Through land, air, or space, you carried a clinking bottles in unmarked crates right past the authority’s oblivious lackeys. You have piloted a skiff filled with stolen spirits under the gaze of the stars and sold it for twice its value in the morning. In your more charitable times, you have transported innocents away from watchful eyes or helped guide herd animals to safety near fields of burning low cactus.
- Skill Proficiencies: Deception, and Athletics or Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (land and space)
- Equipment: A fancy leather vest or a pair of leather boots, a set of common clothes, and a leather pouch with 150 credits
Claim to Fame
Every smuggler has that one tale that sets them apart from common criminals. By wits, sailing skill, or a silver tongue, you lived to tell the story — and you tell it often. You can roll on the following table to determine your claim or choose one that best fits your character.
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Claim to Fame |
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Spirit of the Stars. You smuggled stolen spirits in the body of a dead space whale being pulled behind a skiff. When you delivered the goods, the corpse suddenly exploded, sending whale meat and low tonic bottles for half a mile.
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2
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Skiff and Blaster. You drove a skiff filled with stolen art through the middle of a battlefield while singing shanties to confuse the combatants.
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3
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The Recruit. You enlisted in a corp's security force under a false name for the purpose of smuggling stolen power cells to a distant town. You attained a minor rank before disappearing and making your way here.
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4
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Trail of Shadows. Your skiff accidentally slipped passed the border into the forbidden lands for several hours. While you were there, you sold some stolen dragonborn artifacts before returning to safe zone and driving home.
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5
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Good Credit. You agreed to transport a family escaping violent corpos. The baby began to cry at a checkpoint, and you gave the guards all your credits to let you pass. The family never found out about this gesture.
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6
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Playing Both Sides. You once smuggled crates of blaster pistols and power cells, each destined for an opposing side in a regional dispute, at the same time. The buyers arrived within moments of each other but did not discover your trickery.
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Feature: Down Low
You are acquainted with a network of smugglers who are willing to help you out of tight situations. While in a particular town, city, or other similarly sized community (DM’s discretion), you and your companions can stay for free in safe houses. Safe houses provide a poor lifestyle. While staying at a safe house, you can choose to keep your presence (and that of your companions) a secret.
Suggested Characteristics
In general, smugglers value survival, and then profit, above other things. One could be a part of a larger organization, or might run a small smuggling vessel of their own. Smugglers live the lies they have told, and they have a natural ability to recall all the falsehoods and half-truths they have ever spouted.
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Personality Trait |
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I love flying but hate to land.
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2
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I think of everything in terms of monetary value.
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3
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I never stop smiling.
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4
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Nothing rattles me; I have a lie for every occasion.
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5
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I love credits but won’t cheat a friend.
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6
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I enjoy doing things others believe to be impossible.
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7
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I become wistful when I see neighboring planets pass through the sky.
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8
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I am no common criminal; I am a mastermind.
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Ideal |
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Wealth. Heaps of credits in a secure account is all I dream of. (Any)
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2
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Smuggler’s Code. I uphold the unwritten rules of the smugglers, who do not cheat one another or directly harm innocents. (Lawful)
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3
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All for a Credit. I’ll do nearly anything if it means I turn a profit. (Evil)
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4
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Peace and Prosperity. I smuggle only to achieve a greater goal that benefits my community. (Good)
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5
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People. For all my many lies, I place a high value on friendship. (Any)
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6
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Daring. I am most happy when risking everything. (Any)
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Bond |
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1
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My ship was stolen from me, and I burn with the desire to recover it.
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2
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I intend to become the leader of the network of smugglers that I belong to.
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3
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I owe a debt that cannot be repaid in credits.
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4
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After one last job, I will retire from the business.
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5
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I was tricked by a fellow smuggler who stole something precious from me. I will find that thief.
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6
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I give most of my profits to a charitable cause, and I don’t like to brag about it.
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Flaw |
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Lying is reflexive, and I sometimes engage in it without realizing.
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2
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I tend to assess my relationships in terms of profit and loss.
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3
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I believe everyone has a price and am cynical toward those who present themselves as virtuous.
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4
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I struggle to trust the words of others.
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5
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Few people know the real me.
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6
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Though I act charming, I feel nothing for others and don’t know what friendship is.
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