Ruin Scrapper

During your life, you’ve spent more time wandering through ruins and picking through catacombs than window shopping in the city square, and you’ve learned to use the materials you find in the field to keep your gear up to snuff.

You may have been raised far from the trappings of conventional society where your practice of reclamation was a necessity of life, or you may have served as the apprentice of a Dungeon Strider or other dungeoneering adventurer whose gear was your responsibility to repair and upkeep. However you may have come by your unique skills and waste not, want not philosophy, you now find that you’re well-equipped to face extended periods of time away from the cities and services that others depend on.

Skill Proficiencies: History, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Tinker's Tools

Languages: One exotic language of your choice

Equipment: One set of traveler's clothes, tinker’s tools, 10 gp worth of materials you have previously scavenged, a trinket you have kept from the first ruin you explored, and a pouch containing 3 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Ruin scrappers are accustomed to leading fairly unconventional lives on their own, spending extended periods of time away from the trappings of civilization. That, combined with their habit of reclaiming any found materials they deem useful can be offputting to those outside of their close circles, but ruin scrappers don’t typically let the opinions of others influence their behavior.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I am fiercely independent and really revel in that fact.
2	I’ll take crawling through tunnels over walking crowded city streets any day.
3	I live to explore the great unknown.
4	The night sky still astounds me.
5	I document everything in my trusty journal.
6	I have no respect for wasteful people.
7	I’m drawn toward strong earthy flavors and scents.
8	There’s no greater rush than disarming a trap.

d8	Ideal
1	Knowledge. I’ll learn every secret that the ruins are keeping.
2	Found Family. My campfire is my hearth and my traveling companions are my family.
3	Independence. I don’t need anything or anyone.
4	Legacy. People will read about me and my travels long after I’m gone.
5	Reciprocity. One good turn deserves another
6	Power. There are artifacts of untold power hidden in the dark corners of the world and I plan to find them.
7	Reclamation. One man’s trash is my treasure.
8	Adaptability. You have to be quick on your feet to handle what the world throws at you.

d8	Bond
1	I wouldn’t be the person I am today without my mentor’s guidance.
2	My heart belongs to the hidden places of the world.
3	My pet rat comes with me everywhere I go.
4	There’s nothing more important than the people you call family.
5	Once I say I’m going to do something, I do it.
6	There’s a basic code that all adventurers follow and I stick to it.
7	There’s a legendary treasure hidden out there and I plan to be the one who finds it.
8	I’m dedicated to finishing the memoir full of my adventures and discoveries.

d8	Flaw
1	I can’t stand it when people are too dependent on others for things they could do themselves.
2	I feel incredibly vulnerable when I’m in wide open spaces.
3	I refuse to spend good coin on something I could fix or make myself.
4	I have a one-track mind and am not easily pulled away from what I’m focusing on.
5	I get angry when people question my expertise.
6	I don’t eat anything I didn’t catch or make myself.
7	Something interrupting my routine can ruin my entire day.
8	I am easily overwhelmed when meeting groups of new people.