Laity

In religious organizations, the laity consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders. They tend to travel and aid towns in religious needs and some tend to help with help the towns people with needs around the town. They also go around tending to dilapidated grave yards. For even in death graves should be honored.

Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Religion

Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit, Carpenter’s tools

Languages: None

Equipment: A prayer book, Herbalism kit, Carpenter’s tools, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Laity is often used to refer to as the everyday person. They are of the people for the people.

d8	Personality Trait
1	Disturbing the deceased is the worst offence I can imagine.
2	I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
3	I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
4	Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude.
5	The living and the dead must be treated with equal amounts of respect
6	Death is the natural conclusion of life, fighting it is useless
7	I never raise my voice, always speaking calmly, seemingly devoid of any emotion.
8	I actually have a great, if somewhat dark, sense of humor.

d6	Ideal
1	Faith. I trust that my deity will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful)
2	Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3	Adventure. If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there (Chaotic)
4	Passive. The Gods do as they must, all I can do is spread their word and watch their plans unfold. (Neutral)
5	Heresy. I must make people see that I alone speak the only truth there is (Evil).
6	Knowledge. The path to holiness comes through understanding of the world. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	You are itching to make a pilgrimage to the holy places of your God.
2	I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic.
3	I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died.
4	Everything I do is for the common people.
5	I am driven by my love of the open road.
6	I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy.

d6	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	I'm always rambling on about somewhere I've been.
3	I'm constantly losing things on the road.
4	I am inflexible in my thinking.
5	I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them.
6	I'm overzealous when I try to convert people.