
You have spent years and years of your life digging six-foot deep holes in the ground and laying the dead to rest. You have learned the funerary practices of your area, and have likely led a few services yourself.
- Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, and your choice of Religion or Medicine.
- Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit, Bagpipes
- Equipment: A set of common clothing, a shovel, a prayer book filled with hymns for the dead, and a pouch containing 10 gp.
Feature: Funerary Service
You have been trained in how to prepare a corpse for burial, dig a proper grave, lay a body to rest, and conduct a funeral service, if the need arises. Your skill allows you to continue working throughout downtime, and you are quite effective at navigating a graveyard.
Suggested Characteristics
Your business is somewhat morbid, so you must find a way to cope with everything while you do your job.
d8 | Personality Trait |
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1 | I've dealt with death throughout my entire life. Nothing phases me anymore. |
2 | I've made it a habit that I don't rely on any person more than I rely on my shovel. |
3 | My work has shown me the fragility of daily life, so I try to treasure every day I have. |
4 | I've formed a sense of humor from my work, and I try to crack a joke now and then to break tense moments. |
5 | I enjoy reading prayers to the dead in my free time. |
6 | It pains me to see bodies left out to rot after battles, and I'll volunteer to bury the dead. |
7 | I talk to the bodies I prepare for burial, just to make sure that they don't start talking back. |
8 | I sometimes sneak a gemstone offering or piece of jewelry away from a body just before they're buried. They won't need it down there, after all. |
d6 | Ideal |
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1 | Peace. It's my goal to help wayward spirits rest in peace. (Lawful) |
2 | Comfort. I always make sure to comfort the loved ones of my clients. (Good) |
3 | Secrets. I've buried more than just bodies, to make sure that dark secrets are kept as secrets. (Any) |
4 | Piety. I'll always include prayers to my gods in addition to those of my client's during a funeral. (Any) |
5 | Work. I just get paid to dig the holes, I don't care for much else. (Neutral) |
6 | Death. Most of the people I buried were alive when I buried them. (Evil) |
d6 | Bond |
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1 | The graveyard I've worked in most of my life is very special to me - it's very comforting. |
2 | I try to stay friendly to every family I've led funerals for. |
3 | My shovel is my greatest companion. |
4 | I pray to my god every night to help my clients find peace. |
5 | The local executioner is my best friend. |
6 | I've already dug my own grave back home. I hope to enter it later than sooner. |
d6 | Flaw |
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1 | My profession makes people uncomfortable around me. |
2 | The ways I've seen people die have made me superstitious about the strangest things. |
3 | My sense of humor can be described as depression, demoralizing, or just depraved. |
4 | I've woken up in empty graves that I've dug myself, and I'm not sure why. |
5 | I'm haunted by the time I saw a person I buried dig themselves out of their grave. |
6 | My sense of fashion is about on par with those that I bury. |

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