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You serve a vital role in your area's communications. You are greatly valued by common folk and even appreciated by higher status individuals than yourself. Your expertise in efficient travel lends itself well to you and anyone you travel with.

 
Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: vehicles (land)
Languages: One language of your choice
Equipment:staff, an iron pot, a set of travelers clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
 
Feature: Seasoned Traveler

You have an excellent memory for maps and geography, and you can always recall the general layout of terrain, settlements, and other features around you. In addition, you can find food and fresh water for yourself and up to five other people each day, provided that the land offers berries, small game, water, and so forth. When traveling on main roads, you and your party can travel up to twice as fast with no detriments to your perception or stealth.

 
Suggested Characteristics

Couriers are vital to any community, and a servant of the people. They are trusted to do their jobs with the most efficiency and care, so they are slow to do anything that might betray the common trust of the community they serve.

d8 Personality Trait
1 I judge people by their actions, not their words.
2 If someone is in trouble, I’m always ready to lend help.
3 When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way.
4 I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable solution to arguments.
5 I’m confident in my own abilities and do what I can to instill confidence in others.
6 Thinking is for other people. I prefer action.
7 I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter.
8 I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny?
d6 Ideal
1 Respect. People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. (Good)
2 Fairness. No one should get preferential treatment before the law, and no one is above the law. (Lawful)
3 Freedom. Tyrants must not be allowed to oppress the people. (Chaotic)
4 Might. If I become strong, I can take what I want—what I deserve. (Evil)
5 Sincerity. There’s no good in pretending to be something I’m not. (Neutral)
6 Destiny. Nothing and no one can steer me away from my higher calling. (Any)
d6 Bond
1 I have a family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see them again.
2 I worked the land, I love the land, and I will protect the land.
3 A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will take my revenge on any bully I encounter.
4 My tools are symbols of my past life, and I carry them so that I will never forget my roots.
5 I protect those who cannot protect themselves.
6 I wish my childhood sweetheart had come with me to pursue my destiny.
d6 Flaw
1 The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
2 I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of failure.
3 The people who knew me when I was young know my shameful secret, so I can never go home again.
4 I have a weakness for the vices of the city, especially hard drink.
5 Secretly, I believe that things would be better if I were a tyrant lording over the land.
6 I have trouble trusting in my allies.
 
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