You’ve watched bands of adventurers meeting up in your tavern for years. You’ve poured their drinks, eavesdropped on their heroics, and even provided useful information from time to time. Now that mixing drinks has begun to lose its luster, you’ve decided to hang up your apron and join a group of adventurers yourself.

Skill Proficiencies: History and Insight

Tool Proficiencies: Brewer’s supplies

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment: : A set of common clothes, brewer’s supplies, a flask of your own best concoction, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Bartenders are consummate multitaskers, who also have the patience of therapists and noses for a good story. They may be gruff or gregarious, but they all know just how to pour your favorite beverages and keep them flowing.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I don’t remember people’s names; instead, I call them by their drinks of choice.
2	I’m always inventing new drinks, sometimes to disastrous results.
3	I became a bartender in order to score all the free drinks I could get.
4	I keep an eye on my patrons to make sure they don’t do anything too stupid while intoxicated.
5	Every glass and stein in my establishment is clean, polished, and shining.
6	I’ll always bend a listening ear to a tale of woe, and I’ve heard them all before.
7	When the mood hits, I’ll jump up on the bar and start dancing.
8	I like to make up stories in my head of the adventurers who frequent my tavern.

d6	Ideal
1	Perfection. The perfect pour eludes me, but I keep trying. (Neutral)
2	Natural Consequences. You buy them, I serve them, and we let the “spirits” decide. (Chaotic)
3	Compassion. I’ll always lend my ear to a struggling patron. (Good)
4	Fairness. I’ll start you a tab, but you better pay up at the end of the night. (Lawful)
5	Competition. First and foremost, I’m a businessperson. If I come out on top, it’s nothing personal. (Any)
6	Community. I believe the bar’s a place where everybody should know your name. (Good)

d6	Bond
1	My parents left the tavern to my siblings and me, but I couldn’t stay there because of all the memories, both good and bad.
2	New tastes and flavor combinations abound out in the wide world and I want to sample them all.
3	I left the bar so I could have a better chance at staying sober. So far, so good, but I take it one day at a time.
4	The day I left the tavern, I buried a bottle of fifty-yearold scotch in the basement. When I have something to celebrate, I’ll return and retrieve that bottle.
5	On a magical night, a customer and I fell in love, but haven’t seen him/her/them since. Could I possibly run into that person again?
6	I allowed a group of freedom fighters access to the wine cellar, and they recruited me to their ranks with their passionate talk against tyranny.

d6	Flaw
1	I’m a sucker for a sob story.
2	I’ve heard every tale in the book, so I get easily bored when I’m trying to listen to someone.
3	I know I drink too much, but I don’t know if I want to stop.
4	I compare myself to the big time adventurers who frequent my tavern, and I know I’ll never measure up to their feats of bravery.
5	No one ever wanted to hear my story, and now I wonder if it’s worth sharing at all.
6	I’ve always been a night owl, so I’m non-functional until about noon.