Whether you were an apprentice to the local healer, apothecary, or herbalist, your time was spent cutting herbs, mixing salves, and watching over potions. You are familiar with all the plants and fungi in your region, and can identify them by sight, smell, and taste, you also know their major properties and what they are useful for. You have assisted in the brewing of a wide range of potions and oils, some of which you made so often that they are committed to memory, though ingredients are not so easy to come by. When confronted with an unfamiliar potion you know how to go about identifying it.
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Medicine, Nature, Investigation, Perception, or Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: You are proficient with two of the following: Alchemist's Supplies, Herbalism Kit, Healer's Kit, or Poisoner's Kit.
- Equipment: Your choice of artisan tools, a dagger, a journal containing field notes, and a pouch containing 10gp.
You trained for several years as an apprentice under:
| d6 | Origin |
|---|---|
| 1 | A small town apothecary. |
| 2 | The town healer. |
| 3 | A witch that townsfolk visited under dead of night. |
| 4 | A poison specialist |
| 5 | A druid living just out of town. |
| 6 | A city apothecary |
You are familiar with all the plants and fungi in your region, and can identify them by sight, smell, and taste, you also know their major properties and what they are useful for. You know how to make a range of salves and potions, though ingredients are not so easy to come by. When confronted with an unfamiliar potion you know how to go about identifying it.
Spell List
Apothecarys have a knack for identifying potions, plants, and fungi.
| Spell Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 1st | identify |
Suggested Characteristics
The life of an Apothecary is not a wealthy one, and as an apprentice you lived a meagre life. You were likely the child of a poor family that hoped only the best for you. Some apprentices are well suited to the years of servitude required to complete their training, others feel forced into the life.
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will not rest until the job is done. |
| 2 | I am rude to people that I think are beneath me. |
| 3 | I like to talk at length about my profession. |
| 4 | I use guile and cunning to gain information. |
| 5 | I never divulge a secret that is not mine. |
| 6 | I would never address a noble, unless they addressed me first. |
| d10 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hard-work. An apprentice must demonstrate, through hard work and diligence, their worthiness for instruction (Good) |
| 2 | Servitude. It is my duty to serve those put over me. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Aspiration. Someday I'll own my own apothecary. (Any) |
| 4 | Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Silent observation. The answer to a question is clear to the more observant. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Guild. A guild serves the needs of the master, at the expense of the novice. (Any) |
| 7 | Suffering. Il faut suffrir pour apprendre (to learn one must suffer) (Chaotic) |
| 8 | Violence. A blow from a master is justified if the intent was instructional. (Evil) |
| 9 | Guile. A master will not willingly share their most valued secrets, an apprentice must use guile and cunning to steal this vital knowledge. (Evil) |
| 10 | Poison. Death can come at any time. (Evil) |
| d7 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have heard of a rare plant that I must find. |
| 2 | My family live in poverty, I must do what I can to help them. |
| 3 | I will own my own apothecary one day. |
| 4 | An innocent man is in prison, and I am seeking a way to set them free |
| 5 | My master does not know that I am in love with their daughter/son. |
| 6 | I am burdened with many secrets that are not mine to tell. |
| 7 | I know my master is supplying poisons to the king's daughter. |
| d8 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I fear disease and sickness at every turn. |
| 2 | I will not eat food or drink that I have not prepared myself. |
| 3 | I believe myself ill, and am constantly seeking remedies. |
| 4 | I often plot the death of my former master. |
| 5 | I brought shame to my family and was sent away in disgrace. |
| 6 | I have never had true friends. |
| 7 | I apprenticed alongside a bully, now I treat others the same way. |
| 8 | I sometimes alter ingredients to see what it does to a patient. |
Contacts
As an apprentice you were often called upon to deliver clandestine packages to nobles, whether they were cures for private illnesses or poisons for their rivals was not for you to know. As a journeyman you became familiar with the innkeeper in the local towns, often trading herbs for a bed.
After your apprenticeship ended you spent a period of time in the field, gathering and trading herbs and fungi. You began journeying further and further afield as you searched for rarer plants. Overnight trips become week long trips, and week long trips turned into month long trips as you traversed between your favourite way-points, be they forest, cave, or waterway.
You are used to leaving the highways and by-ways in search of rare plants, as such you have an xcellent understanding of the land around you, you can always recall the general layout of terrain, settlements, and other features around you. You can easily identify all the plants and fungi native to your region, and when confronted with an unfamiliar plant you know how to go about identifying it. In addition, you can find food and fresh water for yourself and up to two other people each day, provided that the land offers berries, small game, water, and so forth.
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