Runner

You are a Runner. In towns and cities where thievery or tyrannical authority is a glaring issue, a formidable growth of quick and agile couriers named "Runners" have taken it upon themselves to use their dextrous abilities for good and/or profit. In a market where people cannot trust their deliveries from being robbed or commandeered, you have capitalised on this demand - or on your own moral volition - by employing yourself to deliver messages, letters and packages from Point A to Point B in a fast and secure way.

As a Runner, you typically, or used to, deliver letters and packages for personnel and organisations, working as a freelance and reliable courier & liaison thanks to your swift abilities. Whilst not working directly for these people and organisations, you have earned some big coin by doing these jobs.

Skill Proficiencies: Depending on your approach to being a Runner, choose two proficiencies between Acrobatics, Athletics, Persuasion, Deception and Perception.

Tool Proficiencies: None.

Languages: You have learned one language of your choice depending on what kind of people you've dealt with the most as a Runner.

Equipment: A set of common clothes, two pouches, a backpack, and a coin pouch containing 10GP.

Suggested Characteristics

Runners have their own morals on why they participate or employ themselves. A few run as a means of creating a reliable and fulfilling delivery system, some run as an excuse to be able to enjoy the liberty of movement and adventure whilst some just do it for the coin. Very few have a specific means, such as defying a tyrannical government that seizes peoples' goods or spreading a message or incentive of an organisation.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I'm always trying finding new ways to get from one place to another.
2	I love making the townsfolk look as I jump from one building to the next.
3	Efficiency is key to being a Runner. I don't need to do crazy stunts to get the job done.
4	Having competition and challenges to face is apart of the thrill of being a Runner.
5	Seeing the shock on someone's face as their goods arrive in record time is what motivates me.
6	I like to run with other Runners as it gives a sense of unity and companionship.
7	I enjoy being in places where no one else can reach or where I'm not supposed to.
8	I tend to stick to places where I won't be spotted whilst I'm operating.

d6	Ideal
1	Money. I'm putting my skills to use to make a living. (Neutral)
2	Liberty. What people want delivered shouldn't have to worry about confiscation from the law. (Chaotic)
3	Order. I simply want packages to be safely passed at a serviceable speed. (Lawful)
4	Security. I want the best for people who don't deserve their valuables stolen. (Good)
5	Influence. I want people to rely on me as their courier so I can become notorious and influential. (Evil)
6	Freedom. The joy of conquering heights and taking leaps is what fuels me. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	Lack of transportation and delivery service has taken me to become a Runner.
2	I am fed up with the thievery involved in courier service, and I wish to change that for good.
3	Someone has stolen or seized something extremely valuable from me or someone important to me. I'm going to get it back no matter what.
4	A tyrannical government has seized control over the market in a city. I'm not letting that happen so easily.
5	I have given my services to a certain organisation and I act as their liaison, courier, etc.
6	My skill and prowess will not go unnoticed and soon people will understand the importance of Runners.

d6	Flaw
1	I tend to hoard and carry all the valuables at my own peril.
2	I refuse to do anything challenging and out of the norm, or chase something out of my reach; figuratively and literally.
3	When holding onto something long enough, I soon start believing it's actually mine, even if it isn't.
4	Sometimes the daredevil within me influences my decisions, and I end up making the wrong move.
5	I leave behind anyone who is too slow and count them as a liability.
6	I sometimes push myself far beyond what I'm capable of and exert myself.

Contacts

You have a reliable and trustworthy contact between other Runners, and possibly people and gangs who have worked with Runners before, whether it is gathering information they might have acquired or in need of directions and places of interest. You can identify other Runners by exclusive hand gestures and signals that Runners have formed over time.

There are many like you in these cities; Runners have branched and networked into many places that need reliable transportation of goods. Runners have formed into a semi-organisation of individuals that deliver packages either for the people or for themselves, whether they want a reliable way for people to receive goods or simply to make a profit. Either way, they are making to having a trustworthy system of delivery within cities.