It's a simple life cutting herbs, carefully identifying fungi, grinding clippings into salves, and mixing potions. At some point your service to your town village came to an end, however, perhaps because your life as an apothecary was too dull and you went off in search of adventure. Or maybe you were seeking to expand your horizons and become the best apothecary you could be. Whatever your reasons, you've taken up a life on the road, and your time spent in the field collecting herbs, as well as the hours you spent in your lab, might just give you an edge in the world of exploration and adventuring.

Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Nature

Tool Proficiencies: Choose two from Herbalism Kit, Brewer's Supplies, and Cook's Utensils

Equipment: A herbalism kit, field apron (equivalent of traveller's clothes), a journal containing notes on curative salves and medicinal potions, a pouch containing 10 gold pieces.

Suggested Characteristics

Herbalists have an understanding that the diversity of plants hinges upon their location in the world, so many take to adventuring to expand their knowledge and collection of herbs and fungi to better serve their goals. Others might want to provide their services in new places to new people, and perhaps claim a little bit more renown than they would have staying in one place.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I just want to tend to my garden...
2	I am enamored by all of the unique sights, sounds, scents, and sensations of the world around me!
3	Plants and fungi don’t talk much, and neither do I.
4	Speaking regularly to houseplants improves their health and growth. Maybe the same works with people?
5	Like tea with honey, I am sweet and earthy and like to make you feel at home.
6	Like a cure for a fever, I am bitter, I sting, and I am likely to leave a bad taste in your mouth.
7	Like a nightshade plant, I am deceptively innocent seeming and sweet, but take from me and you will suffer.
8	I'm sort of like a potato. Kind of bland, not the prettiest, but I am robust, adaptable, and even if you don't admit it, you love me.

d6	Ideal
1	Nature. We take from the world around us daily, it is how we live. One day, we will have to return what we have taken. (Neutral)
2	Care. If simply grinding leaves and roots into a poultice can help others so much, how much could I do for others if I tried? (Good)
3	Decay. My herbs grow best when I mix carrion into the soil. Death fuels life, and I'm keen to perpetuate that cycle. (Chaotic)
4	Patience. To ensure a proper yield of herbs, one must resist the desire to harvest at first signs of growth. People are much the same. (Lawful)
5	Knowledge. In all things from herbalism to life itself, nothing grows without the knowledge to cultivate that growth. (Any)
6	Pruning. If you do not prune undesirable growth from your herbs, they will wilt and die. It seems that mankind needs a proper cleanse... (Evil)

d6	Bond
1	Before I left I was teaching children basic herbalism to survive in the wilds.
2	I met a Fey when I was lost and starving in the forest. That fey taught me all I know of natural remedies and living off of paltry herbs and I owe them a debt for that.
3	I've never been able to relate to people, but my gardens, I understand perfectly and love dearly. If anything were to happen to it, I don’t know what I’d do.
4	There is a legendary herb out in the wide world, with properties that I can only dream of. I must find it one day.
5	My shop and labs were destroyed, leaving me with only the ashes of my research
6	My skills are available to anyone... for the right price.

d6	Flaw
1	I tend to smell like the bottom of a compost pile and don’t really see an issue with it.
2	I interpret interest in my craft as an attempt to rob secrets of my trade.
3	I treat people who disrespect plants and fungi as I would something unpleasant stuck to the sole of my shoe.
4	My handwriting is illegible which has caused some... problems in the past.
5	What are traveling companions if not opportunities to test my salves?
6	I’d save a moderately uncommon plant before I saved another person.