You are a master of the production and harvesting poisons, a legal profession requiring great skill yet looked down upon by the general population. You are a well-established member of your community, though likely not with a particularly high level of respect. You learned your skills as an apprentice to a master artisan, until you became a master in your own right. Your work generally leads you to a life outside of city limits, as the process by which your wares are made is considered unsightly or undignified by most of the general population.

Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Nature

Tool Proficiencies: Poisoner's kit

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment: Poisoner's kit, an amulet of mark designating you as a registered poisoner, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Toxicologists are outcasts from their communities, yet often some of the most important members of their society. Your experience with this juxtaposition can tend to make you more sympathetic to those who provide unappreciated services, and to other outcasts.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I believe that if you can't do it right, you shouldn't do it at all. Failure in this job gets people dead.
2	I only provide my wares to the poor, the rich have trodden on me too much.
3	I always want to know how to bring out the most concentrated essence of everyone, just as I do in my work.
4	I’m full of surprises. The surprise is usually poison.
5	I’m rude to people who lack my commitment to hard work and fair play.
6	I like to talk at length about my profession.
7	I don’t part with my money easily and will haggle tirelessly to get the best deal possible.
8	I’m entirely unknown for my work, and I want to keep it that way. A well-known poisoner is always the first suspect.

d6	Ideal
1	Protector. It is the duty of those who can produce articles of destruction to use them to keep the peace. (Lawful)
2	Knowledge. My skills are best put to use studying the nature of poisons to better understand how to keep people safe from them. (Good)
3	Freedom. Everyone should be free to pursue his or her own livelihood. (Chaotic)
4	Reaper. I make the tools of death for those who bring it. (Evil)
5	Understanding. I know that the people who cast me out did so out of ignorance, and I learned to never hold a grudge because of it. (Neutral)
6	Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	My distillery is my home, and nothing can take it from me.
2	I invented an unimaginably potent poison, and it scares me. I will never let it see the light of day.
3	I owe my teacher a great debt for forging me into the person I am today.
4	I pursue wealth to secure someone’s love.
5	One day I will return to my home and prove that they were wrong to cast me out of the community.
6	I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my distillery and ruined my livelihood.

d6	Flaw
1	I’ll do anything to get my hands on rare poison ingredients.
2	I’m quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat me.
3	No one must ever learn that I provided the poison for the assassination of a noble family.
4	I’m never satisfied with what I have — I always want more.
5	I would kill to rid myself of the history I left behind.
6	I’m incredibly unskilled with the application of my work. I nearly killed myself the last time I tried to use my poison, and I'm not keen to try again.