From your hilltop home, you have looked down (literally and perhaps figuratively) on the unwashed masses for your entire life. Your fur-trimmed robes and training in the visual and performing arts mark you as wealthy and perhaps well-born; you are a member of the aristocracy. None of your immediate family members sits in government...yet. Nevertheless, you are one of the elite, and whether you personally covet a higher standing or not, you are at home in the dance halls where the aristocracy gathers to plot, to scheme, to do business, to discuss the arts, and, above all, to see, and to be seen.

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Performance

Tool Proficiencies: Choose one type of artisan's tool and one musical instrument.

Equipment: A set of fine clothes, a signet ring, and a purse containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Aristocrats are born and raised to a very different lifestyle than most people ever experience, and their personalities reflect that upbringing. Aristocracy comes with a plethora of bonds—responsibilities to family, and to other aristocrats. But this responsibility is often used to increase income and control the masses.

d8	Personality Trait
1	My ambitions are boundless. I will be a king or queen one day!
2	I must always look my best.
3	Beauty is everywhere. I can find it in even the homeliest person and the most horrible tragedy.
4	Décorum must be preserved at all costs.
5	I will not admit I am wrong if I can avoid it.
6	I am extremely well-educated and frequently remind others of that fact.
7	I take what I can today, because I do not know what tomorrow holds.
8	My life is full of dance, song, drink, and laughter.

d6	Ideal
1	Generous: I have a responsibility to help and protect the less fortunate. (Good)
2	Loyal: My word, once given, is my bond. (Lawful)
3	Callous: I am unconcerned with any negative effects my actions may have on the lives and fortunes of others. (Evil)
4	Impulsive: I follow my heart. (Chaotic)
5	Ignorant: Explanations bore me. (Neutral)
6	Isolationist: I am concerned with the fortunes of my friends and family. Others must see to themselves. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I have dedicated my wealth and my talents to the service of one of the city's many temples.
2	My family and I are loyal supporters of the current ruler. Our fortunes are inexorably tied to theirs.
3	My family has lost a lot of their former fortune and position. I aim to get it back.
4	Betrayal is the quickest route to power.
5	Wealth and power are nothing. Fulfillment can only be found in artistic expression.
6	It's not how you feel, who you know, or what you can do - it's how you look, and I look fabulous.

d6	Flaw
1	I have difficulty caring about anyone or anything other than myself.
2	Having grown up with wealth, I am careless with my finances. I overspend and am overly generous.
3	The ends (my advancement) justify any means.
4	I must have what I want and will brook no delay.
5	My family has lost everything. I must keep up appearances, lest we become a laughingstock.
6	I have no artistic sense. I hide that fact behind extreme opinions and have become a trendsetter.