbies, and a social life? |
| 4 | I know I’m not the best and brightest, but if I put my best self forward, I can overcome anything. |
| 5 | My former boss was an idiot. So was my boss before that. And before that. I’m sure those were all coincidences. |
| 6 | This company is so much better than my previous one. It will always be the best until they stop paying me. |
| 7 | I know this dagger belongs to the company, but I’m sure they won’t miss it. Or this flask. Or this armor. |
| 8 | It’s only a matter of time before I’ll be upper management. I just have to kiss up to my superiors and kick down those beneath me. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Advancement. Money and power can be gained more easily within an organization. I plan to gain as much as possible. (Evil) |
| 2 | Structure. Life goes much more smoothly when you follow the rules and work within a system. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Uncertainty. The more chaos that swirls around me, the more opportunities I can find to profit. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Justice. I can’t stand people being treated unjustly. I do whatever it takes to stop injustice and those who flout the law. (Lawful) |
| 5 | Pleasure. What’s the use of working hard and making money if you can’t enjoy the finer things in life? (Any) |
| 6 | Power. Money is fine, but real power means never having to say you’re sorry. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have a family member in need. I consider them in everything I do. |
| 2 | My peers keep me grounded. |
| 3 | My past mistakes cost someone else dearly. I have to rectify that. |
| 4 | A childhood mentor put me on my current path. If I succeed, I want to repay that mentor in some way. |
| 5 | I value an oath of loyalty I took to a group of friends over everything else in my life. |
| 6 | Although I don’t get along well with people, my pet means the world to me. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I know what’s best. Trust me. |
| 2 | Flaw? I have no flaws. I’m perfect. |
| 3 | My loyalties are … fluid. |
| 4 | If anything goes wrong, it must be someone else’s fault. Let me explain that in detail. |
| 5 | There’s right and there’s wrong, and there’s no gray area in between. |
| 6 | Our superiors might not like what you’re doing. I’m going to have to put that in my report. |