You sailed on one of your world's luxurious merchant skyships. You've seen the world, and visited the all the major skyports of the continents. In that time, you endured mighty storms, served demanding passengers from your world's wealthiest citizens, and faced down the dangers of the sky. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Where did you originally come from? How did you get a position on a skyship? Is your former skyship still flying? What places did you see? What was your position - captain, first mate, steward, navigator, quartermaster, boson, engineer, cook, medic, deck-hand?  Why did you leave? Did you leave the ship on good terms, or on the run? 

Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion, Perception

Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (skyships), One of the following (depending on your role with the ship): navigator's tools, carpenter's tools, cartographer's tools, healer's kit, or cooking utensils

Equipment: Rope, Silk (50 feet), a lucky charm and a momento from home (discuss with your DM or you may roll for two random trinkets on the Trinkets Table in chapter 5), a set of fine clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Skyman lead a life among the wealthiest of your world's citizens, but the responsibilities of life on a ship make them generally reliable and familiar with hard work. Life aboard a ship shapes their outlook and forms their most important attachments.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I'm can always be relied on to chip in when work is to be done.
2	I always try to settle my disputes with words, but will finish a fight if need be.
3	Work hard, play hard. I enjoy sailing into new ports and making new friends over a flagon of ale.
4	I love to tell a good story, even if I have to embellish a fact or three.
5	I’m always picking things up, absently fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them.
6	I'm always looking for a chance to get some fresh air.
7	Luck favors me, and I take risks others might not.
8	Despite being around the rich and powerful, I do not place myself above other folk. We all have the same blood.

d6	Ideal
1	Respect. Mutual respect between captain and crew keeps the ship in the sky. (Good)
2	Fairness. A good crew should get equitable shares of the profits. (Lawful)
3	Freedom. The sky is freedom — the freedom to go anywhere and do anything. (Chaotic)
4	Greed. I will do whatever it takes to become wealthy. (Evil)
5	People. I’m committed to my people, not to ideals. (Neutral)
6	Aspiration. Someday I’ll Captain my own skyship and chart my own destiny. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I’m loyal to the captain first, the crew second, and everything else last.
2	I still have a soft spot for the first skyship I ever crewed, even though I left it behind.
3	The horizon itself calls to me, and the sun, moon and stars are the only friends I need.
4	I have a treasured possession, and it reminds me of someone from my ship or home.
5	My ship and crew were destroyed. I will avenge them.
6	Though I had no choice, I lament having to leave my loved one(s) behind. I hope to see them again one day.

d6	Flaw
1	I follow orders, even if I think they’re wrong.
2	I become depressed and anxious if I’m away from the sky too long.
3	I secretly believe that everyone is beneath me.
4	I hide a truly scandalous secret that could ruin me.
5	There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.
6	When faced with a choice between money and my friends, I usually choose the money.