Most of the world's history and culture is inked into the pages of tomes that lie in the dusty halls of libraries and live in the studies of great wizards. Those who write these tomes can influence the way people think and feel, how events are remembered, and how the future may be looked out. You are one of these people, a writer. Few people look at a writer as one who goes out of their way to find knowledge, many, in fact, imagine a writer to stay at their desk and merely write until their dying breath. This raises the question: How do the authors who write of the natures of beasts and fey learn of these things? Simple, they go out into the world themselves. They say a writer’s greatest tool is his ink and quill, but clearly a sword and spell can help pull a book together just as well.
- Skill Proficiencies: Performance and Insight
- Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher's supplies
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: Calligrapher's supplies, a first draft of your newest book, a blank book, a bottle of black ink, a quill, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 15gp.
Specialization
The style of books you are writing, or have written.
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Specialization |
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Action/Adventure
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2
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Drama
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3
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Romance
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4
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Mystery
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5
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Horror
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6
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Religious Treatises
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Feature: Publisher
You have gained the services of a Publisher, a small company that has picked up one or more of your books to print and is willing to help you write your next book, within reason. A publisher could help set up a meeting with knowledgeable people that could aid you, like a local guide to help navigate unknown land, or a researcher/historian who help you find certain information. A publisher could also help by paying for certain services, like Ship's Passage or a Coach cab between towns, in some cases a publisher could be pressed to pay for more expensive services but the cost of which would come out of the sales of your book(s) later on.
Suggested Characteristics
What has driven you to leave your writing desk and go out into the world? Was it to find more information or get some first hand experience about your new book's topic? Was it to help stir up your creative flow, find a new muse or find a way to get rid of your writer's block? Was it that you were forced out as your books were deemed too dangerous or taboo?
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Personality Trait |
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I can lose track of time when I start to write/read
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2
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I read everything I can get my hands on
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3
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I base my characters off people I know to the point where I get them mixed up
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4
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I watch how people interact with each other and will often write notes down about them
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5
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I can't resist a good story, especially after a good drink
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6
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I often ask, "Is this what my lead would do?"
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7
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"This will be perfect for my next book!"
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8
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I resent the idea that I won't be able to read every book in the world
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Ideal |
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Discovery: The more of the world I see, the better my books will become (Any)
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2
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Greed: I'm only here to improve my book sales, even if I have to exploit and manipulate others (Evil)
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3
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Helper: If my books can help at least one person I will be happy (Good)
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4
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Passion: Even if no one read my books I will keep on writing (Neutral)
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5
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Creative Spark: The world needs some new stories and I'm going help make them (Chaotic)
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6
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Storyline: There is always a beginning, middle and end to every story (Lawful)
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Bond |
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My book sales help to keep a institution close to my heart from closing
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2
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I found an unfinished book that is masterpiece and I will complete it one day
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3
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My head is full of stories and ideas, I need to write about them, I don't care if people read them or not
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4
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I idolize an author that inspired me to pick up the quill myself
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5
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I love my fans; without them, I would be nothing
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6
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I owe my publisher everything, if they didn't take a risk for me I would have never sold a book
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Flaw |
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I can't handle criticisms, I find them to be an attack on my person
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2
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I use my book(s) popularity to boast, often embellishing how many I have sold
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3
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If it would help the sales of my books I would make a deal with the devil
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4
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No one knows, but I stole a friend's idea/research for my first/most popular book, I still feel guilty
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5
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I regularly suffer from writer's block, and it cases me to get irritable and angry
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6
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I find it hard to trust new people, they could be out to steal my work
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