Before your life as an adventurer, you led the laborers on the dock of a port city or in the heart of a quarry. You have experience directing activities of those under you, even when they would rather be in charge, and you have an eye for the essential parts of a task.
Source: Iron Kingdoms Requiem Campaign Setting
- Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, vehicles (land)
- Equipment: A set of rugged work clothes, a set of common clothes, a billy club (club), and a pouch containing 10 gp
Your years of experience make you a highly desirable asset in any labor market, and you can easily find work during any downtime. If you spend your time between adventures practicing a profession, you can maintain a comfortable lifestyle. In addition, you save an amount of gold per day equal to half the result of an Athletics or Intimidation check.
Suggested Characteristics
Labor bosses are stern folk who take pleasure in seeing a job through to completion. They are the first to step up to a challenge and pit their strength and wits against whatever problem is at hand, and their responses to such challenges help form their ideals. Keeping a crew of dockworkers, miners, or builders in line requires a strong set of lungs and an even stronger scowl, and being a labor boss requires a forceful personality, if not an outright overbearing one.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing right. |
| 2 | I work as hard as I play. |
| 3 | I am far craftier than I let on. |
| 4 | Camaraderie with my fellow workers is important to me. |
| 5 | I have always been a serious person. People often call me gruff. |
| 6 | At the end of the day, people only respect a firm hand. |
| 7 | I can maintain an upbeat attitude through most events. |
| 8 | Routine is important to me. Even if I'm on the road, having a ritual keeps me grounded. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Union. When the voices of the workers unite, we cannot be ignored. (Good) |
| 2 | Opportunity. Labor may be challenging, but it offers work in every city and port. (Neutral) |
| 3 | Independence. Being in charge means that no one can tie me down. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Respect. Afford others the same respect they give me. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Profession. I'm good at what I do, and it puts food on the table. (Any) |
| 6 | Master. I like being able to order other people around and make them listen to me. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | The first crew I ran became a surrogate family. I still have strong ties to them. |
| 2 | After an unfortunate workplace death, I have been blacklisted in a particular city. |
| 3 | A person I had to fire has it in for me. |
| 4 | I have a reputation for being a bit of a tyrant. |
| 5 | My sibling left to become an adventurer, and now I seek to reconnect us. |
| 6 | I ran such an efficient crew that I was able to create a good relationship with our wealthy benefactor. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am frugal to the point that people often call me a penny-pincher. |
| 2 | I'm quick to anger when confronted. |
| 3 | Some people I have worked with call me a bully. |
| 4 | My disillusionment with my day-to-day life has caused me to become a risk-taker. |
| 5 | I have a fairly severe drinking habit. |
| 6 | I have trouble keeping track of money. If I'm not very careful, I can lose an entire months' wages before I know it. |
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