You grew up in a small town and poor. You had only your mother to watch over you or to provide for you, so you learned to provide for yourself. You fought fiercely against both wildlife and weather and whom might steal from you; as you tilled what land was available to you. You would even sometimes sleep in your garden, exposed to the elements, and endured sickness without the advantage of medicine and only a small hovel to recuperate. You’ve survived despite all odds, and did so through cunning, strength, speed, or some combination of each.
You begin your adventuring career with enough money to live modestly but securely for at least ten days. How did you come by that money? What allowed you to break free of your desperate circumstances and embark on a better life?
- Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: Potter's tools, Carpenter's tools
- Equipment: A Shovel, a token to remember your Mother by, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: Green Thumb
You know the secret patterns and flow of the plains and forests that others would miss. You can cast Locate Animals and Plants once per long rest without using any spell slots. This does not count toward your known spells but, you may use one to cast again once you've used the feature if you have the spell slots available.
Spell List
Suggested Characteristics
Gardeners are shaped by lives of poverty(usually), for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life in their town or by a burning desire to find a better life — and maybe get some payback on all the rich people or patrons who treated them badly or viewed them as second class.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets.
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2
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I ask a lot of questions.
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3
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I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me.
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4
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I sleep with my back to a wall or tree, with everything I own wrapped in a bundle in my arms.
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5
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I eat like a pig and have bad manners.
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6
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I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent.
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7
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I don’t like to bathe.
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8
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I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding.
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Ideal |
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1
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Respect. All people, rich or poor, deserve respect. (Good)
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2
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Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful)
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3
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Change. The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is the nature of things. (Chaotic)
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4
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Retribution. The rich need to be shown what life and death are like in the gutters. (Evil)
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5
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People. I help the people who help me — that’s what keeps us alive. (Neutral)
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6
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Aspiration. I’m going to prove that I’m worthy of a better life.
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Bond |
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1
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My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it.
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2
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I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure.
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3
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I owe my survival to another urchin who taught me to live on the streets.
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4
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I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.
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5
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I escaped my life of poverty by robbing an important person, and I’m wanted for it.
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6
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No one else should have to endure the hardships I’ve been through.
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Flaw |
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1
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If I’m outnumbered, I will run away from a fight.
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2
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Gold seems like a lot of money to me, and I’ll do just about anything for more of it.
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3
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I will never fully trust anyone other than myself.
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4
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I’d rather kill someone in their sleep than fight fair.
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5
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It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.
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6
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People who can’t take care of themselves get what they deserve.
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