Farmer

Farming is one of the oldest practices in the world, and no civilised society can function without a league of good farmers. You laboured long and hard in the dirt, through rain or shine, among animals or crops or both.

The farm might have been your family's, and you might have been put to work at a young age to help make ends meet. Otherwise, farms need farmhands, and you might have found work in the fields of an associate or neighbour. Your set of skills are universally needed all over the world; everyone can benefit from a person who knows how to operate a plough or deliver a calf.

Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Athletics or Nature

Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools, vehicles (land)

Equipment: A set of artisan’s tools with which you are proficient, a shovel, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 5 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Use the tables for the farmer background below as the basis for your traits and motivations.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I judge people by their actions, not their words.
2	I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it—I’m a perfectionist.
3	I prefer the company of animals to that of people.
4	I always want to know how things work and what makes people tick.
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 place no stock in wealthy or well-mannered folk. Money and manners won't save you from a hungry owlbear.
8	I’m oblivious to etiquette and social expectations.

d6	Ideal
1	Endeavour: Nothing is worth doing that doesn't demand hard work. (Any)
2	Community. It is the duty of all civilized people to strengthen the bonds of community. (Lawful)
3	Peace. All people have the right to a peaceful life free of conflict. (Good)
4	Freedom. Everyone should be free to pursue his or her own livelihood. (Chaotic)
5	Greed. I've lived the simple life, and am desperate for something greater. (Evil)
6	People. I’m committed to the people I care about, not to ideals. (Neutral)

d6	Bond
1	The farm and the animals are my one true home.
2	The farm owner who put me into work has my eternal gratitude.
3	I ventured out to defend the likes of the farmhands and animals I worked with.
4	I pursue wealth to secure someone’s love.
5	I will become a legend, greater than the farmer I started out as.
6	I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my farm.

d6	Flaw
1	Gold seems like a lot of money to me, and I'll do just about anything for more of it.
2	I'll do anything to win fame and renown.
3	I'm convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of failure.
4	I have a weakness for the vices of the city.
5	I would kill to acquire a noble title.
6	I let my need to win arguments overshadow friendships and harmony.