Like a sell-sword who has fought battles for coin, you’re well acquainted with the very risking life and also limb for a chance at a share of the treasure. Now, you do look ahead for fighting foes and also reaping even greater rewards like an adventurer. Your experience makes you familiar with all of it ins and also outs of mercenary life and perhaps you would like to harrowing stories of the events on the battlefield.
- Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Persuasion
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, thieves’ tools, vehicles (land)
- Equipment: A Dagger, a [Tooltip Not Found], and a pouch containing 10 gp
Mercenary Life
You know the mercenary life as only someone who has experienced it can. You are able to identify mercenary companies by their emblems, and you know a little about any such company, including the names and reputations of its commanders and leaders, and who has hired them recently. You can find the taverns and festhalls where mercenaries abide in any area, as long as you speak the language. You can find mercenary work between adventures sufficient to maintain a comfortable lifestyle.
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Mercenary Life |
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1
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Enforcer
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2
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Highway robber
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3
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Hired killer
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4
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Smuggler
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Feature: Mercenary
You are a soldier of fortune, a fighter who sells his or her services to the highest bidder. You roam towns and cities in search of a place where your unique set of talents are useful; whether for a lord hunting a group of bandits, or a local barkeep tired of the goblin infestation in his cellar, you can always find some work if you look hard enough. The job itself should not matter much for a person like you, at least that is what others believe. Therefore, other less admirable and shunned upon jobs sometimes arrives at your lap, giving you the choice and the problem of figuring a way to compromise between your ethics and your job.
Suggested Characteristics
You are a mercenary who hunted down your employer's enemies for coin. Were you happy in this life? What made you leave it behind to become an adventurer? Did you leave it at all, or is adventuring just another way of putting food on the table?
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I like to show off, particularly if there's a chance to get a job offer in it.
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2
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I am always gregarious and cheerful, no matter the situation, as long as I am paid well.
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3
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The first thing I do in a new place is note the locations of everything valuable—or where such things could be hidden.
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4
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To me, the whisper of steel and the clash of weapons is just as pleasing as any amount of gold.
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5
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I'm haunted by memories of war. I can't get the images of violence out of my mind.
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6
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I don’t pay attention to the risks in a situation. Never tell me the odds.
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7
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The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t do it.
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8
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I do nothing, move no finger or a blade, unless I hear the jingling sound of coins.
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Ideal |
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1
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Golden Soul: I fight for money, and nothing else. (Neutral)
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2
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Independence: When people follow orders blindly, they embrace a kind of tyranny. (Chaotic)
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3
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Power or Death: In my line of profession, the strong live and the weak starve. (Evil)
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4
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Non-Sold Honor: I never break my promises. Never. (Lawful)
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5
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War and Crime: Whenever chaos flourishes, so too does my work. (Chaotic)
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6
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Greater Good: Our lot is to lay down our lives in defense of others. (Good)
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Bond |
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1
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I became a mercenary to support my family, who would have probably starved in a slum somewhere if not for me.
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2
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My ill-gotten gains go to support my family.
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3
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I was inspired by a great hero to become a mercenary.
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4
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I never disrespect an employer, if they never disrespect me or stop giving me money.
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5
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Those who fight beside me are those worth dying for.
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6
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Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made. That will never happen again.
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Flaw |
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1
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I'll do anything for coin, damn the consequences.
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2
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I would send an innocent to face his death if it means I will win the fight.
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3
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If there’s a plan, I’ll forget it. If I don’t forget it, I’ll ignore it.
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4
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I never fail at my tasks, even if I have to resort to less honourable means to complete them.
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5
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I have crippling debts that my work barely pays it off.
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6
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Someone powerful would do anything to have my head, so I seek to gain his or her head first.
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7
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I'd rather eat my armor than admit when I'm wrong.
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