Gambling in taverns, testing your luck in casinos, scamming people out of their money. All of these can identify those with a swindler's background. You're knowledge of how to exploit people's desires has left you with unique skills and mass amounts of money. You know the ways to stack the deck and weigh the dice so that you always come out on top.
With your history in gambling you have the ability to cheat in game sets entirely undetectable. At any time when you try to do a sleight of hand check with game sets you may add your Wisdom or Intelligence modifier to the score, and roll for advantage.
Suggested Characteristics
Most Swindler's have a background in some shifty deals and games. Their strong suit involves tricking people into giving them money, which means loss is unknown to them. This means failure is devestating to them, often crushing spirits.
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I talk my way out of situations, rather than inciting a fight |
| 2 | Nobody knows who I really am, or what I have done |
| 3 | I am well known for being a master at my trade |
| 4 | My wealth attracts others, as I flaunt it galliantly |
| 5 | I cheat people often, but if someone tricks me I will seek vengeance |
| 6 | I am seeking to escape my lifestyle, and to live for others |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wealth. I must become to richest and most powerful person in the world. (Chaotic) |
| 2 | Friendship. I must use my wealth to give to my party. (Good) |
| 3 | Provision. I cheat other people to help those in debt. (Good) |
| 4 | Security. I cheat other people to ensure my safety. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Justice. I will one day repay others for what I've done. (Lawful) |
| 6 | Fame. I want everyone to know my name. (Neutral) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am so good at what I do that it's too hard to stop. |
| 2 | I hope to redeem myself and the people I've cheated. |
| 3 | I have questionable stock that I need to sell. |
| 4 | I want to provide for my party with my wealth. |
| 5 | I want to always be able to pay for anything, that way I can get whatever I want. |
| 6 | I want to gain skills in an honest trade, to escape my past actions |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | My skills are all I know, making it hard to stop. |
| 2 | I have a crippling gambling addiction that makes me unable to back down from a challenge. |
| 3 | I don't know how to make an honest living. |
| 4 | I am all bark no bite. A real fight is scary to me. |
| 5 | I can't live without wealth, it defines me. |
| 6 | I have made a lot of enemies, which pose a threat to me and my party. |
Instead of gambling people out of their money, you have made your share by selling worthless junk for high amounts of money through your pitch.
If your character has the Swindler background, you may select this feature instead of Stacked Deck
You have a natural talent in selling anything and everything. Roll for advantage on checks that involve you trying to sell something. When you are successful on those rolls, you may roll one d4 and multiply the object's original price by that number. If you were to roll a one, you can multiply it by 2 instead.
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