Combat has been your life for as long as you care to remember. Taken in as a child and hidden in the Razors Crest keep, high in the Star Mounts you went through extensive training, ruthless mental and physical conditioning, and mysterious arcane learning. You studied the use of weapons and armor, and learned survival techniques, including tracking prey and how to stay alive in the wilds with nothing but your own strength of will.

All of this in preparation for becoming a monster slayer for hire and effectively fulfill their objective; protecting humans from the monsters inhabiting our world. They're a relatively secret organisation and spoken of in hushed whispers which has created a sense of mistrust amongst the general populace causing them to be treated as outcasts. Venators are rarely a welcome guest and contacts with members of this profession are almost always limited to business. 

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Investigation, Athletics, or Survival

 

Tool Proficiencies: Choose one

 

Languages: Choose one from among the following Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon

Equipment: Your Venator Medallion(necklace/pendant/ring), a monster hunter’s pack (containing a chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a flask of holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torches), a trophy from a monster you killed, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

The horrors of their prey and the ruthless ordeal of their training and trials in their youth leave their mark on all Venators, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred, or completely bereft of emotion.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me.
2	I’m haunted by memories of my trials and or monsters. I can’t get the images of violence out of my mind.
3	I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die.
4	I live for the thrill of the hunt.
5	I can stare down a hell hound without flinching.
6	I expect danger around every corner.
7	I have a crude sense of humor.
8	I’m full of inspiring and cautionary tales from my military experience relevant to almost every combat situation.

d6	Ideal
1	Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives in defense of others. (Good)
2	Live and Let Live. Ideals aren’t worth killing over or going to war for. (Neutral)
3	I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to exorcise my own demons. (Good)
4	I have a dark calling that puts me above the law. (Chaotic)
5	I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful)
6	I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil)

d6	Bond
1	I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy.
2	I have an ambiguous code that changes based on my personal attachment.
3	My honor is my life.
4	A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions.
5	There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free.
6	Those who fight beside me are those worth dying for.

d6	Flaw
1	I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them.
2	I assume the worst in people.
3	The monstrous enemy we faced in battle still leaves me quivering with fear.
4	I have an addiction.
5	I have little respect for anyone who is not a proven warrior.
6	I can be pursuaded by coin at the detriment of my own safety.